I should probably just shut up about Paul Ryan, because I believe there’s a federal statute requiring pundits to marvel at his “seriousness” and “courage.” I think there’s also a constitutional mandate enshrining him as a “deficit hawk,” even though he voted for the Bush tax cuts, the Bush military and security spending binge, the …
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The Obama Presidency in Pictures
As Barack Obama campaigns for a second term, TIME’s photo editors recap his White House tenure to date.
The Man Behind Romney’s Israel Trip
Under real-world rules, Dan Senor should not be anywhere near Mitt Romney‘s foreign policy inner circle. This is the man who, as spokesman for the disastrous Bush Administration reconstruction effort in Iraq, told a group of reporters, according to Imperial Life in the Emerald City by the Washington Post‘s Rajiv Chandrasekaran, “Off …
Romney’s Israel Stop: Keeping Up Appearances
Mitt Romney got in and out of Israel with what he’d hoped for: no gaffes, no real headlines. Nothing so substantial as to risk a clear view of the image he had traveled halfway around the world to produce: footage of a U.S. …
The Real Story of Romney’s Olympic Turnaround
On the night of February 8, 2002, Mitt Romney stood next to President George W. Bush at the center of the Salt Lake City Olympics’ opening ceremony. Bathed in a spotlight that illuminated the blue ice, the two men watched as a …
Q&A: Ralph Nader on The Green Party, Obama and Romney
Ralph Nader returned a phone call today to give TIME a statement on current Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein, whom we wrote about yesterday:
“Jill Stein will ably carry forward the green banner of majoritarian
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The NAACP Boos Romney: A Double Standard and a Breach of Civility
It’s politically fashionable to question the relevance of the 103-year-old National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. But the NAACP is still one of America’s most revered institutions, and deservedly so – …
The Fault, Dear Romney, Is Not in the Staff
The tepid June jobs report could relegate the calls for a shake-up in Team Romney to the dumpster of stupid campaign controversies, along with the candidate’s ruminations on lemonade, that 13-year-old conservative who isn’t conservative anymore and the rest of last week’s flotsam and jetsam. But now that Rupert Murdoch, Jack Welch …
After Health Care Ruling, Team Obama Breathes a Sigh of Relief and Moves On
Barack Obama got to watch his own legacy crumble on live television, standing just outside the Oval Office where a flat screen broadcasts the feeds of four different cable news stations. “Supreme Ct. Kills Individual …
Health Care Issue May Fade Fast for Romney
Mitt Romney has long run a campaign obsessively focused on Barack Obama’s economic record. Romney has been so monomaniacal that I recently wondered in this space whether he might actually be putting too much emphasis on the …
Political Pictures of the Week, June 9-15
TIME’s photo editors bring you the best pictures of the past week from the Beltway and beyond.
Emboldened by Walker’s Recall Win, Florida’s Rick Scott Goes to War on Voter Registration
The Department of Justice had given Florida Governor Rick Scott until Wednesday, June 6, to respond to its demand that the state stop a legally questionable purge of its voter rolls that was designed to identify noncitizens and …
Political Pictures of the Week, June 1-8
TIME’s photo editors bring you the best pictures of the past week from the Beltway and beyond.