The New Team - Obama's Cabinet

A wonderful project by the NYTimes, giving an update on The Obama Cabinet. This project seems to create a synchronized update on various members of the Obama team.

"Run Sarah, Run" roared the crowd!

Palin slams Obama in tea party convention speech. A familiar scenario for the Tea Partys that mainly tackles issues regarding the Government on big spending & taxes.

Is 1 Term Enough?

The President tells Diane Sawyer about his 1st term, and the impact regarding poll numbers.

Lessons learned from the Massachusetts election

Matt Bai of The New York Times Magazine, explains why Democrats and Republicans tend to mistake an anti-incumbency movement for an ideological shift in the country. 

Do Corporations Have Free Speech Rights?

In general I'm a full bore free speech advocate Sure! go ahead and yell "Fire!" in a crowded movie house

I have heard many people worry that health care will be "rationed" under health reform?

Health Insurance Reform will end current forms of rationing, not expand it. First, there is widespread rationing in today’s system.

Video: Obama slams ‘misleading’ health claims

Amid an explosion of anger at town halls across the country, President Barack Obama and former GOP VP candidate Sarah Palin offered their take on the debate. NBC’s Mike Viqueira reports.

Obama, Father-in-chief

MSNBC’s Richard Wolffe reacts to President Barack Obama’s speech on fatherhood and family values.

In Iran, Disputed Election Fuels Ongoing Political Unrest

With election protests continuing in Iran, the nation's 12-member Guardian Council has agreed to hear the grievances of Mir Hussein Mousavi and other candidates.

Video: Crackdown intensifies in Iran

Security forces are attempting to shut down the thousands of protesters gathering on the streets of Iran to demand a new presidential election. Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., discusses this

Ahmadinejad's Uncertain Future

Iranian elections are unfree, unfair, but also unpredictable. Ahmadinejads mismanagement of the economy, confrontational foreign policy, and clampdown on civil liberties, however, have generated a sense of malaise in the country.

Video: Careful diplomacy With Post-Election Iran

As protests continue in Iran over the presidential election, President Obama is keeping his comments measured, and subtle. Is Obama making the right response in this situation?

U.S. Journalists Found Guilty

Laura Ling and Euna Lee are sentenced to 12 years in a labor prison.

Laura Bush: Politics After the White House

The former first lady weighs in on Dick Cheney and the state of the GOP

'View' Fight Over Obama's Speech

Guess which co-host took issue with the president's speech delivered in Egypt?

Bin Laden threatens U.S., slams Obama

Hoping to improve U.S. relations with the Arab and Islamic world, President Barack Obama arrived in the Middle East

100 Days of Spin or Not for Obama?

After 100 days in office, we find President Obama is sticking to the facts mostly. Nevertheless, we find that the president has occasionally made claims that put him and his policies in a better light than the facts warrant.

Examining Club For Growth's Impact On GOP

All Things Considered, Ever the prosecutor, Republican turned Democratic Sen. Arlen Specter cited evidence Tuesday to bolster his case that his old party has turned too conservative.

Specter split divides GOP

Since former Republican Sen. Arlen Specter decided to join the Democrat party, has the GOP managed to tear itself apart from the inside? Former Rep. Chris Shays, R-Conn., and former House Majority Leader Tom Delay, R-Texas, discuss. 

The Specter Issue: Why The Switch?

Is the GOP (Grand Old Party) imploding. Or is America evolving? The political system as we know it in the USofA is changing. Veteran-Politicians like Reagan ex-democrat, Liberman ex-democrat, and now Specter ex-republican. Is it timing? Is it simply politicking? What do the republicans seem to stand for? Obama's political entrance on the theme of CHANGE may really be more of a threat than earlier perceived. The GOP may really be metamorphosizing right in front of our eyes. The Specter switch is a BIG deal. I mean really BIG deal. Does Obama push for more liberal policies? Or should he now make a move to the center-left? Is this the moment for a super-majority?