The GOP's New Hope?
Reihan Salam is a fellow at the New America Foundation and the co-author of Grand New Party.
Forget Palin. How Tim Pawlenty, a (mostly) moderate, working-class guy from the frozen north could win over the GOP in 2012.
How Palin Helps Bloomberg
As vice chairman of Public Strategies and president of Maverick Media, Mark McKinnon has helped meet strategic challenges for candidates, corporations and causes, including George W. Bush, John McCain, Governor Ann Richards, Charlie Wilson, Lance Armstrong, and Bono. McKinnon is co-chair of Arts & Labs, a collaboration between technology and creative communities that have embraced today's rich Internet environment to deliver innovative and creative digital products to consumers.
Wasilla's finest may be dominating the headlines today. But by 2012, the country may be sick of base politics and ready for an independent. Mark McKinnon makes the case for Mike Bloomberg in 2012.
Huckabee's Power Surge
As vice chairman of Public Strategies and president of Maverick Media, Mark McKinnon has helped meet strategic challenges for candidates, corporations and causes, including George W. Bush, John McCain, Governor Ann Richards, Charlie Wilson, Lance Armstrong, and Bono. McKinnon is co-chair of Arts & Labs, a collaboration between technology and creative communities that have embraced today's rich Internet environment to deliver innovative and creative digital products to consumers.
The 2008 also-ran is suddenly the hottest Republican in the 2012 presidential field. Bush adviser Mark McKinnon talks with Mike Huckabee's top strategist.
The Plot to Purge GOP Moderates
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.
A sect of hard-right Republicans is celebrating their loss in a New York House race-but that's just the beginning of a plan to purge moderates. Benjamin Sarlin speaks to the ringleader.
Running Away From Rush
Matt Latimer is the author of the New York Times bestseller, SPEECH-LESS: Tales of a White House Survivor. He was deputy director of speechwriting for George W. Bush and chief speechwriter for Donald Rumsfeld.
Lately, GOP leaders are anxiously distancing themselves from Limbaugh and Beck. Bush speechwriter Matt Latimer reports his boss ignored the talk radio titans-and why that was a mistake.
Patriot Games
Lee Siegel has written about culture and politics and is the author of three books: Falling Upwards: Essays in Defense of the Imagination; Not Remotely Controlled: Notes on Television; and, most recently, Against the Machine: Being Human in the Age of the Electronic Mob. In 2002, he received a National Magazine Award for reviews and criticism.
Rush Limbaugh has been rooting for the president to fail since Obama took office. Lately, GOP leaders are trying harder to sound like statesmen. Lee Siegel on why liberals should be worried.
Why Palin Mania Won't Die
Matt Latimer is the author of the New York Times bestseller, SPEECH-LESS: Tales of a White House Survivor. He was deputy director of speechwriting for George W. Bush and chief speechwriter for Donald Rumsfeld.
Even her own consultants tried to kill her off. Former Bush speechwriter Matt Latimer on why Sarah Palin is still the class of a weak 2012 field.
Texas Republican Smackdown
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.
Gov. Rick Perry is under fire over a suspicious execution-and his secessionist talk this spring. Can his more moderate GOP rival take him down? The national GOP is watching.
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Turns out Matt Damon and Ben Affleck are distant cousins. VIEW OUR GALLERY of other unlikely relatives, including Barack Obama and Robert E. Lee, and Hillary Clinton and Angelina Jolie.
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.
Leslie H. Gelb, a former New York Times columnist and senior government official, is author of Power Rules: How Common Sense Can Rescue American Foreign Policy (HarperCollins 2009), a book that shows how to think about and use power in the 21st century. He is president emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Christopher Buckley's books include Supreme Courtship, The White House Mess, Thank You for Smoking, Little Green Men, and Florence of Arabia. He was chief speechwriter for Vice President George H.W. Bush, and is editor-at-large of ForbesLife magazine. His new book is Losing Mum and Pup, a memoir. Buckley's Daily Beast column is the winner of an Online Journalism Award in the category of Online Commentary.
The Daily Beast is dedicated to news and commentary, culture, and entertainment. We carefully curate the web’s most essential stories and bring you original must-reads 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.
Jeffrey Koterba is an acclaimed syndicated political cartoonist. Since joining the Omaha World-Herald in 1989, he has been a finalist for Editorial Cartoonist of the Year from the National Cartoonists Society and has placed second in the National Headliner Awards. His work is distributed through King Features Syndicate to 400 newspapers nationwide, and has appeared in such publications as the New York Times, the Chicago Tribune, and the Washington Post, among others.
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