O’Reilly: Palin Needs to Go to ‘Political College’

Staff / Truthdig Feb 25, 2010 By the way that Bill O'Reilly talks about "the media" with George Stephanopoulos in this clip, you'd think he wasn't a part of it. According to O'Reilly, "the media presents a distorted picture to Americans" about politics, "because they seize upon the loons on both the left and the right." (continued) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Brown Votes With Senate Dems for Jobs Bill

Staff / Truthdig Feb 23, 2010 So this is what he meant when he called himself a "Scott Brown Republican." Brown, the Senate's newest member, who upset Martha Coakley last month to win the late Ted Kennedy's seat, is making an auspicious voting debut by siding with Democrats in support of a jobs bill. That didn't go over well with some conservatives. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Senate Dems Go for Job-Creation Angle

Staff / Truthdig Feb 4, 2010 Just a day after their motivational session with President Barack Obama, Senate Democrats got back to the task of regaining some lost political capital, making a bid to better their situation and that of out-of-work Americans by introducing a job-creation package -- on the same day, the Los Angeles Times noted, that Massachusetts Sen.-elect Scott Brown was to be sworn in. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Scott Brown Wants to Make It Official

Staff / Truthdig Feb 4, 2010 He's already the stuff of "SNL" parodies, so Massachusetts' newly minted Sen.-elect Scott Brown might as well go ahead and drop the "-elect" part from his title. Brown sent letters to state officials Wednesday prodding them to get on with the election certification process so he could be sworn in Thursday. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Another Lone Wolf Joins the Pack

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Feb 2, 2010 When I heard Scott Brown, the newly elected senator from Massachusetts, describe himself as a "Scott Brown Republican," I groaned. It sounded as if he's coming to Washington to be part of the problem, not part of the solution.When I heard Scott Brown, the newly elected Massachusetts senator, describe himself as a "Scott Brown Republican," I groaned. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Jon Stewart and His Many Pairs of Glasses Take Olbermann to Task

Staff / Truthdig Jan 23, 2010 Let it be known that MSNBC's Keith Olbermann is not a fan of Massachusetts Sen.-elect Scott Brown. In turn, let it be known that Jon Stewart is not pleased by Olbermann's apparent descent into "the fetid swamp of baseless name-calling" -- except, that is, for his creatively crass description of Rush Limbaugh. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Sen. Brown Goes to Washington

Staff / Truthdig Jan 22, 2010 Fresh off pulling off a major upset in Massachusetts, newly elected U.S. Sen. Scott Brown on Thursday made his way to the nation's capital, where he reflected to the press about what he believes won voters to his side, what he likes about President Barack Obama and how close his ties are (or aren't) to the right-wing, tea-party movement. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Ted on Arrival

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Losing the Health Care Battle Is Not an Option

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Jan 21, 2010 Just pass the damn thing If the health care bill fails, President Barack Obama’s legacy could be limited to the failing war in Afghanistan Worse yet, many thousands more Americans will die because they don’t have adequate medical care. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

What Massachusetts Got Right

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Jan 20, 2010 The president got creamed in Massachusetts. No amount of blaming this disastrous outcome on the weaknesses of the local Democratic candidate or her Republican opponent’s strengths can gainsay that fact. Obama’s opportunistic search for win-win solutions to our health care concerns and our larger economic problems is leading to a lose-lose outcome for the president and the country. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Democrats Lose Ted Kennedy’s Seat

Staff / Truthdig Jan 20, 2010 Well, the Democrats really made a donkey out of this one. The Commonwealth of Taxachusetts, as it's known among tea-partiers, will now have a Republican senator. That means the Democrats' filibuster-proof majority -- which only amounted to doing Joe Lieberman's bidding, anyway -- is over. (continued) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Massachusetts Senate Race Heats Up

Staff / Truthdig Jan 16, 2010 He's not your, er, conventional Republican -- having spent part of his childhood being raised by a bona fide welfare mom, not to mention posing nude during law school -- but regardless, Massachusetts state Sen. Scott Brown could pose a serious challenge to his Democratic opponent, Martha Coakley, in the race to fill the late Edward Kennedy's U.S. Senate seat. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )