Rigging Elections is a Crime

But it gets worse. The product of a rigged election talks of spreading democracy far and wide.

Ohio the Crossroads in Fight for Congress

The road to a Democrat majority runs through Ohio. And the two main parties both know it.

Fox News and White House Formalize Their Relationship

" Snow is something of a showman, having earned his living in a world in which success hinges upon being provocative. Snow, 50, to become one of the most visible faces of the administration because he...

$4 Million Fiasco

Blackwell replaced old punch-cards with opti-scan voting machines. The memory cards that count the votes have a 30 percent failure rate

No Problem in Ohio

No problem at all, Mr. President.  We'll just keep the voters waiting a few hours outside the polling places.

Holy Gnikcuf Jim Crow

This year, will the printers in Ohio have enough thick 80-pound stock paper?    

Issue of Tax Abuse by the Christian Right, Heats Up

My interpretation of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling:  The taxpayers do not subsidize one-sided political free speech.

What The GOP is REALLY afraid of

Why is Karl Rove being re-assigned to get Republicians elected?  The answer may surprise you... "Talk of impeachment, real or play-acted, is beside the point. Even having their hand pushed on Iraq is to them, I believe, a matter of far secondary importance. The key...

Shocking Diebold Conflict Of Interest Revelations

Any election results that crawl out of Ohio should be hit with a big stick and thrown in the garbage bin.

The GOP's Betrayal On Speech (George F. Will/Washington Post)

"The GOP's Betrayal On Speech  —  If in November Republicans lose control of the House of Representatives, April 5 should be remembered as the day they demonstrated that they earned defeat.  Traducing the Constitution and disgracing conservatism, they...

GOP Mouthpiece's Pants are an Inferno

Another example of how little the truth matters in American politics: "The scope of the lying from Ken Mehlman's RNC on this immigration stuff really almost defies belief. I'm genuinely curious if any talking heads are going to call them on it. We'll be bringing you a...

Long on Terrorism -- Short on Osama bin Laden

In this post 9/11 world, the Bush Administration uses terrorism as a pretext to do whatever they like, both at home and abroad. But there's a deafening silence from the White House on the topic of the terrorist mastermind, and leader of al Qaeda, Osama bin Laden.