Tag: democrat

• The Twisted Logic of the John Edwards Prosecution

  11 months ago

  Lindsay Beyerstein in Focal Point

  If the prosecution of John Edwards for campaign finance violations were to succeed, it would set a bizarre precedent. [Photo credit: IowaPolitics.com, Creative Commons.] Read More

• Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) Shot in Head at Tucson Campaign Event

  over 1 year ago

  Lindsay Beyerstein in Focal Point

  Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) was shot in the head and severely wounded by a gunman who ran up to her at a campaign event in a Tucson supermarket parking lot and started shooting. Several others were wounded in the attack and one of Giffords' aides was reportedly killed. (Update: The Washington ... Read More

• Stupak Smoke Signals

  about 2 years ago

  Lindsay Beyerstein in Focal Point

  Rep. Bart Stupak is being coy. On Monday, the anti-choice Democrat told a town hall meeting that there was "no such thing as compromise" on abortion funding under health care reform. Yet, in the next breath, he said he was "more optimistic than [he] was a week ago" that some kind of deal could be ... Read More