Woman Up Video

This week on Politics Daily's online weekend show, Mary C. Curtis, Jill Lawrence, Sarah Wildman, Bonnie Erbe' and I discuss Glenn Beck's March on Washington, 47 years to the day after Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech. Click play below to watch the video: Follow Melinda ...

Published: 08/21/10

The Mosque & the Myth of Obama the Muslim (Is This About 9/11 or 11/2?)

This week on Politics Daily's online Sunday show, Jill Lawrence, Patricia Murphy, Helena Andrews, Bonnie Erbe' and I discuss the proposed mosque, the persistent myth of Obama the Muslim, and the national security implications of undercutting American efforts to win hearts and minds in the Muslim ...

Published: 07/24/10

The More Congress Does, the Less We Like It?

Are you among the easiest-to-please 11 percent of the public that approves of the job Congress is doing? Actually, there seems to be an inverse relationship between how much Congress accomplishes and how we view them, as Patricia Murphy, Jill Lawrence, Alex Wagner, Bonnie Erbe and I discuss this ...

Published: 07/17/10

Will Wall Street Reform Protect Mr. and Mrs. America?

Public reaction to the Wall Street reform Obama will sign into law next week so far seems divided between those who think that if the big banks hate it, it must have merit, and those who figure if Congress passed it, it can't be good. This week on Politics Daily's online Sunday show, Patricia ...

Published: 07/10/10

Al Gore, Sex Poodle: It's Not Only Scandal That Sells, but Stick Figures

This week, Alex Wagner, Patricia Murphy, Bonnie Erbe' and I discuss a story I wrote about what bothers me about the media's handling of allegations that former Vice President Al Gore behaved like a "crazed sex poodle" with a massage therapist in his Portland hotel room four years ago: Follow ...

Published: 06/26/10

When Did Teachers Unions Become the Enemy for Orthodox Liberals?

The new documentary, "Waiting for Superman," is the work of Davis Guggenheim, who also directed "An Inconvenient Truth." But his new movie, on the subject of school reform, takes on the teacher's union so pointedly that he practically cues the music from "Jaws" every time the union is mentioned -- ...

Published: 06/19/10

Does the GOP Side with BP?

A full two months after the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the still unplugged gusher continues to poison the environment and the economy. But the politics of the ongoing disaster may have shifted some this week after the White House inked a deal with BP that will create an escrow fund of $20 ...

Published: 06/12/10

Is 'Conservative Feminist' an Oxymoron? (And Do Liberals Own the F-Word?)

This week, Washington continued to feel the oily effects of the spill in the Gulf of Mexico. And after the "Super Duper Tuesday" victories of a record number of Republican women, you'd swear from the coverage that a tsunami of estrogen was headed this way. Wins by a slew of conservative women should ...

Published: 05/22/10

Is Chuck Schumer Most Likely to Succeed Harry Reid?

This week on Politics Daily's online Sunday show, Woman UP, Alex Wagner, Patricia Murphy, Lynn Sweet, Bonnie Erbe' and I discuss the Senate vultures already circling the not-dead-yet Harry Reid -- and campaiging to succeed him as majority leader. And for all those on both the left and right who have ...

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Published: 05/15/10

Elena Kagan at Bat: Swing and a Miss?

Today on Politics Daily's online Sunday show, Alex Wagner, Lynn Sweet, Bonnie Erbe' and I discuss Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan and the fascination with her personal life. ...