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New In The Phoenix -- New Blood In The Statehouse; New Blood In City Hall?

| 12:55 PM January 08, 2009

Pelosi No Longer Officially Male, And Other National Notes

| 8:14 AM January 07, 2009

Pingree Gets Armed Services

| 1:51 PM January 06, 2009

New in the Phoenix: Fretting over the Fairness Doctrine

| 2:03 PM November 13, 2008

Puppies!

| 10:53 AM November 12, 2008

Faraone's final Chicago dispatch: A New Hope

| 1:26 PM November 07, 2008

Guest Host Blogger Jennifer Lorenzo: Can Obama Help His Party? (With 11/24 Addendum)

| 8:58 AM November 07, 2008

Obama wins; people get naked

| 6:24 PM November 06, 2008

Another Palin media critique!

| 2:59 PM November 05, 2008

Obama: no mandate?

| 1:59 PM November 05, 2008

A Quick Morning After Sum Up

| 8:04 AM November 05, 2008

Congrats to David Bernstein and Adam Reilly for Great Phoenix Coverage

| 8:02 AM November 05, 2008

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The political virgins

With a crucial state-legislature session looming, Boston residents turn to untested newbies to fight for their share of the pie
At this incalculably critical time — with a fiscal nightmare threatening billions of dollars of state-government spending and momentous budget decisions to be made — everyone in Massachusetts wants to be represented on Beacon Hill by someone with clout.

By: DAVID S. BERNSTEIN | January 08, 2009

00-Panetta

Why Leon might be right for the CIA. Plus: Al Franken, Roland Burris, and Caroline Kennedy.
President-elect Barack Obama's pick of Leon Panetta as director of the Central Intelligence Agency caught Washington by surprise.

By: EDITORIAL | January 07, 2009

The feminine critique

Women in politics came a long way in 2008, but the weight of double standards endures
It was almost a banner year for women in politics.

By: SARA FAITH ALTERMAN | December 24, 2008

Money matters

Obama's victory was bought and paid for — with change
Conventional wisdom dictates that Barack Obama was swept into office on the winds of change.

By: STEVEN STARK | December 24, 2008

Fourth-estate follies!

Remembering the year in media malfeasance
Granted, other years have had flashier media embarrassments (Jayson Blair, Stephen Glass), but that doesn't mean that 2008 lacked for media misdeeds.

By: ADAM REILLY | December 24, 2008