Democratic Nomination

If Michael Moore Would Run for President

Robert Naiman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Robert Naiman

If Moore announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination now, and followed up that announcement with a vigorous campaign focused on the struggles of rank-and-file Democrats, it would re-mobilize rank-and-file Democratic activists.

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Barack Obama and the American Dream

Lauri Lyons | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lauri Lyons

The past four decades have been a mixture of social growing pains and progress. Even with that said, most people never believed that a Black man would become the President.

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Arthur Delaney

Alberto Gonzales: Obama Should Consider Race, Gender In Supreme Court Pick

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.25.2011

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Alberto Gonzales, the former attorney general, says that President Obama ought to consider gender and race -- in addition to judicial philosophy and c...

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Open Letter to Sarah Palin: No, You Cannot Ride Clinton's Coattails

Sara Haile-Mariam | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sara Haile-Mariam

Clinton supporters are skeptical about your nomination, Sarah, and I've talked to others who are insulted. You see, they didn't support Senator Clinton because she was a woman but because she was their advocate.

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Obama The Politician Slays Obama The Prophet

Leonce Gaiter | Posted 05.25.2011

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Leonce Gaiter

With the schism between his primary and general campaign selves apparent, you'd think he'd be sufficiently self-aware to acknowledge his mere politician's status and get on with it. In his acceptance speech, he finally did.

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Obama-Biden Trumps McCain-Rove

Erik Ose | Posted 05.25.2011

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Erik Ose

Biden's acceptance speech proved what the citizens of Delaware have known for a long time: Biden is a regular Joe with all-American family values who also happens to be a Senator.

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Democratic Convention, Day 3: Wow!

Diane Tucker | Posted 05.25.2011

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Diane Tucker

Message delivered? That the Obama Camp is a quick study. (Compare Wednesday night's production to Monday night's.) It's a good message if you're marketing an inexperienced candidate.

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Transgender Delegate Blogging: Clinging To Hope For A Post-Bush National Recovery

Vanessa Edwards Foster | Posted 05.25.2011

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Vanessa Edwards Foster

The disaster of the Administration's economic policies began for me five years ago when my job was outsourced. Now I feel I'm part of a larger trend. As fashionistas might say: "Poor is the new black."

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Memo to Netroots: Stop Tearing Down Obama's VP Shortlist

Erik Ose | Posted 05.25.2011

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Erik Ose

If the left is ever going to get serious about winning elections, we need to stop insisting on 100% ideological purity from our candidates. News flash: politics is about assembling winning coalitions.

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Thank You, John Edwards

Erik Ose | Posted 05.25.2011

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Erik Ose

Because Edwards is out of office, not on the ballot, and now out of the running for a convention speech, VP slot or cabinet post, the scandal will have little effect on Democrats' chances this fall.

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Sam Stein

A V.P. Hint? VP's Convention Day Is Veteran Themed

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Does the schedule for August's Democratic convention provide any clues to whom Barack Obama will pick as his vice president? On a conference call on ...

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I'm Disappointed in John Edwards

Erik Ose | Posted 05.25.2011

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Erik Ose

In retrospect, Edwards' entire political career was a flash in the pan, a triumph of hype over substance, and a big let-down for any progressives who were fooled into thinking Edwards was the second coming of FDR.

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And It's Got To Be... Gen. Wesley Clark

Judah Freed | Posted 05.25.2011

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Judah Freed

I want the Democrats to win the White House and to make the next Supreme Court appointments and that's why Obama has got to put Gen. Wesley Clark in the second spot on the ticket.

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What Hillary Clinton Won By Losing The Nomination: New York Magazine

New York Magazine | John Heilemann | Posted 05.25.2011

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The victor and the vanquished are standing in a cluttered hallway backstage at the Washington Convention Center, conducting a conversation short and s...

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My Petition: Don't Let Clinton Hijack the VP Slot

Reny Monk | Posted 05.25.2011

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Reny Monk

Who wants to be the first to sign? Perhaps I should look up Monica, Paula and Gennifer and see if they'd be interested.

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How Obama Won The Democratic Nomination

TIME | KAREN TUMULTY | Posted 05.25.2011

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Barack Obama was campaigning last October in South Carolina when he got an urgent call from Penny Pritzker, the hotel heiress who leads his campaign's...

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Time And Tide Wait For No Woman

M.S. Bellows, Jr. | Posted 05.25.2011

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M.S. Bellows, Jr.

We can credit Hillary with many gifts, among them, however, is not a mastery of timing: The "experience" candidate's campaign is a textbook example of right things done at wrong times.

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Hillary and Bill Behaving Badly

Diane Francis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Diane Francis

Hillary has become a de facto independent Democrat (like Joe Lieberman) who will join forces with, or pave the way, for John McCain to win this fall.

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Obama: Calm In The Swirl Of History

New York Times | MICHAEL POWELL | Posted 05.25.2011

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He gives the appearance of a strikingly laid-back victor, this presumptive Democratic presidential nominee. On the day before the night he made histo...

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Delegate 2,118: Who Will Clinch The Nomination For Obama?

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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The number of delegates Obama needs to clinch the nomination is dwindling fast. As he gets closer to the "magic number" of 2,118, HuffPost wants to k...

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Clinton's Last Stand?

Daniel Nichanian | Posted 05.25.2011

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Daniel Nichanian

Will she drop out tonight? Will she give an uncommitted speech and drop out in the coming days once Obama reaches 2,118 delegates? Or is her campaign serious about its repeated threats to continue their quest all the way to the Denver convention?

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It Was Iraq, Stupid

JB Powell | Posted 05.25.2011

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JB Powell

Hillary never understood: the war in Iraq is not even remotely close to welfare reform or any other partisan slap fight of the last several decades. It's the most disastrous foreign policy decision since Vietnam.

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Urgent Message to Obama Supporters

Simon Woods | Posted 05.25.2011

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Simon Woods

It is an unarguable truth that more people have voted for Hillary Clinton than any other candidate in this Primary, or in any Democratic Primary ever. They may not "count," but they will count in November.

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North By Northwest With The Clintons: The End Of The Road In South Dakota

Mayhill Fowler | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mayhill Fowler

Bill Clinton's flashes of pique and anger, memory lapses and outrageous moments have obscured one of the great stories of Election 2008. His skill at small town campaigning is a gift he could give to the general election campaign.

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Smithsonian: Obama Making History and Marking Time

Dawn Teo | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dawn Teo

The Smithsonian has accepted three Obama wristwatches into the permanent collection of the National Museum of American History. "What Time is it?" "Time for change!"

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