Republicans Divided, Citizens United

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Jan 5, 2012 The Republican caucuses in Iowa, with their cliffhanger ending, confirmed two key political points and left a third virtually ignored. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Bachmann Out

Staff / Truthdig Jan 4, 2012 The contest for the Republican presidential nomination just got a little less kooky with the subtraction of Michele Bachmann from the mix. On Wednesday, after the previous night's Iowa caucus results found Mitt Romney in the top spot, the Minnesota congresswoman and staunch anti-socialist announced she was bowing out of the race. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Mitt Romney Beats Rick Santorum by 8 Votes

Staff / Truthdig Jan 4, 2012 11:34 p.m. Pacific: The Republicans of Iowa just settled it: Mitt Romney wins, beating Rick Santorum (pictured) by a mere eight votes, the smallest margin ever in the caucuses. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Ron Paul’s Popularity a Sign of a War-Weary America

William Pfaff / Truthdig Jan 4, 2012 The clear crossover vote-getter issue on which Ron Paul has differed from the rest of the candidate crowd is war: his hostility to the commitment of both Democratic and Republican administrations to prosecuting undeclared war in the Middle East, South Asia and elsewhere. Dig deeper ( 4 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 )

A ‘Fuck You’ From Iowa

Staff / Truthdig Jan 4, 2012 The caucuses have a lot of us fizzy-water-drinking cognoscenti chortling about those backward Iowans with their reactionary conservatives and simpleton farmers. This guy would like to set the record straight. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Iowa and USA Voters

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The Supreme Court Approves This Vicious, Cowardly Message

Staff / Truthdig Jan 3, 2012 Joe Klein points out that the newfound anonymity of attack ads, made possible by the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision, which allows faceless money conglomerates to run ads on a candidate's behalf without the usual "I approved this message," makes for much "more effective and brutal" adverts. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Extravagant Hopes of 2008 Haunt Obama in 2012

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Jan 2, 2012 Four years ago this week, a young and inspirational senator who promised to turn history's page swept the Iowa caucuses and began his irresistible rise to the White House. Dig deeper

Occupy Targets Obama

Staff / Truthdig Jan 2, 2012 Occupy Des Moines protesters decide it's high time to occupy the Democratic headquarters, and they won't be the last; Jon Stewart's "Daily Show" gets more viewers than Fox News; and one of America's most visible poets fell out of grace thanks to a racist poem. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Stealth PAC Serves Romney in Iowa

Staff / Truthdig Jan 2, 2012 Observers credit a spate of attack ads for Newt Gingrich’s recent tumble -- and Mitt Romney’s rise -- in Iowa polls ahead of the state’s Republican caucus. But where did they come from? Not Romney’s campaign, but rather a PAC staffed by former Romney insiders and empowered by the Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling to spend as much as it likes to destroy his opponents. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Romney and the Art of Unpredictable Predictability

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Dec 29, 2011 No matter what happens in Iowa, Mitt Romney has a safety net in New Hampshire. And that could rank as the year's most perilous sentence. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )