My Monday column applies the Cuban Missile Crisis test to the current presidential candidates. Fifty years ago yesterday, an American U-2 reconnaissance flight snapped a series of damning photographs...
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It's time for another quarterly fundraiser to keep the outrage and blockquotes a-flowin'. If you like what you've been reading here and want to help it along a little bit, drop a few bucks into the...
ARGO was incredible on so many levels. Generally when I see a great movie, I endeavor to find a flaw. I couldn't. Suspenseful times a thousand, entertaining, perfect. John Goodman, Alan Arkin, Ben...
Late breaking news last night: PPP has just released a new polling showing President Obama leading Mitt Romney 51-46 in Ohio. And a (potentially outlier) poll shows Obama leading in Crazy Unpainted...
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Paul Krugman: ...if Mitt Romney wins the election, the G.O.P. will surely consider its economic ideas vindicated. In other words, politically good things may be about to happen to very bad ideas. And...
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As I predicted last night: Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh took to the airwaves on Friday where he offer his thoughts on last night’s vice presidential debate between Joe Biden and Paul Ryan...
"It was almost uncontrollable laugher -- laughter. Almost unhinged. Rude, condescending, mean at times. Interruptive... I'm not sure how this plays with the American people to be that rude and to be...
Not unlike his convention address, Paul Ryan was utterly divorced from the truth last night. FactCheck.org: Ryan said Obama’s proposal to let tax rates rise for high-income individuals would “tax...
Your weekly Daily Banter Mail Bag questions for me, Ben and Chez: 1) What a performance!!! Ryan looked like a 15 year old in there against a very statesman like Vice President. Two parts to this...
[Above: Full video of the debate in case you missed it.] All righty. Can we all stop panicking about this thing now? Seriously. First things first. You should absolutely not expect the president to...
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The vice president nailed this debate on two fronts. He was both substantive -- sometimes even wonky -- as well as being clearly aggressive. The best section of the debate was when Joe Biden got Paul...
This continues to stink of a witch hunt. The evidence, Tygart said, is in excess of 1,000 pages and features sworn testimony from 26 individuals, “including 15 riders with knowledge of the USPS team...
NBC/WSJ/Marist poll results via TPM: Florida: Obama 48, Romney 47 Ohio: Obama 51, Romney 45 Virginia: Romney 48, Obama 47 Josh Marshall notes that these polls were taken Sunday through Tuesday. Given...
"The one thing I think people, Republicans as well as Democrats can say, is that there has been consistency with me from the time that I started running for president to today. And there will be...
My Thursday column attempts to document Romney's latest round of extreme policy reversals: This column is a very serious warning to anyone who's considering a vote for Mitt Romney next month: You'll...
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