BLANKAug 9, 2009
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor has made history after successfully navigating the grueling confirmation process by finally being sworn in by Chief Justice John Roberts at a ceremony at the court's headquarters Saturday. However, the partisan politics that played out during the grilling phase are just a taste of things to come, according to The Christian Science Monitor's Brad Knickerbocker.The partisan politics that played out during Justice Sonia Sotomayor's grilling phase represent just a taste of things to come. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
T.L. Caswell / TruthdigAug 6, 2009
In Washington, a Supreme Court nomination usually sets off a flood of political accusations, and in this case the GOP certainly upheld the grand old tradition of seeing sin where none existed.The GOP had to turn to some pretty flimsy accusations in the fight over Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigFeb 4, 2009
President Barack Obama has made it a point to reach across the aisle in trying to gain Republicans' support for his stimulus plan, but judging by the results of Tuesday's Senate vote, partisanship is still afoot in the halls of Congress. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigNov 1, 2008
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger put aside his appeals to post-partisan politics on Friday in favor of taking up John McCain's party line during a campaign rally for McCain in Columbus, Ohio. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigSep 30, 2008
Did Nancy Pelosi's speech just before the House vote on the proposed bailout on Monday lead to the bill's demise? Let's hope our legislators aren't so susceptible that an 11th-hour speech would reverse their positions vis-à-vis a $700-billion measure. Here's a clip of the House speaker's comments on the floor. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigSep 20, 2008
During a campaign stop in Blaine, Minn., on Friday, Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin lamented that neither she nor Hillary Clinton would be able to attend next week's anti-Iran rally in New York City and vowed that she and GOP presidential hopeful John McCain "will not waver in our commitment" to prevent Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad from obtaining nuclear weapons and potentially starting "a second Holocaust." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Joe Conason / TruthdigAug 16, 2007
Not long after Americans stood united against terrorism, they had solidified into camps that spewed invective at each other. One of the main reasons for that change was Karl Rove. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
E.J. Dionne Jr. / TruthdigAug 3, 2007
Perhaps you missed it, but Wednesday was the 19th anniversary of Rush Limbaugh's radio show. Limbaugh was celebrating his ripe old age, in media years, on the same week that liberal blog fans were trekking to Chicago for the YearlyKos convention. Therein lies one of the most important stories in American politics. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 2, 2007
Steve Kornacki, community outreach director of Unity08, the online independent party, speaks with Truthdig about his organization's vision for a third way in the coming election, why our political system is broken and how he intends to fix it. Dig deeper ( 18 Min. Read )
E.J. Dionne Jr. / TruthdigApr 27, 2007
President Bush and Vice President Cheney cannot make the case that their Iraq policies have succeeded, so they are doing one thing they do very well: taking a serious argument over the future of American foreign policy and turning it into a petty partisan squabble. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Joe Conason / TruthdigMar 15, 2007
This isn't the first Bush White House to exert political pressure on U.S. attorneys. Back in 1992, a principled Arkansas Republican sacrificed his own career to defy partisan thuggery. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigAug 10, 2006
Matt Lauer tells the senator that many Dems think Lieberman is putting his own ambitions ahead of the good of the party Lieberman's response: Parties are the problem But Lauer doesn't let him off that easy
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