2008

Rick Perry: National or Niche Candidate?

Kristen Soltis | Posted 10.16.2011

Kristen Soltis

In order to become president, Rick Perry will need to significantly build on his current status with swing groups. But to count him out and dismiss his candidacy out of hand would be an incredible folly for strategists on either side of the aisle.

Will President Obama Become Mayor Dinkins?

Michael Fauntroy | Posted 10.05.2011

Michael Fauntroy

The president could lose his reelection bid if enough Black voters stay home because they either do not believe the Republican nominee can win or they just do not feel the same urgency to show up on election day.

JP Morgan Chase CEO Issues Warning At UC Denver's Business School

AP | By CATHERINE TSAI | Posted 07.20.2011

DENVER -- It would be a "moral disaster" if the United States were to default on its debts and become unable to pay its obligations, JPMorgan Chase & ...

When There's No Clock to Punch: Writer-Director John Wells on The Company Men

Dan Lybarger | Posted 05.25.2011

Dan Lybarger

For a film that deals with misfortune and a cast that includes four Oscar-winners -- Ben Affleck, Tommy Lee Jones, Chris Cooper and Kevin Costner -- John Wells has a surprising amount of luck.

Crazy Talk Radio Fueling Another "Big Lie"

Fernando Espuelas | Posted 05.25.2011

Fernando Espuelas

Depending on the radio program, we're either about to become a communist or fascist nation (okay, sometimes both), all because of the suspiciously foreign-looking guy in the White House.

If Democrats Want to Inspire Voters, They Should Take Their Cues From Candidate Obama

Jane Hamsher | Posted 05.25.2011

Jane Hamsher

The only thing the president seems to have any passion for these days is lashing out at liberal critics -- not creating jobs, or protecting Social Security, or delivering on any of his campaign promises.

Treacherous Politics

James Miller | Posted 05.25.2011

James Miller

Anyone who has read Founding Brothers, or any other great read about the men who founded this country, can't help but be blown away by how different p...

Pay Czar Kenneth Feinberg To Review Executive Pay At Bailed-Out Firms

AP | STEVENSON JACOBS and DANIEL WAGNER | Posted 05.25.2011

NEW YORK — The Obama administration's pay czar is launching a review of compensation for 25 top executives at all financial firms that received ...

Obama's USDA Less Transparent Than Bush's

Donald Carr | Posted 05.25.2011

Donald Carr

The Environmental Working Group has worked hard to track the billions lavished on the wealthiest and largest farm operations in the country, in the ho...

The Black President Trap

Farai Chideya | Posted 05.25.2011

Farai Chideya

"For every factual attack, there are a thousand possibilities...and all of them strike down together." It's a line from China Mieville's speculative...

The Secret Superdelegate War Revealed

Erik Ose | Posted 05.25.2011

Erik Ose

It was one year ago today that Hillary Clinton announced plans to suspend her campaign for the Democratic nomination, and urged her supporters to unite behind Barack Obama.

Mr. President, 'Change' Is Your 'New Frontier'

John R. Bohrer | Posted 05.25.2011

John R. Bohrer

The Republicans' strategy of slowing down change couldn't be more evident than in the perpetually extending health care debate. But they have been successful at promulgating the idea that they, too, are touting change.

One Year After Obama's Election: Still Smarter...Than The Alternative

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

Chris Weigant

What puts this first year in perspective for me is that: Obama may not be smarter than all of us, but he sure is smarter by a long shot than McCain would have been. And that, for now, is enough for me.

One Year After Obama's Victory: We Are in the Opening Months of a New Progressive Era

Robert Creamer | Posted 05.25.2011

Robert Creamer

As I watched Obama's victory speech a year ago, I thought that America was on the brink of a new progressive era. I believe that just as strongly one year later, as well as in the slogan, "Yes We Can."

YouTube's Best Of 2008: Top Ten (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Dan Duray | Posted 05.25.2011

It's been a great year for YouTube. It's officially a vital campaign tool, and there's still no shortage of goofy comedy videos. Below we've compil...

POQ: Understanding the 2008 Election

Mark Blumenthal | Posted 05.25.2011

Mark Blumenthal

The events of the week delayed my pointing to a terrific resource made available to pollsters and polling junkies over the weekend by Public Opinion Q...

Vaccines Important for Children's Health

Rep. Louise Slaughter | Posted 11.17.2011

Rep. Louise Slaughter

Making sure that school age boys and girls are up to date on their vaccinations isn't fun, but it's absolutely necessary for the public health and the health of the child.

Requiem

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

Chris Weigant

The following is the transcript of Senator Edward Kennedy's speech at the 2008 Democratic National Convention.

When Should Gay Marriage Advocates Try to Reverse California's Prop 8?

William Bradley | Posted 05.25.2011

William Bradley

This week, a few organizations championing same-sex marriage will announce their opinions as to whether to try to reverse Prop 8 in 2010 or 2012.

Renegade and Dreams of My Absent Father

Don McNay | Posted 05.25.2011

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.

Wimbledon Tennis: Sports Illustrated's Jon Wertheim Updates the Greatest Sports Book Ever Written

Matthew DeBord | Posted 05.25.2011

Matthew DeBord

You wouldn't think it could be done, taking John McPhee's 1969 book Levels of the Game and using it to make something equally compelling. But Wertheim has, and that's his personal triumph.

Thank You George Bush for Bringing Us Obama

Blake Fleetwood | Posted 05.25.2011

Blake Fleetwood

Thank you George Bush for breaking a 40 year evil spell which has gripped our country since the assassinations and chaos of 1968.

An Entirely Different Inauguration Day

Erik Ose | Posted 05.25.2011

Erik Ose

Eight years ago, the country was experiencing an entirely different sort of Inauguration Day. On January 20, 2001, people were outraged.

Searching for Bobby Fischer... and Bobby Neugeboren

Jay Neugeboren | Posted 11.17.2011

Jay Neugeboren

The parallels in the lives of my brother and Fischer are often as remarkable as they are sad, and I've tried here to tell part of the story:

The Bush Legacy: Normalizing the Outrageous

Leslie Weise | Posted 05.25.2011

Leslie Weise

When I attended a 2008 hearing for the free speech lawsuit in which I'm involved, I was struck by the defendants' arguments, being made on behalf of government officials, as eerily un-American.