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Monday, November 10, 2008
The Shadow President: How John Podesta Invented The Obama Administration.
by Michael Crowley
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by Jonathan Cohn
Allen Grossman's Poetry Provides Eternal Answers Without Ever Offering The Question
by Alexander Nemser
Saturday, November 08, 2008
TRB: Slow Learners--What Part Of 'Overwhelming Electoral Defeat' Does The GOP Not Understand?
by Jonathan Chait
In Defense Of Summers: Don't Rule Out A Brilliant Policymaker Because Of Two Ham-Fisted Comments
by Noam Scheiber
'Synecdoche, New York' Is A Dreamy, Thrillingly Ambitious Shot To The Brain
by Christopher Orr
Is A 52-48 Vote Really Enough To Prove That The Courts Overstepped On Gay Marriage?
by Richard Just and Jeffrey Rosen
On The Huge Expectations That The World Has For Barack Obama
by Bernard-Henri Levy
Friday, November 07, 2008
The O-List: Thirty People Who Will Rule Obama's Washington
by TNR Staff
Washington Diarist: 'Americans Who Were Not Moved By What Happened The Other Night Were In Some Way Un-American'
by Leon Wieseltier
Democrats Did Terribly With Religious Voters On Tuesday. But Does The Party Need Them?
by Damon Linker
Debating Prop. 8: Why Overeager Judges Don't Help The Cause Of Marriage Equality
by Richard Just and Jeffrey Rosen
Rahm Wasn't Just The Right Choice For Chief Of Staff; He Was The Only One
by Noam Scheiber
Five Ways In Which Barack Obama's Victory Has Changed The Political Landscape In America
by Marty Peretz
Thursday, November 06, 2008
Should The Secretary of Treasury Be Larry Summers Or … Tim Geitner, Who's The Next Larry Summers.
by Noam Scheiber
Why It Took A Black Presidential Candidate To End Our Four-Decade Culture War
by Alan Wolfe
A Wonderful Political Season, Yes, But Also A Deeply Disappointing One For Women
by Katherine Marsh
America The Polarized: Why Obama's Resounding Victory Does Not Indicate A Broader Political Realignment
by Scott Winship
Unsolved Electoral Mysteries: Why Did Democrats Have More Down-Ballot Trouble Than Expected?
by Eve Fairbanks
Why Does 'No-Drama' Obama Want Rahm As Chief Of Staff? And Why Would Rahm Want To Pass Up The Speakership?
by Jason Zengerle and Michelle Cottle
Wednesday, November 05, 2008
Does Obama's Victory Prove That America Has Become A Liberal County?
by John B. Judis
Scouring The Exits: 'Of The People For Whom Race Mattered, More Wanted To See A Black Man Become President Than Didn't'
by Noam Scheiber
Some Ideas On How We Should Start To Process This Monumental Victory
by John McWhorter
Gala-hopping With Los Angeles Republicans. (Reflecting On The State Of The Party Strongly Discouraged.)
by T.A. Frank
TNRtv: Why Yesterday's Election Results Should Be A Rude Awakening To Anti-Immigration Conservatives
by James Kirchick
The Foreign TV Watch: Mindless Chatter, Leftie Politics, Odes To The 'Primordial Importance of Women' … And Chris Matthews Wasn't Even Around
by Brendan Bernhard
What's Next For John McCain?
by Franklin Foer
What President Obama Owes A Populace That's Scared About Its Future
by Alvaro Vargas Llosa
Tuesday, November 04, 2008
The Barack I Know: How Obama Schooled Me On Race, And Other Stories From My Year On The Campaign Trail
by Noam Scheiber
Ten Reasons Why You Should Ignore Exit Polls At All Costs
by Nate Silver
Big Trouble's A-Brewing At Polling Stations In Virginia
by Dave Jamieson
Special Triumphalist Edition! We Haven't Even Seen The Exit Polls, But John B. Judis Has Already Picked Out Obama's Cabinet.
In Defense Of Caution: Why President Obama Shouldn't Push For Too Much Too Fast
by William Galston
The Final Polls Are In, And McCain's Chances Of Victory Settle At ... 1.9 Percent
by Nate Silver
The Democratic Party's Sly New Congressional Strategy. PLUS: Meet The New Jim Webb.
by Eve Fairbanks
Why Palin's Policies Won't Help Special-Needs Children
by Harold Pollack
Monday, November 03, 2008
Don't Worry, Obama's Got This
by Noam Scheiber
Why McCain's Last Stand Indulges White Voters' Worst Instincts
by Jonathan Chait
Hanging Out With Ohio Secretary Of State Jennifer Brunner Before Everything Goes To Hell On Tuesday
by Seyward Darby
What Can We Expect From Fox News Over The Next Four Years? I Watched An Insane Amount Of It To Find Out.
by Isaac Chotiner
McCain Finally Refines His Tax Argument, And It's Reaching More Voters. Too Bad It's Still Wrong.
by Jonathan Cohn
How Obama, The First Truly 21st Century Figure In American Politics, Has Transformed The Nature Of Campaigns
by E.J. Dionne, Jr.
Saturday, November 01, 2008
Should McCain Have Been Expelled From The Senate? The Keating Five Story You've Never Heard.
by Sahil Mahtani
Obama's Playing Spooky Mind Games In Arizona
by Nate Silver
"We're Doing The Work McCain's People Can't Or Won't Do": Meet The Man Behind The New Reverend Wright Ad
by Zvika Krieger
Lawsuits! Shady Associates! Dirty Money! Your Guide To The Never-Ending Scandals Of Norm Coleman.
by Eve Fairbanks
The Real Reason Red-Staters Are So Angry. (Hint: Have You Ever Tried To Buy A Vibrator In Texas?)
by Michelle Cottle
John McCain's Bizarre Fantasy U.N. Replacement
by Nina Hachigian
TNRtv: What Would Rahm Emanuel As Chief Of Staff Say About An Obama Administration?
by Eve Fairbanks
Friday, October 31, 2008
The Movie Review: 'Zack and Miri Make a Porno'
by Christopher Orr
Rashid Who? Why The Jews Finally Came Home To Obama
by Ethan Porter
Meet Lou Barletta, The Anti-Immigrant Republican Who's Riding Obama's Coattails To A House Seat
by Marin Cogan
Did The Swift Boaters Finally Beat John Murtha?
by Joshua Hersh
Why It's So Hard For The Media To Call McCain Out On His Policy Lies
by Jonathan Cohn
McCain Believes Good Always Defeats Evil, And, Well, That's Scary In A President
by Peter Scoblic
Finally, The Campaign Turns To A Truly Substantive Argument
by E.J. Dionne, Jr.
Thursday, October 30, 2008
California's Anti-Gay Marriage Crusaders Have Decided To Put A Very Nice Face On A Very Close-Minded Idea
by T.A. Frank
The Scariest Part About The Economic Collapse Is That, Even Still, Nobody Knows What's Going On
by Steven R. Weisman
How Simon Cowell Saved American Democracy
by Alan H. Fleischmann
Why America Is Better Served By Having Two Parties In Power: A Response To John B. Judis
by Jacob T. Levy
Correspondence: Rodger Foreman on 'Barracuda'
by Rodger Foreman and Noam Scheiber
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
What Does Covering A Two-Year Campaign Do To The Soul Of A Journalist?
by Julia Ioffe
Should Obama Fans Be Popping Corks Or Xanax? Our Senior Editors Debate Obama Inevitability.
by John B. Judis and Noam Scheiber
Seeing The Financial Crisis As An Opportunity
by Michael E. Lewitt
TNR EXCLUSIVE: The Bush Administration Has Dramatically Escalated The Fight Against Al Qaeda--With Serious Implications For An Obama Administration.
by Eli Lake
Is Bobby Jindal Really 'The Republican Obama'? And Would The GOP Ever Nominate Him For President?
by Suzy Khimm and Christopher Orr
Why McCain's Economic Plan Will Screw New York (And Most Other States Too!)
by Jonathan Cohn
How America's Financial Meltdown Allowed Argentina's President To Plunder People's Savings
by Alvaro Vargas Llosa
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Divided Government Doesn't Work
by John B. Judis
RIP Northeastern Republicans. Cause Of Death: Barracuda Attack.
by Suzy Khimm
Throwing A Cold Dose Of Reality On The Claim That Obama Endorsed Redistribution Of Wealth
by Cass R. Sunstein
The Hot New Trend: Republicans Pretending To Be Democrats. Is This Good Or Bad For Liberals?
by Jonathan Cohn
Should The Government Bail Out Detroit? (Would It Even Be Able To?)
by Bradford Plumer
Good Riddance, John Murtha
by Eve Fairbanks
You Only Watch One Video In Which The McCain-Palin War Is Acted Out With Hand Puppets, Make It This One
by Jonathan Chait
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