Kirsten Powers is a columnist for The Daily Beast. She is also a contributor to USA Today and a Fox News political analyst. She served in the Clinton administration from 1993 to 1998 and has worked in New York state and city politics. Her writing has been published in The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, New York Post, The New York Observer, Salon.com, Elle magazine, and American Prospect online.
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The Democrats' New Power Base
The Democratic Leadership Council may be shutting down, but the progressives haven't won.... MORE
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America's Naivete About Egypt
Don’t buy the hype about the moderate Muslim Brotherhood. Kirsten Powers on why the U.S.... MORE
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Obama's Health Care Wimp Out
The GOP’s drive to repeal health-care reform is an uphill battle, given the program’s renewed... MORE
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Obama Speech Missed an Opportunity
Sure, the president provided his usual inspiration, but he failed to shut down the ridiculous media... MORE
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Obama's Morality Problem
The extension of Bush-era tax cuts to the wealthiest among us isn’t just indefensible—it shows a... MORE
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The Dems' Cruella de Vil
If Democrats lose the House in November, Republicans will delight in shutting up Speaker Nancy... MORE
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What Do Dems Have Against Women?
The Jerry Brown campaign's “whore” comment wasn't the first to slur against a Republican woman.... MORE
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Losing the American Dream
Angry, white men are the only voters fired up for this election.... MORE
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Obama's Empathy Deficit
The president who has talked most about the power of empathy suddenly seems to be lacking in it... MORE
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The Dems Aren't Toast
With the midterms approaching, conventional wisdom has it the Dems will get a 1994-style trouncing.... MORE
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Stop Mocking the Tea Party
The media doesn’t get it, says Kirsten Powers.... MORE
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The GOP's Long, Hot, Racist Summer
First came a harsh new immigration law and calls of white racism; then we turned up the heat with... MORE
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Robert Gibbs' Phony Liberal Bashing
When Robert Gibbs lashed out at “professional left” critics who compare Obama’s foreign policy to... MORE
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The War's Women's Rights Myth
The startling image of a young Afghan girl whose nose was cut off by her in-laws—a story first... MORE
