David Corn
David Corn is Mother Jones' Washington bureau chief. A regular on political talk shows, he has broken stories on George W. Bush, George H.W. Bush, Newt Gingrich, Colin Powell, Rush Limbaugh, Hillary Clinton, Enron, the Central Intelligence Agency, the Pentagon, and other Washington players. His best-selling books include Hubris: The Inside Story of Spin, Scandal, and the Selling of the Iraq War (with Michael Isikoff) and The Lies of George W. Bush: Mastering the Politics of Deception.
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McCain's Pastor Problem: The Video
In a taped sermon, the preacher McCain calls a "spiritual guide" calls on America to see the "false religion" of Islam "destroyed." Still, the candidate won't reject Rod Parsley's endorsement.
Petraeus Takes the Hill
The Iraq general's testimony to the Senate Armed Services Committee was predictable: progress is real, we must stay the course. But committee Democrats missed an opportunity to undercut the White House story.
Grilling Petraeus
We asked a dozen national security experts what Congress should ask the top military commander in Iraq at this week's hearings. Here's what they came up with.
McCain's Spiritual Guide: Destroy Islam
Televangelist Rod Parsley, a key McCain ally in Ohio, has called for eradicating the "false religion." Will the GOP presidential candidate renounce him?
McCain's Nuclear Waste
How the Arizona senator doomed his own global warming legislation with billions in nuclear subsidies.
Meet the New Mudslingers
Forget Swift Boat Veterans and 527s; this election's sneaky operators are nonprofits
Clinton’s New Campaign Strategy: In with the Old
Hillary Clinton has called Maggie Williams back to action. But she brings baggage from Clinton scandals past.
Obama Steals Clinton's Base
Hillary Clinton should be worried, not because Barack Obama won the Potomac Primaries, but because of how he won them.
New Hampshire Debates: Accentuating the Negative
In the Democratic face-off, Hillary Clinton previewed her get-Obama strategy. During the Republican free-for-all, it was whack-a-Mitt all the time.
Drop Dead Fred: Why Republicans Once Hated Thompson
Ten years ago, Fred Thompson turned a Congressional anti-Clinton crusade into a forum for a campaign-finance reform debate. A lot of fellow GOPers never forgave him.
