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Blocking Obama: As seen by political cartoonists

It’s been a no-win for President Obama since Day 1 of his presidency, when Republican Congressional leaders [and I use that term lightly] met

Republicans can try to say it ain’t so, but a newly developed statistical measure says it is: The GOP’s delaying tactics and outright obstruction

Benghazi isn’t a scandal. It’s what the character named Detective Bobby Simone, of TV’s Law & Order, would have called “a situation.” [Simone once

How many times have we heard the phrase, “this is too important to be left to politics?” Yes, when we’re discussing foreign policy or

I don’t know why we are surprised at dysfunctional behavior at the Internal Revenue Service: Any agency that has been denied a permanent director

Republicans often like to see issues in black and white with no room for shades of gray. This means that they cannot accommodate luck

You can try to argue that ALEC [the American Legislative Exchange Council] is a private group and can do whatever it wants in the

Once upon a time, Congressional representatives had the guts to bring up controversial bills, state their views openly, and go on the record with

On a recent segment of the Rachel Maddow Show, Rachel interviewed two guests at one time, something she rarely does. The guests, Frank Rich

The differences in the mental gymnastics that go on inside the minds of liberals and conservatives when they are presented with new information can