Morning Maddow: It’s A Billionaires World — We’re Just Living In It

Maddow may have been off last night, but never fear, true believers — rosy-cheeked weekend warrior Chris Hayes was in to pinch hit, and knocked one out of the park. In this segment, Hayes takes a look at this past Saturday’s Nevada Caucuses and how the role played by (fickle) billionaire...

Republican clown car loses another passenger: Jon Huntsman quitting GOP12 circus sideshow

Awww — no more Huntsman? But-but-but upon whom are Villagers now supposed to project their immodest (and DOA) hopes and dreams for a POTUS who is simultaneously milquetoast and manly (whatever that means — apparently it has something to do with clearing brush and filling a codpiece)? No surprise...

Sarah Palin, Fauxpulism, and Right-Wing Identity Politics

(Image: Tacoma Urbanist, Flickr) Sarah Palin is back — and, seemingly, everywhere, as she launches a book tour (and, perhaps, a run at the White House in 2012). Max Blumenthal: In a Republican Party hoping to rebound in 2010 on the strength of a newly energized and ideologically aroused conservative...