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To understand my contention that The Washington Post's analysis is flawed, I must explain how the voting and registration questions are asked.
Sometimes conventional wisdom is right, and sometimes it is wrong. In the case of Mitt Romney's selection of a 2012 vice presidential running mate, it may actually be both.
Vote? Stay at home? Re-elect Obama? Stand with Ron Paul? Write in Lady Gaga? All of the above options -- except one -- should be on the table. We cannot sit at home on Election Day, because this could be the year of the youth vote as both sides need our support.
My great hope is that this film calls attention to the fatal flaw in our political system where we focus on horse races and winning at any cost all the while ignoring the problems that beg to be addressed.
The narrative of Game Change is one as old as government itself -- the corrupting influence of proximity to power on even the best of men.
There is no other contemporary politician in the United States who reveals more about the sound and fury of the far right than Sarah Palin. Palin is nearly as important to our time as U.S. Sen. Joseph McCarthy was to the 1950s.
Fashion Whip is a political style column by fashion stylist Lauren Rothman and HuffPost DC reporter Christina Wilkie inspired by Lauren's experience a...
Some take the surge by GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum as a convincing sign that the evangelicals are back. The joy is premature.
Republicans like to say their current primary fight is "just like" the 2008 primary between Obama and Clinton -- but it's just wishful thinking.
Even while many polls show Newt Gingrich ahead of the pack among GOP Presidential hopefuls, barring the revelation of a love child, it is very likely that Mitt Romney will ultimately win the nomination.
You know things are bad when you look back on the rancor and race-baiting of 2008 with nostalgia.
Here we go again. Presidential elections are coming and the role of "the evangelicals" is predictably becoming a hot political story. Ironically, voices on both the right and the left want to falsely describe most evangelicals as zealous members of the ultra-conservative political base.
If we'd known that Obama the Conciliator would make it to the White House and Obama the Transformer would be left in Chicago's Grant Park on election night, many of us would have gambled on someone else.
Having served as a legislator and a chief executive, I can't overemphasize the importance of voting as a critical civic duty. But there are countless ways to become involved, to support your community, to better your local school or neighborhood.
Romney is still the frontrunner and perhaps the favorite. But Bachmann could easily win Iowa, surprise with a strong showing in New Hampshire, and then cruise into South Carolina with the wind at her back.
In 2012, I will proudly cast my ballot for President Obama. With young support like this, Obama can win, ideally making him The Godfather: Part II of presidents. Don't worry, most people my age haven't seen it, me included. My parents said it's good.
