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Obama Campaign To Release Documentary

AP | KEN THOMAS | Posted 05.07.2012

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's re-election campaign plans to release a 17-minute documentary next week about his first term in office. C...

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Obama Campaign Faces Off With Koch Brothers

The Huffington Post | Leigh Owens | Posted 03.02.2012

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The Obama campaign has started a petition aimed at forcing Americans for Prosperity, the conservative group backed by billionaires Charles and David K...

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Are the Koch Brothers Funding Rush Limbaugh?

Robert Greenwald | Posted 05.01.2012

Are the Koch brothers funding Limbaugh? I'm not sure Rush has ever sent them an invoice. But he doesn't have to. And that's what's so insidious about what the Kochs do.

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Republicans and Democrats Argue Over "Chimichangas"

Pilar Marrero | Posted 04.17.2012

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"When Herman Cain talked about electrifying fences or the "taco" Mayor of East Haven said what he said, we didn't hear this outrage."

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GOP Blasts Obama Campaign Manager Over Controversial Tweet

The Huffington Post | Leigh Owens | Posted 02.15.2012

Republicans are calling for an apology from President Barack Obama's campaign manager over a tweet they argue is offensive to the Latino community. ...

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Obama Sends Message To Wall Street

Bloomberg | Posted 02.08.2012

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Jim Messina, President Barack Obama’s campaign manager, assured a group of Democratic donors from the financial services industry that Obama won’t...

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If Obama Takes Super PAC Money, He Must Fight Like Hell to Make it Illegal and Unconstitutional in the Future

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 04.09.2012

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By accepting Super PAC money, Obama is all but guaranteeing that the special interests of the richest 0.01% will dominate the interests of the 99% and his second term will accomplish little to right the balance.

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The Sad Spectacle of Obama's Super PAC

Robert Reich | Posted 04.09.2012

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So now a relative handful of super-rich Democrats want to fight a relative handful of super-rich Republicans. And we call this a democracy.

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Mitt Romney Is 'Still The 25 Percent Man,' Says David Axelrod

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.04.2012

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CONCORD, N.H. -- President Barack Obama's reelection campaign sought to spin the results of the Iowa caucuses Wednesday, arguing in a conference call ...

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Obama Campaign Outlines Five Paths To Reelection

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.21.2011

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WASHINGTON -- At a briefing with reporters on Tuesday morning, top officials in the Obama campaign outlined five distinct paths that they can pursue t...

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Obama Reelection Chief Confident Of Latino Support In 2012

HuffingtonPost.com | Jon Ward | Posted 11.18.2011

CHICAGO -- The man tasked with running President Obama's reelection campaign looked to be handling the pressure of such a big job rather well on a rec...

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DNC Sends Massive FOIA Request For Romney's Email Records

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.17.2011

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WASHINGTON -- On Thursday, November 17, 2011, the worst job in America belonged to the employees who handle Freedom of Information Act requests for th...

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Romney Campaign Accuses Mass. Gov. Deval Patrick Of Doing 'Dirty Tricks' For Obama

HuffingtonPost.com | Jon Ward | Posted 11.17.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Mitt Romney's campaign manager lashed out Thursday at a top adviser to Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick for providing embarrassing infor...

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Obama Team Quietly Sought Clinton's Advice

The National Memo | Joe Conason | Posted 11.14.2011

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President Obama's top political operatives -- including campaign chief adviser David Axelrod -- traveled from Chicago and Washington to the headquarte...

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Major Contender Withdraws from Presidential Race -- Obama Victory Now Assured

Mark Steinberg | Posted 12.26.2011

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I believe that Democrats would ultimately have seen that my "1-1-1" plan for job creation was superior to anything the President has tried or proposed. It also has the virtue of simplicity.

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I'll Donate When President Obama Stops Keystone XL

Jamie Henn | Posted 11.28.2011

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When Barack Obama announced his candidacy for Presidency, I was swept up in the excitement. Finally, I thought, here is a man who can bring the country together to build a clean energy economy.

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Obama For America Picks A Hispanic Woman From Denver To Be National Political Director

The Huffington Post | Andrea Rael | Posted 08.09.2011

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President Barack Obama's re-election team has chosen Katherine Archuleta of Denver to be his national political director. The campaign told CNN that A...

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Barack Obama Reelection Team Looks Familiar

The Washington Post | Chris Cillizza | Posted 06.03.2011

Although much has changed since Obama was last on the campaign trail, one thing has not: the political people advising him....

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Jim Messina Is a Perfect Choice to Be Obama's Campaign Manager

Robert Creamer | Posted 06.01.2011

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My understanding is that the campaign plan for 2012 is still in formation. But one critical element is clear. The campaign will be even more reliant than it was in 2008 on its grass roots ground game. Jim Messina is definitely the man for that job.

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Meet Obama's Enforcer

The Nation | Ari Berman | Posted 05.31.2011

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In March 2009 the Campaign for America's Future, a top progressive group in Washington, launched a campaign called "Dog The (Blue) Dogs" to pressure c...

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Ending 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'

Brian Bond | Posted 05.25.2011

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I am sure that there will be many stories written about what happened and how we got here, but for me, the key part of the story that I will never forget is that commitment from the President. Nor will I ever forget the brave men and women who have served with distinction who also happen to be gay or lesbian.

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Obama-AFL-CIO Lovefest: Once Again, Labor Hopes President Will Prove Loyalty

Mike Elk | Posted 05.25.2011

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Despite their frustrations with the Obama administration and Democrats, union leaders desperately want to believe the president is on their side after all the resources they invested in his presidency.

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The Roots of Obama's "Pundit Delusion"

David Sirota | Posted 05.25.2011

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You don't have to look at particular policies to know that the Obama administration is more obsessed with attracting approval from out-of-touch Washington pundits than from America at large.

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Robert Gibbs Blew it With the Shirley Sherrod Saga

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 05.25.2011

Robert Gibbs failed when he allowed the media frame to shift quickly to the missteps of the administration rather than emphasizing the underhanded, contrived, and racist actions of Andrew Breitbart and his fellow travelers at Fox News.

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Jim Messina Offers Glimpse Into White House Improvisation

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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White House Deputy Chief of Staff Jim Messina made a rare public appearance on Wednesday, addressing throngs of progressive students at the Campus Pro...

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