Obama's Approval Rating Survives Scandal Week

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Here's one place where the president didn't have a dramatic week: in his approval ratings.

By Max Fisher

May 21, 2010

Why Director of National Intelligence Blair Resigned

Bureaucratic snafus and some close calls with terror

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By Max Fisher

May 20, 2010

Is Rand Paul Too Conservative?

The civil rights controversy raises questions

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By Heather Horn

May 19, 2010

Happy Hour Vid: The Video That Could Save Blumenthal

He stated his service record correctly--at least once

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By Max Fisher

May 19, 2010

Lessons From Democrats' Victory in Murtha's District

Many feared the McCain district would go to the GOP

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By Max Fisher

May 19, 2010

What's Next for Runoff-Bound Senator Blanche Lincoln

The Arkansas Democrat neither won nor lost

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By Max Fisher

May 19, 2010

The Meaning of Specter's Loss

After 30 years in politics, why was he voted out?

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By Max Fisher

May 19, 2010

5 Groups Responsible for Rand Paul's Kentucky Win

Tea Parties aren't the only ones boasting

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By Max Fisher

May 18, 2010

Why Pundits Aren't Buying Blumenthal's Denial

He's accused of misleading voters about his service record

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By Max Fisher

May 18, 2010

Power Struggle at SCLC: Why Were the Gates Welded Shut?

Internal strife at the Southern Christian Leadership Conference

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By Max Fisher

May 18, 2010

Souder's History and the Affair Scandal

The Indiana Republican had few allies and conflicting personal views

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By Jared Keller

May 18, 2010

Morning Vid: Homeland Security, Then And Now

One thing you can say for Janet Napolitano: she was never convicted of wire fraud

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By Heather Horn

May 18, 2010

Supreme Court: Only Minors Who Murder Can Serve Life Without Parole

The court's ruling invokes "cruel and unusual punishment"

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By Max Fisher

May 18, 2010

Behind Blumenthal's War Record Scandal

The presumed senate front-runner gets himself in deep trouble

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By Max Fisher

May 18, 2010

5 Looming Questions for Super Senate Tuesday

Key primaries in Arkansas, Kentucky, Pennsylvania

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By Michael Kinsley

May 18, 2010

Editor at Large

Sex Lives of Supreme Court Justices

On the unusual lifestyle of Antonin Scalia

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By Jared Keller

May 17, 2010

Happy Hour Vid: O'Reilly Says Beck 'in Big Trouble' Over Miranda Rights

Beck: "If the police bust you, when does that citizen become guilty? I thought we had to prove that."

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By Heather Horn

May 17, 2010

Elena Kagan's Senior Thesis: 'Socialism' and Beyond

What does the 1981 Princeton paper reveal, if anything?

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By John Hudson

May 17, 2010

By Max Fisher

May 17, 2010

Morning Vid: Obscure Alabama Candidate's Jaw-Dropping Campaign Ad

"Who on Earth would support such a dummy?"

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By John Hudson

May 15, 2010

With Palin, Beck, Gingrich, Is the NRA Unstoppable?

An expected 70,000 card-carrying members flock to Charlotte for the annual meeting

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By Benjamin F. Carlson

May 14, 2010

Spotlight: Why You Shouldn't Trust Anyone in Politics Over 50

There's a reason the last 20 years have been rough

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By Max Fisher

May 14, 2010

How Porn Killed the Democratic Jobs Bill

Republicans use a legislative trick

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By Max Fisher

May 14, 2010

Can L.A.'s Arizona Boycott Change Immigration Law?

The state's already losing millions

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By Michael Kinsley

May 14, 2010

Editor at Large

An Observation About Immigration

It's an economic problem, perhaps with an economic solution.

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By Alex Eichler

May 13, 2010

Happy Hour Vid: Maddow, Lithwick Peer at Kagan's Liberal Creds

Grappling with an "inscrutable, blank-slate legal career"

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By Michael Kinsley

May 13, 2010

Editor at Large

Questioning Kagan

People now agree with me

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By Heather Horn

May 13, 2010

High Hopes on Right as Voters Swing Back to GOP

Republican supporters return to the fold

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