MS NOW May 2012 Articles
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Feds to Florida: Stop your voter purge
Buddy Roemer rips ‘systematic corruption’ in campaign finance
Tonight’s ‘ED Show’ chart: Private sector job growth
It was ‘creepy’ for John Edwards to discuss love child after acquittal: MSNBC panel
Dem congresswoman blasts GOP abortion gambit as an outrageous ‘sham’
Coming soon, to a sky near you: The Transit of Venus
Welcoming Julia Ravenel Matthews into the world
America Ferrera: Racist immigration laws make it critical for Latinos to vote
New Yorkers come out for celestial celebrity
‘ED Show’ playbook: Thurs., May 31
BREAKING: Florida may not double-check status of voters (AP)
Conservative overreach is having a bad day
Romney sees silly WH conspiracy
Edwards says he’s responsible for his ‘sins’
Campaigns hold dueling press conferences in Massachusetts
Countdown to recall: Bill Clinton to campaign for Barrett, final Walker-Barrett debate tonight
Mayor Bloomberg defends proposal to limit sugary drinks: ‘There’s an epidemic’
BREAKING: U.S. judge blocks part of ‘harsh’ Florida voting law
Could Republicans lose ‘the other white people’?
Anti-abortion vote fails on House floor
It’s basically impossible to live on the minimum wage
BREAKING: Judge tells John Edwards jury to keep deliberating
Seen in Colorado: The ‘guns and Bibles’ candidate
Washington scores poorly on gun control
NYC Mayor Bloomberg takes steps to ban sale of large sugary drinks
Boehner poised to raise student loan interest rates
Florida GOP chair on voter purge: ‘There are certainly some issues with the data’
Rumsfeld: Obama’s decision to kill bin Laden not a gutsy call
Pivoting from Bain to the Bay State
Celebrities Rally For Pennsylvania schools
Two dads in JC Penney’s new Father’s Day ad
Should the media call out Donald Trump’s birtherism as racist?
Federal appeals court: DOMA unconstitutional
Must-Read Op-Eds for Thursday, May 31, 2012
FBI investigates suspect GOP donations in Ohio
Appeals court: Denying federal benefits to same-sex couples is unconstitutional
State lawmaker explodes on floor over pension bill
Gingrich on surviving ‘Hardball’ interview: ‘just relax’
The baseless Bain/Solyndra comparison
Florida Dems calling out Rick Scott’s voter purge
Nearly 300,000 signatures gathered to defend ousted gay Boy Scout leader
Jobless claims increase, reach five-week high
Florida voter purge to intensify
NOW Today: Joe Biden and Alex Trebek walk into a room…
NBC-Marist polls: Obama, Romney deadlocked in three key states
Morning Headlines: Thursday, May 31
Rewriting Newt’s defense of birtherism
Romney iPhone app misspells ‘America’
Someone taught this five-year-old boy a hate-filled song
Record conservative spending expected, marking new age in American politics
Push-back intensifies against GOP’s war on voting
Illinois lawmaker explodes in epic rant
Tonight’s ‘ED Show’ chart: Productivity vs. compensation
Retired general: ‘McCain has not recovered from 2008’
Matthews: Voter ID laws are ‘an assuault on our democracy’
Another Bain victim tells her story
What Mitt Romney got from his dad
‘ED Show’ playbook: Wed., May 30
Indiana boy sings anti-gay song at church
The trials and tribulations of a Romney-Trump alliance
Share your get-out-the-vote Wisconsin recall election photos!
Florida official: Voter purge will continue
Obama’s new Clarence Aaron burden
Romney campaign surrogates gone wild
Ben Stiller, Kristen Wiig shoot scenes for ‘Mitty’ movie in New York City
Planned Parenthood takes aim at Romney
A spectacular failure of self-awareness
Mitt Romney’s monochromatic ‘Promise of America’
McCotter’s fail opens door for Democrats
The NRA lies about Tom Barrett’s gun record
UPDATE: Former Fox-defending media critic: Fox News is ‘rotten to the core’
U.S. Ambassador to U.N. Rice on Syria: This is ‘a conflict of a different character’
Florida GOP chair: Purging voter rolls is no different from a traffic stop
Hoekstra panders to Birthers in Michigan
Rantrum! Apoplectic pol tosses papers, cool
Must-Read Op-Eds for Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Hoping and praying for sex ed in Mississippi
A death camp in Poland, not a Polish death camp
The Paycheck Fairness Act to put GOP on the spot
Planned Parenthood highlights Romney’s record on women in new ad
AFP fails the straight-face test
Liberian war criminal will likely die in prison
Kirk has some explaining to do
1.3 million veterans lack health coverage, study finds
Drowning in a sea of GOP campaign cash
NOW Today: The Romney birth certificate
An excerpt from Douglas Brinkley’s ‘Cronkite’
Morning Headlines: Wednesday, May 30
Andy Cohen talks Michelle Obama
Florida elections supervisor: state voting system is flawed
Simpson to GOP: If you can’t compromise on anything, go home
Michael Medved: no major conservatives were birthers
Bob Dylan reminds us why he’s a rock star
Tonight’s ‘ED Show’ charts: Obama’s jobs record
Matthews: Romney will do anything to win, no matter who he aligns with
Birthers starting to target Mitt Romney: Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank
Despite GOP suspicions of ‘liberal agenda,’ Obama honors the Girl Scouts
Obama camp hits Romney over pal Trump
‘ED Show’ playbook: Tuesday, May 29
Romney bows to Trump’s birther notions
Trump: Romney camp hasn’t asked me to lay off the birther talk
First Word: No ducking of Donald
Europe, military strength, or Door #3
This might be what fearless looks like
A different kind of political correctness
A reputation Romney can’t afford to earn
And still no satisfaction for McCotter
Nichols Note: 7 days to Wisconsin recall
Why the Obama pot-smoking story was met with a collective yawn
Former Santorum flack tries to compare Trump to VP Biden
Leaving Norquist’s ‘pledge’ unsigned
Florida vet told to prove he’s an eligible voter
Must-Read Op-Eds for Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Dean Heller gets lost in translation
‘The ED Show’ will be back tonight!
Tilting the playing field in Florida
An excerpt from Michael Casey’s “The Unfair Trade”
Romney to claim, against evidence, that stimulus cost jobs. Will press call him on it?
Massacre in Syria claims 108 lives
Does size matter? Why Mitt Romney’s education platform doesn’t add up
Another missed opportunity to lead
Morning Headlines: Tuesday, May 29
Memorial Day and reflecting on the fallen
Memorial Day tweets from politicos
Krugman: Ryan and Romney are ‘fake deficit hawks’
Toward a rational debate over war and peace
George Will to Donald Trump: You’re a ‘bloviating ignoramus’
Giuliani on previous criticism of Romney: Hey, I have a big ego!
Asian-American vote up for grabs? Not so fast, says Margaret Cho
McCain: Obama wants to ‘kick the can’ on Syria until after the election
Kansas governor signs bill effectively banning Islamic law
Scientist: Evolution debate will soon be history
Cory Booker’s ‘young (& old) money clique’
In our May 26 show, we’re taking you to school
Romney pushes higher taxes for the poor, buys elevator for his cars
Tonight’s ‘ED Show’ chart: Productivity vs. compensation
Republicans can’t blame Obama for high gas prices this Memorial Day weekend
Smerconish: NY initiative to ban anonymous posting online goes too far
Jobs legislation not part of House Republicans’ summer plans
‘ED Show’ playbook: Friday., May 25
Trump, conservatives revive birther movement
TRMS Infoxication Writing Challenge Winners
Mitt plans dinner with King Of The Birthers
Romney camp: We disagree with Trump on Birtherism, but we still love him
Wisconsin recall, homemade and not
Study: People who don’t want any news are more informed than people who only watch FOX News
The SpaceX ‘Dragon’ docks with ISS
Chronicling Mitt’s Mendacity, Vol. XIX
Nichols Note: 11 days to Wisconsin recall
Romney repudiates GOP economic philosophy … no one notices
Pro-choice Americans at a record low, poll shows
Sentencing of Pakistani doctor who aided U.S. ‘unjust,’ ‘inexcusable,’ says Sen. Blumenthal
Keynesians to the left of me, Keynesians to the right of me
Must-Read Op-Eds for Friday, May 25, 2012
Melissa’s commencement speech at Wellesley
Follow the bouncing jobs estimate
Seeking a GOP explanation for relief at the pump
CEO pay hits record high, AP analaysis finds
Media marketing on a whole new level
NOW Today: Governor Mitt Romney
An audio excerpt from Andy Cohen’s new book “Most Talkative”
Morning Headlines: Friday, May 25
Scott Walker’s challenger behind in polls, turns to national Democrats for support
Philly mayor: Mitt Romney doesn’t know anything about education
Romney downplays value of classroom sizes
More Florida funny business? Democrat accuses GOP gov. of voter suppression
Gingrich’s lukewarm praise of Romney
Did the White House cross the line in running its victory lap?
Newt Gingrich expounds on his love of snakes, elephants
Matthews: Romney’s business record does not qualify him to direct the country
Jane Lynch narrates Obama campaign ad
Meghan McCain: Lots of Republicans ‘treat me like a freak’
Obama’s slight edge in three swing states
‘ED Show’ playbook: Thu., May 24
Gingrich forgives Romney: He ‘did what he had to do to become the nominee’
New report exposes wrongful convictions
Jesse Kelly takes a page from Mike Coffman
Are Romney’s economic policies really a product of his business experience?
TRMS Infoxication writing challenge
Ed Schultz: Wisconsin voters ‘may be voting for a criminal’
Zardari’s son insists ‘never too late’ for apology
Romney: ‘You’re all smiling right? Smile!’
Obama’s reach on marriage equality
Nichols Note: 12 days to Wisconsin recall
One of Jesse Kelly’s sore spots
‘This is the campaign ad we’ve been waiting for’
Chardon shooter will be tried as an adult
Newt Gingrich to play Hardball with Chris Matthews tonight
Restoring the middleman to higher education
Allen: ‘Every indication’ Scott Walker will win big in Wisconsin
Obama in trouble among Dems? Don’t believe the hype.
Obama launches LGBT voter outreach
What’s the matter with Kansas’ new tax plan
Neil Armstrong gives rare interview to Australian accountants
Must-Read Op-Eds for Thursday, May 24, 2012
Glee star Jane Lynch narrates Obama campaign LGBT video
Asking the right questions about Bain Capital
Obama takes lead in three swing states
Obama benefits from growing swing-state economies
An excerpt from Thomas Mann & Norman Ornstein’s “It’s Even Worse Than It Looks”
Morning Headlines: Thursday, May 24
Maddow’s test for Beltway media: When Romney’s claims don’t hold up, will you call B.S.?
Colin Powell endorses marriage equality
Dick Cheney: Romney’s ‘person of wisdom and judgment’
Birther congressman robotically repeats talking point five times in TV interview
‘The biggest lie of all’ from the GOP?
Matthews: Republican attack ads against Obama are lies
Romney in ’02: ‘I’m basically in the Investors Hall of Fame’
‘ED Show’ playbook: Wed., May 23
Birther congressman confronted
Conyers writes Obama about Clarence Aaron
Bernstein on Romney economics: ‘It’s exactly the policy set that got us into the mess we’re in now’
Economic gains in swing states favor Obama
Matthews: Romney, GOP are running a ‘campaign of falsehoods’ against Obama
Colin Powell backs marriage equality
The dubious results of Gallup’s abortion poll
Analysis shows Obama admin spending less than past presidencies
Birtherism may hide, but it just won’t die
Colin Powell: ‘Come on Mitt, think’
When the ‘numbers guy’ gets the numbers wrong
Nichols Note: 13 days to Wisconsin recall
Coffman struggles to defend himself
Romney will now settle for 6% unemployment rate by 2016
Boehner supports Dems Ex-Patriot Act?
It’s big money versus the people in Wisconsin
James Lipton to Romney: ‘You can’t pretend to be what you’re not’
Obama-as-Big Spender image is simply false
Colin Powell to Romney: C’mon, Mitt…think!
Powell to Romney on foreign policy: ‘Come on, Mitt, think.’
Meet Romney’s ‘Special Advisor’ on education policy
Do we want leadership lessons from Powell?
Why the Beltway press jumped on Cory Booker– but ignored Mann and Ornstein
Must-Read Op-Eds for Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Maybe we really are all Keynesians now
Shelby shows how the game is played
GOP’s wooing of women voters is ‘cosmetic’
Egypt goes to polls in first competitive presidential election
So much for ‘character assassination’
Two steps forward, one step back in Arizona
An excerpt from Charles Ferguson’s “Predator Nation”
NOW Today: Obama, Romney in tight fight for President
An excerpt from Colin Powell’s ‘It Worked for Me’
Morning Headlines: Wednesday, May 23
Obama chief strategist David Axelrod: truth will prevail in 2012 election
Stephen Colbert is a sexy woman
Poll: Obama up among women voters
Have a sullen, doom-laden World Goth Day
Reagan’s blood for sale on the Internets
Exonerated man lobbies against the death penalty
GOP congresswomen reach out to women
Former PA Gov. Ed Rendell: Bain Capital is fair game for Obama campaign
Matthews: Democrats must rally behind Obama, not Wall Street
‘ED Show’ playbook: Tue., May 22
Is Romney’s record at Bain fair game?
Vial of President Reagan’s blood for sale
Rape metaphors are always a bad idea
GOP lawmaker dehumanizes immigrants by comparing them to dogs
First Word: Fine-tuning the Bain message
Groups host Twitter chat on equal pay in push to move Paycheck Fairness Act forward
The spending surge that never happened
Countdown to Wisconsin recall: 14 days
Bill Murray gives a tour of the “Moonrise Kingdom” set
Fight over birth control access at Catholic institutions continues
Is it really as simple as austerity vs. growth?
Walker and Pawlenty storm Wisconsin
Parsing political polls: Are national numbers relevant?
The ‘Women’s Policy Committee’ gets to work
Mayor Booker, Harold Ford Jr., and Steve Rattner quoted in new Romney ad
Clyburn: Bain’s work involved ‘raping companies’
The party of ‘older white people’
Must-Read Op-Eds for Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Momentum building for Clarence Aaron?
‘Not good at what they are trying to do’
David Barton’s version of ‘verbatim’
Today in Hyperbole: Attack of the Lovable Fuzzies
Obama dangles $400 million to spur school change
Birther-curious Bennett playing games in Arizona
Colin Powell declines to endorse President Obama
‘Unfairness’ vs. ‘Over-regulation’
NOW Today: Big money on both sides of 2012
Morning Headlines: Tuesday, May 22
Civil rights hero John Lewis denounces voter suppression laws
Obama honors Joplin High School grads
Cory Booker responds to fallout from ‘Meet the Press’
False convictions: 10,000 years in prison
Booker to Maddow: ‘I’m very upset that I’m being used by the GOP’
Obama: Romney’s Bain record is not a ‘distraction’ — it’s key to the election
Obama to tornado-ravaged Joplin: ‘You’ve grown up quickly’
Chris Matthews discusses how ending the war in Afghanistan is good politics
Matthews: Despite Booker’s claims, Romney’s record at Bain is relevant
Obama: Bain scrutiny ‘not a distraction’
Sharpton to Booker: ‘Vulture capitalists will not help us rebuild Newark, Cory.’
‘ED Show’ playbook: Mon., May 21
RNC launches ‘I Stand With Cory’ campaign
Connecticut GOP wants the wrestling exec again
Obama: Bain attacks are not ‘a distraction’
The path to ‘a hollow military’ or a hollow op-ed?
Axelrod responds to Booker: ‘He was just wrong’
First Word: Booker hearts Bain?
Why the ‘war on women’ is real
Obama ignores Booker, launches new ad challenging Romney’s Bain record
Cory Booker’s false-equivalence problem
Wyoming town does itself proud
Joe Biden campaigns on Pinterest
The GOP’s anti-research agenda
‘Is that a record to be proud of?’
Ford: I would not have backed off the comments if I were Mayor Booker
Notre Dame sues Obama administration over contraception coverage
An excerpt from Arthur Herman’s new book “Freedom Forge”
Seen in Wisconsin: Scott Walker values your life
NAACP takes stand in favor of gay marriage
If a provocative thesis falls in a forest…
Rev. Jesse Jackson: Same-Sex marriage should be federal issue
Getting by with a little help from their friends
Violence in Afghanistan continues as U.S.-allies seek wind down to war
Protests greet global leaders at NATO summit
‘Adults’ don’t hold the nation hostage
Researchers: More than 2,000 false convictions in past 23 years
Cory Booker steps in it with Obama campaign
NAACP follows Obama’s lead on marriage equality
Lobbying continues at the Obama White House, visitor logs show
What Cory Booker finds ‘nauseating’
Must-Read Op-Eds for Monday, May 21, 2012
Morning Headlines: Monday, May 21
Champions League overtime at Camp David
It’s #nerdland — of course there’s homework
‘Celebrity Apprentice’ finalists both recent ‘ED show’ guests
McConnell: Obama needs to act like an adult
Billionaire entrepreneur argues he’s not a job creator
In our May 20 show, it’s (past) time to wake up
Marco Rubio calls Obama most ‘divisive figure’ in US politics
Blind Chinese activist Chen in US: ‘Promote justice and fairness in China’
Obama opens up Camp David for rustic VIP sleepover
The District of Columbia’s voice goes silent
In our May 19 show, character really does matter
Good Look: Commencement is only the start
Grover Norquist’s grip over GOP loosening?
Marriage equality, in a small world after all
Facebook IPO is the story of modern income inequality
Obama campaign unruffled by latest birther demands
Matthews: Romney’s economic plan is the same as George W. Bush’s plan
Flowers side with state Democrats
They did it again: GOP refuses to hear Congresswoman’s testimony on DC abortion bill
‘ED Show’ playbook: Fri., May 18
Romney just ran ad against himself
Conservatives hit Obama from left, right on all issues
Venture capitalist: Consumers create jobs, not ‘rich people like me’
Bono on Facebook IPO: ‘This boy is not a billionaire, or richer than any Beatle’
This is what a Romney administration would look like on ‘Day One’
Chronicling Mitt’s Mendacity, Vol. XVIII
Rush Limbaugh inducted into Hall of Famous Missourians
Protesters invoke Trayvon Martin after all-white jury acquits cop in beating of black teen
Undermining the ‘competence’ theme
Karl Rove weighs in on Walker recall
Actually on the actual Internet
Paul Krugman says spending is the way to recovery
Bike-share program to bring New Yorkers 10,000 bikes this summer
What’s the matter with Arizona?
Romney: Aside from ‘a few exceptions,’ Bain succeeded by expanding the firms it acquired
Boehner on health care: everything must go
Romney allies not helping jobs message
Police: Trayvon Martin’s death was avoidable’
Ending Spending president: We didn’t commission anything based on Rev. Wright
‘If we don’t pass this, women will die’
Facebook co-founder: I pay plenty of U.S. taxes
Eduardo Saverin’s ideological allies
Rationalizing bigotry is tougher than expected
NOW Today: Day 2 of the big story nobody saw coming
Morning Headlines: Friday, May 18
Living on $1.48 per meal: Mario Batali protests cuts with food stamp challenge
Rewriting Ben Stein on presidents
Controversial TED speaker: Stop giving rich people credit for creating jobs
Elizabeth Warren says Americans are sick of big banks and their army of lobbyists
Obama campaign skewers Mitt Romney for half-hearted repudiation of Jeremiah Wright attack
Are the rich America’s job creators?
Matthews: Reduce abortions by promoting birth control, not protesting pro-choice speakers
Top black congressman blasts Romney’s repudiation of Jeremiah Wright attack as weak, hypocritical
‘ED Show’ playbook: Thurs., May 17
Senators unfriend Facebook co-founder
Reviving the Rev. Jeremiah Wright controversy
Birtherism lives! GOP representative says Obama is ‘just not an American’
So much depends on a capital ‘N’
Dump the coffee, keep the homophobia
Finally, a full house at the Fed
Senators eye Facebook co-founder for dumping U.S. citizenship to avoid taxes
TRMS Infoxication Challenge: Winners
GOP consultant linked to Jeremiah Wright proposal is tight with top Romney aide
S.E. Cupp calls Violence Against Women Act ‘redundant’
Black voter registration down nearly 7%, NAACP says
‘Exactly what John McCain would not let us do’
Right-wing resurrects racial politics into 2012 campaign
Mike Coffman didn’t ‘misspeak’
‘The Ricketts Plan’ goes back to the drawing board
Trayvon Martin killed by gunshot at an ‘immediate range’
Over before it starts in Massachusetts
An excerpt from Henry Crumpton’s “The Art of Intelligence”
Deep Dive: Meet the candidate – George LeMieux
Black conservative talker eyed as spokesman for anti-Obama campaign is no friend of Chris Matthews
Lies, damn lies, and Scott Walker’s statistics
Ad face-off buries Obama in super PAC money
Must-Read Op-Eds for Thursday, May 17, 2012
Race and Wright and Ricketts … oh my
Scarborough: Biden’s populist Ohio speech works
Mississippi GOP tucks away ‘coat hanger’ abortion clip
Are most Senate Democrats ‘financially illiterate’?
Senate nixes five budget proposals
Estranged Kennedy wife died of asphyxiation due to hanging, autopsy reveals
Jobless claims level off after roller-coaster ride
Senate GOP backs radical Ryan plan
Morning Headlines: Thursday, May 17
Rewriting Fox’s attack on Mario Batali
Convicted domestic felon lobbies to weaken Violence Against Women Act
In Connecticut, a rare education success story…
Chris Matthews: Voting for Mitt Romney is ‘like going to Denny’s’
Matthews: Romney is ‘Brand X,’ the last alternative
Ed Rendell calls on Bain to open its books
‘ED Show’ playbook: Wed., May 16
Rep. Jim McDermott: ‘John Boehner does not care about the people of the United States’
House may resurrect debt ceiling war
Prominent gay Romney donor pulls support over same-sex marriage
TRMS Headline Writing Challenge: Infoxication
First Word: Bain Capital attacks
Asymmetrical debt-reduction warfare
Biden to Ohio workers: ‘They don’t get us!’
‘Morally repugnant political whores’
Auto-tuning humanizes robotic Romney
Cain #GetsOverIt, endorses Romney
Christie on Veepstakes: ‘I got this’
Facebook co-founder renounces U.S. citizenship to avoid taxes
Violence Against Women Act caught in partisan cross fire
DNC responds to Wisconsin Dems
Doctor: George Zimmerman had broken nose and two black eyes after Trayvon Martin shooting
Why isn’t Clarence Aaron a free man?
James Lipton rates politicians’ acting skills
State-level cuts to child care impacting working mothers
BREAKING: Defense rests in Edwards trial
Geithner rains on Boehner’s parade
Must-Read Op-Eds for Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Letterman: Obama displayed ‘great courage, great intelligence’ on killing of bin Laden
Deutsch: Dimon got the pass he should’ve gotten
Ryan: The irresponsibility of our leaders will lead to a debt crisis
Boxer: GOP wants “to create a crisis”
Chris Christie, Cory Booker star together in parody video
Who doesn’t love a ‘perfect entrepreneurial story’?
The fun and the real of Chris Christie
A peek into an alternate reality
Newsweek’s gay marriage covers that never were
Serb Gen. Ratko Mladic on trial for genocide today
House VAWA bill draws Obama veto threat
GOP establishment pick fails in Nebraska
Chuck Todd’s goatee on everyone
Morning Headlines: Wednesday, May 16
Debt ceiling deja vu: GOP promises another standoff
George W. Bush endorses Romney, as the elevator door closed
AP fact check: Romney oversimplifies debt ‘inferno’
Meet the star of the new Fox News Barack Obama faux-scandal
Grover Norquist’s new acting gig?
Statement from Frank VanderSloot
Frank VanderSloot Statement on ‘It’s Elementary’
Romney warns of ‘prairie fire of debt’
Former Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour: Bain Capital-like firms only cut 10% or 20% of workforce
Matthews: ‘We’ve gotta junk the filibuster’
Colo. House speaker: Equality can’t be addressed during economic crisis
‘ED Show’ playbook: Tue., May 15
Bob Shrum on Obama Campaign: Use same strategy as Kennedy’s 1994 victory over Romney
NOW & Later: ‘What’s the earliest you’ve ever consumed a glass of wine?’
Republican congressman thinks it’s okay to fire someone because they are gay
Franciscan University drops student health insurance plan over birth control mandate, costs
Ads that work so long as you don’t think
Fantastic local report of the day: the New Hampshire ‘Sieg Heil’ apology
What Romney got wrong on gay adoption
Sen. Corker’s call for hearing on JPMorgan trading loss doesn’t jive with everyone on the right
Dubya endorses Mitt as elevator door closes
Who can save the U.S. economy?
Why ‘aloof’ Obama is staying competitive in 2012
George W. Bush: ‘I’m for Mitt Romney’
Hawaii first state to ban plastic bags at retail
Mini-docs explore world of small-batch poster making and butcher shops
Rubio accuses White House of sabotaging immigration reform
Republicans attack health care reform
Obama campaign moves quickly to define Romney
Sen. Snowe bemoans ‘locked down’ Senate as she exits
Jindal attacks — four years too late
Scarborough: Feels like Romney, Obama campaigning in ’94
Poll shows optimism over economy, so will POTUS get credit?
Must-Read Op-Eds for Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Even powerful women can’t escape looks trap
Civil union bill stopped in Colorado
Morning Headlines: Tuesday, May 15
Rewriting Romney’s Liberty U speech
O’Donnell on Romney’s Liberty Univ. speech: ‘Christian chest-thumping at its worst’
Elizabeth Warren: Wall Street got ‘a heck of a rate of return’ for contributions to Scott Brown
Cuomo and Kennedy on church and state
Betty White supports President Obama
Obama on JPMorgan debacle: ‘This is why we passed Wall Street reform’
Ron Paul partially stops campaign
Republican congresswoman: Protecting same-sex couples from violence is a ‘side issue’
Matthews to Class of 2012: ‘Never, ever say ‘no’ to yourself’
Obama goes after Romney’s ‘vampire’ capitalism
‘ED Show’ playbook: Mon., May 14
Romney’s record at Bain up for debate in ads
Obama attacks Romney on Bain record
Parents of unarmed black teen raises concerns about son’s death
Mississippi lawmaker: Coat hanger abortions might come back. ‘But hey…’
John Edwards’ lawyers begin presenting defense
Tennessee sex ed bans mentioning ‘gateway sexual activity’ including kissing, hand-holding
Tony Perkins on why he’s fine with cuts to key poverty programs
The wrong message, the wrong messenger
Obama to Barnard graduates: ‘Don’t be content to stand back’
Obama hits Romney on Bain job record with new TV ad
Is the RNC OK with ENDA or is it DOA?
‘And the Delaware results are in! They’re in!’***
22 days to Walker recall, this chart says it all
Clyburn: ‘I have evolved to a point of marriage equality’
‘Make no mistake about it, you are dumb’
SNL pokes fun at Biden, Will Ferrell returns as Bush
The jobs crisis is really a crisis of long-term unemployment
Will Romney choose a ‘boring, white guy’ for VP running mate?
Rep. Clyburn says gay marriage shouldn’t be left to states
Tennessee targets ‘gateway sexual activities’
New ad hits Romney’s Bain record, but how accurate is it?
JP Morgan’s $2B loss: ‘Modest’ or cause for concern?
Fleeting courage on gay adoptions
Wisconsin gov could still bend space-time continuum
Rand Paul kicks up more controversy: ‘I wasn’t sure [Obama’s] views on marriage could get any gayer’
Prospects for Senate reform improve
‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ reborn with Blair Underwood
A Mother’s Day message from Sybrina Fulton
Must-Read Op-Eds for Monday, May 14, 2012
Obama targets ‘Romney Economics’
RNC Chief: Leave Wall Street alone
NOW Today: ‘The First Gay President’
Morning Headlines: Monday, May 14
‘A love like that is worth an infinite ache’
The end of second-class citizenship
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon: We were ‘dead wrong’ to dismiss trading concerns
Previewing Mother’s Day in #nerdland
GOP: Gay marriage an issue, but not like economy
For our May 12 show, we gather here to celebrate
Good Look: #nerdland gets some culture
E.J. Dionne: When does the war on the poor end?
Matthews: Romney could still have the chance to show sincere remorse
The high cost of thwarting alien invasion
Office Hours: Into the vault on marriage equality
Blind Item REVEALED! What’s Ed up to Here?
‘ED Show’ playbook: Friday, May 11
Rush rips Fox anchor on marriage equality
Punk rock star comes out as transgender
Did Biden force Obama’s hand on marriage equality?
Michelle Obama’s address to Virginia Tech
Trayvon Martin gun range targets sold out online
Happy Mother’s Day, from Trayvon’s mom
Chronicling Mitt’s Mendacity, Vol. XVII
Countdown to recall: Walker’s lies exposed in newly-released video
Terry Gross + Mike Birbiglia = LOL
Catholic school quits rather than playing a girl
Must-Read Op-Eds for Friday, May 11, 2012
Bachmann cuts ties with Switzerland
War on the poor, courtesy of House Republicans
Rubio’s DREAM Act conspiracy theory
Pentagon: DADT repeal going ‘very well’
Marissa Alexander gets 20-year sentence
Deep Dive: Running with Romney
Rolling back the clock on Wall Street
Same-sex marriage: Protected under the Constitution or not?
Beau Biden: I’m ‘incredibly proud’ of dad’s marriage stance
No excuse for violent rhetoric
Scarborough: Obama’s gay marriage announcement was ‘a big fat nothing burger.’
Walker in Wisconsin: ‘Divide and conquer’
Insight: Super PACS: Follow the money
Girl Scouts caught in a culture war (again)
Fighting for the Voting Rights Act
An unpleasant trip down memory lane
NOW Today: What a week it’s been
Morning Headlines: Friday, May 11
Rewriting the history of marriage
Ex-Ohio Gov on Mitt Romney’s role in the auto rescue: ‘None. Zip. Zero.’
Clay Aiken: Romney’s apology to bullying victims ‘lackadaisical,’ half-assed’
‘The GOP believes in upward mobility…for the rich’
Matthews: ‘Barack Obama is a man of history’
‘ED Show’ playbook: Thurs., May 10
Romney faces anti-gay bullying charges from high school days
Prince Charles, BBC weatherman
Rep. Barney Frank, Tony Perkins debate same-sex marriage
Bachmann gives up on Swiss citizenship
Bristol Palin to Obama: Don’t listen to daughters who ‘watch too much Glee’
BREAKING: In ultimate flip flop, Bachmann rejects Swiss citizenship
House GOP pits Pentagon vs. poor
House GOP striking back at marriage equality
Study finds Americans favor significant defense cuts
Christie plays games with health care ‘exchanges’
First word: Pride and prejudice
Using the military to provide health services
‘Fox & Friends’ angry about Biden, GM, Corvettes
NAACP launches voter registration drive
Blind item: What’s Ed up to here?
Mrs. Romney’s tired motherhood talking point
Must-Read Op-Eds for Thursday, May 10, 2012
A ‘vicious’ incident from Romney’s past
Is Romney closer to picking a VP running mate?
Capehart: Obama had his words match his deeds
Partisan on the Hill, ‘independent’ on television
Would a female running mate help solve Romney’s woman problem?
Jobless claims improve a little more
Melissa opines on Obama, marriage equality
NOW Today: President Obama, evolved
Fox rewrites marriage equality outrage
Colin Powell: Iraq war never debated
Log Cabin Republicans slam Obama
Media reaction to Obama’s ‘evolution’
Chris Matthews honors Obama’s historic support for same-sex marriage
‘ED Show’ playbook: Wed., May 9
TRMS Challenge Winners: The Half-hearted Endorsement
Obama supports same-sex marriage, draws praise and criticism
Obama endorses marriage equality
Michele Bachmann drops dual citizenship bombshell
First Word: Obama backs marriage equality
Obama: ‘Same sex couples should be able to get married’
BREAKING: President Obama embraces marriage equality
California may soon ban ‘gay cure’
Must-Read Op-Eds for Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Fox News: Lower gas prices = bad news (and Obama still gets no credit)
Rewriting the Swifting-boating of Obama
Sen. Richard Lugar defeated in GOP primary
Creating a clear contrast on marriage equality
Halperin: Every indication Obama will endorse gay marriage
Millionaire Congressman has minimal knowledge of minimum wage
A brief pause for clarification for the sciencefictionally disoriented…
Mika to Letterman: I once saw Jimmy Carter in a Speedo
Gov. Walker thanks public employees for their ‘sacrifice,’ would like not to be recalled, please
Making excuses for violent rhetoric
Mourdock: bipartisanship equals turning Dems into conservatives
Bailout czar slams Romney’s claim to have backed rescue
North Carolina passes marriage amendment to constitution
Michele Bachmann, Swiss citizen
The costs of a shrinking government
The arc of history sometimes bends slowly
Evidence of a party ‘beyond redemption’
An excerpt from Paul Krugman’s “End This Depression Now!”
Morning Headlines: Wednesday, May 9
Not like any music lesson I ever took…
Star Wars: Long Island? It could happen
Poll: Obama leads Romney by 7 points
BREAKING: Barrett wins Democratic primary to face Wis. Gov. Scott Walker in recall election
Romney’s immigration policy TBD
Maurice Sendak on the ‘business of life’
Matthews: What will pushing Obama on gay marriage gain Democrats?
Romney takes credit for auto rebound
‘ED Show’ playbook: Tue., May 8
Should Obama say what he thinks of gay marriage?
Tonight on ‘ED show’: Voters take next step towards Walker recall
Meet Pearl and Lennie of North Carolina
‘You told us we can do better, and we agree.’
Congress remains at standstill over student loans
Conservative Steve Deace goes on anti-McCain rant
First Word: Romney wants credit
Romney ‘I’ll take a lot of credit’ for auto rescue
GOP slams Obama for agreeing with the GOP (again)
Heartland facing ‘mutiny’ from donors, staff
Is this the future Vice President of America?
Deep Dive: Ron Paul’s delegates
Senate GOP blocks student-loan bill
GOP senate candidate doesn’t know minimum wage
Arizona defunds Planned Parenthood
GOP outspending Dems nearly 4-to-1 in Ohio
Making same-sex marriage really illegal
TRMS challenge: The half-hearted endorsement
RNC: Romney ‘still deciding’ his position on immigration
Must-Read Op-Eds for Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Rendell tells president to ‘man-up’ on gay marriage stance
Obama gives Congress an economic ‘to-do’ list
An excerpt from Bill Bradley’s “We Can All Do Better”
Santorum helps Romney rack up one more tepid endorsement
Congress lends Statuary Hall to religious right activists
Passive-aggressive endorsement may doom Santorum’s hopes for a speaking slot this summer
Scarborough: If Obama backs gay marriage, ‘he loses North Carolina’
Romney wants ‘a lot of credit’ for policy he condemned
A distinction with a difference
Mitt Romney’s deafening silence
NOW Today: The late-night endorsement
Morning Headlines: Tuesday, May 8
Rewriting NC on marriage equality
Obama campaign on marriage equality
Clinton: Yes, there will be a woman prez
VP Biden, Education Secretary Duncan embrace same-sex marriage
Who are you calling a box of sand?
Matthews: Non-partisan to defend right to vote
‘ED Show’ playbook: Mon., May 7 – Live from Las Vegas!
Will VP support for gay marraige affect Obama re-election?
Fischer: Romney ‘pushed around’ by yokel
GOP leadership on correcting Obama Derangement sufferers: It’s not our job
Andrea Mitchell presses for Obama’s ‘evolved’ view on gay marriage
Dear candidates: learn the minimum wage
Romney silent as Obama accused of treason at town hall
Enthusiasm high among Democrats
Schwarzenegger to GOP: Conformity accomplishes little
Caption contest, now with gargoyles
And So It Begins: Romney Town Hall Self-Implodes
Romney’s cowardice keeps getting in the way
Will Obama ‘evolve’ on same-sex marriage?
When Republicans close off every avenue
Romney’s open letter to Pres. Obama is full of distortions
Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys dies at 47
Mad as hell about Ron Paul in Maine
The politics of a Beastie Boy’s passing
Another cabinet member backs marriage equality
Swiftboaters, The Next Generation
Must-Read Op-Eds for Monday, May 7, 2012
In new swing-state poll, Obama clings to two-point edge
Arizona cuts off Planned Parenthood aid
The Heartland Institute’s change of heart
Education Secretary Arne Duncan: I believe in same-sex marriage
Ron Paul backers make GOP’s lives more complicated
The next step in the marriage equality ‘evolution’
NOW Today: International implications
Morning Headlines: Monday, May 7
Our Sunday homework is on pointe
In our May 6 show, it’s a Misty ‘morning’
One bill that Clinton doesn’t like
Some rather presidential homework this Saturday
Ed: Obama deserves more credit for being a great family man
Biography is at the heart of our May 2 show
Good Look: ‘Why do they hate us?’
Next level moon shooting (and could this be Moonhattanhenge?)
Office Hours: Romney’s leadership problem
Frank VanderSloot Statement on ‘It’s Elementary’
Statement from Frank VanderSloot
Matthews: Don’t let a ‘few knuckleheads’ ruin Secret Service’s reputation
Hey, the newsletter sign-up page is spruced up
‘ED Show’ playbook: Friday, May 4
Sports column debate: racist or edgy?
Weak jobs numbers give GOP a lift
Student forgotten in cell for five days
Georgia bar owner installs sign: ‘I do not support the n***** in the White House’
The terrorist conviction you may have missed
Romney goes off deep end, demands 500,000 new jobs per month
Adam Yauch is dead, his cause lives on