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 )

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 )