Editors’ Blog - 2013
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02.13.13 | 11:44 am
Witness for the Defense?

Akin rails against Rove’s anti-Tea Party project, calls it “disrespectful to the grassroots.”

02.13.13 | 11:49 am
Jindal, ex-Savior

Can we agree that Bobby Jindal’s 20 point approval deficit takes a bit of his shine away as a national contender in 2016?

02.13.13 | 12:55 pm
A Dystopian Vision Of The Present

The NRA’s Wayne LaPierre lets loose with another howl from his bunker.

02.13.13 | 1:27 pm
Dysfunctional Much?

The Wisconsin Supreme Court justice who was allegedly grabbed around the neck in her chambers by a fellow justice has broken her public silence.

02.13.13 | 2:40 pm
Gonzo Paranoia

To counter the President’s push for gun regulation, NRA chief Wayne LaPierre presses the needs for assault weapons for the danger Americans face from Latin American drug gangs, hurricanes, riots after the coming collapse of the American economic system and terrorists.

02.13.13 | 3:31 pm
White House Says New NRA Ad Is All Lies

The Obama administration is shooting down a new NRA ad which claims administration has a secret plan for gun confiscation and a national gun registry.

02.14.13 | 3:07 am
Not Happening, Geraldo

It looks like the Geraldo for Senate campaign may be over.

02.14.13 | 3:11 am
Think There May be a Problem With That

For a promotional video that was eventually never shown, the Tea Party group FreedomWorks got two female interns to impersonate then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and a Giant Panda having sex.

02.14.13 | 3:31 am
Is It a Party of Abstractions?

TPM Reader PT asks whether Rubio or Republicans at large are able to propose anything more than abstractions.

I don’t think that any of the commentary on the SOTU and its response has quite grasped the point which came home to me sometime this morning: that because of its ideology, the Republican Party is reduced to arguing against the Democratic Party policies, and for its own, entirely on the basis of abstractions.

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02.14.13 | 5:48 am
Are We Heading Toward the Big Showdown?

Reid warns of “serious consequences” if Republicans filibuster Hagel.