The real reasons for Charlie Crist’s collapse
For Charlie Crist, it's all crumbled apart so quickly.In 2008, Florida's governor was rumored to be a top contender to run with John McCain. A year ago, his poll numbers were in the stratosphere. And...
View ArticleThe search for an intellectual GOP presidential candidate
With so much attention being lavished on Sarah Palin, the tea party movement, and media blowhards like Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck, Republican intellectuals can seem like an endangered species.In...
View ArticleThe most interesting Republican you’ve never heard of
Gary Johnson, a former governor of New Mexico and a likely candidate for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, is talking about hookers. "It's never been a consideration that I would enlist the...
View ArticleWhat does Jim DeMint want?
In the past year, Jim DeMint, South Carolina's junior senator, has transformed himself from right-wing outlier to the Senate’s leading tribune of Tea Party sentiment. His influence has expanded despite...
View ArticleHow David Vitter got away with it
Sometimes the strangest stories in politics are hiding in plain sight. So it is with Sen. David Vitter of Louisiana.Vitter, a first-term senator, rose to infamy three years ago, when his phone number...
View ArticleSorry, Dems: Last-minute Vitter challenge doesn’t add up to much
The last minute decision by a former Louisiana Supreme Court justice, Chet Traylor, to challenge incumbent senator David Vitter for the Republican nomination has caused ripples of excitement this...
View ArticleA Republican who wants DADT repealed now
Former New Mexico governor Gary Johnson, whom I profiled for Salon back in May, is apparently continuing his quest to claim the libertarian Republican mantle from Ron Paul.Late Thursday, Johnson -- who...
View ArticleSteny Hoyer: Dems will hold House, Pelosi will stay
The man who is odds-on to be the leader of House Democrats before the week is out is trying to walk a fine line.Within Washington, it is widely expected that 71-year-old Steny Hoyer, currently the...
View ArticleWho will be the Ron Paul of 2012?
"People ask me if I think about it, and I do," Ron Paul says, talking about the possibility of making another presidential run in 2012. "I haven’t decided. It is going to be several months before I...
View ArticleRon Reagan talks about his father’s Alzheimer’s
Seven years after his death, the name of Ronald Reagan is still capable of provoking serious arguments -- including within his own family.The former president’s son, Ron Reagan, has just released "My...
View ArticleWhy I’m glad Keith Olbermann is gone
If there was some strange parallel universe in which Keith Olbermann and I were members of Congress, I suspect we would vote together about 99 percent of the time. But when the "Countdown" host...
View ArticleNiall Stanage
Niall Stanage is a New York-based writer and the author of Redemption Song: An Irish Reporter Inside the Obama Campaign (Liberties Press, Dublin). His work has appeared in numerous publications...
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