How Kevin McCarthy wrangles the Tea Party in Washington: The House majority whip may have the toughest job in Washington — persuading dozens of Congressional Tea Party freshmen to play well with others. "Rebuild the Dream": Can Van Jones help liberals create their own version of the Tea Party? The Great Right Hype: Joel Meares on Tucker Carlson and his Daily Caller. The right really, really wants Obama to be Jimmy Carter: Why is it that every address Obama delivers is the second coming of the "malaise" speech? Michael Kazin on Newt Gingrich, America’s worst historian. A review of Left Turn: How Liberal Media Bias Distorts the American Mind by Tim Groseclose. John Pilger on the strange silencing of liberal America: Obama's greatest achievement is having seduced, co-opted and silenced much of liberal opinion in the US. A review of Satire and Dissent: Interventions in Contemporary Political Debate by Amber Day. Meet the radical evangelical army behind Rick Perry: Leaders of the New Apostolic Reformation believe they have prophetic powers. Dear Yankee: Here are eight things you ought to know before you start writing stories about Rick Perry. Man Without a Plan: Michael Kazin on Obama’s shortsighted view of U.S. politics. Why do Democrats seem to have such a hard time with the politics of synecdoche? Meet the Susan B. Anthony List, the anti-abortion group pushing presidential politics to the extreme right. How can we not love Obama? Because like it or not, he is all of us. A review of Demonic: How the Liberal Mob Is Endangering America by Ann Coulter. ALEC Exposed: A trove of documents reveals the vast procorporate strategy of this powerful right-wing group. Hope, Change, Nietzsche: A review of Reading Obama: Dreams, Hope, and the American Political Tradition by James T. Kloppenberg.
