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How the GOP Made It Happen
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Matthew Yglesias is a Fellow at the Center for American Progress Action Fund. He is the author of Heads in the Sand: How the Republicans Screw Up Foreign Policy and Foreign Policy Screws Up the Democrats.
Many liberals were ready to compromise during health care's twisted path to passage. Matthew Yglesias on how the right's just-say-no game helped bring the left together.
Obama's Global Failure
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John Bolton, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, in Washington, D.C.
Obama may have passed historic health-care reform, but former Ambassador John Bolton says the twin insults from Russia to Hillary Clinton and Israel to Joe Biden show the U.S.'s waning influence on the world stage.
The Democrats' Black Sheep
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Lloyd Grove is editor at large for The Daily Beast. He is also a frequent contributor to New York magazine and was a contributing editor for Condé Nast Portfolio. He wrote a gossip column for the New York Daily News from 2003 to 2006. Prior to that, he wrote the Reliable Source column for the Washington Post, where he spent 23 years covering politics, the media, and other subjects.
High-rolling fundraiser Hassan Nemazee was lobbying Joe Biden for an ambassadorship. Then the FBI busted him for running a Ponzi scheme. Lloyd Grove on the man behind the fraud.
Washington's Only Grown-Up
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Lee Siegel is The Daily Beast's senior columnist. He publishes widely on culture and politics and is the author of three books: Falling Upwards: Essays in Defense of the Imagination; Not Remotely Controlled: Notes on Television; and, most recently, Against the Machine: How the Web Is Reshaping Culture And Commerce—And Why It Matters. In 2002, he received a National Magazine Award for reviews and criticism.
As Obama and the GOP trade childish sports metaphors about health care, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is actually leading—and reminding the country of its moral obligations.
Democrats, Forever Changed
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Peter Beinart, senior political writer for The Daily Beast, is associate professor of journalism and political science at City University of New York and a senior fellow at the New America Foundation. His new book, The Icarus Syndrome: A History of American Hubris, will be published by HarperCollins in June. Follow him on Twitter and Facebook.
By pressing ahead on health care, President Obama is ending a decades-long internal debate within his party—and the Democratic Party will never be the same.
Women in the World: Day One
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Olivia Cole writes for the Spectator and the London Evening Standard. An award-winning poet, her first collection, Restricted View, was published this fall.
From a riveting performance of a documentary play to a rapturous speech by Hillary Clinton, The Daily Beast's conference got off to a roaring start Friday night, with much more to come.
Women in the World Summit Galleries
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The Daily Beast is dedicated to news and commentary, culture, and entertainment. We carefully curate the web’s most essential stories and bring you original must-reads from our talented contributors.
View photos from The Daily Beast’s weekend of events, featuring Barbara Walters, Thomas Friedman, Madeline Albright, Christiane Amanpour, and Valerie Jarrett.
Hillary Deploys a Friend in the Fight for Women's Rights
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Sandra McElwaine is a Washington-based journalist. She has been a reporter for The Washington Star, The Baltimore Sun, a correspondent for CNN and People, and Washington editor of Vogue and Cosmopolitan. Currently she writes for The Daily Beast, The Washington Post, Time, and Forbes.
Former Clinton Chief of Staff Melanne Verveer, a featured speaker at The Daily Beast's Women in the World summit, now trots the globe as the Obama administration's point-person on women's issues. Sandra McElwaine talks to her about her latest undertaking.
Obama Gets His Mojo Back
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Peter Beinart, senior political writer for The Daily Beast, is associate professor of journalism and political science at City University of New York and a senior fellow at the New America Foundation. His new book, The Icarus Syndrome: A History of American Hubris, will be published by HarperCollins in June. Follow him on Twitter and Facebook.
His whole career has been based on the idea of transcending partisanship. But lately, by confronting Republicans rather than courting them, Obama has Democrats fired up.
SEVEN, a documentary play about 7 women around the world fighting for justice
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A Women in the World performance and discussion, introduced by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. Watch the live-stream online Friday, March 12 at 8:15 p.m at thedailybeast.com.
I Told You So
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Lady de Rothschild is chief executive of E.L. Rothschild LLC, a private investment company. She is a director of the Estee Lauder Cos. and The Economist Newspaper Ltd.
Obama’s shortcomings were eminently foreseeable, says one of McCain's most prominent Democratic backers. Lynn Forester de Rothschild on how the president's fake bipartisanship could never hide his true leftist agenda.
Hillary Clinton to Appear at Women in the World Summit
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The secretary of State and champion for women around the globe will introduce a reading of the documentary play SEVEN, starring Meryl Streep and Marcia Gay Harden, at the Women in the World summit, hosted by The Daily Beast, the Vital Voices Global Partnership, the U.N. Foundation, and Diane Von Furstenberg on March 12.
The Hunt for a New Hillary
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Dana Goldstein is an associate editor and writer at The Daily Beast. Her work on politics, women's issues, and education has appeared in The American Prospect, Slate, BusinessWeek, The New Republic, and The Nation.
On the heels of Martha Coakley's spectacular flameout—and with abortion wars creeping into the health-care debate—the innovative new president of Emily's List, a group that supports pro-choice women candidates, is hoping Facebook can help her bust Washington's boys club. Dana Goldstein talks to Stephanie Schriock.
Rick Lazio, Back From the Dead
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Lloyd Grove is editor at large for The Daily Beast. He is also a frequent contributor to New York magazine and was a contributing editor for Condé Nast Portfolio. He wrote a gossip column for the New York Daily News from 2003 to 2006. Prior to that, he wrote the Reliable Source column for the Washington Post, where he spent 23 years covering politics, the media, and other subjects.
A decade after invading Hillary Clinton’s airspace, the GOP upstart talks to Lloyd Grove about his bid for New York’s statehouse, his respect for David Paterson—and why he doesn’t like Andrew Cuomo.
DVF Honors Women Leaders
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Diane von Furstenberg’s inaugural award will benefit women activists working for social change across the globe, from Afghanistan to Haiti to the U.S. VIEW OUR GALLERY of honorees whose focus runs deeper than fashion.
How Palin Could Win
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Matt Latimer is the author of the New York Times bestseller, SPEECH-LESS: Tales of a White House Survivor. He was deputy director of speechwriting for George W. Bush and chief speechwriter for Donald Rumsfeld.
GOP leaders may turn up their noses at Sarah Barracuda, but Palin could easily be the Republican nominee in 2012. Former Bush aide Matt Latimer on what she needs to do next.
What's Is (and Isn't) in the Health-Care Bill
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Divya Gugnani is the CEO and founder of BehindtheBurner.com, an emerging culinary media brand that creates expert-based content about food, wine, mixology, and nutrition.
How Barack Beat Bibi
Peter Beinart, senior political writer for The Daily Beast, is associate professor of journalism and political science at City University of New York and a senior fellow at the New America Foundation. His new book, The Icarus Syndrome: A History of American Hubris, will be published by HarperCollins in June. Follow him on Twitter and Facebook.
An Open Letter to Republicans: The Bill Will Save Your Lives, Too
Michael Moore is an Academy Award-winning filmmaker and author. He directed and produced Roger & Me, Bowling for Columbine, Fahrenheit 9/11, and Sicko. He has also written seven books, most recently, Mike’s Election Guide 2008.
The Return of Big Government
Margaret Hoover is an American conservative feminist, political commentator, Republican strategist, and blogger. She is the great-granddaughter of former President Herbert Hoover. Most recently, she has worked as Deputy Finance Director to Rudy Giuliani’s Presidential Exploratory Committee. She is a frequent contributor to Fox News's O'Reilly Factor.
Prepared for Failure
Reihan Salam is a policy advisor at e21 and a fellow at the New America Foundation.
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