2008 Campaign

Game Change in Real-Time (Part IV): Palin Appears on 'SNL' and More!

Greg Mitchell | Posted 05.10.2012

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After months of promotion HBO's film on Sarah Palin and the 2008 campaign, Game Change, will air (finally) tonight.

Game Change as It Happened: Palin Booed at Hockey Game, David Brooks' Disgrace, More

Greg Mitchell | Posted 05.09.2012

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The only thing surprising to me is that anyone at this late date would be surprised by any embarrassing facts about Palin. The truth has been known almost within hours of McCain lifting her out of obscurity back at the end of August 2008.

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Game Change As It Happened: When Tina and Amy Nailed Sarah Palin

Greg Mitchell | Posted 05.08.2012

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HBO's film on Sarah Palin and the 2008 campaign, Game Change, will air this weekend. The only thing surprising to me is that anyone at this late date would be surprised by any embarrassing facts about Palin.

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Wall Street Was a Slave Market Before It Was a Financial Center

Alan Singer | Posted 03.18.2012

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December 13, 2011 was the three hundredth anniversary of the law passed by the New York City Common Council that made Wall Street the city's official slave market.

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'The Real Romney': 2008 Campaign Aides Say 'The Bain Way' Didn't Work

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.14.2012

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The failure of Mitt Romney's first run for the White House was, in many regards, an illustration of how inapplicable a background in private equity is...

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'Yes We Can' Was A Romney Reject

HuffingtonPost.com | Max J. Rosenthal | Posted 01.13.2012

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WASHINGTON -- "Yes We Can" was the rallying cry of the Obama campaign in 2008, fueling a belief that his election would prompt meaningful change in Wa...

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Will The Second Time Be The Charm For Romney?

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.13.2011

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WASHINGTON -- While he may be capped at roughly 25 percent support in national polls, it's become accepted theory that Mitt Romney is a smoother presi...

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Crumble

Shan Wells | Posted 10.10.2011

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Obama Bus Tour To Stop In Illinois

Posted 10.10.2011

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President Obama's bus tour through the Midwest next week will hit southern Minnesota, northeastern Iowa and western Illinois--all states he carried in...

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Take the Quiz: Will 2012 Race for White House Top These Wacky Quotes From 2008?

Greg Mitchell | Posted 07.16.2011

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Already the 2012 race for the White House has shaped up as an hysterical ride, at least on the GOP side, but it will have a ways to go to top 2008.

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Obama's Blackberry Moment

Dr. Philip Neches | Posted 05.25.2011

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From the moment Obama lost control of his Blackberry, he started to lose control of his people and his party.

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Political Campaigns -- It's Time for a Change

Ed Gurowitz, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

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We have a short breather until the run-up to the next elections in 2012. Let's demand that our politicians run on the issues.

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Fear...

Jonathan Schmock | Posted 05.25.2011

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When Women Don't Vote, Extremists Win

Terry O'Neill | Posted 05.25.2011

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At least eight candidates currently on today's ballot are on record saying that if elected, they will work to eliminate abortion rights, even in cases of rape, incest or to protect a woman's health.

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The Real Story of How the Media Created a Monster: Sarah Palin

Greg Mitchell | Posted 05.25.2011

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Imagine if McCain had picked even a neutral figure such as a Pawlenty or, say, Kay Bailey Hutchison in 2008. Yes, Obama still would have won. But if McCain hadn't picked Palin, it might have been a real nail biter.

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Generation Y, President Obama, Changing the World, & Smthg we all Have 2 Face: Getting Older

David Helfenbein | Posted 05.25.2011

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As GenYers, let's not forget how those before us did things, including "The Greatest Generation" -- through a handshake, through a meeting, or through a conversation.

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God's Plan

Jonathan Richards | Posted 05.25.2011

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A lot of Republican candidates are running on God's plan this year. But can they produce the original? ...

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Drill, Barack, Drill: Obama Reverses Position On Offshore Drilling (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Ben Craw | Posted 05.25.2011

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President Obama announced today a new energy policy that will open up waters along the southern Atlantic coastline, the eastern Gulf of Mexico, and pa...

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NYPIRG Demands Probe Of Paterson's Controversial 2008 Campaign Trip To Florida

nydailynews.com | By Kenneth Lovett and Stephanie Gaskell | Posted 05.25.2011

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A good-government group is demanding a probe into one of Gov. Paterson's controversial campaign trips to Florida, the Daily News has learned. The New...

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'Game Change' Author John Heilemann On Stephen Colbert (VIDEO)

Comedy Central | Posted 05.25.2011

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John Heilemann, co-author of the new and immediate bestseller "Game Change," spoke to Stephen Colbert on the Colbert Report last night. He refuted Col...

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Obama Online -- Where Are the Young Supporters?

Jose Antonio Vargas | Posted 05.25.2011

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They were ubiquitous, they were tech-savvy, they were vocal -- nearly a year after the election, where are the young Obama supporters?

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Obama Won Last Year Only Because Stephen Colbert Dropped Out!

Greg Mitchell | Posted 05.25.2011

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Barack Obama ended up beating John McCain rather easily one year ago, but Stephen Colbert didn't stay in the race for the White House or Obama could have really been in trouble (for a minute or two, anyway).

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All That Campaigning? It Mattered

Seth Masket | Posted 05.25.2011

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Political scientists have a difficult time showing campaigns actually affect votes. In a new paper, I found that had it not been for Obama's field offices, McCain would have won Florida, Indiana and North Carolina.

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The Writer-in-Chief

Steve Ross | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dreams from My Father had received a few impressive blurbs and favorable reviews, but had sold only a few thousand copies, so had been out of print for years.

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President Obama's Entrepreneurial Mindset

Don McNay | Posted 05.25.2011

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I have not seen much evidence of Obama being in touch with small-town Kentucky, but after reading David Plouffe's new book, The Audacity to Win, I have become convinced that he knows what it takes to run a business.

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