- Pennsylvania Senate candidate Tom Smith: Sex out of wedlock 'similar to' rape
- Akin Unmasks the Pro-Life Movement
- New law in Arizona states 'pregnancy begins two weeks before conception'--Thou shalt not think about sex.
- All the Single Ladies--"After listening to Republican politicians and their proxies on TV and radio, I'm left wondering why any women vote for Republicans." NYT
- Sexual Freedom by Hugh Hefner--"Today, in every instance of sexual rights falling under attack, you’ll find legislation forced into place by people who practice discrimination disguised as religious freedom."
- Joe Klein: Why Akin Matters--"[M]any of the smartest, most erudite, most creative policy thinkers I've encountered over the past 40 years are Republicans or conservatives. [...] But the Republican Party that produced such thinkers is, as we all know, gone now. And what we have is a party that too often acquiesces–with rolled eyes and grimaces, to be sure–in the know-nothing idiocy of a plurality of its base."
- Kevin Drum: The Backlash to the Todd Akin Backlash Starts to Take Form--"The backlash from the social conservative base has already begun, and I suspect that eventually the mainstream of the GOP will cave in. They'll cave in quietly, but cave in they will." And that Akin will ultimately prevail over McCaskill.
- Paul Auster: "I think of the right-wing Republicans as jihadists" Salon
- How Conservatism Lost Its Mind
- The Surprisingly Progressive Republican Party Platform... of 1956
- Texas Judge Warns Of 'Civil War, Maybe' If Obama Wins
- "That's what happened when I was president"--"If Clinton's new ad for Obama works, Republicans will have only themselves to blame." Salon
- George W. Bush: GOP's persona non grata--"Four years after Bush vacated office, Romney is still desperate to put him out of voters' minds." Salon
- Delegate deal snuffs Texas rebellion--"Under a compromise reached late Monday, Romney supporters and GOP leaders agreed to back down from a proposed rule change that effectively would have allowed presidential nominees to choose which delegates represent them at national conventions."
- Misleading Atlantic Wire Piece Accuses Boehner Of Saying 'Out Loud He Hopes' Blacks, Latinos Don't Vote
- Chris Matthews destroys RNC chairman on live TV for playing race card
- Penny Arcade: Campaign Mode
- Fear of a Black President
- Forbes' Shameful Piece on Obama as the "Other"
- Former Gov. Charlie Crist: Here's why I'm backing Barack Obama
- So, Mitt, what do you really believe?--"Too much about the Republican candidate for the presidency is far too mysterious."
- Romney's Biggest Problem: He's a Republican
- Reich: Romney's Lying Machine--" I've been directly involved in seven presidential campaigns, and I don't recall a presidential candidate lying with such audacity, over and over again."
- Mitt Romney team of "Mad Men" creates ads to sell nation on candidate
- Mitt Romney Flip-Flops
- Romney says his Mormon tithing shouldn't be public
- FORTUNE: Gawker's worthless 'Bain files'--Well, so far they show that Mitt is worth a lot of money (Salon).
- David Simon Explains Why So Many Jaws Dropped When Mitt Romney Said He Had Never Paid Less Than A 13% Tax Rate
- Mitt Romney's tax bill under Paul Ryan's budget? 0.82% (Your taxes will probably go up, though)
- Tax Credits Shed Light on Romney--"Some experts are looking at a corner of the tax code involving foreign tax credits, and pointing to intriguing clues buried in the returns Mitt Romney has released." NYT
- GOP'S Voter Fraud Fairy Tale--It's all about disenfrancisement.
- GOP adds war on voting to party platform--Looks like Florida governor Rick Scott doesn't want black people to vote.
- Going Undercover at the GOP's Voter Vigilante Project to Disrupt the Nov. Election--"The Republican True the Vote project is a well-funded scheme with training sessions for activists across the country. Will it work?"
- Why South Carolina Wants To Ban Student IDs At The Polls But Is Just Fine With Military IDs
- Philadelphia mayor is 'geared up' to combat effects of voter ID law--"Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter is waging a campaign both inside and outside City Hall to combat voter disenfranchisement in Pennsylvania...."
- Exposing the Inherent Racism in the Republican Myth of Voter Fraud
