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Romney Delivers Prebuttal To Obama

AP | Posted 04.19.2012

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Mitt Romney says President Barack Obama is over his head and swimming in the wrong direction when it comes to the economy. In...

Jason Cherkis

Democratic Convention's Host City Boasts Anti-Union Rules, Packed Shelters, Food Deserts

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Cherkis | Posted 04.12.2012

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- If Whole Foods were to sell a city, the proposal might look like how local booster Dan Murrey pitches Charlotte. In Murrey's tellin...

Sam Stein

Democratic Governors Warn Obama Campaign To Avoid Focusing On Social Issues

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 02.28.2012

WASHINGTON -- Some of the nation's top Democratic governors are urging party leadership to avoid getting consumed by social issues, even as focusing o...

Amanda Terkel

Senators Back Adding Marriage Equality To Democratic Party Platform

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 02.28.2012

WASHINGTON -- Two of President Obama's national campaign co-chairs called on the Democratic Party to endorse marriage equality in its platform on Tues...

Amanda Terkel

DNC Pushed To Incorporate Marriage Equality Into Party Platform

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 02.13.2012

WASHINGTON -- An LGBT organization is calling on the Democratic Party to officially support marriage equality, launching a national campaign to get De...

Obama Campaign Making Big Move

AP | KEN THOMAS | Posted 03.19.2012

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's re-election campaign has requested advertising rates in a number of key states, a sign that it could be cl...

Sam Stein

DNC: Romney Charge 'Laughable' From 'Quarter-Billion-Dollar Man'

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.29.2011

Barack Obama's reelection campaign and the allied Democratic National Committee swiftly responded to Mitt Romney's latest personal attack on the presi...

Paul Blumenthal

Obama Hauls In Huge Amount Of Cash

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Blumenthal | Posted 12.13.2011

WASHINGTON -- The reelection campaign of President Barack Obama continues to dominate in fundraising as it pulled in $70.1 million from 600,000 donors...

Christina Wilkie

Obama To Donors: 'Markets Will Go Up And Down'

HuffingtonPost.com | Christina Wilkie | Posted 10.08.2011

Following a day marked by huge losses on Wall Street and uncertainty in global markets, President Obama defended his administration's priorities on Mo...

Christina Wilkie

Obama Has 5 Birthday Parties

HuffingtonPost.com | Christina Wilkie | Posted 10.04.2011

President Obama raised more than $3.6 million on the eve of his 50th birthday Wednesday night, at three birthday party-themed events in Chicago. Back ...

Amanda Terkel

Democrats Target Latino Voters With New Spanish-Language Ad

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 09.21.2011

WASHINGTON -- The Democratic National Committee is out with a new Spanish-language ad meant to reinforce the party's appeal to Latinos and counter a s...

Obama Sets Huge Fundraising Record

AP | By KEN THOMAS | Posted 09.12.2011

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama collected $86 million combined for his re-election campaign and the Democratic party during the past three m...

Amanda Terkel

Democratic National Committee Pressures Obama

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON -- Members of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) gave President Obama a rare push on Saturday, adopting a resolution attempting to enc...

Obama Fix # 1 -- Put a Woman Over the DNC

Linnie Frank Bailey | Posted 05.25.2011

Linnie Frank Bailey

Put Kaine somewhere in the Administration, and put a WOMAN over the currently ineffective DNC. Not a Hollywood actress; not a Silicon Valley tech gur...

Generation44's Inaugural Summit Aims to Cultivate Young Leaders

Nomiki Konst | Posted 05.25.2011

Nomiki Konst

On September 30, Gen44 kicks of its Inaugural Summit, featuring a concert with the President himself and musician, B.o.B., in Washington, DC.

Obama Gives Donors Special Access: Washington Times

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has rewarded top Democratic donors with perks ranging from holiday visits to the White House to policy brief...

Sam Stein

Obama's Strategy Session Draws 270k, Dems Claim Good Week

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

The headlines lately are all about President Obama's very bad summer, but his supporters argue that this past week was a good one for the White House....

DNC Fundraiser Bringing Obama Back To Chicago

Chicago Tribune | John McCormick | Posted 05.25.2011

President Barack Obama is expected to visit Chicago on July 23 -- his third trip here since his Jan. 20 inauguration -- when he is scheduled to attend...

Obama To Critics: "Show Me Your Budget!"

AP | LIZ SIDOTI | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — President Obama headlined two fundraisers in Washington expected to bring in an estimated $3 million for the Democratic National Co...

Obama To Headline First Fundraiser As President, Faces "Donor Fatigue"

Bloomberg | Posted 05.25.2011

President Barack Obama will headline the first fundraiser of his presidency this month, appealing to donors large and small even as the economy strugg...

Sam Stein

Organizing For America Takes First Action For Obama Agenda

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Organizing for America, the campaign apparatus left over from Barack Obama's presidential run, sent out its first call to action on Friday in support ...

Sam Stein

Obama Welcomes Kaine To DNC, Praises Dean's Legacy

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Barack Obama heaped praise on incoming DNC Chairman Tim Kaine during a press conference with the Virginia Governor at the party's headquarters on Thur...

Sam Stein

Howard Dean Absent From Obama/DNC Affair

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Barack Obama is set to host a press conference with incoming Democratic National Committee Chair Tim Kaine on Thursday in what will ostensibly mark th...

David Plouffe for DNC Chair?

David Corn | Posted 05.25.2011

David Corn

As the manager of Obama's campaign, Plouffe steered the best-run presidential campaign in years. He efficiently matched man, message, money, and machine.

Don't Put Down Your Flag: America in Flux

Jonny 5 | Posted 05.25.2011

Jonny 5

Adolescents at the time of the 9/11 attacks, their sense of national identity has formed against the "War on Terror." What does patriotism mean to them? Has the political landscape evolved?