Dispatches From Cairo: Sand and Political Excitement Fill the Air as Election Nears

Lauren Unger-Geoffroy / Truthdig Apr 21, 2012 One month before Egypt's presidential vote, 100,000 or more Islamists and liberals of all parties packed Tahrir Square to join in support of Egypt's revolution. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Veep Poll: Condi Wins!

Staff / Truthdig Apr 19, 2012 A new vice presidential poll shows Republicans and conservative-leaning independents favor former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to be Mitt Romney's running mate. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Romney’s ‘Loony View About the Economy’

Staff / Truthdig Apr 17, 2012 Frugality? Check. Family values? Check. Sound reasoning? Nope. Mitt Romney’s campaign managed to stay true to the concerns of his base while totally botching the logic behind an infographic claiming that President Obama’s management of the U.S. economy is akin to that of a family accountant gone mad. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The .0000063% Election

By Ari Berman, TomDispatch Feb 18, 2012 At a time when it’s become cliché to say Occupy Wall Street has changed the nation’s political conversation, electoral politics and the 2012 presidential election have become almost exclusively defined by the 1%. Or, to be more precise, the .0000063%. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Mormon Economics and the GOP

Staff / Truthdig Feb 16, 2012 Mormonism is not the quintessential “American religion,” to use Tolstoy's words, just because it got its start in upstate New York. The church has long embodied notions and practices that drive contemporary American capitalism. And those ideas, as author Chris Lehmann demonstrated last October in Harper’s Magazine, remain central to the shaping of national economic policy. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

10 States Get a Pass on ‘No Child Left Behind’

Staff / Truthdig Feb 9, 2012 It's one of the most maligned domestic relics of the George W. Bush era, and now President Obama has stepped in to let 10 states off the hook, at least for the time being, from the experiment in educational standardization known as "No Child Left Behind." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

What Santorum’s Surge Means for Romney

Staff / Truthdig Feb 8, 2012 Although an easy answer to the question posed by the headline would appear to be something along the lines of nothing good, there are more subtleties to the issue that merit exploration, and Rick Santorum's triple win Tuesday doesn't necessarily add up to an ultimate victory against GOP front-runner Mitt Romney. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Mitch and Stiffy

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The Thinking Person’s Guide to Campaign 2012

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Feb 2, 2012 Pity the poor mainstream news media, confronted with many debates, demands for instantaneous coverage, competition for website traffic and the specter of ever-multiplying super PACs.I’m looking at this strange campaign year from a viewpoint shaped by covering political campaigns since 1966. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Gingrich a Tough Sell Among Florida Women

Staff / Truthdig Jan 30, 2012 Here's an algorithm from the Annals of the Obvious: Conservative women commonly identify as values voters, responding to like-minded candidates and campaigns and bringing what are referred to in certain circles as traditional morals into the booths. Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich, while purporting to run on a family-friendly platform, has some blots on his personal record that would appear to contradict these ideals. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Gingrich Gets Ready to Rumble With Romney

Staff / Truthdig Jan 4, 2012 Although there's already been some infighting among the ranks of this election cycle's Republican presidential hopefuls, it's going to get only crazier from here on out. And with candidates' fates shifting as quickly as they have this time around (Herman who?), you can bet that rival GOP camps are going to do their darndest to stir up the drama. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Krugman: ‘Welcome to Post-Truth Politics’

Staff / Truthdig Dec 25, 2011 To refashion an old phrase: “There are lies, damned lies, then yarns spun by Mitt Romney.” This is the gist of a recent post by Paul Krugman, who points to falsehoods recently uttered by the Republican presidential hopeful to predict new lows in a new era of fact distortion wrought by those seeking the helm of the highest level of federal government. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )