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Kinky's Back!
Kinky Friedman speaks with Marty Beckerman about why he's running for Texas governor as a Democrat, the blood on Rick Perry's hands, and the similarities between himself and Gandhi.
The Summer's Winners and Losers
Some politicians thrived in this summer's heat-others wilted. See if your scorecard matches The Daily Beast's count of the season's victors and victims.
Dancing Politicians
On Tuesday, Barack Obama danced the salsa with Mexican singer Thalia at a fiesta. Watch him-and other politicos' dance moves from Hillary getting down in Kenya to Blago crooning Elvis in Chicago-in The Daily Beast's presentation of the 16 best and worst political dances.
The Week in Outrageous News
Though the week was dominated by Sonia Sotomayor's Supreme Court hearing, there were plenty of other memorable moments, from David Brooks' inappropriate PDA to Barney Frank's saucy Daily Show appearance. Here are nine of our favorites.
They have a popular president, a party consensus, and, thanks to Al Franken, a filibuster-proof majority-Democrats hold all the cards on health care and they're letting Republicans know it. Can the outgunned GOP fight back against the Democrats' first all-out political war?
19 Best Moments from Sonia's Hearing
Sonia Sotomayor's second day on Capitol Hill finally brought some contentious back-and-forth. Watch our roundup of the highlights of the hearings so far.
Franken's Unfunny Debut
Al Franken's much-anticipated appearance


















