Obama Election

Romney On Stimulus: 'The Largest, One-Time Careless Expenditure Of Government Money'

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.18.2012

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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- At a campaign event in New Hampshire on Friday, Mitt Romney once again sharply condemned the stimulus package passed during the pr...

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Robert Draper Book: GOP Leadership Plotted To Make Obama A One-Termer The Night Of His Inauguration

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.26.2012

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WASHINGTON -- As President Barack Obama was celebrating his inauguration at various balls, top Republican lawmakers and strategists were conjuring up ...

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Charges, Countercharges and the Truth

Dan Kennedy | Posted 04.04.2012

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Words ought to have consequences. If Obama can say something demonstrably true, and the media's principal response is to quote the other side as saying Y, it's going to be a long, unenlightening spring. And summer. And fall.

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The Obama Campaign's Minority Blueprint

The National Journal | Posted 04.16.2012

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When Barack Obama won in 2008, the minority share stood at 26 percent, more than double. How much more it grows, if at all, looms as one of the critic...

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Obama, Explained

The Atlantic | James Fallows | Posted 04.11.2012

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As Barack Obama contends for a second term in office, two conflicting narratives of his presidency have emerged. Is he a skillful political player and...

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Obama Campaign Develops Secret Weapon

Bloomberg | Julianna Goldman | Posted 12.14.2011

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Will St. Clair, wearing semi-rimless glasses, a plaid buttoned-down shirt, jeans and Adidas sneakers, can usually be found sitting on an exercise ball...

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Obama Picks Up Major Union Endorsement

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.06.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees formally endorsed President Barack Obama's reelection on Tuesday, begin...

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Obama Weighs In On NBA Lockout With Jay Leno

The Huffington Post | Dan Treadway | Posted 12.26.2011

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The 44th President of the United States is facing many thorny problems. Somewhere on this list of issues, presumably very far down, is the dearth of N...

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Obama Wins 2012 Because...

Atiba Madyun | Posted 12.05.2011

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People in D.C. are asking me "Do you think Obama will win?" Interesting question, since I am a registered Republican. But my answer every time is yes... and he can do these three things to ensure victory in 2012.

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Has Black America Become President Obama's Political Mistress?

Dr. Boyce Watkins | Posted 11.29.2011

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If African Americans should not expect any semblance of targeted political support from President Obama, shouldn't that also imply that he should not expect preferential treatment from us?

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President Obama the Warrior

Bill Schneider | Posted 11.26.2011

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Obama can do what he did in 2008: stir the blood. Run as the passionate leader of a cause. In 2008, it was "hope" and "change." This time, it's "fairness."

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For Obama, Trouble On The Trail

Posted 10.27.2011

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By KEN THOMAS AND JENNIFER AGIESTA, Associated Press (AP) WASHINGTON -- Whites and women are a re-election problem for President Barack Obama. Youn...

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Hang on Gente, It's Gonna Be a Bumpy Ride

Vito de la Cruz | Posted 10.18.2011

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The Latino electorate is about to be buffeted, embraced, accosted, elevated, denigrated, courted and everything in between all at once. How we respond will speak volumes about our place in American society and history.

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Obama Adviser: President Isn't Obsessed With Keeping Job

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 10.16.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Former White House press secretary Robert Gibbs says Republicans must decide whether they're going to "swear allegiance to the tea party...

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David Axelrod Downplays Bad Jobs News, Says Austan Goolsbee To Play Big Reelection Role

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.08.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Lost in this week's announcement that Austan Goolsbee, the chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, would be leaving the White Hous...

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Beyond the "Arab Spring" and Obama's Options

Raghida Dergham | Posted 06.10.2011

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Obama may want to dedicate his time to domestic affairs in order to secure a second term in the White House, but he must prepared for foreign policy intruding into his reelection campaign, especially Middle Eastern issues.

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Can Obama Lose?

Matthew Dowd | Posted 05.31.2011

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Only one Democratic president has lost a reelection bid. What combination of factors must come together to cause a catastrophe for Obama politically that would result in his defeat?

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The Personal Meaning of Black History Month

Kamala D. Harris | Posted 05.25.2011

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The fact that we recognize Black History Month has enormous significance. This generation's challenge is to transform the opportunity to make change into a reality of social and economic justice.

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Fatal Triangles

Robert Kuttner | Posted 05.25.2011

President Obama is now Mr. Reasonable Centrist -- except that in substance there is no reasonable center to be had. Just how far right do we have to go for Republicans to cut any kind of deal?

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Consolation and Inspiration From Dr. King

Robert Kuttner | Posted 05.25.2011

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On the commemoration of the 82nd anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birth, we can take some solace from what Dr. King did in the face of forces far more annihilating than the ones that progressives face this cold January. He built a movement when the consequences for challenging the racial order in the American South were swift and brutal. It is all too easy to make a list of why all political avenues to a more progressive society are blocked. At a time when the economic dreams of tens of millions of Americans are being crushed, I have no doubt that we shall see another progressive social movement.

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Will Obama Shake Up His Economic Team?

wsj.com | PETER WALLSTEN | Posted 05.25.2011

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The strategy sessions aired a range of disagreements over how to help Democrats forestall an electoral drubbing at the polls--a defeat party strategis...

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Dean Camp Sees Mischief Behind Rumors That He'll Primary Obama

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- For the second time in as many days, a progressive-minded politician who is either out of office -- or soon to be -- has had to deny tha...

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Stop Shooting at Obama

Bernard-Henri Lévy | Posted 05.25.2011

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Barack Obama has sometimes "disappointed," but he has not "failed." And only those who confuse politics and magic, regretting that he did not transform his country and the world in the wink of an eye, can speak of "failure."

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Election Set to Reiterate the Almost Famous Message: 'I Know What's Going On'

David Sirota | Posted 05.25.2011

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The media on election night will insist that any Republican gains are the product of a spontaneous electoral conflagration -- one that ignited in the two years of Obama. But nothing could be further from the truth.

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A Preview of Post-Election Storytelling

Brendan Nyhan | Posted 05.25.2011

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I'm bracing for an avalanche of nonsense tomorrow night about why Barack Obama is responsible for the expected Republican landslide. Here's a guide to what you should expect.

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