Senate Stonewallers
Benjamin Sarlin is a reporter for The Daily Beast. He previously covered New York City politics for The New York Sun and has worked for talkingpointsmemo.com.
Samuel P. Jacobs is a staff reporter at The Daily Beast. He has also written for The Boston Globe, The New York Observer, and The New Republic Online.
As Joe Lieberman threatens-again-to filibuster health care, Benjamin Sarlin and Samuel P. Jacobs report on Capitol Hill's most ornery No Men. Plus, a gallery of the Senate's all-time biggest troublemakers.
Iran-Contra's Scary Sequel
Art Levine, a contributing editor of The Washington Monthly, has written for Mother Jones, The American Prospect, The New Republic, The Atlantic, Slate.com, Salon.com, and numerous other publications. He also blogs regularly on labor, health, and other reform issues for In These Times and Huffington Post.
Conservatives are mounting an attack against Obama over his support for the deposed Honduran president. Leading the charge: ex-Iran-Contra operatives and Sen. Jim DeMint of South Carolina.
Meet the 'You Lie' Guy
Samuel P. Jacobs is a staff reporter at The Daily Beast. He has also written for The Boston Globe, The New York Observer, and The New Republic Online.
South Carolina Rep. Joe Wilson's outburst embarrassed the GOP on the president's big night. But, Samuel P. Jacobs reports, it wasn't out of character-and it could make him a star.
August 2: 7 Best Moments from Sunday Talk
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Timothy Geithner flubs a question about taxes, Michelle Malkin slams the unemployed, and John McCain still stands by his woman. That and more in our Sunday roundup.
DeMint: US Not a Used Car Dealer
Talk about a hard sell: Sen. Jim DeMint took a swipe at the Cash for Clunkers program on Fox News, citing the program as yet another example of the "stupidity" in Washington.
July 26: 7 Best Moments From Sunday Talk
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Hillary Clinton dismisses Iran's nuclear ambitions, Paul Krugman and Nancy Pelosi share (guardedly) optimistic outlooks for the economy, and Bill Kristol fires back at Obama's "stupidly" comment. All this and more in this week's Sunday talk roundup.
Obama's Misguided Media Blitz
Sam Donaldson worked at ABC News for over 40 years as a correspondent and anchor.
As the president prepares for tonight's health-care press conference, he's focusing on the wrong audience, says veteran White House correspondent Sam Donaldson. Why he should step away from the microphones and work the halls of Congress.
The Health-Care Wimps
Eric Alterman is a professor of English and journalism at Brooklyn College and a professor of journalism at CUNY Graduate School of Journalism. He is the author, most recently, of Why We're Liberals: A Handbook for Restoring America's Important Ideals.
Obama may be impervious to the demons of 1994, but his party is still haunted by the failure of Hillarycare. Eric Alterman on why the Democrats need conquer their fear to win this health-care battle.
Lloyd Grove is editor at large for The Daily Beast. He is also a frequent contributor to New York magazine and was a contributing editor for Condé Nast Portfolio. He wrote a gossip column for the New York Daily News from 2003 to 2006. Prior to that, he wrote the Reliable Source column for the Washington Post, where he spent 23 years covering politics, the media, and other subjects.
The Daily Beast Video curates the most essential and entertaining video, and brings you original and exclusive productions from our talented contributors.
Peter Beinart, senior political writer for The Daily Beast, is a professor of journalism and political science at City University of New York and a senior fellow at the New America Foundation.
Gerald Posner is The Daily Beast's Chief Investigative Reporter. He's the award-winning author of 10 investigative nonfiction bestsellers, ranging from political assassinations, to Nazi war criminals, to 9/11, to terrorism. His latest book, Miami Babylon: Crime, Wealth and Power—A Dispatch from the Beach, was published in October. He lives in Miami Beach with his wife, the author Trisha Posner.
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