Department Index
Politics 2011:
Who's winning, who's losing, and why.
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- Budget Cuts, Over Easy At Denny's, the Tea Party holds its own debt-commission hearing.
Sept. 28, 2011 - Leading Bystander The claims that Obama doesn't lead are wrong and muddle things.
Sept. 28, 2011 - The Christie Shuffle The New Jersey governor ducks answering whether he's going to join the GOP race.
Sept. 28, 2011 - Christie Our Savior Why this week's Republican messiah is no better than last week's.
Sept. 27, 2011 - Rick Perry Has a Heart The Republican base believes in states' rights except when states do things it doesn't like.
Sept. 26, 2011 - Could Mitch Have Made It? Mitch Daniels considers the doom of his presidential campaign.
Sept. 26, 2011 - The Best Line of the Night At the GOP debate, underdog candidate Gary Johnson finally gets a moment in the spotlight—and seizes it.
Sept. 23, 2011 - Rick Rolled The more Perry debates, the worse he gets.
Sept. 23, 2011 - Fed Up Republicans may not like it, but the law says the Federal Reserve can do whatever it wants.
Sept. 21, 2011 - There's Something I Need To Tell You, Sarge ... A gallery of service members who came out the day "don't ask, don't tell" was repealed.
Sept. 20, 2011 - Where It All Went Wrong Ron Suskind's new book and the competing theories for Obama's collapse.
Sept. 20, 2011 - This Time He Really Means It Obama has been angry before, but he's never been able to stay angry. Will his latest economic plan be any different?
Sept. 20, 2011 - Rogue Author Joe McGinniss stands by the more outrageous parts of his Sarah Palin tell-all.
Sept. 16, 2011 - Rick Perry Prides Himself on Telling Truths But just what kind of truths are they?
Sept. 15, 2011 - College Prank Why Pennsylvania's plan to reform the Electoral College is doomed.
Sept. 14, 2011 - Political Inoculation How Rick Perry can defuse the controversy over the HPV vaccine.
Sept. 13, 2011 - Hard Truths In Tampa, Mitt Romney won the debate, and Rick Perry stumbled.
Sept. 13, 2011 - America's Tea Party Network How the Tea Party Express took over both the Republican Party and CNN.
Sept. 12, 2011 - 1,667 Times Square-Style Attacks Every Year That's how many terrorism plots we would have to foil to justify our current spending on homeland security.
Sept. 9, 2011 - Obama's Jobs Gamble He dares the Republicans to thwart his $447 billion proposal. Can he possibly win?
Sept. 9, 2011 - It's a Bird. It's a Plane. It's Supercommittee! The cheerful first meeting of the bipartisan budget-cutting panel avoids the hard questions.
Sept. 8, 2011 - Probability Neglect Why the government massively overestimates the risks of terrorism.
Sept. 8, 2011 - The Duel The battle between Mitt Romney and Rick Perry explodes at the GOP presidential debate.
Sept. 8, 2011 - Attack! Attack! Attack! How the GOP hopefuls can bring down Rick Perry in tonight's debate.
Sept. 7, 2011 - 9/11, 10 Years Later Slate's complete coverage of the anniversary of 9/11.
Sept. 7, 2011 - Does the United States Spend Too Much on Homeland Security? The government refuses to subject homeland security to a cost-benefit analysis.
Sept. 7, 2011 - Romney's Perry Problem Mitt has a 59-point plan to fix the economy, and a zero-point plan to fight off his aggressive rival.
Sept. 6, 2011 - Huntsman's Sneaky Plan First, he's got to persuade all of New Hampshire's independents to vote for him. How's that going?
Sept. 6, 2011 - I'm Still Here Sarah Palin, still not running for president, writes the GOP's campaign theme for it.
Sept. 5, 2011 - The Lost Cause Republicans like Rick Perry and Jim DeMint still care about social issues. But voters don't.
Sept. 2, 2011 - Angler, Dog-Lover, Veep The purpose of Dick Cheney's memoir isn't to prove he was right so much as to prove he is human.
Sept. 1, 2011 - The Buddy System Buddy Roemer has a plan to win the presidency. Really.
Aug. 30, 2011 - Every Day Is a Rainy Day Eric Cantor's rule: Money to help those affected by Irene will have to come from somewhere else in the federal budget.
Aug. 29, 2011 - Bad Slasher Movie The Democrats' sad, stupid, doomed campaign to keep the payroll tax cut.
Aug. 26, 2011 - The Party's Over Why Tea Party candidates won't win any elections next year: because mainstream Republicans now spout the same ideas.
Aug. 24, 2011 - Catching Pataki Fever In the search for completely implausible, unelectable Republican presidential candidates, why stop at George Pataki?
Aug. 23, 2011 - Republicans for Tax Hikes Republicans have finally found a group they want to tax: poor people.
Aug. 22, 2011 - Next Up: The Endless Primary It's never too early to hope for a brokered convention!
Aug. 19, 2011 - The Two Rick Perrys When it comes to policy, the Texas governor is both confident and tentative.
Aug. 17, 2011 - Fear of a Fed Planet Why Rick Perry made a bid for the anti-Bernanke vote.
Aug. 16, 2011 - Less Hat, More Cattle After his attack on Ben Bernanke, Rick Perry tries to temper his swagger.
Aug. 16, 2011 - Jack Donaghy for President A Republican businessman wants all candidates to agree to attend a two-day business seminar.
Aug. 15, 2011 - The Rick Perry Show The Texas governor makes his Iowa debut.
Aug. 15, 2011 - Straw Woman Michele Bachmann wins, and the GOP presidential campaign kicks into a new phase.
Aug. 14, 2011 - The Un-Candidates Iowans are intrigued by Sarah Palin and Rick Perry even if they can't vote for them—yet.
Aug. 12, 2011 - Snipefest! Bachmann slams Pawlenty, Santorum ribs Ron Paul, Gingrich slaps Fox News—and Romney smiles.
Aug. 12, 2011 - I Like You Guys Mitt Romney's low-key campaign to befriend every businessman in Iowa, one by one.
Aug. 11, 2011 - Hey, Remember Me? Tim Pawlenty fights for the spotlight.
Aug. 10, 2011 - We Were Right All Along In Iowa, Michele Bachmann is unrepentant about her vote against raising the debt ceiling.
Aug. 9, 2011 - And God Will Send Rick Perry Amid prayers for jobs and investment portfolios, the Texas governor becomes the great Republican hope.
Aug. 7, 2011 - Superconfusion Democrats say the supercommittee has the power to raise taxes. Republicans say it doesn't. Who's right?
Aug. 5, 2011 - "They Used To Cane Each Other and Have Duels" Nancy Pelosi riffs on the debt deal, the nihilist GOP, and the fights Congress used to have.
Aug. 4, 2011 - Blackmail: It Works Why the GOP's debt-ceiling victory was a generational defeat for liberals.
Aug. 2, 2011 - The Democratic Unemployment Act How will President Obama and his party justify the spending cuts in the debt deal?
Aug. 1, 2011 - Don't Worry, It Gets Worse Today in the debt-ceiling debate: The House and Senate trade insults. The House wins.
July 31, 2011 - Knocked Off Balance How John Boehner is using one doomed piece of legislation to try and save another.
July 28, 2011 - Empowerment Outage If Peter King wants to empower moderate Muslim-Americans, why didn't he invite any to his hearing?
July 28, 2011 - The Day the Tea Party Grew Up How John Boehner convinced skeptics that a political victory could be principled, too.
July 27, 2011 - Terror in Norway Slate's complete coverage of the Norwegian tragedy.
July 27, 2011 - Game of Votes Can John Boehner win enough votes for his debt-ceiling plan? What if he can't?
July 26, 2011 - The Crash That Didn't Happen Why House Republicans are confident they have the upper hand in the debt-ceiling negotiations.
July 25, 2011 - Kaboom! A grand bargain on the debt ceiling has blown up, and the debate over who to blame has just begun.
July 23, 2011 - These Three Kingmakers The most important people in the GOP primary, and what their influence says about the party.
July 22, 2011 - Pledge Kludge Just another day in the debt-ceiling debate: Did Grover Norquist really say that?
July 22, 2011 - Peas in Our Time Republican senators want to cut a debt deal, if the House can finish its tantrum.
July 20, 2011 - Big Is the New Black Why the "grand bargain" between Obama and Republicans, left for dead a week ago, is back in play.
July 19, 2011 - Put the Kettle On Van Jones tries to help create a liberal version of the Tea Party.
July 18, 2011 - Hard Nuts To Crack The president argues that Republicans are captive to an unbalanced minority.
July 15, 2011 - Stunt Amendment The Balanced Budget Amendment shows Republicans to be more interested in politics than policy.
July 15, 2011 - Debtors' Prison How Republicans backed themselves into a corner in the debt debate.
July 13, 2011 - Take Me to Your Leader The debt-limit talks show Washington's rhetoric to be even more empty than usual.
July 13, 2011 - Either the Fed Goes, or I Do Ron Paul retires from Congress, leaving behind a GOP that finally learned to love him.
July 12, 2011 - A Whole New Obama Myth The president narrates a myth about the creation of the world, and the end of it.
July 11, 2011 - Guilt Trip Obama tries to persuade Republicans to support a deal on the debt ceiling by shaming them.
July 11, 2011 - Stimulus, RIP Did the stimulus bill fail? Not really, but that may not matter anymore.
July 8, 2011 - Make the Debt Limit Disappear! Does Obama need congressional approval to raise it?
July 7, 2011 - Couples Therapy Why Barack Obama and John Boehner work so well together.
July 7, 2011 - Wish You Weren't Here Even members of Congress, still in session, are feeling pretty useless this week.
July 6, 2011 - Smooth-Talking SOBs What the rich guys and corporate types in Aspen think of Obama.
June 30, 2011 - No TV Until You're Done Obama asks Congress to work on the budget the way his daughters work on their homework.
June 29, 2011 - Pravda Will Set You Free Russia's answer to Fox News and MSNBC.
June 27, 2011 - Adults Gone Wild Why are the debt-ceiling talks going so badly for Democrats?
June 24, 2011 - Lights, Camera, Impasse Why there's no need to worry about the long-awaited breakdown in debt-ceiling negotiations.
June 24, 2011 - Magic Words Are members of Congress getting tired of signing pledges?
June 22, 2011 - Nobody's Candidate The media might love Jon Huntsman, but it's less clear that Republicans do.
June 21, 2011 - Crazy Popular, or Just Crazy? In New Orleans, Republicans debate the best way to sell their message and defeat Obama.
June 18, 2011 - They Look Like Presidents Three of the current field of GOP contenders certainly look the part.
June 17, 2011 - Life After Obama The netroots has moved on from the president to focus on smaller candidates.
June 17, 2011 - Live Free or Move Hanging out with the young kids who want to turn New Hampshire into a libertarian paradise.
June 15, 2011 - Run, Anthony, Run Why Weiner should resign—and then run for re-election.
June 15, 2011 - The Mitt Show Romney's strong performance is helped by his opponents' reluctance to attack him.
June 14, 2011 - The Other Guys New Hampshire Republicans sip lemonade and try to pick just one favorite candidate.
June 13, 2011 - Palin's Coming Attractions What the new Sarah Palin documentary gets right, and wrong, about her politics.
June 10, 2011 - Is Iowa Important? Before Mitt Romney can win there, he has to decide whether he wants to.
June 9, 2011 - Newt Neutered Why Newt Gingrich's top campaign advisers resigned.
June 9, 2011 - GOP to Palin: It's Over Why a Sarah Palin presidential campaign is hopeless.
June 8, 2011 - Confirmed: The Nomination Process Is Broken Even Senate Republicans want to help speed up the presidential appointment process.
June 8, 2011 - Kernel of Truth Even Iowans don't care about ethanol subsidies anymore.
June 7, 2011 - The Incredible Shrinking Weiner A stupid, bungled scandal—with no sex!—neuters a Democratic star.
June 7, 2011 - What Is Andrew Breitbart Thinking? He's messing with you.
June 6, 2011 - O Ye of Little Faith The Republican Party may not be ready to take on the welfare state, but the Tea Party is.
June 6, 2011 - Romney Means Business With a slow economy, can Mitt Romney's pitch work?
June 3, 2011 - The Don't-Tread-on-Meter: Life After N.Y.-26 Have voters already put the brakes on the Tea Party's congressional revolution?
May 27, 2011 - Here Comes Sarah How a Palin candidacy could help and hurt Mitt Romney.
May 26, 2011 - What Did He Just Say? Meet Rep. Joe Walsh, the biggest media hound in the freshman class.
May 26, 2011 - New York to Paul Ryan: Drop Dead How much does Kathy Hochul's victory over Jane Corwin owe to Ryan's Medicare plan?
May 25, 2011 - The Sound of Settling Maybe Tim Pawlenty is just the sort of boring, solid candidate Republicans need.
May 23, 2011 - Awaiting the Rapture The longer Republicans wait for an "exciting" candidate, the worse off they'll be.
May 23, 2011 - The Ryan Referendum Neither the Republican nor the Democrat in New York's congressional race is too excited about the GOP plan for Medicare.
May 20, 2011 - The Human Torch Jack Davis personifies the Tea Party. Is that why Republicans are so afraid of him?
May 19, 2011 - Newtered The problem with an "ideas candidate" is that he has, well, ideas.
May 18, 2011 - Air Rage A spat between Boeing and labor turns into the next unions-versus-Republicans Armageddon.
May 17, 2011 - Huckless Mike Huckabee's decision marks the end of compassionate conservatism.
May 16, 2011 - We've Seen This Movie Before The fight over the debt limit is following a familiar Washington script.
May 16, 2011 - Meanwhile, in Libya … While no one is looking, Congress is getting impatient about U.S. intervention in Libya.
May 13, 2011 - Let's Get to the Real Debate Bin Laden's dead. Should we get out of Afghanistan?
May 12, 2011 - One Hundred Percent Pure Romney Mitt Romney tries, again, to convince voters that he's authentic.
May 12, 2011 - Zawahiri's Big Challenge Can Bin Laden's longtime No. 2 hold al-Qaida together?
May 12, 2011 - The Empathy Trap What happens when Obama, like all presidents, tries to show Americans that he feels their pain.
May 12, 2011 - People Who Liked This Candidate Also Liked … What Newt Gingrich's Amazon.com book reviews say about his politics.
May 11, 2011 - Green Mountain Dreams The not-so-secret plan to bring Canadian-style health care into America via Vermont.
May 11, 2011 - Back to the Grind After his big week, Obama gets reacquainted with the slow, frustrating pace of change in Washington.
May 10, 2011 - Say Anything As other GOP presidential candidates sleep, Rick Santorum tells Republican activists he's as angry as they are.
May 9, 2011 - Sweet Nothings In the South Carolina debate, Republicans tell one another what they want to hear.
May 6, 2011 - The Bin Laden Bump Obama's approval ratings rise—but not on his handling of the economy.
May 4, 2011 - The New New Normal How members of Congress are using the Osama Bin Laden killing to prove they've been right all along about [insert issue here].
May 3, 2011 - The Smell of Victory How anti-war members of Congress hope to capitalize on Bin Laden's death.
May 2, 2011 - All Work and No Play A president's day is more than whatever appears on his public schedule.
May 2, 2011 - Celebrating Bin Laden's Death Photos of people responding to the news.
May 2, 2011 - Osama Bin Laden Is Dead Slate's complete coverage of the fall of al-Qaida's leader.
May 2, 2011 - Mission Accomplished How Obama's focused, hands-on pursuit of Osama Bin Laden paid off.
May 2, 2011 - Left, Right, and Soros The billionaire philanthropist says he wants to stay out of politics, at least for now.
April 29, 2011 - Exceptionally Thin Rick Santorum's critique of Obama's foreign policy doesn't withstand scrutiny.
April 29, 2011 - Birtherism Is Dead. Long Live Birtherism. The history of a national embarrassment, and why it's not over yet.
April 27, 2011 - Born Identity The controversy over the president's birth certificate is not the media's finest moment, or Trump's, or Obama's.
April 27, 2011 - Four Dollars a Gallon and Rising What can President Obama do about gas prices? Nothing that you'd like.
April 26, 2011 - You're All Nuts! How America became the land of Truthers, Triggers, Birthers, and Dan Brown fans.
April 25, 2011 - No Joke The case for taking the Trump campaign more seriously.
April 22, 2011 - Wanted: Angry Liberals If the Ryan budget is so unpopular, where are the town-hall meltdowns?
April 21, 2011 - America's Next Top Libertarian Gary Johnson wants to be the Ron Paul of 2012. Unfortunately for him, so does Ron Paul.
April 20, 2011 - "It's Not a Revenue Problem. It's a Spending Problem." Tracing the history of a GOP talking point.
April 18, 2011 - Enter the Donald, Take Two How will the Trump 2012 presidential campaign explain the Trump 2000 presidential campaign?
April 15, 2011 - Game On, Sort Of President Obama both enters the fray and tries to stay above it in the great budget debate.
April 13, 2011 - Dancing on the Ceiling How Republicans are framing the debate about the debt ceiling and Democrats are playing along.
April 13, 2011 - Not Just Peanuts A slide show of the strangest presidential campaign advertisements.
April 13, 2011 - The Don't-Tread-on-Meter: a Good Deal for the Tea Party The Tea Party gets most of what it wanted in the budget showdown and sets the table for the debt ceiling fight.
April 12, 2011 - You're Under Arrest Washington, D.C., politicians protest the city's status as a budget bargaining chip—but that's what it is.
April 12, 2011 - The Follower? Republicans question the president's leadership. Do they have a point?
April 11, 2011 - What's the Big Deal? Democrats and Republicans avoid a shutdown, but they make it look harder than it had to be
April 9, 2011 - Shouting Down Women How Republicans are using the threat of a shutdown in their war against women.
April 8, 2011 - Hostage Negotiations As a government shutdown gets more likely, Washington politics gets more immature.
April 8, 2011 - The Fleshy Part of the Budget How Democrats and Republicans are already spinning a government shutdown.
April 7, 2011 - Baby Sitter in Chief Obama steps in to try to end Congress' budget bickering—and to engage in the larger debate about the deficit.
April 6, 2011 - Honest Paul How Rep. Paul Ryan became the most courageous man in Washington.
April 6, 2011 - Sharia, USA The conservative panic about Muslim laws in Oklahoma.
April 4, 2011 - Hope and Continuity What Obama's re-election kickoff says about the campaign he'll run.
April 4, 2011 - Deal Makers An improving economy makes a government shutdown less likely than ever.
April 1, 2011 - Malek Talks! Fred Malek makes his most detailed public statement about counting Jews for Richard Nixon, but he omits the most shameful part.
April 1, 2011 - Shutdown Syndrome The Tea Party isn't as "extreme" as Democrats would like it to be.
March 31, 2011 - Contract Killer Why did USAID suspend one of its biggest contractors without any explanation?
March 31, 2011 - The Birther Primary Why is Donald Trump pandering to Republicans who think Obama wasn't born in the United States?
March 30, 2011 - The Real Obama Doctrine How the president's grand talk about American interests conflicts with his military strategy in Libya.
March 29, 2011 - Shut Up Everybody Why conservatives and liberals are ratcheting up their monitoring of the media.
March 28, 2011 - Compromising Positions Obama vs. Gingrich: They both flip-flopped on Libya, but only one change of mind had real consequences.
March 25, 2011 - Bachmann Overdrive Michele Bachmann for president? Among Republicans, she's more popular than you think.
March 24, 2011 - Because We Say So How Republicans are explaining the constitutionality of every bill they introduce.
March 23, 2011 - Fore More Years Enough already with the jokes about Obama playing golf.
March 23, 2011 - Weak Tea Why the Tea Party isn't opposing Obama's position on Libya.
March 22, 2011 - Too Late and Too Weak The Republican candidates pummel President Obama's Libyan strategy.
March 22, 2011 - You Can't Be Serious Why politicians are always accusing each other of lacking seriousness.
March 18, 2011 - Don't Make Me Pull This Car Over To pass a budget this year, both Democrats and Republicans are going to have to rein in their more unruly members.
March 16, 2011 - The Recall State How Wisconsin politics became a national model for partisanship and acrimony.
March 16, 2011 - The Don't-Tread-on-Meter Defeat from the jaws of victory!
March 15, 2011 - Full Steam Ahead So far, no one in Washington is abandoning support for nuclear power.
March 15, 2011 - Gently, Gently At Obama's press conference, he was measured, careful, and hesitant.
March 11, 2011 - If You Want a Friend in Washington … The closest, and sometimes strangest, friendships in politics.
March 11, 2011 - CAIR-Less Peter King's mega-hyped hearing on radicalization of American Muslims avoided his biggest targets.
March 11, 2011 - National Private Radio Even if NPR loses its federal funding, conservatives will still attack it for bias.
March 10, 2011 - The Art of the Sting A short history of our new sensation, the undercover video takedown.
March 10, 2011 - Passionately Patriotic Newt Gingrich's comments about his affair show he still hasn't learned to edit himself.
March 9, 2011 - Off the Rails Why do conservatives hate trains so much?
March 9, 2011 - Still No Shutdown Why the White House and Republicans will agree to keep the government going for another few weeks.
March 8, 2011 - Embrace, Explain, or Evade How Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, and Mike Huckabee are handling the issues that could sink their campaigns.
March 8, 2011 - Not So Candid Camera Why conservatives are having mixed luck getting video of angry, violent liberals.
March 6, 2011 - There Will Be Cuts How Republicans are winning the debate over the federal budget.
March 4, 2011 - Biohazard Why Mike Huckabee may come to regret his weird comments about Obama's roots.
March 3, 2011 - Libertarians Shrugged The Atlas Shrugged movie is not as bad as they had feared it would be.
March 3, 2011 - Nice or Newt? Newt Gingrich's candidacy may answer the question of whether you have to be likable to be president.
March 2, 2011 - The Don't-Tread-on-Meter: Standoff Republicans win a tiny skirmish in the staring contest over a possible shutdown.
March 1, 2011 - Creative Destruction Republicans' spending cuts could cost the country hundreds of thousands of jobs. They're OK with that.
March 1, 2011 - No Government Shutdown Why Republicans and Democrats will work to avoid the crisis before Friday.
Feb. 26, 2011 - Das Capitol How a bunch of pro-union, anti-Republican protesters turned the hallways of the Wisconsin state house into a commune.
Feb. 25, 2011 - Public Enemies Nos. 1 and 2 How did everyone in Wisconsin become obsessed with the Koch brothers?
Feb. 24, 2011 - All in the Family Mike Huckabee makes the economic case for family values.
Feb. 23, 2011 - Extended Stay The lower house of the Wisconsin legislature—the one that's still in session—tries to make the best of it.
Feb. 23, 2011 - Let's Make a Secret Deal Why Obama and Republicans will never talk about their budget negotiations.
Feb. 23, 2011 - "Screw Us and We Multiply" What Madison's protesters have to say about the Tea Party and the Koch brothers.
Feb. 22, 2011 - The Cheddar Revolution What the protesters in Madison have in common with Tea Party activists.
Feb. 22, 2011 - Radical Politics Behind the feud over the conservative movement's associations with Islamic radicals.
Feb. 21, 2011 - Awkward Presidential Encounters The strangest and most uncomfortable meetings in White House history. Reagan and Michael Jackson?
Feb. 21, 2011 - United We Flee Can a bunch of Wisconsin Democratic senators stop a bill by refusing to show up for the vote?
Feb. 18, 2011 - The Don't-Tread-on-Meter Republicans cut spending, albeit very, very slowly.
Feb. 17, 2011 - Forcing the Issue How House Democrats plan to take advantage of Republican overreach on abortion.
Feb. 16, 2011 - Why Are We Doing This Again? Politicians should do a better job explaining why deficit reduction is so important.
Feb. 15, 2011 - Apocalypse Pretty Soon Republicans have a plan to take advantage of Obama's lame budget.
Feb. 15, 2011 - Assume a Budget Summit Obama's spending plan is so timid, he must be working on a smarter plan we don't know about.
Feb. 15, 2011 - Two Pauls Are Better Than One Father and son Ron and Rand Paul wow the crowd at CPAC.
Feb. 12, 2011 - Was Obama Too Indecisive on Egypt? Or did his refusal to meddle actually speed Mubarak's fall?
Feb. 11, 2011 - GOP PBS NPR DOA? The nine stages of not eliminating public broadcasting's subsidy.
Feb. 10, 2011 - The 24-Hour Libertarian Revolt The Tea Party didn't derail a vote on the Patriot Act.
Feb. 9, 2011 - Refresh the Slogan! Introducing Slate's Obama slogan generator.
Feb. 9, 2011 - It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp Why the latest conservative hidden-video trick to embarrass liberals has fizzled.
Feb. 8, 2011 - Exceptionally Articulate Obama's eloquence fails to quiet charges that he does not believe in God or America.
Feb. 8, 2011 - The Do-Nothing Congress So far, House Republicans are honoring their pledge not to pass any major legislation—and gaining popularity for it.
Feb. 3, 2011 - What We Talk About When We Talk About the Deficit How Washington avoids having an "adult conversation" about the federal budget.
Feb. 3, 2011 - The Don't-Tread-on-Meter Obamacare, we hardly knew ye.
Feb. 3, 2011 - Tea Party Democrats Some senators are coming around to the Tea Party's position on the deficit.
Feb. 2, 2011 - Happy Talk Why Obama is letting Republicans talk about the deficit: Because he wants to talk about jobs.
Feb. 2, 2011 - Health Care Ruling: WTF? Before he can win the future, Obama may have to deal with the past.
Feb. 1, 2011 - Into the Void How the Democrats gave a conservative judge an opening to invalidate the health care law.
Feb. 1, 2011 - The Don't-Tread-on-Meter The Meter reacts to the new Tea Party Caucus and latest GOP moves.
Jan. 31, 2011 - Tea and Promises Jim DeMint's Tea Party Caucus lets activists drive the GOP further to the right.
Jan. 28, 2011 - Democracy the Novel Slate readers pick their favorite political book.
Jan. 27, 2011 - Nudge on Trial Cass Sunstein defends the White House against a Republican attack.
Jan. 27, 2011 - And Now a Word From Our Sponsor "Win the future": Obama's State of the Union speech finds its inspiration in corporate-speak.
Jan. 26, 2011 - Comity Tonight Senate filibuster reform yields to stupid bipartisan pantomime.
Jan. 25, 2011 - Put Me In, Coach Obama's plans to use the State of the Union to get Americans excited about the economy.
Jan. 25, 2011 - Thanks for the Boom! Republicans take credit for good economic news. Can they?
Jan. 25, 2011 - Bouncing Barack Obama's inevitable, not-too-meaningful second honeymoon.
Jan. 22, 2011 - The Don't-Tread-on-Meter Happy repeal day!
Jan. 20, 2011 - Nothing Is Repealed Republicans fulfill a Tea Party promise, and get their first taste of irrelevance.
Jan. 20, 2011 - O, No! Another Bad Washington Novel Why aren't there better novels about Washington?
Jan. 20, 2011 - Good Riddance, Joe Lieberman Why I loathe my Connecticut senator.
Jan. 19, 2011 - The Dark Horse Herman Cain, the pizza magnate who would be president—the first in a series of Slate looks at the 2012 candidates.
Jan. 18, 2011 - Best Interns Ever We asked you to tell us about some memorable interns. Here are the results.
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Jan. 14, 2011 - McCain Reaches Out Can John McCain return to his old bipartisan self?
Jan. 14, 2011 - Beautiful Noise How Obama used his speech in Tucson to elevate the political debate.
Jan. 13, 2011 - The Solution: Do Nothing The shooting of Gabrielle Giffords leaves members of Congress at a loss in more ways than one.
Jan. 13, 2011 - Palin Fails the Test Sarah Palin's response to the Tucson shooting is defensive, illogical, distracting—and late.
Jan. 12, 2011 - From Texas to Arizona How Obama can talk about tolerance without trivializing a tragedy.
Jan. 12, 2011 - The Don't-Tread-on-Meter Life after Loughner.
Jan. 11, 2011 - Kepler Was an Intern, Too Daniel Hernandez may have saved Gabrielle Giffords' life. Send us other examples of memorable interns!
Jan. 11, 2011 - The Gabrielle Giffords Shooting Slate's complete coverage of the tragedy in Tucson.
Jan. 11, 2011 - There Will Be Guns Arizona's response to the Giffords shooting: Only guns can stop gun violence.
Jan. 11, 2011 - Loughner's Law Memo to Rep. Bob Brady: Congress can't legislate civility.
Jan. 10, 2011 - The Paucity of Hope After the Arizona shootings, can Obama—or anyone—bring America back from the brink?
Jan. 10, 2011 - The Don't-Tread-on-Meter A compromise on the debt ceiling and another promised-but-meaningless health care vote.
Jan. 7, 2011 - It's All Business William Daley, the president's pragmatic new chief of staff, shows the White House's new approach.
Jan. 7, 2011 - Return of the Nuclear Option The Senate may finally curb the filibuster. Hallelujah.
Jan. 7, 2011 - The Don't-Tread-on-Meter Republicans make good on two promises: trimmer federal spending and starting the repeal of health care reform
Jan. 6, 2011 - Story Time Members of the House try to sit still for a reading of the Constitution.
Jan. 6, 2011 - Speaking Softly House Speaker John Boehner makes a big deal on his first day about being humble.
Jan. 6, 2011 - Don't All Speak at Once Robert Gibbs' successor as press secretary may have a lot of competition.
Jan. 5, 2011 - Introducing the Don't-Tread-on-Meter The Don't-Tread-on-Meter: Tracking the promises made by and to conservative officials and activists.
Jan. 5, 2011 - Rules for Rascals Why Republicans are better at fomenting outrage, real and pretend, than Democrats are.
Jan. 5, 2011 - Powerful Arguments In the new House, Republicans sound like Democrats—and vice versa.
Jan. 5, 2011 - Dead Man Talking At an RNC debate, Michael Steele half-heartedly asks to keep his job.
Jan. 4, 2011 - Ten Conservatives Who Will Define 2011 The year's most interesting Republicans won't necessarily be presidential candidates.
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