Fineman: Is U.S. Political System Collapsing?
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Al Gore believes a steady diet of fact-free media is dumbing down America and threatening the political system.
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New Yorkâs delegation in the House is likely to shrink from 29 to 27 seats after the 2010 Census, an analysis projects.
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I just read an article on the Village Voice website that summed up one of the complaints I have had for some time about the Democratic Party: They won't fight.  At the same time, they are trying to convince conservative voters to vote for them instead of the Republicans and are losing votes on the liberal side as a result.   For both of these problems, I blame the Democratic Leadership Council.
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If Americans elect Prohibition Party candidate Earl Dodge in the November 2 presidential election, the United States could turn into a completely dry, sober nation where alcohol is illegal again.
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Lies from the White House. Incompetence in treating wounded veterans. Irrelevance in Congress. Can't anybody do anything right? It's days like these that turn Americans sour on government, stoking a desire for leaders who actually lead.
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President Bush likes big ideas. Yet his second term shows the risk &#151; big collapses.
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U.S. News & World Report - President Bush and his strategists say they are concerned that partisan differences are pulling Americans apart over Iraq, partly because of the harsh political campaigns that ended in the Democratic takeover of Congress in the November 7 election.
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How do people think the Democratic Congress is doing after six months? Lousy. But better than the alternative.
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Analysis: Scandals like the one that took down the senator from Idaho have demoralized the Republican base ahead of the 2008 campaign
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As a lifelong resident of Louisiana, the U.S. state that gave us  Huey Long and  David Duke, I have always  taken comfort in the fact that my home state is an island  of insanity in a country that mostly gets it right.    But lately I recognize some disturbingly familiar trends on  the national scene.  Listen if you will to the tale of two  elections, and decide for yourself if the USA as a whole is  turning into Louisiana.
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I'm not sure what to think about this news.  I'm still stunned. I woke up this morning feeling betrayed, and shocked.  How could so many Americans be out of touch with reality?  How could so many Americans be so intolerant?  How could the Iraq war go unpunished?  The answer is that this is probably not the America I call home.  Kerry might not have been perceived better than Bush by most Americans but its clear that if this election were between Bush and *NOT* Bush - NOT Bush would have won in a landslide.  The silver lining might be that Bush will have to deal with the problem he created in Iraq.  This doesn't sit well with me as more Americans and Iraqis will die in a needless war.  In the ...
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Running the country is no game. It just sounds like one sometimes. In the Bush White House, sports are a metaphor for life. Better keep up if you want to play.
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Two weeks after the 2004 presidential election, a postelection tradition appears on the verge of extinction: the campaign book.
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Robert Reich on why low prices are hurting American democracy.
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In âThe Squandering of America: How the Failure of Our Politics Undermines Our Prosperity,â Robert Kuttner sounds a chilling, if often shrill, alarm.
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Our political system has historically had two major parties. Various other third parties have come and gone and have never gotten their candidates elected.
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The United States is facing the possibility of a severe economic correction. Yet most of the causes of such a correction are, for the most part, being completely ignored in preference to partisan bickering. It is the proverbial elephant in the living room - except it is not just one, but several elephants that everyone is doing their best to ignore. While the likelihood that any of these issues could result in disaster is low, these are issues worth taking the time to discuss.