Author: DaveW

I tried sending the following to Smiley & West radio after their sickening whine attacking Obama’s motives and character for his same-sex marriage statement, but their comment/email system makes TPM’s look almost...

There’s been a lot of talk about how Dems should take on McCain. Over at the Wonk Room, Elizabeth Edwards brilliantly demonstrates the way. She’s responding to a McCain staffer’s charge that she did not...

I think a significant Obama win in WI today would mark the time for Clinton to start considering what she’d want in exchange for quitting the nomination race. So I got to imagining where she might be an asset to...

Now that the primary tension seems likely to last for months more, maybe it’s time for a little recreation. So here’s the what-if question for today, while the glow lasts: What if President Obama decided/had to give...

Nearly half a year ago, Johns Hopkins researchers reported that the Iraq war had cost more than 600,000 civilian deaths. The US and British governments quickly countered with statements dismissing the study’s methodology...