Feeds: 
Web Exclusives:
January 2008The FundamentaList (No. 19) Answering the big questions about evangelical Democrats, the "new evangelical agenda," and divisions in the religious right vote. January 30, 2008 | | web only A Health Law with Holes Massachusetts' experience with health-care reform illustrates the problem of an individual mandate absent comprehensive reform: It makes a social failure the problem of the individual. January 30, 2008 | | web only Whither Edwards Supporters? John Edwards dropped out of the presidential race. The new question is where his supporters -- and the candidate himself --- will go next. January 30, 2008 | | web only Fixing Another Florida (and Michigan) Fiasco If the Democratic race continues to be tight, a fair method for enfranchising Florida and Michigan Democrats will be vital to avoiding a tainted nomination. January 29, 2008 | | web only The Economic State of the Union In last night's State of the Union, Bush danced around the very real economic concerns faced by Americans. Of course, this is nothing new. January 29, 2008 | | web only Rudy's Last Stand Giuliani has staked his entire candidacy on Florida, but as voting day draws near, voters are getting more skeptical and his campaign is growing more desperate. January 28, 2008 | | web only Why Race and Gender Do Matter The "Oppression Olympics" are a distraction from the critical conversation about how race and gender matter in this election and in this country. January 28, 2008 | | web only Can Black Women Save the Liberal Coalition? Black women are the Democrats' most loyal voters. In a primary where race runs head-on with gender, can they save liberals from themselves? January 25, 2008 | | web only The Huckabee Republicrats Mike Huckabee might be trying to woo the anti-IRS crowd, but it's the growing number of conservatives who appreciate the value of government programs that may make or break his candidacy. January 25, 2008 | | web only WireTAP: A Dialogue about The Wire (Episodes 1-3) Prospect writers discuss the fifth season of the critically acclaimed HBO series. January 25, 2008 | | web only Super Surrogate Whether Bill Clinton is a liability or an asset to his wife's presidential campaign, his role, and his actions, are unprecedented. January 25, 2008 | | web only Finding a Moral Center Cristian Mungiu's 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days is a surprisingly optimistic consideration of individual motivation amidst the alienation of a rotting political system. January 25, 2008 | | web only It's Time to Save the Housing Sector Instead of debating the finer points of a "stimulus" package, or the Fed's next rate cut, Congress and the White House should get together to rescue the housing sector. January 25, 2008 | | web only What Does a Progressive Tax Policy Look Like? Huckabee has caught fire with his FairTax plan. Why aren't Democrats reaching for similarly ambitious reforms of our tax code? January 24, 2008 | | web only How to Talk Foreign Policy If the Democrats want to emerge from this primary ready to face Republicans in the general election, they need to find a cohesive, defensible way to talk about their foreign policy and how it differs from that of Republicans. January 24, 2008 | | web only The Convention Delegate Process Explained Why can't Obama run ads in Florida? Who gets to be a superdelegate? And what exactly is a brokered convention? We take you inside the secret world of delegates and the nomination process. January 24, 2008 | | web only Negotiating Our Future in Iraq The White House is about to embark upon a series of negotiations with the Iraqi government about the shape of U.S. involvement in Iraq for years to come. They say they will likely not seek congressional approval. But is that constitutional? January 24, 2008 | | web only The GOP's Security Gap Unless Republicans show some inkling of understanding that Wall Street and many U.S.-based multinationals have enriched themselves and our nation's rivals at America's expense, they are not really national security hawks at all. January 24, 2008 | | web only The FundamentaList (No. 18) Who's behind the Renewal Projects?; Huckabee implies he'd like a Christian Constitution; and televangelists are threatened with "full exposure." January 23, 2008 | | web only The Republican Democrat Pick your tired metaphor -- take-no-prisoners, brass knuckles, no-holds-barred, playing for keeps -- however you describe it, the Clinton campaign is not only going after Obama, they're doing so in awfully familiar ways. January 23, 2008 | | web only Petraeus '12 General David Petraeus has a sterling reputation, the love of the press, and the adoration of the GOP. Don't be surprised if a Democratic presidential win in '08 starts an effort to recruit Petraeus as the Republican candidate in '12. January 22, 2008 | | web only The Lessons of '94 The moment has looked propitious for change before, and failure has been all the harsher for it. Here are the three reasons the Clinton administration's health care reform effort failed, and how the next Democratic president can get it right. January 22, 2008 | | web only The Democrats Could Blow It Again After the first rounds of caucuses and primaries, the prospects don't look so rosy for the Democrats or so bleak for the Republicans. The presidential race now looks like a toss-up -- perhaps even with a Republican edge. January 21, 2008 | | web only The Post-Ironic Campaign As we head into the next big weekend of primaries, have we thrown out conventional wisdom in favor of a muddled field and an indeterminately long primary season? January 18, 2008 | | web only What Does It Mean To Be the Pro-Israel Candidate? The major candidates in both parties seek the "pro-Israel" label. Now is the time to debate what it means to support Israel, so that a year from now, elected leaders will be able to refer to publicly recognized ideas to justify acting more sensibly. January 18, 2008 | | web only Identification Politics The congressionally mandated national ID system moved with little discussion from big idea to law. As the devilish details emerge, it's proving easier mandated than done--and leaving immigrants to face the consequences. January 18, 2008 | | web only Huckabee's Magic FairTax Huckabee's FairTax? Nothing of the sort. It's just a grand sales tax with fuzzy math and a fancy name. We walk you through the complete explanation. January 17, 2008 | | web only A Different Recession In a normal recession, the to-do list is clear. Dust off Keynes, lower interest rates, cut taxes and hike spending. This time, though, don't expect that to be the end of the story because the coming recession will not be normal. January 17, 2008 | | web only The Huckabee/Obama Challenge Both candidates highlight generational divides in their respective parties and bring into question theories of political engagement that have guided the evangelical and civil-rights movements for decades. January 16, 2008 | | web only Will the Faltering Economy Help the Democrats? It's not at all clear that the Democrats will be able to pin the economic distress squarely on the Republican administration, or offer a politically convincing alternative. January 16, 2008 | | web only The FundamentaList (No. 17) Huckabee and the rise of religious populism, the gay marriage amendment in Florida, and Soulforce seeks dialogue between mega-churches and LGBT families. January 16, 2008 | | web only Time to Take Action on the Recession Reasonable people can debate the details, but first we need to agree on the principles for an anti-recession plan: create more jobs, start immediately, increase fiscal deficits in the immediate future, invest in infrastructure, and cut taxes. January 16, 2008 | | web only Redefining Success in Iraq Last week marked the one-year anniversary of the surge. The only real change has been the way politicians talk about what defines success in Iraq. But are the American people buying it? January 15, 2008 | | web only Gambling on Vegas The Nevada primary could provide a breather from the potentially destructive race-versus-gender debate brewing in the Democratic presidential primary. January 15, 2008 | | web only The Democratic Race as a John Hughes Comedy Let's not kid ourselves: Most of America votes largely on the basis of personality. And every candidate fits a stereotype. January 14, 2008 | | web only How Quirky Characters Are Ruining Indie Films Following the current trends in independent film, The Savages goes overboard in focusing on its characters' personality tics, and in doing so fails to create socially relevant, compelling cinema. January 11, 2008 | | web only The Fraud of Voter ID Laws Voting irregularities? There may be ballot box stuffing, electronic voter machine hacking, and list manipulation. Voter ID laws, however, don't address these problems. January 11, 2008 | | web only Where Are the Other Female Presidential Contenders? Plenty of ink has been spilled over how much Hillary Clinton's appeal is tied to her status as the first viable, front-runner female candidate. But what her candidacy really shows is how few female politicians are groomed for a presidential run. January 11, 2008 | | web only The Road to Universal Coverage Health care mandates are a sideshow, and fighting over them risks turning away voters from the main event. January 10, 2008 | | web only An Old Democratic Fault Line Beneath the profound novelties of this year's Democratic race lurk the same rifts that have characterized presidential contests for 40 years. January 10, 2008 | | web only The FundamentaList (No. 16) Deja Values Voters, Soldiers for Christ (and Huckabee), discontent with the National Association of Evangelicals and an update on the televangelist investigation. January 9, 2008 | | web only About New Hampshire... Clinton successfully sold New Hampshire voters on the appeal of her experience. A plurality of voters told exit pollsters that Clinton would make "the best commander-in-chief," and almost 90 percent of those voters pulled the lever for Clinton. January 9, 2008 | | web only Why Conservatives' Crush on Obama Is Doomed The heart of conservative affection for Barack Obama is that he "never brings race into it," by which they mean that he doesn't make them feel guilty about race. Don't count on the affection continuing forever. January 9, 2008 | | web only Jonah Goldberg's Bizarro History In his new book, Goldberg has decided to dream up fascists on the left rather than acknowledge that the real American fascists have been lurking in the right's closet for many years. January 8, 2008 | | web only TAP Talks to Elizabeth Edwards "None of the great social movements in this country have ever taken place because somebody had a good quote or was willing to sit down and talk about it. They all happened because someone was willing to stand firm and on principle." January 8, 2008 | | web only Lady of the Lists Hillary Clinton's stump speech has turned into a litany of policies and programs. While that may be a fine mode of presentation when the possibilities and limits are clear, it's no way to herald a new political era. January 8, 2008 | | web only The Crowded Obama Bandwagon The need for change has become the mantra of the political season, and it seems like everyone is coming around to the charms of Barack Obama. That doesn't mean that he's home free yet. January 7, 2008 | | web only The Oprah Candidate John Edwards is pulling out all stops to be seen as the candidate with the popular touch. Barack Obama may have received Oprah's endorsement, but Edwards hopes to be the candidate her viewers will recognize. January 7, 2008 | | web only How Progressives Can Win on National Security For the 2008 election to be a repudiation of the Bush foreign policy agenda, progressive candidates must present a true contrast on national security. January 7, 2008 | | web only What's Next for FISA? Where we've been, and where we're going, in the long, sordid saga of keeping Americans safe from the administration's spying. January 7, 2008 | | web only The Real Caucus Coverage If more members of the national media left the safe confines of the campaign parties to observe how Iowa really chooses a nominee, maybe America would be more critical of the process. January 5, 2008 | | web only The Republicans' Accountability Moment Huckabee's win is a clear signal to the Republican Party that their internal divisions are not going away. January 4, 2008 | | web only America's Biggest Divide Here's some news for anti-immigration demagogues. If they think this country or this economy can succeed in coming decades without millions of additional immigrants, they're not thinking straight. January 4, 2008 | | web only Iowa's Verdict Barack Obama's strong victory last night is that rarity of rarities: a positive shock to the American political system. And that message is resonating beyond the Democratic party. The Republicans, however, are in a pickle. January 4, 2008 | | web only The McCain-Lieberman Gamble By trying to help John McCain recapture the independence of his 2000 run while retaining the panders of his 2008 campaign, Joe Lieberman chips away at the authenticity of both. January 3, 2008 | | web only Why Iowa Means Nothing to the GOP The Republican race in Iowa was an increasingly bitter battle between Huckabee and Romney. Is the real outcome a victory for one of the candidates who stayed out of the brawl? January 3, 2008 | | web only The Unease Factor It would be grossly unfair to charge that Hillary Clinton is endeavoring to stir up the same kind of fear that George Bush did four years ago. But there is little question that she is trying to make voters feel unsettled. January 3, 2008 | | web only The Appeal of Joe Biden Joe Biden's supporters are adamant that this election is about foreign policy and are wild about the senator's experience on the world stage. January 3, 2008 | | web only The FundamentaList (No. 15) Mike Huckabee and Mitt Romney jockey for the support of the Christian base. January 3, 2008 | | web only The Fence Failure If George W. Bush added a tour of Israel's "security barrier" to his visit, he might understand how essential a political solution to terror is, rather than a military one. January 3, 2008 | | web only Parties Trading Places The GOP has taken on the Democrats' characteristic divisiveness and infighting. Will Republicans be able to rally 'round their nominee? January 3, 2008 | | web only Iowans Debate the Merits of Edwards' Populism Will the Iowa caucuses be a referendum on John Edwards' populist rhetoric? Or, if he manages to emerge the winner, can we chalk it up to his high name recognition and perceived electability? January 1, 2008 | | web only |
symbol identifies content for paid subscribers only.
