Who could have predicted this reaction?!

I have to hand it to Obama: The man is a political genius.  He nominates a hispanic woman to the Supreme Court and it took about 5.2 seconds before GOP pundits busted their prejudice nut nationally — that certainly sours the Republicans among a minority whose votes they need. As usual, though, Glenn...

Matthew Alexander: Torture Has Cost Us American Lives

If a picture is worth a thousand words, this video is worth at least a hundred thousand: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfYov5o5_2s&feature=player_embedded[/youtube] Via The Huffington...

Preventive Detention Is a Non-Starter

Pres. Obama’s preventive detention idea, so far, is not going over too well, reports Glenn Greenwald: The backlash against President Obama’s extraordinary proposal for indefinite “preventive detention” — already widespread in the immediate aftermath of his speech —...

Proposition 8: Reading the Tea Leaves

Sara Robinson at Orcinus speculates on what might happen if California’s Supreme Court overturns Proposition 8 tomorrow: Nobody has a clue which way they’re likely to rule. Activists on both sides have been scrying the tea leaves and chicken bones on this ever since the court heard the case back in...

The Dick and Liz Cheney Traveling Road Show

Steve Benen wrote on Friday about the extraordinary ubiquitousness of Liz Cheney lately. In the past 10 days (as of Friday afternoon) she had appeared on a dozen different tv shows — mostly Fox News and right-wing talk show hosts like Joe Scarborough and Sean Hannity. It’s perfectly...