This Is Not Normal

Wny Newt is still on top. Why a brokered Republican convention is a real possibility. Why you can calm down about indefinite detention. With Traci Olsen and the Stabby Five.

Traci Olsen's special edition of the Stabby Five rates the new crop of ads from the Republican primary challengers. Why Mitt Romney is rooting for Ron Paul. And how Obama's Teddy Roosevelt homage is just a latest step in his methodical strategy to frame the choice in 2012.

Why Newt Gingrich can win the GOP nomination without really trying. How the payroll tax cut debate may justify the 2010 Bush tax cut deal. Plus Traci Olsen and the Stabby Five.

Why Republicans are giving Newt Gingrich yet another try-out in their quest to decide who to settle for. Where does Occupy go after the eviction. And why the Roberts Supreme Court may give a big win to "ObamaCare."

Why Mitt Romney is just as awful as the rest of them. Why Republicans voted against building infrastructure today, when they back the "Bridge to Nowhere" five years ago. Why the Supreme Court may uphold "Obamacare." With Traci Olsen and the Stabby Five.

Why Obama's record of competence on national security, and the Republican Party's incoherent response, may bolster his standing on the economy. Plus, Romney trips on the social safety net, and Perry's flat tax falls flat. And, as always, Traci Olsen and the Stabby Five.

How Obama is taking the national security mantle away from the Republicans. How Perry may swipe the GOP nomination away from Romney with the flat tax. How Cain is making sure he'll never get the nomination he's not trying to win in the first place.

How Herman Cain's rise is based on the conservative desire to tax the poor. How Republicans are preventing Congress from even discussing jobs.

Interview with Michael Brooks of The Elusive Obvious, on whether Occupy Wall Street will have a lasting impact.

President Obama is not going to assassinate you. Chris Christie is not going to tell you the truth. Occupy Wall Street is not going to destroy Wall Street.

Republicans panic as Perry proves pathetic. Dems need not panic at Nader's pathetic primary pitch. Plus, contributor John Sheirer's ode to the Tea Party, and Traci Olsen gobbles up some Schweddy Balls.

Why are some Dems flinching from the American Jobs Act? Why it may pass, with the help of the Super Committee. Will Bachmann take Perry down with her? Why Jon Stewart is wrong about Solyndra.

How the successful UN-backed Libya is further proof that Obama's liberal pro-democracy foreign policy vision is succeeding. How the GOP hypocrisy on taxes is starting to show. How Cornell West somehow thought he could speak for MLK from the grave.

Can the left prioritize what to attack in Rick Perry's record? Can Jon Huntsman win the GOP nod by embracing science? Is Scott Brown ready for Elizabeth Warren? And is Obama about to shake up the jobs debate and squeeze the GOP?

Why Drew Westen's attack on President Obama's rhetoric is wrong. And why Rick Perry is the conservatives' last chance to stop Mitt Romney.

What Obama got out of the debt limit deal. How he dismissed the right-wing to establish free contraception. And what Mike Huckabee wants to teach your kids.

How the Tea Party weakened Speaker Boehner's leverage in the debt limit talks. The negotiation Obama just won. And the beer Traci Olsen will never drink.

In which we explain politics to a certain Nobel Laureate in economics. Plus, the Republican smear job on Michele Bachmann.

Bill Scher and Traci Olsen turn down the volume on the debt limit talks. Plus, Super Special Heritage Foundation Edition of the Stabby Five.

Why the Bachmann boomlet may keep going? Who has the edge in the Republican theme song battle? Will Obama's tax smackdown force Republicans to do the debt limit deal?