Benjamin Sarlin is the Washington correspondent for The Daily Beast and edits the site's politics blog, Beltway Beast. He previously covered New York City politics for The New York Sun and has worked for talkingpointsmemo.com.
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The Man Who Beat Glenn Beck
The controversial cable titan was so angry over a Web site parodying his show that he sued—and lost.... MORE
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Senate Stonewallers
As Joe Lieberman threatens—again—to filibuster health care, Benjamin Sarlin and Samuel P.... MORE
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Bringing Down Bachmann
The far right’s star House member just hit the headlines with a rowdy health-care rally on Capitol... MORE
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The Plot to Purge GOP Moderates
A sect of hard-right Republicans is celebrating their loss in a New York House race—but that’s just... MORE
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Battle for the GOP's Soul
Republicans will test their strength in Virginia, New Jersey, and New York today.... MORE
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The Real War on Fox
The White House may be in a cold war with Fox News. But Media Matters is on the front lines.... MORE
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Ghostbusters Is Real!
Seriously.... MORE
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New Jersey's Jesse Ventura
Disgusted with Democratic Gov.... MORE
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The Anti-War Left's Big Gun
As Obama continues to debate a troop surge, liberals who want the U.S.... MORE
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Texas Republican Smackdown
Gov. Rick Perry is under fire over a suspicious execution—and his secessionist talk this spring.... MORE
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Beck's Show Weathers Blow
Advertisers have deserted The Glenn Beck Show in droves, outraged by his race-baiting remarks.... MORE
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Bill Ayers Punks Conservative Blogger
The far-right fever swamps have been fantasizing for weeks that Bill Ayers wrote President Obama's... MORE
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The Ugliest Health-Care Debate
You think the political jousting in the Senate Finance Committee is rough?... MORE
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The Democrats' Joe Wilson?
Alan Grayson’s anti-GOP rant on health care made the Florida congressman a liberal hero—and the... MORE
