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Arianna Discusses Obama's Afghanistan Decision On The Charlie Rose Show (VIDEO)

Posted November 26, 2009 | 01:15 AM (EST)


If you were traveling on Thanksgiving Eve, you might have missed Arianna on The Charlie Rose Show. She was there to discuss President Obama's forthcoming decision on US troop levels in Afghanistan. Joining Arianna were Yale English Professor David Bromwich, Council On Foreign Relations President Emeritus and Board Senior Fellow...

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HuffPost Editor Roy Sekoff Discusses Shameless Tea Party Heckling Of Hough Family On 'The Ed Show' (VIDEO)

417 Comments | Posted November 25, 2009 | 06:59 PM (EST)


Earlier this month, members of the Chicago Tea Party Patriots heckled a pair of town hall speakers who lost their daughter-in-law and unborn grandchild due to a medical emergency. Dan and Midge Hough wanted to explain how a lack of health care may have contributed to the two deaths.

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Arianna Discusses Senate Health Care Reform On Countdown With Keith Olbermann

53 Comments | Posted November 23, 2009 | 09:42 PM (EST)


Arianna stopped by Countdown with Keith Olbermann Monday night to talk about the politics behind the Senate's approach to health care reform, including recent comments by Senator Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) and whether Democrats can afford to settle. Her view: "Without a public option, there's no real cost containment. There's no...

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Arianna On Olbermann: Glenn Beck Is "Morally Liable" For His Words "If Violence Ensues From What He Says" (VIDEO)

1223 Comments | Posted November 19, 2009 | 09:20 PM (EST)


Arianna Huffington went on MSNBC's Countdown to discuss a new report from the Anti-Defamation League on anti-government rage, that calls Glenn Beck the "Fearmonger-in-Chief."

The report calls Beck "the most important mainstream media figure who has repeatedly helped stoke the fires of anti-government anger."

Arianna argued that...

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Sam Stein Talks Jobs, 2010 Elections On The Ed Show With Ed Schultz (VIDEO)

11 Comments | Posted November 18, 2009 | 05:09 AM (EST)


Huffpost political reporter Sam Stein appeared on The Ed Show Wednesday and weighed in on the nation's high unemployment rate and what it could mean for Democrats in 2010.

Stein told Ed Schultz that Democratic operatives are worried that President Obama underestimated labor problems. The party is worried about...

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HuffPost Editor Roy Sekoff Discusses The Sarah Palin Coin Controversy On The Joy Behar Show

233 Comments | Posted November 12, 2009 | 02:00 AM (EST)


HuffPost Editor Roy Sekoff appeared on The Joy Behar Show Wednesday night to talk about religion in politics and the controversy surrounding Sarah Palin's "In God We Trust" coin conspiracy. Joining Roy, was Libertarian and magician Penn Jillette.

Behar started off the discussion by playing a clip from Fox News,...

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WATCH: HuffPost's Roy Sekoff On Massive Bank Bonuses: White House Continues To Coddle Wall St

114 Comments | Posted November 10, 2009 | 07:24 PM (EST)


HuffPost Editor Roy Sekoff appeared on MSNBC's The Ed Show tonight to discuss new financial reform legislation in Congress as well as the fate of the House health care reform bill as it enters the Senate.

Sekoff agreed with Schultz that the White House is still not being tough enough...

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HuffPost Reporter Sam Stein Debates Fate Of House Health Reform Bill In The Senate

3 Comments | Posted November 9, 2009 | 07:57 PM (EST)


HuffPost reporter Sam Stein joined the panel on MSNBC's The Ed Show tonight to discuss the fate of the health care reform bill that passed this weekend in the House. One hot topic for the panel is whether progressives will succeed in forcing the Stupak amendment, a strict anti-abortion provision...

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Roy Sekoff On The Election Wake Up Call (VIDEO)

244 Comments | Posted November 4, 2009 | 07:22 PM (EST)


HuffPost Editor Roy Sekoff was a guest on The Ed Show Wednesday to discuss what Tuesday's election results mean for Democrats and President Obama. Sekoff said that pundits are reading too much into the outcome and that the dire scenarios they're painting for Democrats are misguided:

It was definitely a...
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Arianna Discusses Today's Elections, Delayed Vote On "Too Big To Fail" Legislation On "Morning Meeting" (VIDEO)

Posted November 3, 2009 | 10:47 AM (EST)


Arianna joined MSNBC's Morning Meeting, hosted by Dylan Ratigan, today to discuss the elections today in New York, New Jersey and Virginia; the potential national impact of the rift between conservatives and the Republican party opened by the congressional race in New York; and the decision by Congressman Barney Frank...

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Arianna Discusses Candidate Obama Vs President Obama And Nation's Growing Discontent With DC (VIDEO)

61 Comments | Posted November 3, 2009 | 10:44 AM (EST)


Arianna was a guest on MSNBC's Morning Joe today to discuss her latest column comparing candidate Obama to President Obama, as well as the public's growing discontent with its political leaders, from both parties. She noted that the the same feelings of disenchantment that Obama the candidate tapped into...

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Arianna Discusses Limbaugh, Obama And The Elections On Tuesday On Joy Behar Show (VIDEO)

29 Comments | Posted November 2, 2009 | 10:24 PM (EST)


Arianna joined Katrina vanden Heuvel, editor and publisher of The Nation, on The Joy Behar Show tonight to discuss Rush Limbaugh slamming President Obama for 30 minutes on Fox News Sunday; conservatives forcing Republican candidate Dede Scozzafava to drop out of her New York congressional race for not...

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Left, Right & Center: Live from the Broad Stage in Santa Monica

Posted October 31, 2009 | 01:31 PM (EST)


Watch as Arianna and her Left, Right & Center co-panelists take on the economy, health care, Afghanistan, Iraq and Obama, during a special live taping at the Broad Stage in Santa Monica .

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HuffPost's Ryan Grim Discusses Joe Lieberman, Public Option On "Democracy Now" (VIDEO)

2 Comments | Posted October 29, 2009 | 11:59 AM (EST)


House Speaker Nancy Pelosi unveiled the health care reform bill that will head to the House floor amidst some of the tightest tensions that the Democratic caucus has seen all year. HuffPost's Ryan Grim discussed the flare-up on Democracy Now Thursday morning, along with the bill's prospects for success. He...

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HuffPost Editor Roy Sekoff On The Far Right's Political Porn (VIDEO)

273 Comments | Posted October 28, 2009 | 07:39 PM (EST)


HuffPost Editor Roy Sekoff was a guest on MSNBC's The Ed Show tonight to discuss the latest outrage from the far right - an attempt to encourage people to battle against health care reform by burning Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi in effigy, as well as holding a contest -...

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HuffPost Reporter Sam Stein: Lot Of People 'Kicking Themselves' For Being Nice To Lieberman (VIDEO)

169 Comments | Posted October 27, 2009 | 07:24 PM (EST)


HuffPost reporter Sam Stein was a guest on The Ed Show tonight to discuss the latest news about health care reform, including Senator Joe Lieberman's announcement that he would join a GOP filibuster to torpedo a reform bill that includes a public option.

Host Ed Schultz asked Stein what...

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HuffPost's Ryan Grim On Banks: 'Critical Time' In History of Financial Reform (VIDEO)

11 Comments | Posted October 27, 2009 | 11:44 AM (EST)


HuffPost senior congressional correspondent Ryan Grim joined the Morning Meeting panel today to discuss the news that hundreds of protesters have descended upon Chicago to disrupt the annual meeting of the American Bankers Association and let Wall Street know that taxpayers are unhappy with how they have been handling our...

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Arianna Weighs In On The Senate Health Care Bill And The Challenges Ahead

82 Comments | Posted October 26, 2009 | 10:08 PM (EST)


Arianna appeared on MSNBC's Countdown With Keith Olbermann on Monday to discuss news that the Senate's health care bill would include an opt-out public option for health insurance.

While Arianna considered the bill's inclusion of a public option to be a step in the right direction, she also pointed...

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Arianna Discusses Public's Bailout Anger On BBC's Newsnight

91 Comments | Posted October 25, 2009 | 04:41 PM (EST)


Arianna recently appeared on BBC's Newsnight to discuss the economic crisis, the lack of reform, and the effects of the bailout on American society and politics.

Other Newsnight guests included economist Liaquat Ahmed, author Andrew Ross Sorkin, and historian Simon Schama. BBC's Kristy Wark hosted.

To explain the...

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Arianna Discusses Executive Compensation, Dick Cheney On Morning Joe

67 Comments | Posted October 23, 2009 | 10:29 AM (EST)


Arianna Huffington and Gayle King of "O" magazine joined the Morning Joe round table on Friday morning to discuss Dick Cheney's recent criticism of the White House and the administration's efforts to limit executive pay on Wall Street.

On executive compensation, Arianna said: "It shows the arrogance that...

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