This Is Not Normal

While the media obsesses over Elizabeth Warrren's ancestors, we review what Scott Brown has been saying ... and it doesn't take very long. Plus, we defend President Obama's counter-terrorism strategy.

Mitt Romney pledges to create as many as jobs as economists estimate we'll create without him. Chris Chritie embodies the Republican Party's defning trait: hypocrisy. Plus, a new Stabby Five theme song!

Traci Olsen honors President Obama's historic statement with an all gay marriage reaction Stabby Five. Plus, why the right won't benefit from any backlash, why the left shouldn't take this as reason to plot more confrontations with the President, and how this is the latest example of the President's nuanced vision of effective social change.

Will Romney be forced to pull a "Sister Souljah" or is he committed to non-stop pandering to all comers? Will the wingnut right blow it for Romney in the swing states? And how conservatives write letters to the editor. With Traci Olsen and the Stabby Five.

President Obama widens the culture gap with Mitt Romney and the Republican Party at the annual White House Correspondents Dinner, and puts the right in its place with his latest campaign ad on his counterterrorism record.

Why Romney can't shake his narrative, and why the media refused to treat the Buffett Rule seriously. With Traci Olsen and the Stabby Five.

Even after Hilary Rosen's screwup, Mitt Romney still doesn't know how to win women's votes. And why the President re-election campaign will not be negative.

Mitt boringly dashes the brokered convention dream, but what does he do now? With Traci Olsen and the Stabby Five.

Why the Supreme Court may uphold Obamacare, and why can't Mitt Romney talk like a normal person. With Traci Olsen and the Stabby Five

Traci Olsen manages to deliver the weekly Stabby Five despite being in a good. Why Newt Gingrich is worse than Geraldo Rivera. And the reason why President Obama is talking about energy so much.

Why the GOP can't stop themselves from finding new ways to show their contempt for the rights of women. And why gas prices aren't bringing Obama down. With Traci Olsen and the Stabby Five.

On this week's podcast: We find the song that will carry Rick Santorum to the White House! We cling to our hopes of a brokered convention. We marvel at how far the Republican war on women can go. We remind folks that Obama is not approaching Iran Bush-style.

Why Obama may be headed for a landslide, and why conservatives can't stop hating contraception. Bill Scher returns from paternity leave, and Traci Olsen brings back the Stabby Five.

Traci Olsen and special guest cohost Jaz Tupelo discuss what a particularly stabby week it's been for anyone with a uterus.

We remind conservatives that compensation is not religious expression, laugh and laugh at the Santorum Surge and dream anew of a brokered convention. Plus, the Stabby Five.

Why Romney's dismissal of the poor is a talking point, not a misstatement. Why Susan G. Komen may not recover. How President Obama is mixing faith and politics, and respecting separation of church and state. With Traci Olsen and the Stabby Five.

Why it's OK President Obama didn't talk about your pet issue during the SOTU. How he found a way to talk about the Bin Laden without wearing a codpiece on an aircraft carrier. And how Newt blew it. With Traci Olsen and the Stabby Five.

What is the one and only thing Newt to right consolidate the conservative base now, and how it would lead to a '64-style liberal landslide if he became the nominee.

Bill Scher and Traci Olsen express their envy of Mitt Romney's enormous wealthy and fluidity with the French language, remind Chris Christie where all those new Jersey jobs came from, and have a very easy time choosing between Barack Obama and Ron Paul.

How many Santorum double entendres can we jam in to one show? How many ways can Republicans force a brokered convention? Why Obama's recess appointments are not all that new. And why the economic naysayers were wrong.