Hillary Clinton Joins 2008 Race

Staff / Truthdig Jan 21, 2007 NY Sen Hillary Clinton jumped into the Oval Office race Saturday, telling her supporters in an e-mail: "I'm in And I'm in to win" Also, GOP Kansas Sen Sam Brownback announced his candidacy. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Dick Morris: ‘First Black Is Better Than First Woman’

Staff / Truthdig Dec 19, 2006 Clinton strategist turned Fox News provocateur Dick Morris brought his peculiar insight to bear on the Hillary Clinton/Barack Obama showdown, claiming: "Obama is in fact a better first than she is. First black is better than first woman in our politics in terms of valuing it." What reasoning Morris used to make that determination remains a mystery, as he quickly moved on to the multitude of reasons why he feels Obama can't win, and how he'll leave the country if either one does. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Hillary the Panderer

Staff / Truthdig Dec 8, 2006 Arianna Huffington takes Hillary Clinton to task for continuing her vote-hungry triangulating campaign against video game indecency. In case you missed it, last year Hillary got all bent out of shape over a hidden sex scene in a game called "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas." She didn't seem to mind the initial release of the game, which allowed players (17 and older) to commit mass murder in graphic detail. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Luckovich: Obama Envy

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Matthews Show Takes Lopsided Look at Candidates

Staff / Truthdig Dec 5, 2006 As part of a series on assumed presidential candidates, "The Chris Matthews Show" followed a bout of McCain worship by treating Hillary Clinton like the girl who showed up at the prom wearing a burlap sack, criticizing everything from her public speaking style to the supposed unwillingness of the American people to tolerate Bill loafing around the White House. Watch it Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Susan Estrich: Taking Temperatures

Staff / Truthdig Nov 30, 2006 A new poll measures Americans' attitudes toward potential presidential candidates in terms of warmth, with Rudolph Giuliani and Barack Obama leading the pack. This could be an interesting election after all. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Stewart on Beck’s Botched Interview

Staff / Truthdig Nov 19, 2006 Jon Stewart takes on last week's newsmakers, including Glenn Beck, who recently asked the first Muslim ever elected to Congress to prove he's not working with our enemies: "Finally a guy who says what people who aren't thinking are thinking." Watch it Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Hillary vs. the General

Staff / Truthdig Nov 16, 2006 Gen John Abizaid told the Senate Armed Services Committee that troop levels should not be changed in Iraq, but that Iraqis themselves ought to bear responsibility for the nation's security Sen Hillary Clinton responded with a smackdown: "Hope is not a strategy I have heard over and over again the Iraqi government must do this, the Iraqi army must do that Nobody disagrees with that The brutal fact is, it is not happening". Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Molly Ivins: Post-Election Etiquette

Staff / Truthdig Nov 9, 2006 The sheer pleasure of getting lessons in etiquette from Karl Rove and the right-wing media passeth all understanding. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Andy Borowitz: Bush Proposes Making Illegal Immigrants ‘Guest Voters’

Andy Borowitz / Truthdig Oct 28, 2006 The political satirist reports that the president also proposed erecting a 700-foot fence around Hillary Clinton. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Hillary Equivocates on Torture

Staff / Truthdig Oct 18, 2006 Despite public statements to the contrary, Hillary Clinton now says she is amenable to the idea of the government using torture in some circumstances. The N.Y. Daily News' Ben Smith has the details. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Hillary Clinton: Rumsfeld Should Resign

Staff / Truthdig Aug 4, 2006 Hours after upbraiding him at a congressional hearing over what she called "failed policy" in Iraq, the junior senator from New York told an AP reporter that Rumsfeld should step down. "The secretary has lost credibility with the Congress and with the people," she said. Rumsfeld's latest loss of credibility came during that very hearing. Check it out. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )