http://nymag.com Daily coverage of New York's restaurants, nightlife, shopping, politics, and culture. en Copyright 2006, New York Magazine Holdings, LLC Mon, 28 Dec 2009 00:11:21 -0500 http://nymag.com/news/politics/powergrid/62668/ Is McCain attacking Obama and toeing the GOP line out of principle? Or for revenge against the man who beat him?]]> HASH(0x168b6cdc) http://nymag.com/news/politics/powergrid/62668/ Sun, 13 Dec 2009 22:30:28 -0500 http://nymag.com/news/politics/powergrid/62526/ You think a tiny band of verbose old folks couldn’t stand in the way of a nation of 300 million? Meet the U.S. Senate.]]> HASH(0x168d20e0) http://nymag.com/news/politics/powergrid/62526/ Sun, 6 Dec 2009 22:23:11 -0500 http://nymag.com/news/politics/powergrid/60123/ At State, as in the Senate, she often talks softly—but that doesn’t mean she doesn’t carry a big stick.]]> HASH(0x168c9238) http://nymag.com/news/politics/powergrid/60123/ Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:09:51 -0500 http://nymag.com/news/politics/powergrid/59907/ How the public option, helped by a congressman looking for an issue and a shrewdly silent White House, returned from the brink.]]> HASH(0x167915cc) http://nymag.com/news/politics/powergrid/59907/ Sun, 11 Oct 2009 20:02:24 -0500 http://nymag.com/news/politics/powergrid/54691/ Michael Steele and Bobby Jindal don’t look like the vast majority of Republicans. But do new faces mean new ideas?]]> HASH(0x168e178c) http://nymag.com/news/politics/powergrid/54691/ Fri, 25 Sep 2009 03:17:48 -0500 http://nymag.com/news/politics/powergrid/54058/ With the Daschle mess and the outsourcing of the stimulus bill to the Democratic Congress, Obama runs the risk (already!) of seeming same-old, same-old.]]> HASH(0x169d3cb4) http://nymag.com/news/politics/powergrid/54058/ Fri, 25 Sep 2009 03:01:42 -0500 http://nymag.com/news/politics/powergrid/53604/ The left quadrant of Obama’s base wants to stay relevant by staying angry. And the right doesn’t have anything to do but get angry. So who’s his biggest problem?]]> HASH(0x168dafa8) http://nymag.com/news/politics/powergrid/53604/ Fri, 25 Sep 2009 02:51:31 -0500 http://nymag.com/news/politics/powergrid/53165/ Why the current president is rooting for the next one.]]> HASH(0x16ab9b60) http://nymag.com/news/politics/powergrid/53165/ Fri, 25 Sep 2009 02:44:28 -0500 http://nymag.com/news/politics/powergrid/52922/ Obama’s Illinois past is not gone. It’s not even past.]]> HASH(0x168e9bf0) http://nymag.com/news/politics/powergrid/52922/ Fri, 25 Sep 2009 02:40:46 -0500 http://nymag.com/news/politics/powergrid/52428/ In all the dizzying personal and political complexities of Hillary at State, one thing is clear: Obama has nerve.]]> HASH(0x168e49f4) http://nymag.com/news/politics/powergrid/52428/ Fri, 25 Sep 2009 02:33:00 -0500 http://nymag.com/news/politics/powergrid/52030/ He won by being No Drama Obama. Should he now stir some up?]]> HASH(0x168a1568) http://nymag.com/news/politics/powergrid/52030/ Fri, 25 Sep 2009 02:25:36 -0500 http://nymag.com/news/politics/powergrid/51837/ And she’ll be a stronger candidate than you think. Does Sarah Palin have Reagan potential?]]> HASH(0x168ead14) http://nymag.com/news/politics/powergrid/51837/ Fri, 25 Sep 2009 02:22:56 -0500 http://nymag.com/news/politics/powergrid/51406/ The prospect of a McCain loss has the Republican Party angrily turning on itself. Can the eggheads and the Joe Six-Packs get along?]]> HASH(0x1679c6f4) http://nymag.com/news/politics/powergrid/51406/ Fri, 25 Sep 2009 02:16:03 -0500 http://nymag.com/news/politics/powergrid/51166/ He spent months trying to find the right economic voice. And his steady, understated, optimistic populism arrived just in time.]]> HASH(0x169b2914) http://nymag.com/news/politics/powergrid/51166/ Fri, 25 Sep 2009 02:12:05 -0500 http://nymag.com/news/politics/powergrid/51016/ From maverick to crank in an instant.]]> HASH(0x169cb0f4) http://nymag.com/news/politics/powergrid/51016/ Fri, 25 Sep 2009 02:09:32 -0500