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Campaign 2008: Adultery Becomes Ho-Hum

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Mar 14, 2007 Truthdig is pleased to welcome Bill Boyarsky, one of the top political journalists in America, to the site. Bill will be adding his insights, honed over decades of reporting about presidential elections for the L.A. Times, to our political coverage in upcoming months. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Gingrich Had Affair During Lewinsky Scandal

Staff / Truthdig Mar 9, 2007 Prospective presidential candidate Newt Gingrich has admitted to having an affair while cheerleading the assault on Bill Clinton during the Monica Lewinsky scandal. Hypocrisy is nothing new to Newt, who extolled family values after serving divorce papers on his wife while she lay dying of cancer. And people are worried about Hillary and Barack's electability! Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Olbermann Catches Conservatives Shaming Themselves

Staff / Truthdig Mar 6, 2007 Keith Olbermann takes aim at Newt Gingrich for blaming residents of New Orleans for the devastation of Katrina, "comedian" Rush Limbaugh for suggesting that Barack Obama could own Al Sharpton because of their ancestry, and, of course, Ann "Coultergeist" for calling John Edwards "that name." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Joe Conason: Destroying Freedom to Save America

Joe Conason / Truthdig Dec 21, 2006 Newt Gingrich wants to trim off a little fat -- from the Bill of Rights. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Clinton and Giuliani Lead the Pack in Poll

Staff / Truthdig Dec 15, 2006 A new Washington Post-ABC News poll shows Hillary Clinton and Rudolph Giuliani in the lead for their parties' nominations. John McCain, who has lost considerable support among independent voters -- possibly due to his plan to send more troops to Iraq -- polled closely behind Giuliani. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Molly Ivins: Now They’re All for Bipartisanship

Molly Ivins / Truthdig Nov 14, 2006 Having watched election coverage nonstop all week, I sometimes wake up screaming, "Bipartisanship!" and scare myself. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Digging In for the ‘Long War’

Molly Ivins / Truthdig Mar 16, 2006 "The Pentagon has decided to fight what it is now calling the 'Long War.' Has anyone asked you about this? Me neither." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )