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TWI’s David Weigel went head-to-head with The American Prospect’s Tim Fernholz on bloggingheads.tv yesterday, discussing a wide range of topics, from the

For a random person with no role in the presidential election, William Ayers has drawn plenty of political attention lately. We try to focus on real issues

As a dramatic feature, yesterday’s high-profile health care summit in Washington was a flop. That is, for all the breathtaking headlines inspired by the

Following up on my earlier post on the FBI’s longstanding problems with putting terror suspects on its terror watchlist, I just got off the phone with FBI

Statements are beginning to dribble out from Capitol Hill following the death this afternoon of 18-term Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.). Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio),

Tom Tancredo does an interview with the Dutch paper Handelsblad -- which treats him, credulously, as a Tea Party prominent -- and drops the hammer on his

Sen. Barack Obama is off the campaign trail, but his top aides are running hard today. Obama’s senior strategists held a national news conference by

State Rep. Will Weatherford, R-Wesley Chapel (Pic by Mark Foley, via myfloridahouse.gov) State Rep. Will Weatherford, R-Wesley Chapel, made an appearance at Care Net’s conference in Orlando late last week

For much of its 50-year statehood, Alaska’s leadership was tainted by corruption. But Sarah Palin’s win as reform governor suggested a new political maturity. A report now reveals that she violated a state ethics law. Is there something in the political climate here?

Roger Stone, the legendary dirty-trickster and apostle in the Church of Richard Nixon -- seriously, the dude has a Nixon tattoo on his spine, which I can

This morning’s Washington Post explains that the Bush administration is using the last-minute practice of burrowing, or slipping political appointees into

A Pew Research poll released today shows Sen. Barack Obama with his largest lead of the campaign -- a whopping 16 points. In the 1,325-voter sample, Obama

Marc Ambinder of The Atlantic reports that the GOP convention HQ in St. Paul, Minn., is getting a flood of calls from "people who identify themselves as

Following a meeting in Chicago about energy policy and climate change with former Vice President Al Gore and Vice President-elect Joe Biden, which was likely

For $9.99 -- not including shipping -- you can purchase a Sarah Palin embryo ornament from Etsy.com. Sarah’s got a gun and a nice pair of...glasses, says

Over the past several days, ever since Gov. Sarah Palin and Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) started warning about pro-American parts of the country and

Timothy Dolan, Archbishop of New York and president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, sent a strongly-worded letter to President Obama this