Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: Election 2008. November 15, 2008. Sen. Jim DeMint (R) stepped up to become the first high-profile Republican official to blame John McCain for his defeat.
Robert Dreyfuss, The Nation. February 26, 2008. Washington's decision to topple Saddam's government has put in place a ruling elite that is far closer to Iran than it is to the United States.
Patrick Cockburn, The Independent UK. February 15, 2008. Life in Iraq, the Pentagon boasts, is returning to normal. But the truth is a very different story.