Cracks in Obama's Coalition or Conventional Wisdom?

Jennifer Merolla Ph.D., 11.09.2009

Associate Professor, Chairwoman, Department of Politics and Policy, Claremont Graduate University

While some have made a fairly convincing case that there may be warning signals for the Democratic Party, I would caution against reading too deeply into the electoral tea leaves.

Lessons of November

Max Fraad Wolff, 11.05.2009

Max Fraad Wolff is an Economist in NYC

I believe that hordes of voters went yesterday and voted for Republican candidates and discriminatory marriage platforms even though they voted for and like Obama. I also believe they are expressing an anger that liberal and conservative pundits alike do not understand.

The Secret Superdelegate War Revealed

Erik Ose, 07.05.2009

Writer, Activist, Community Organizer

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.

An Entirely Different Inauguration Day

Erik Ose, 02.20.2009

Writer, Activist, Community Organizer

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

The Unequivocal Faith of the Climate Change Quibblers

Kevin Grandia, 02.09.2009

Managing editor, DeSmogBlog.com

It's mind-boggling how little evidence it takes for a free market think tank like the Heritage Foundation to be convinced that we should do nothing to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

12 Top News Year's Resolutions for the Republican Party

Francesca Biller-Safran, 01.17.2009

Award-Winning Investigative Journalist and Satirist, covering politics, race, religion

First, I will never, ever, ever again pick a running mate just because she or he is "hot" and makes me want to say "You Betcha" even though my Viagra prescription has expired.

Apres le Qvelling

Peter Mehlman, 01.17.2009

Television writer and producer of SEINFELD, host of Narrow World of Sports.

American Jews -- nearly 90 percent of whom voted Barack Obama -- are slowly coming around to one major question: "How did a black guy get in the White House before a Jew?"

Mike Duncan's Silence and The Republican Party of Exclusion

Yuna Shin, 01.12.2009

That is why Bobby Jindal and Anh Cao are being heralded as the saviors of the Republicans. Because they see nothing fundamentally wrong with their party, only with its packaging.

The Day the Music Died

Larry Gellman, 01.12.2009

For eight years, our president, his team, and his vocal fan club on Fox and the radio have been singing the same sick and dissonant song. They tried to divide the country by spreading fear.

An American Tune

Anne Hill, 01.09.2009

Dream Talk Radio host, author of "What To Do When Dreams Go Bad: A Practical Guide to Nightmares"

It's one of those weird things, the patriotic hymns of your youth still live in your heart somewhere, despite all the things you learn in the meantime.

DeMintamania

August J. Pollak, 01.08.2009

Why, oh why, did this clear voice of the majority electorate go no further in the election?

Debriefing the New Mexico Dem Chair

Dave Maass, 01.02.2009

I grilled Democratic Party Chairman of New Mexico Brian Colon on the election cycle, his political ambitions and whether he taunted his Republican counterpart with text messages.

IMDb Ratings Reveal Attitudes Towards The Election, Race

Kate Beale, 01.01.2009

Rising interest in movies dealing with interracial relations, particularly after the election, presents a candid peek into how Americans negotiate identity through the prism of popular entertainment.

Merit is Not a Dirty Word

Roxana Badin, 01.01.2009

This Thanksgiving weekend, as I watched events unfold abroad, I was most grateful that the foolishness of election time is over.

Change?

Bernard Rowan, 12.27.2008

It's time to bring in a new generation of leaders to the White House, not just a new version of the same.

Barack Obama and the God of Love

Harriet Rossetto, 12.25.2008

If Obama's vision of hope and unity is to take root, each one of us must struggle to integrate ourselves by maintaining those thoughts, attitudes and actions that connect us.

Why the Conservatives Won't Crack-up, But the Left Probably Will

Rupert Russell, 12.25.2008

PhD Candidate at Harvard University

The conservative Counter-Establishment is the most cast-iron entanglement of alliances and dependencies known in modern American history.

Have We Overcome?

Lara M. Gardner, 12.25.2008

writer and attorney living in Portland, Oregon.

In spite of Obama's election, what America has not given up and seems loathe to give up, regardless how far backward we move socially, morally, and legally, is religion.

Hey, Ron Paul Republicans!?! It's Time For A GOP Palace Coup!

Lee Stranahan, 12.23.2008

Filmmaker, Writer, Photographer

It's time for someone to grab Ron Paul's ideas, grab the organizational skill of herding a bunch of individualists and grab control of the damn Republican party right now.

GOP ''... is now more like South Africa during apartheid'

Sean Jacobs, 12.19.2008

Sean Jacobs

New York Times correspondent Frank Rich -- perhaps with the GOP's historic relationship with South Africa's Apartheid government in mind -- makes a pr...

The Sacrament of Democracy

Shannyn Moore, 12.18.2008

Just a girl from Homer

Anyone who thinks we don't need a more transparent election process here in Alaska because their candidate is in the lead is a pathetic partisan hack.