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Is Hillary Next?new

From Hillary Clinton's days as an intense, influential, and essentially inept co-president to husband Bill, to her establishment as a successful senator from New York, through the bitter trench warfare of the 2008 presidential primaries, and throughout her tenure as a majestic secretary of state, I have always kept the words of my high-school history teacher Dan Leary in mind.
Boston Phoenix  |  PETER KADZIS  |  09-29-2012  |  Politics

Romney's Shadow Yearsnew

Mitt wants to make his departure for the Olympics a clean break from his business life — but it’s not that simple.
Boston Phoenix  |  David S. Bernstein  |  07-23-2012  |  Politics

Fighting Dirtynew

Massachusetts voters are about to get an up-close look at the right-wing smear machine.
Boston Phoenix  |  David S. Bernstein  |  07-06-2012  |  Elections

Rallying the Troopsnew

Can Netroots make a difference in November – and beyond?
Boston Phoenix  |  David S. Bernstein  |  06-01-2012  |  Elections

Mitt & the GOP Boys' Clubnew

Mitt Romney needs to reach out to women voters, but his party has few who can help him do it.
Boston Phoenix  |  David S. Bernstein  |  05-11-2012  |  Elections

Bland Ambitionnew

Democrats are gleeful over Mitt Romney's bruising primary path, but Romney is still the fight Barack Obama doesn't want.
Boston Phoenix  |  David S. Bernstein  |  03-14-2012  |  Elections

Why Scott Brown Will Be Tougher to Beat Than Some Thinknew

New polls show Scott Brown beating Elizabeth Warren and winning re-election to the U.S. Senate. That’s no accident; he’s been out earning it.
Boston Phoenix  |  David S. Bernstein  |  03-09-2012  |  Elections

Newt Hampshirenew

Going undercover in Gingrich's GOP primary operation.
Boston Phoenix  |  Dan McCarthy  |  01-13-2012  |  Elections

Romney Rebound?new

So far, post-Iowa, polls suggest that Mitt Romney's numbers have trickled down slowly but noticeably.
Boston Phoenix  |  David S. Bernstein  |  01-09-2012  |  Elections

The Year Ahead in Mittnew

Prepare yourself for 12 months — well, at least 11 — of watching the handsome, well-coiffed former governor of Massachusetts.
Boston Phoenix  |  David S. Bernstein  |  01-09-2012  |  Elections

The Ex-Mitt Clubnew

Most of Romney's big early donors from his first presidential campaign have deserted him in his second.
Boston Phoenix  |  David S. Bernstein  |  11-08-2011  |  Elections

Mitt Romney Rides Againnew

Mitt Romney has been running for president more or less nonstop for the past seven years -- and still hasn't figured out how to do it.
Boston Phoenix  |  David S. Bernstein  |  04-15-2011  |  Politics

Sarah Palin Wilts as Glenn Beck Self-Destructsnew

Common sense has bloomed among right wingers — not once, but twice. And while these episodes are unlikely to become regular events, we should enjoy them while we can.
Boston Phoenix  |  Editorial  |  02-17-2011  |  Commentary

American Psychonew

And the American psychosis.
Boston Phoenix  |  Editorial  |  01-14-2011  |  Commentary

Desert Storm: How the GOP and the Sunset State Nurture the Lunatic Fringenew

Tragedy in Tucson re-opens the question of the GOP's dangerous embrace of extremists.
Boston Phoenix  |  David S. Bernstein  |  01-14-2011  |  Commentary

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