Your Daily Politics Video Blog: Why Robert Gates? In today's episode of TPMtv we look at the ties between Barack Obama and the Brent Scowcroft foreign policy world that could keep Bob Gates at the Pentagon.

Your Daily Politics Video Blog: Before we slaughter the fatted calf and feast in celebration of Joe Lieberman's happy return to the family fold, a look back at his wild living days.

Your Daily Politics Video Blog: With the election over, the McCain campaign is in post-mortem mode. Could they really not have known what they were getting with Sarah Palin?

Your Daily Politics Video Blog: Every cycle it seems there's one numbskull pol who comes up with an out of the blue unforced error which takes them from safe reelection to top on the endangered species list overnight. This year it's Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN), execrable congresswoman from Minnesota. And in today's episode we tell her very, very sorry tale.

Your Daily Politics Video Blog: Even those of us who didn't go into the campaign with an over-rosy view of McCain have been stunned at just how big a lying sleaze-peddler and hypocrite he's turned out to be. In today's episode of TPMtv, we take a look at the awful truth.

Your Daily Politics Video Blog: Even those of us who didn't go into the campaign with an over-rosy view of McCain have been stunned at just how big a lying sleaze-peddler and hypocrite he's turned out to be. In today's episode of TPMtv, we take a look at the awful truth.

Your Daily Politics Video Blog: We though McCain was steamed when he wouldn't make eye contact with Barack Obama. But he almost blew a fuse when he got some real questions from the editorial board of the Des Moines Register. In today's episode of TPMtv, we analyze the tapes (with a little help from the DSM-IV).

The First Dude Abides Your Daily Politics Video Blog: Fox News's Greta Van Susteren conducted the first interview of Todd Palin since his wife Sarah was named the Republican vice presidential nominee...

Convention Day One Your Daily Politics Video Blog: In today's episode of TPMtv, we recap Day one of the Democratic National Convention and explain how we're managing to shoot live (or almost live) video via the web.

Your Daily Politics Video Blog: Does John McCain question Obama's patriotism? Of course not! Why, McCain told us so himself! Though McCain has said frequently that Obama would rather lose a war than lose a presidential campaign and that Obama's Iraq policies are driven by "ambition." A newsworthy contradiction? Not if you're John McCain. We take a look at McCain's Patriotism Two-Step -- and the media's general failure to hold him accountable for it -- in today's episode of TPMtv.

Your Daily Politics Video Blog: To us, the presidential race reached a turning point last week when John McCain opted for a campaign of denigration employing racial stereotypes, sexualized talking points for surrogates (Obama as "Internet date") and copious ridicule. It's made the curve that much of the media still uses to grade McCain's more obvious shortcomings all the more conspicuous and troubling.

Your Daily Politics Video Blog: Cute fun or a rehash of the notorious 2006 Harold Ford attack ad in Tennessee? The Sunday crowd debates the racial undertones, or lack thereof, in John McCain's current campaign tactics.

Your Daily Politics Video Blog: Fresh from the airwaves, we hit the video vault to find out just why John McCain believes Social Security is an "absolute disgrace" (including special new debamboozling video to help you not be spun by the McCain camp's damage control).

Your Daily Politics Video Blog: In today's episode of TPMtv, the very best of MSM hyperventilation about Wes Clark's non-demeaning comments about John McCain.

Your Daily Politics Video Blog: One of the most entertaining things about the 2008 campaign has been watching John McCain embrace all of President Bush's policies and word game flimflams. And there's no better example than Social Security where McCain has not only adopted President Bush's proposal to phase out Social Security and replace it with private investment accounts he's even adopted Bush's word game bamboozlement to try to trick voters into thinking he doesn't support the policy he actually does support. Those of us who are about to talk straight, Salute You!

Your Daily Politics Video Blog: If you were awful enough to delight in John McCain's prebuttal speech trainwreck last night, feast your eyes on the Fox News commentators trying to decide if it was just bad or downright terrible.

Politics Video Blog: Scott McClellan's surprisingly critical memoir of his time as White House Press Secretary put the White House in full-on damage control mode. McClellan's book may have been off-message, but the White House and its surrogates were conspicuously "on" in their response.

Your Daily Politics Video Blog: May 31st, 2008: the survivors will call it Judgment Day, the day that Hillary Clinton hijacks the DNC's Rules and Bylaws Committee to achieve the full seating of Florida and Michigan's disputed delegates and effectively wrest the nomination away from Barack Obama. But wait... can this really happen? We take a look at the actual situation behind thehype in today's episode of TPMtv.

IN / NC Primary Recap Your Daily Video Politics Blog: It was the latest night of the primary season. And after outperforming expectations on big nights in March and April, Hillary Clinton finally came up short...

Your Daily Politics Video Blog: Today we move from Super Tuesday to super-delegates.

The standout performance of last night was Tim Russert's repeated tirades at the candidates for not answering his clownish questions. So we thought we'd string all of Tim's gonzo moments into one tight reel.

Your Daily Politics Video Blog: John McCain: straight shootin' maverick and courageous champion of campaign finance reform. So then why is he currently doing his best to defy the FECand make his own set of campaign finance rules? We puzzle it all out in today's episode of TPMtv.

Sunday Show Roundup: State of the Race Your Daily Politics Video Blog: Democratic super-delegates, McCain's conservative cred, and a Bush-Rove tag team job on Obama. All that and more in today's Sunday Show Roundup episode of TPMtv...

Your Daily Politics Video Blog: Coming off Saturday's South Carolina blow-out, the Sunday shows were a wall-to-wall Clinton pile-on. In today's episode of our weekly Sunday show roundup we bring you the high/lowlights.

Your Daily Politics Video Blog: You won't want to miss our special Mitt "Who Let the Dogs Out?!?!" Romney edition of our Friday Clip Extravaganza. Hard to believe anyone could ever have doubted that Mitt marched with MLK.

Your Daily Politics Video Blog: Miss last night's Democratic debate in Nevada? We've got the key moments for you in today's episode of TPMtv.

Today's Michigan primary could decide the GOP nomination. Mitt Romney has staked everything on winning in Michigan, pulling funds out of South Carolina and Florida. And the polls have him neck-n-neck with the GOP's latest frontrunner John McCain.

Finally, someone has the courage to ask the question Barack Obama won't answer.

At the moment the president and his advisors are trying to explain how the president went on hyping the Iran nuclear weapons program for months after he got the word it had been shut down. So far the explanations have been pretty weak...

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Nominate your favorite political crook or bamboozler to win a Golden Dukey in this year's first annual Golden Duke Awards to honor the best scandals, bamboozlers, crooks and evildoers of 2007. Find out the categories, contest rules and how you can win special TPM prizes for winning nominations!
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Last Friday was the final day of Islamo-fascism Awareness Week and I'm afraid to say our coverage of the event comes to an end today too. But we're finishing off with a special episode of TPMtv. On Friday, the final day Islamo-fascism Awareness Week, the week's founder, David Horowitz went to Columbia University for a triumphant speech denouncing campus jihadists even in the face of the ever-present threat of violence he faces from University undergraduates. And we were there to capture all the nonsense on film.

You've probably heard the news that Rudy Giuliani is finally hitting the airwaves with his first TV ad. Well, we've got it. And we're actually premiering it here at TPM. Even we were a bit surprised, though, at just how 9/11-focused it is. But you take a look and make your own call ...

Bernard Kerik was formally indicted Friday on a slew of federal corruption charges. With the legal proceedings set to unfold concurrently with the presidential campaign, just how badly does Bernie hurt Rudy?

Over the weekend President Pervez Musharraf declared a State of Emergency in Pakistan, instituting martial law, suspending the constitution, and firing the chief justice of the supreme court...

Ratchet it up? Turn it down? With such a jumbled mess of real concerns and uncertain threats characterizing the current situation in Iran, it's difficult to know exactly what level of frenzied rhetoric will cultivate the best outcome. We aim to provide a helpful consumer's guide in today's Sunday Show Roundup episode of TPMtv.

Fact Check: Romney vs. Obama

Mitt Romney recently attacked Barack Obama over his comments regarding the war in Afghanistan and the need for more troops on the ground, so as to reduce the reliance on air raids that have often resulted in Afghan civilian casualties. Romney called Obama's comments "outrageous" and "a suggestion that somehow our troops are not noble and dignified." But even a quick glance at the realities of the situation in Afghanistan shows that Romney has remarkably little understanding of the facts.

The Republican presidential candidates debated in Orlando, Florida Sunday night. While the debate purported to feature only the GOP field, it was a Democrat's name that was on everyone's lips throughout the night... someone by the name of Hillary... Hillary something. We tally up the numbers in today's Sunday Roundup Debate Edition of TPMtv ...

A Chat with Markos Moulitsas, Part I Who does Markos of Daily Kos think is running the best presidential primary race? Setting out the best positions? He isn't endorsing a candidate in the Democratic field...

Maybe you love Rudy or maybe you hate him. But whatever you may think of him, check out his foreign policy team, because that's the key to knowing what to expect from a Rudy presidency. Especially for candidates with little or no foreign policy experience of their own, the folks advising the candidate are key. And Rudy's team is made up, more or less, of all the guys who were too nuts or too extreme to make the cut with George W. Bush. If you really, really want to go to war with Iran as soon as possible, vote Rudy. We run down the highlights and key bios in today's episode of TPMtv ...

Yes, I know, an amazing feat. In today's episode we review some of where we've been, tell you about some exciting new features and episodes we're doing (interview with Paul Krugman next week! Get your questions in today!) and tell you how you can sign up to get TPMtv on Itunes, Tivo and if you're nice, even that dental work that helps you pick up those secret messages from outer space ...

Ted Stevens Muck Update Senator Ted Stevens (R-AK) hasn't been kicked out of the Senate yet, but he's teetering ever closer to the edge...

Recently TPMtv connected with Juan Cole, professor of modern Middle Eastern and South Asian history at the University of Michigan, and writer of the blog Informed Comment and the new book Napoleon's Egypt. We asked Juan about what's really going on in al Anbar province (which the administration persistently cites as a glimmering example of the success of the surge), whether the Sunnis are ready to concede national reconciliation, and what might happen if and when we ever leave Iraq.

TPMtv: A Chat with John Edwards, Part II On Friday September 7, John Edwards delivered a major policy address at Pace University in New York City on combating terrorism and the war in Iraq...

Josh Marshall of Talking Points TV interviews John Edwards. Part 1 of 2.

Barack Obama: Yearly Kos Breakout Session

Following Saturday's Presidential Leadership Forum at Yearly Kos, each of the 2008 candidates held individual Q&A "Breakout Sessions" with a roomful of people. Here are the highlights from Barack Obama's session.

#9 There's a new member of the Canned U.S. Attorney's Club and his name is Todd Graves. Yesterday we told you about Bradley Schlozman. Today, we tell you about the man he replaced. Links: * Bingo! I think we have our 9th fired US Attorney * Prosecutor in Missouri was target of ouster * Administration considered firing 12 U.S. attorneys but cut list down * Senator Bond's office faulted Todd Graves * MO U.S.A. Is Ninth Purged Prosecutor

Meet Bradley Schlozman With both the mainstream media and the Senate Judiciary Committee turning their attention toward former US Attorney Bradley Schlozman, TPMtv thought it might provide you a rundown of the past 3 weeks of its coverage of Schlozman, particularly his role in the Bush administration's "war on voter fraud." Links: * TPMmuckraker's coverage of Bradley Schlozman * How U.S. attorneys were used to spread voter-fraud fears * 2006 Missouri's election was ground zero for GOP * Senate panel wants to question Justice Department official

MSNBC's Chris Matthews and Washington Post's Eugene Robinson discuss why McCain never looked at Obama during the debate.