Declaring Victory, Going Home

Rory O'Connor, 08.31.2009

Author, "Shock Jocks: Hate Speech"

Colonel Timothy R. Reese, a senior American military adviser in Baghdad, concluded, in what the New York Times called "an unusually blunt memo," that it is time "for the U.S. to declare victory and go home."

Historic Power Shift in El Salvador (VIDEO)

The Real News, 04.20.2009

Just over 17 years since the 1992 Peace Accords brought an end to El Salvador's vicious civil war, the country has seen its first peaceful transfer of power.

Too Young for This: Certifiably Crazy

Alice Crisci, 04.11.2009

Social Entrepreneur / Activist

Despite my life, despite cancer, despite over a decade of therapy and a magnitude of self-help books and workshops, I am still as hopeless of a romantic as Meg freakin' Ryan and as melodramatic as an Oscar-winning actress.

Friday Talking Points [65] -- The Sausage Race

Chris Weigant, 03.16.2009

Author, Political Commentator, and Blogger (ChrisWeigant.com)

About a week ago, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs got off a good line about the progress of the stimulus package: "The sausage race is the be...

Getting More Progressives Elected -- And Where You Fit In

Adam Green, 02.15.2009

Co-founder, Progressive Change Campaign Committee

I realized at MoveOn that it makes no sense for progressives to raise tons of money for candidates who then spend it inefficiently. We need to help them run effective campaigns and win.

Moving Forward: A Participatory Democracy

Kate Kelly, 12.11.2008

Author of six-volume history of medicine and Election Day

As the immediate excitement of Election Day begins to fade, we are left with new questions, among them: How is President-Elect Barack Obama going to ...

Dean's 50 State Strategy Can Help Combat Racism

Andrea Chalupa, 12.10.2008

Editor at Walletpop

One thing volunteering for the Obama campaign in southern Virginia reiterated to me is that racism is alive and well in this country and there's somet...

ObamaRama in Century City on Election Night

Paige Donner, 12.06.2008

Paige Donner is a journalist, filmmaker and environmentalist devoted to humanity, the planet and the creatures that share it with us.

By 8:15 p.m. fire marshals were already on the scene -- the celebration venue had reached its 10,000 person capacity.

Making it Work

Jake Goldman, 12.06.2008

A writer from New York

A man plastered in Cynthia McKinney stickers poked me right on the Obama button fixed to my coat. "Hold him accountable. Stop the war," he said and dashed out of the car and up the stairs.

An End in Sight for Some, but Not Others

Charles Ferguson, 11.14.2008

John McCain, the Bush administration, and a number of neoconservatives believe we're at the beginning of an American victory. If this is winning, I'd hate to see what losing would look like.

William Kristol Advises Obama On Iraq

Jacob Heilbrunn, 07.29.2008

Author, "They Knew They Were Right: the Rise of the Neocons"

Usually, William Kristol deploys his New York Times column to try and provide John McCain with some extra intellectual firepower. But today he leaps into the breach to assist Obama. Or so he would have it.

What Would President Obama Really Do On Iraq?

Sandy Goodman, 07.15.2008

Sandy Goodman, a retired producer for NBC Nightly News, is a freelance writer.

Should Obama get elected, what is now strictly a theoretical problem will become a very difficult practical one.

The Coming Together Of McCain And Obama On Iraq

Chris Weigant, 07.10.2008

Author, Political Commentator, and Blogger (ChrisWeigant.com)

McCain knows that the electorate wants America out of Iraq, even faster than Obama has proposed. He also knows that his ties to Bush's foreign policy are an albatross around his neck.

The Cult of The Warrior -- Jack Kemp Was Right: McCain Would Be Too Dangerous as President

Frank Schaeffer, 05.26.2008

New York Times best-selling author

Now that McCain is the Republican's man of the hour, Republican heavy hitters are conveniently forgetting that for years they have regarded McCain as mentally unfit for the presidency.

I'm Wright and You're Not: Is He One of the Pharisees Who Will Not Abide the Popularity of the Upstart?

Blake Fleetwood, 05.07.2008

Former reporter for the New York Times and Daily News

Tune in today to the Latest Talking Head. Obama and the media, particularly those who welcome his new low impact politics, could (and should) be appl...

The Media Must Report - NOT Debate - Whether Barack or Hillary is Winning

Steven G. Brant, 05.02.2008

Developer of sustainable local, national, and international development strategies

The mainstream media shows its stupidity by treating Hillary's attempt to redefine the reality of the election results like it's a real story.

Philly: Ugly Clinton Victory Rally

Laura J. Mansfield, 05.02.2008

First Democrat: "This is a Hillary victory party, not an Obama loser party." Second: "If Obama loses, I'm not going to vote at all in November." Third: "I will vote for McCain if Obama wins." Et cetera.

Hillary Got The Whites-Who-Won't-Vote-Black Vote

John K. Wilson, 05.01.2008

The numbers tell the story: Hillary Clinton's margin of victory in Pennsylvania was due to racist white Democratic voters who openly opposed Barack Obama because he is black.

On The Clinton Point Spread

Barnett Zitron, 04.30.2008

www.barnettzitron.com

One thing is for sure: Hillary's best friend in Pennsylvania (even better than Gov. Rendell and the crowds of older voters) is the state's closed primary and inflexible voting regulations.