‘Left, Right & Center’: Tea Party Surges; Elizabeth Warren Serves

Staff / Truthdig Sep 18, 2010 Has President Obama finally made a major change for the better in enlisting Elizabeth Warren to do some heavy lifting for his new consumer protection agency? Tony Blankley doesn't think so on this week's edition of "Left, Right & Center." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Master of the Palin Affect

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Sep 17, 2010 Not to spoil the fun, but Democrats shouldn't take the Republican Party's bitter internal warfare -- and the inexperienced, flaky candidates who've emerged from the fray -- as any kind of reassurance about November. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Karl Rove Supports Christine O’Donnell, Kind Of

Staff / Truthdig Sep 17, 2010 Perhaps angling to put a lid on any talk about right-wing rifts, GOP schemer Karl Rove took to the Fox News airwaves Thursday to demonstrate that he's not trying to slow down the tea party express, at least when it comes to Delaware congressional hopeful Christine O'Donnell. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Colbert Report’: Libertea

Staff / Truthdig Sep 16, 2010 Tuesday's primaries brought a couple of surprising results, such as the voting victories of problematic e-mail forwarding enthusiast Carl Paladino in New York and anti-masturbation crusader Christine O'Donnell in Delaware. What are we to make of these people? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Strange Death of Moderate Republicanism

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Sep 16, 2010 After two decades in which moderates fled a party increasingly dominated by its right wing, the Republican primary electorate has been reduced to nothing but its right wing. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Scary Primary Results

Ruth Marcus / Truthdig Sep 16, 2010 Partisan Democrats are delighted about Christine O'Donnell's Republican primary victory over Rep. Mike Castle in the race for the open Delaware Senate seat. I'm despondent. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Karl Rove Is Not a Fan of Christine O’Donnell

Staff / Truthdig Sep 15, 2010 This little exchange between Karl Rove and Delaware primary victor Christine O'Donnell, mediated by George Stephanopolous on Wednesday's "Good Morning America," just might indicate that the tea party movement is creating rifts within the GOP in a potentially useful way for the opposition. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )