1. 2012
    No PressureNancy Pelosi reportedly told Democratic leaders yesterday that President Obama will have to be “perfect” to win another term.
    By Dan Amira
  2. death and taxes
    Obama Caved on the Bush Tax Cuts Last Week, Not YesterdayYeah, but it wasn’t last night.
    By Dan Amira
  3. america’s sweetheart
    Sarah Palin’s Alaska Is Big (and Small)“You can see Russia from here! Almost.”
    By Chris Rovzar
  4. jesus christie
    Chris Christie’s Position on Climate Change Depends on the Last Thing He WatchedThis is why he didn’t become a scientist.
    By Dan Amira
  5. ballsy governors
    Mark Sanford Might Run for Office AgainPlus, he’s become a real softy!
    By Chris Rovzar
  7. 2016
    Marco Rubio Will Be President in Five Years, Says Confused Jim DeMintIn 2015?
    By Dan Amira
  8. election hangover
    Upper East Siders Are Very Giving PeopleOut of all the zip codes in the country, 10021 donated the most money to political campaigns this year.
    By Dan Amira
  9. cable news
    Talk Box: Rand Paul Stays Vague About Spending Cuts, Gets Testy With SpitzerPaul to Spitzer: “Your personal agenda is getting in the way of you being a very effective broadcaster.”
    By Dorsey Shaw
  10. tea time
    Diversity Coming to the Congressional Black CaucusTwo black Republicans are welcome to join, the chairwoman says.
    By Dan Amira
  11. former presidents
    Nobody Watched President Bush’s Interview With Matt Lauer Last NightThough, to be fair, it was up against ‘Dancing With the Stars.’
    By Chris Rovzar
  12. early and often
    White House Ready for Outside Campaign Help NowAfter discouraging it in 2008, the White House will grudgingly accept hundreds of millions of dollars in outside spending, if it has to.
    By Dan Amira
  13. early and often
    George Pataki Can Handle Anything After Endorsing Carl PaladinoHe might even support Sarah Palin for president, if he doesn’t run himself.
    By Dan Amira
  14. america’s sweetheart
    Sarah Palin Will Do an Impression of a Serious Person in Speech TonightShe’ll criticize the Federal Reserve’s “quantitative easing” policy.
    By Dan Amira
  15. early and often
    The GOP Tries to Buy Democratic Senator’s Loyalties With CoalCan Joe Manchin be seduced to the GOP?
    By Dan Amira
  16. libruls
    The Times Comes Out Against Nancy PelosiThis is like the East Coast versus West Coast rap rivalry, except involving the liberal intelligentsia instead of rappers.
    By Dan Amira
  17. politics as unusual
    Are Republicans Doing Better Because They Are Hotter?That’s what Andrea Peyser suspects.
    By Chris Rovzar
  18. status cuomo
    Andrew Cuomo Sounds Like a Fun BossCrying and forced memorization of Henry Hudson’s biography await his new staffers.
    By Dan Amira
  19. ink-stained wretches
    ‘If You Can’t Expose the Hypocrisy of This New Group of Republicans, Then We’re Not Doing Our Job’’Nation’ editor Katrina vanden Heuvel takes a pragmatic view of how liberal losses last week will be good for her magazine’s bottom line.
    By Chris Rovzar
  20. 2012
    Hillary Clinton Would Destroy President Obama in 2012, According to Useless PollWhy would they ever be the two nominees for president anyway?
    By Dan Amira
  21. obama in india
    Robert Gibbs Risks Own Foot for the American PressHis own foot!
    By Chris Rovzar
  22. jesus christie
    Chris Christie May Grudgingly Run for President in 2016He needs to pay for his kids’ college tuition somehow.
    By Dan Amira
  23. 2012
    Billionaire Who Sees Himself As Indispensable to the Survival of New York Thinks President Obama Is ArrogantYikes.
    By Dan Amira
  24. election hangover
    Nancy Pelosi Is Running for House Minority LeaderUndaunted, this one.
    By Chris Rovzar
  25. secretary of awesome
    Hillary Clinton Mostly Rules Out 2016 Presidential RunBut she keeps dropping hints like it’s not entirely certain.
    By Dan Amira
  26. cable news news
    Let Keith Olbermann Donate to DemocratsWhy should this matter for Keith Olbermann?
    By Dan Amira
  27. election hangover
    Obama Pretty Sure His Policies Aren’t the ProblemIt was explaining them.
    By Dan Amira
  28. election hangover
    Rasmussen Was Off on One Poll by 40 PointsNate Silver ranks the pollsters.
    By Dan Amira
  29. election hangover
    Nancy Pelosi Will Not Go Gentle Into That Good NightThe speaker of the House is putting out feelers among Democrats. Would they support her as minority leader?
    By Dan Amira
  30. cable news
    Talk Box: Nobody Puts Rick Perry in a CornerEliot Spitzer tries to box the Texas governor in on Social Security reform.
    By Dorsey Shaw
  31. america’s sweetheart
    Sarah Palin Loves Sign That Calls Obama a ‘Taliban Muslim Illegally Elected President’?It was in one of her favorite tweets.
    By Dan Amira
  32. party chat
    At Cuomo Victory Party, There Was ‘A Lot of Hugging, A Lot of Crying, A Lot of Kissing’According to Chris Cuomo at least.
    By Matt McCue
  33. bons mots
    John Boehner Is a Refined Gentleman, Not Some Emo SkateboarderJust Merlot for him, thanks.
    By Dan Amira
  34. media ninjas
    An Ode to Softhearted Matt Lauer’s Secret Ninja SideWe love it when he drops a karate kick.
    By Chris Rovzar
  35. jesus christie
    Chris Christie Will Kill Himself If You Keep Asking About His Presidential Prospects“Short of suicide, I don’t really know what I’d have to do to convince you people that I’m not running.”
    By Dan Amira
  36. status cuomo
    Dad Begins ‘Cuomo for President’ Speculation“Of course he ought to be considered for a higher place … “
    By Dan Amira
  37. obama is a human person
    Meanwhile, India Is Pretty Excited About President ObamaA look at the preparations under way.
    By Dan Amira
  38. election hangover
    Meet Your Zombie Elected OfficialsFour dead people won their state or local elections on Tuesday.
    By Dan Amira
  39. cable news
    Talk Box: Compromise? Thanks, But No ThanksRepublicans are telling the Democrats where they can store that olive branch, on our regular cable-news roundup.
    By Dorsey Shaw
  40. party chat
    Politics Is Seth Meyers’s Porn“Reading about, like, the Nevada Senate race, that’s as hardcore porn as you get.”
    By Bennett Marcus
  41. cable news news
    Fox News Crushes Rival Cable Networks on Election NightThis should be no surprise by now.
    By Chris Rovzar
  42. election hangover
    Green Party’s Howie Hawkins Is the Champion Third-Party Gubernatorial CandidateJimmy McMillan came in two spots behind him.
    By Dan Amira
  43. election hangover
    The Real Winners and Losers of the 2010 ElectionFrom pot and bartering to the tea party and Bill Clinton.
    By Dan Amira
  44. election hangover
    358,069 People Voted for Alvin GreeneThat’s more votes than Sharron Angle, Joe Manchin, or Blanche Lincoln.
    By Dan Amira
  45. election hangover
    Chuck Schumer Will Let Harry Reid Keep His Terrible JobHe will indefinitely defer his dream of becoming majority leader.
    By Dan Amira
  46. early and often
    Obama on the Midterms: ‘I’ve Got to Take Direct Responsibility for the Fact That We’ve Not Made As Much Progress As We Want to Make’But “no person or party has a monopoly on wisdom.”
    By Chris Rovzar
  47. early and often
    Republicans Owe Yesterday’s Victories to Old People, Even More Than UsualThis might not be a good thing.
    By Chris Rovzar
  48. early and often
    Two Seats That Could Determine the Power of Joe LiebermanIf they go Republican, could Lieberman switch teams?
    By Dan Amira
  49. early and often
    Republicans Have a Mixed Night in New YorkThey were shut out in statewide races, and it’s unclear what will happen with the State Senate, but they did manage to flip five Democratically held congressional seats.
    By Dan Amira
  50. early and often
    Andrew Cuomo, Kirsten Gillibrand, and Chuck Schumer Cruise to VictoryShocking, no?
    By Dan Amira
  51. early and often
    Linda McMahon Down for the Count*Richard Blumenthal defeats the former WWE CEO.
    By Dan Amira
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