2008 Elections

That's the Ticket: From Bush to Biden, Vice Presidents Are No Longer Figureheads

Stewart J. Lawrence | Posted 05.08.2012

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Stewart J. Lawrence

With the assassination of JFK, the resignation of Nixon, the near-assassination of Reagan and the impeachment of Clinton, the question of presidential "succession" looms larger than ever. And as a result, voters and the national media are scrutinizing VP qualifications like never before.

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Is the 2012 Republican Primary Just Like the 2008 Democratic Primary?

Jesse Contario | Posted 04.18.2012

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Jesse Contario

Republicans like to say their current primary fight is "just like" the 2008 primary between Obama and Clinton -- but it's just wishful thinking.

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Sam Stein

'The Real Romney': 2008 Campaign Aides Say 'The Bain Way' Didn't Work

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.14.2012

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The failure of Mitt Romney's first run for the White House was, in many regards, an illustration of how inapplicable a background in private equity is...

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Max J. Rosenthal

'Yes We Can' Was A Romney Reject

HuffingtonPost.com | Max J. Rosenthal | Posted 01.13.2012

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WASHINGTON -- "Yes We Can" was the rallying cry of the Obama campaign in 2008, fueling a belief that his election would prompt meaningful change in Wa...

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Wisconsin Is Front Line of GOP War on Democrats, So Where Are the National Democrats?

Mitchell Bard | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mitchell Bard

It's time the Democrats recognize that the GOP has declared war on them and their core constituencies. The cower and cave strategy has never worked in the past, and it won't work now.

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Obama-McCain Immigration Contrast About to Cross Media Border

Al Giordano | Posted 05.25.2011

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Al Giordano

Today marks the opening round in a very "outcome determinative" contest among the US presidential candidates to either frame a clear position on immigration reform or be framed by it.

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The Primary Obama Movement Begins Today

Ian Welsh | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ian Welsh

The left must be seen to repudiate Obama, and they must be seen to take him down in a primary. If the left does not do this, left wing politics and policies will be discredited with Obama.

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It's The Overused Headline, Stupid

Danny Groner | Posted 05.25.2011

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Danny Groner

"It's the economy, stupid" is a phrase that has lived on longer than anyone would have expected.

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Lawmakers to Voters: Ballot Access For Me, But Not For Thee

Jessica Peck | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jessica Peck

If you've ever supported a grassroots issue campaign, you may want to take a second look -- and do so quickly -- after a pair of little watched Colorado Senate votes that took place on Wednesday.

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Is Sarah Palin an Ignoramus or a Cynic?

Fernando Espuelas | Posted 05.25.2011

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Fernando Espuelas

Sowell's bizarre analogy aside, why did Palin recommend this crack-pot article to her followers? Does she actually not know the history of Nazism and the real significance of Hitler's dictatorship?

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2010 Elections: New Leaders or New Faces on Status Quo?

Sally Kohn | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sally Kohn

It is still remarkably difficult to be a challenger. Consider Desiree Pilgrim-Hunter's race to unseat New York State Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada.

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A lesson from Australia where voting is a requirement

Howard Steven Friedman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Howard Steven Friedman

A successful democracy is one where people vote and their vote has meaning. In 2008's presidential election, the US voter turnout was about 57%, the ...

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A Different Kind of Dancing in the Streets

Mike Lux | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mike Lux

The tea partiers are not the only angry people in America. Progressives who were promised change and didn't get it are getting more and more ready to take things to the streets themselves.

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The Lesson of the Lunch-Bucket Democrats

Jeffrey Feldman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jeffrey Feldman

The story of candidate Obama's failures in presidential primary states like Pennsylvania and Massachusetts was remarkably similar to the story coming out of last night's loss in the Massachusetts Senate race.

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Left, Right & Center: 9/11 Trials, Afghanistan, Asia, Job Summit, Fort Hood

HuffPost Radio | Posted 05.25.2011

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HuffPost Radio

What will Obama do in Afghanistan? Without jobs, can Democrats win the next round of elections? And a second look at the Fort Hood massacre.

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I Accept Your Peace Prize: An Open Letter to the Nobel Committee

Noam Biale | Posted 05.25.2011

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Noam Biale

This year's prize is a recognition not just of nine months of leadership, but of a generation of civil rights struggle that culminated in November's election.

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Bill Clinton's Mistress: The Story That Never Was

Mayhill Fowler | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mayhill Fowler

I can't wait to read Game Change, Mark Halperin's and John Heilemann's salacious new book about the 2008 presidential race, because they apparently rush in where I feared to tread when I was there.

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There's a Reason the Rockies Are Purple Mountain Majesties: Dems Shouldn't Take Anything for Granted in the West

Laura Chapin | Posted 05.25.2011

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Laura Chapin

Ron Brownstein has written a cautionary tale and sound advice to Democrats who might get complacent over the blue tide sweeping the Rockies.

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Renegade and Dreams of My Absent Father

Don McNay | Posted 05.25.2011

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Don McNay

Obama's election was not only a door opener for people of color. It also showed that people with absent dads, or no dad at all, can grow up and live in the White House.

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Huckabee's Muzzle Control Problem

The Swamp | Jim Tankersley | Posted 05.25.2011

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Republican Mike Huckabee took his presidential campaign for a quick pheasant-hunting expedition in Iowa on Wednesday, and at one point, a reporter ask...

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Minnesota Senate Race: Pile Of Unopened Absentee Ballots Falls To A Few Hundred

AP | BRIAN BAKST | Posted 05.25.2011

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ST. PAUL, Minn. — The pile of unopened absentee ballots that could be counted for Minnesota's delayed Senate contest between Al Franken and Norm...

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On Tea Party Anniversary, Ron Paul Set To Break Fundraising Record

Washington Post | Jose Antonio Vargas | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rep. Ron Paul, whose rock star status on the Internet has singlehandedly fueled his campaign, is poised to break another online fundraising record. ...

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Those Republicans Know How to Throw a Party

Rick Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rick Horowitz

Is it curious that the Republicans suddenly remembered that they're against government spending at the same moment that a guy with a "D" after his name moved into the White House?

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Bernard Goldberg's "Bias" Against the Facts

Karl Frisch | Posted 05.25.2011

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Karl Frisch

Just shy of a week after Obama took the oath of office, there's a new tome out by Bernard Goldberg that seeks to trash the supposedly liberal "mainstream media" for being in the tank for Obama.

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Selling Sarah (We Just Gotta Have More Controversy!)

Diane Tucker | Posted 05.25.2011

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Diane Tucker

It's suddenly 1999 again, when we all thought that accurately calling a candidate "unqualified" would make him a laughing stock. But the joke was on us: the cheap shots generated controversy, which helped land him in the White House.

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