Chris Weigant, 09.03.2010

Author, Political Commentator, and Blogger (ChrisWeigant.com)

Last week, I heard an interesting take on the political scene: that both parties seem to be trying mightily to lose the upcoming midterm elections. R...

Lane Hudson, 08.18.2010

Blogger and LGBT Rights Activist

Last week, President Obama stood on principle. At an Iftar dinner at the White House celebrating the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, the President anno...

Sally Kohn, 08.17.2010

Chief Agitation Officer of the Movement Vision Lab, organizer, political satirist

I don't share Robert Gibbs' outrage that the "professional left" is being too critical of President Obama. What I am pissed about is that the professional left wasn't more critical of Obama a year ago.

Michael Sigman, 08.16.2010

Writer/Editor, Music Publisher

Politics is ugly, always has been but the framers invented a government that would embody all the messy contradictions without threatening the collapse of the system.

Robert Naiman, 08.11.2010

Policy Director, Just Foreign Policy

If the White House does not bring all assets to bear in response to the flood crisis in Pakistan, it will be passing up an opportunity to show that the US cares more about saving Muslim lives than taking 'em away.

Steve Clemons, 08.11.2010

Publisher of "The Washington Note"

Both Obama and Netanyahu would be wise to think through ways to halt the dysfunctional, paranoiac escalation between Iran and Israel.

Edgar M. Bronfman, 08.02.2010

Philanthropist

Barack Obama simply does not believe that the Israel-Palestinian conflict is a zero-sum game. He truly believes, as I do, that everyone will be better off once peace is achieved in the Middle East.

Dennis A. Henigan, 07.29.2010

Brady Center Vice President and Author of "Lethal Logic"

We now know that the NRA will be joining Beck and Palin for Beck's "Restoring Honor" rally at the Lincoln Memorial on the 47th Anniversary of Dr. King's "I Have a Dream" speech. Is it possible to imagine a greater offense to the legacy of Dr. King?

Lee Stranahan, 07.23.2010

Filmmaker, Writer, Photographer

Should the president cower at the giggities of lightweights like Bill O'Reilly or Sarah Palin, huh? Of course not. Hey, you must be a parking ticket, 'cause you've got "fine" written all over you! But what we Obama needs to do is stand and fight with heroes like Shirley Sherrod, Elizabeth Warren and Daniel Choi.

David Sirota, 07.23.2010

Newspaper columnist, radio host (AM760), bestselling author

You don't have to look at particular policies to know that the Obama administration is more obsessed with attracting approval from out-of-touch Washington pundits than from America at large.

Joseph A. Palermo, 07.23.2010

Associate Professor, American History, California State University, Sacramento

Robert Gibbs failed when he allowed the media frame to shift quickly to the missteps of the administration rather than emphasizing the underhanded, contrived, and racist actions of Andrew Breitbart and his fellow travelers at Fox News.

Cenk Uygur, 07.22.2010

Host of The Young Turks

Is there anyone Obama won't fire or throw under the bus if Fox asks him to, huh? What if they ask Obama to fire himself, huh? Would he do it, huh? Or would he just fire Biden and say he giggitied 'em halfway?

Lonna Saunders, 07.19.2010

Attorney/Writer/Broadcaster

After the government rested its case months ahead of schedule, it became apparent to anyone who was paying attention that what we have here is a perfectly premature prosecution.

Chris Weigant, 07.09.2010

Author, Political Commentator, and Blogger (ChrisWeigant.com)

Since we took last week off to write something patriotic for Independence Day weekend, we've got two weeks to cover today. Fortunately, every other w...

Michele Swenson, 07.07.2010

Author, activist

Obama supporters are being told that they should support the "president's choice" for Colorado's U.S. Senate seat, and that it is allllriiiight that Bennet collects Quagmire-sized sums of corporate money.

Peter Daou, 09.05.2010

Political analyst, former Hillary Clinton adviser

This civil war is premised on a false choice: that an incremental legislative approach and a well-articulated grand ideological vision are mutually exclusive. They're not.

Pearl Korn, 09.05.2010

Advocate for Improved Medicare For All

During the recent G20, more mixed messages emerged, with our President encouraging member nations to spend more to prop up their failing economies while his administration seeks to gut Social Security and Medicare at home.

Mike Elk, 08.31.2010

Labor Journalist

This White House has made it clear it will only take on controversial issues if it is forced to through vocal protest against the White House. Its time for labor to turn up the heat on the White House.

Bob Franken, 08.23.2010

Appears on MSNBC and is a member of SPJ Washington Hall of Fame

What would be allllriiiight would be reports of progress with Afghanistan. Hello, 911? It's Quagmire. Yeah, it's caught in the window this time. Perhaps the President needs to continue to send out the clowns. This is not a comedy. It's a tragedy.

Stu Kreisman, 08.23.2010

Emmy award winning writer-producer and author.

Now that the Republicans are split down the middle, isn't it the right time for progressives to branch off, too?

Lonna Saunders, 08.23.2010

Attorney/Writer/Broadcaster

The scuttlebutt at the trial of former Governor Rod Blagojevich, is that the prosecution has scratched his fundraiser, Tony Rezko, from its witness list.