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Progressives who oppose escalation see an opportunity to change the public debate.

In addition to Guantanamo Bay and torture, the big topics of the day seems to be warrant-less surveillance and Federal Intelligence and Surveillance Act and

Look, the media doesn’t pay enough attention to Samuel Wurzelbacher. The key scene in Wurzelbacher’s latest episode of Just Joe, the Pajamas TV web show comes

<p>As the Clinton-Obama duel grinds on, Democratic eyes are turning to those previously underappreciated people known as

Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) wants Interior to show him documents on the offshore drilling moratorium. Orszag is quitting in part because his already poor

<div>&nbsp;</div> <div>If we have to start an unnecessary and catastrophic war with Iran, please, Lord, let it be based on&nbsp;<a

Sen. Dick Durbin’s (D-Ill.) office sends word that the Senate will vote on cloture on the nomination of Cass Sunstein after a debate this hour. At 4:45pm, the

In a 240-172 vote, the House passed yesterday a bill that would give Americans who live in rural areas loans to make their homes more energy efficient. House

The Democratic Party’s approval rating falls to 37 percent, near parity with the Republicans’ 33. Still, the Democrats managed to grab a six-point lead in

Via Wonkbook, this morning, the Foundation for Child Development released its annual report on the well-being of America’s children, and it should send shivers

Granted, the U.S.-Iraq Status of Forces Agreement has been kind of under the media radar in general. But what’s really gotten no attention, even from obsessives

A recent two-week trip through Afghanistan revealed a populace deeply unhappy with corruption in their government.

Sen. John McCain came into the second presidential debate tonight in Nashville in a position of weakness -- trailing nationally and slipping in the swing

The Census Bureau today released figures indicating that 46.3 million folks living in the U.S. lacked health care coverage in 2008, up from 45.7 million the

In his concession speech on the lawn of the Arizona Biltmore Tuesday night, Sen. John McCain graciously pledged his support to President-elect Barack

President Obama’s call to expand offshore drilling just a few weeks before the Deepwater Horizon calamity -- a call intended to rally Republicans behind a

With Joe Miller looking like he might steal the Alaska GOP senate from Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R), Jonathan Chait asks whether this means the Tea Party has put yet

First it was health insurers; now it looks like coal companies are hoping to take advantage of the Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling earlier this year.

Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour, a Republican, took a markedly softer tone on illegal immigration during an interview yesterday than some of his fellow GOP