1. health carnage
    Joe Lieberman’s Wife Comes Under AttackThose Liebermans can’t catch a break.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  2. health carnage
    White House: Appease LiebermanThat’s the message to Harry Reid, reportedly.
    By Dan Amira
  3. Governor Paterson Gets a Good Poll, RelativelyHe’s still losing to Cuomo by a ton, though.
    By Dan Amira
  4. health carnage
    Joe Lieberman Has Yet to Be Sufficiently AppeasedHe still won’t vote for the health-care bill, leaving Democrats short of 60, again.
    By Dan Amira
  5. duck
    Silvio Berlusconi Takes Statuette to the FaceYes, a statuette.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  7. oh albany!
    Governor Paterson Trying to Look More Governor-likeThat means no more wisecracks.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  8. sophomore slumps
    Matt Taibbi Is Doing His Wild Crazy Gonzo Journalism Thing Again!Should you care? No.
    By Jessica Pressler
  9. early and often
    House Approves Financial-Overhaul BillDespite Republican dissent.
    By Jessica Pressler
  10. Cy Vance Jr. Quickly Immersed in Harsh D.A. PoliticsBloomberg is already testing his mettle, and he hasn’t even taken office yet.
    By Geoffrey Gray
  11. the taxman cometh
    The New Tax System We Need Will Probably Never HappenBut people think the VAT would be a good idea.
    By Dan Amira
  12. health carnage
    Ha, Just Kidding, There Really Is No Health-Care DealNot yet, anyway.
    By Dan Amira
  13. how about that?
    Conservatives Praise Obama’s Nobel SpeechSarah Palin: “I liked what he said.”
    By Adam K. Raymond
  14. health carnage
    GOP Can’t Decide If the Health-Care Bill Is Too Long or Too ShortA Wyoming senator’s message-discipline fail.
    By Dan Amira
  15. white house
    Times: People in Washington Offended by Salahis’ Breach of Protocol, Not Apparent CrazinessCome on, now.
    By Chris Rovzar
  16. client 9
    Eliot Spitzer Considering Comeback! Still!The love gov is “strongly considering” running for comptroller, and Governor Paterson likes the idea.
    By Dan Amira
  17. early and often
    Obama Accepts Nobel Prize“I would be remiss if I did not acknowledge the considerable controversy that your generous decision has generated.”
    By Chris Rovzar
  18. the cuddle muddle
    In Praise of Bonuses, David Paterson Heads to Wall StreetRichard Parsons, the chairman of Citigroup, thought the speech terrific.
    By Zeke Turner
  19. international intrigue
    Obama Cancels Traditional Nobel Prize Lunch; Now Norwegians Are Also Mad at HimOver 5,000 are expected to protest the war in Afghanistan at Obama’s award ceremony in Oslo, but 44% of polled Norwegians think it was rude of him to cancel the traditional lunch.
    By Zeke Turner
  20. equal rites
    New Jersey Senate Postpones Gay Marriage VoteThe bill’s sponsors have delayed the vote to gather more support, and to let news that they have Bruce Springsteen’s full backing spread across the entire state.
    By Zeke Turner
  21. equal rites
    About Gay Marriage and ‘Inevitability’A string of trend pieces has us thinking.
    By Chris Rovzar
  22. what the huck?
    Voters Didn’t Get the Memo About Blaming Mike Huckabee for Cop KillingHuckabee’s numbers are basically the same since his clemency controversy.
    By Dan Amira
  23. early and awkward
    Chris Christie Snubbed by the BossThe New Jersey governor-elect was dying to have his hero play at his inauguration. No dice.
    By Chris Rovzar
  24. health carnage
    Democrats Might Have Resolved the Public-Option DisputeThere’s a trigger, a buy-in, and an expansion of Medicare.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  25. the third terminator
    NY1 Cameras Banned From Mayoral Debate Post MortemAnd that’s a catfight we would have wanted to see!
    By Chris Smith
  26. polls and the politicians who pretend not to read them
    Gallup Chief Thinks Robert Gibbs Should Care About Their Polls, ActuallyAfter Gibbs calls the poll “meaningless,” the organization fires back. Sort of.
    By Dan Amira
  27. the greatest depression
    Obama Lays Out Strategy to Prevent a Jobs ‘Katrina’A subtle nod to Arianna Huffington?
    By Dan Amira
  28. what other people think
    The Public Option Compromise: A Slippery Slope Liberals Are Happy to Slide DownExpanding Medicare to people 55 and over could set us down the path to a single-payer system, liberals hope.
    By Dan Amira
  29. oh albany!
    Joe Bruno Convicted on Two Felony Corruption ChargesThe former State Senate Majority leader was found guilty on two out of the eight charges against him.
    By Chris Rovzar
  30. the office of financial instability
    Neel Kashkari Gets a New GigAnd it isn’t chopping wood.
    By Jessica Pressler
  31. equal rites
    Gay Activists Put Enemy Democrats on NoticeTheir party affiliation won’t protect them from the ire of the gay community when they’re up for reelection.
    By Dan Amira
  32. health carnage
    Public Option Supposedly Dead, AgainIt could be replaced by a privately run plan that sounds vaguely like something associated with the government.
    By Dan Amira
  33. finance nonfiction
    Neel Kashkari on Stress Eating, Hank Paulson’s Dry Heaves, and the ‘Enduring Headache at the Center of His Brain’The former TARP inspector general tells his epic story.
    By Jessica Pressler
  34. early and often
    Threats Against Obama Now at Normal Levels“Mr. Obama now receives about the same as his two most recent predecessors.”
    By Chris Rovzar
  35. early and often
    So Sarah Palin and Barney Frank Walk Into a Room Full of Journalists …The unlikely pair are headlining Washington’s winter Gridiron Dinner.
    By Chris Rovzar
  36. america’s sweetheart
    Palin: Public is ‘Rightfully’ Making Obama’s Birth Certificate an IssueThat’s not the public. It’s the wackos.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  37. teabaggers
    Conservative Considers Reclaiming ‘Teabagger’ LabelBut decides against it.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  38. dobbsian
    Lou Dobbs Loses Support of Anti-Immigration GroupHe’s just doesn’t hate immigration enough.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  39. ‘In Short, You Are the Definition of a Moral Hazard’Lawmakers let Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke know they were watching him during confirmation hearing.
    By Jessica Pressler
  40. what the huck?
    Reports of Mike Huckabee’s Death Are Greatly ExaggeratedThe Maurice Clemmons controversy looks bad now, but its impact shouldn’t be overblown.
    By Dan Amira
  41. equal rites
    What a Reluctant Vote Against Gay Marriage Looks LikeIt came down to the wire for one Republican senator.
    By Dan Amira
  42. health carnage
    The Senate GOP Doesn’t Think the Senate Should Vote on ThingsOr, it should vote on them very, very, slowly.
    By Dan Amira
  43. beefs
    Bernie Sanders Will Try to Block Ben Bernanke’s ConfirmationHe must hate beards.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  44. white house
    Desirée Rogers Spared From Congressional TestimonyThanks separation of powers!
    By Adam K. Raymond
  45. equal rites
    Marriage-Equality Bill Fails in State Senate 24–38After several moving speeches this afternoon, the measure failed.
    By Chris Rovzar
  46. oh albany!
    State Senate Passes Halfhearted Attempt at Solving Deficit Problems$2.7 billion in mostly onetime reduction measures.
    By Dan Amira
  47. white house
    Is It High Noon for Desirée Rogers?The flashy White House social secretary’s fortunes aren’t looking so good today.
    By Chris Rovzar
  48. joetorious
    Joe Biden Delivers Strongly Worded Made-up Idiom to Afghan PresidentThat’ll show him.
    By Dan Amira
  49. equal rites
    Watch the Gay-Marriage Debate Unfold LiveThey’re voting today! Probably!
    By Dan Amira
  50. health carnage
    New Type of Public Option Will Make All Our Problems Go AwayAt least that’s what Harry Reid desperately hopes!
    By Dan Amira
  51. equal rites
    There Could Be a Gay-Marriage Vote in New York TodayProbably not, but that’s what people are saying.
    By Chris Rovzar
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