2008 Election

Renegade and Dreams of My Absent Father

Don McNay | Posted 09.08.2009 | Media


Don McNay

Obama's election was not only a door opener for people of color. It also showed that people with absent dads, or no dad at all, can grow up and live in the White House.

Universal Healthcare: A Matter of Political Will (Updated)

Christine Pelosi | Posted 08.17.2009 | Politics


Christine Pelosi

Elections have consequences: we voted for universal health care and intend to get it done.

Palin: "How Ya' Gonna Keep Her in Alaska, After She's Seen DC?"

Joan E. Dowlin | Posted 08.07.2009 | Politics


Joan E. Dowlin

In her short campaign as the GOP Vice Presidential candidate in the 2008 Presidential election it seems that Sarah Palin got addicted to the spotlight of national politics.

This Fourth of July, the Quest to Save Democracy Continues

John Wellington Ennis | Posted 08.03.2009 | Media


John Wellington Ennis

Just because the black guy won in November doesn't mean election fraud, voter suppression, and systematic disenfranchisement is gone.

How Twitter Will Realize Obama's Bipartisan Vision

Maegan Carberry | Posted 07.30.2009 | Media


Maegan Carberry

With respect to bipartisanship, is hope lost, or is a seed planted that will continue to grow into 2010, 2012, 2016?

Women in the Media: A Night of Recognition

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 07.25.2009 | Media


Marcia G. Yerman

The Women's Media Center was packed with women active in old and new media, advocacy, and culture.

Where was the twittered outrage for #ourownbackyard?

Max Keiser | Posted 07.21.2009 | Politics


Max Keiser

In the lead up to the US elections less than a year ago, protesters gathered at the party conventions. The police were waiting for them.

Two Parties No Party for America

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 07.19.2009 | Politics


Charles Karel Bouley

Our leaders have all morphed in to one large, non-identified, political animal that proports to stand for something but has ended up standing for very little at all.

Commerce Secretary Locke: Rail Can Revive Auto Industry

Susan J. Demas | Posted 07.06.2009 | Business


Susan J. Demas

Linking up with rail makes perfect sense for a contracting industry, at a time when environmental and economic factors make expanding public transit a necessity.

The Secret Superdelegate War Revealed

Erik Ose | Posted 07.05.2009 | Politics


Erik Ose

It was one year ago today that Hillary Clinton announced plans to suspend her campaign for the Democratic nomination, and urged her supporters to unite behind Barack Obama.

Blame It on Dick Cheney, Blame It on Obama: Pop Music Gets Political

David Parker | Posted 06.28.2009 | Comedy


David Parker

  • "My Life Would Suck Without You," Kelly Clarkson. Centrists love this song because Harry Reid used it to convince Arlen Specter to become a Democrat.

  • Think Again: Blogosphere to Mainstream Media: Get Off the Bus (and Walk a Mile in Our Shoes)

    Eric Alterman | Posted 06.22.2009 | Media


    Eric Alterman

    Dowd's accident is yet another sign of how traditional media outlets are increasingly (and to their credit) taking cues from the reporters and commentators that populate the blogosphere.

    Are Americans Still Stupid?*

    Rick Shenkman | Posted 06.15.2009 | Politics


    Rick Shenkman

    Misinformation is as apt to be swallowed by people as factual information. More troubling, voters don't seem to know where to turn for reliable information.

    One-Fourth Of Overseas Votes Go Uncounted: Report

    AP | JIM ABRAMS | Posted 06.13.2009 | Politics


    WASHINGTON — One out of every four military personnel and other Americans living abroad may have been thwarted in their efforts to vote in the 2...

    Obama Makes America Sexier to Swedes

    Nathan Hegedus | Posted 06.07.2009 | World


    Nathan Hegedus

    Applications to study in the US are up 30 percent in the Nordic countries, and interest in Sweden has grown by 20 percent. Placement agencies are calling it "Obama fever."

    Arthur Delaney

    Millions Wasted On Voter Registration In 2008 Election: Study

    HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 06.06.2009 | Politics


    Local counties wasted millions of dollars in cumbersome, error-ridden voter registration processes in the 2008 election, a new study finds. A survey...

    Mr. Coleman Doesn't Go to Washington

    Michael Wolff | Posted 05.16.2009 | Politics


    Michael Wolff

    Norm Coleman has gone from a man of infinite phony-baloney social charm to a demanding, insistent, miserably drunk guest who doesn't know when to leave.

    The Prop 8 Monologues, Vol. 2 of 2: The Law is Gay

    Steven Shehori | Posted 05.16.2009 | Politics


    Steven Shehori

    The truth however, is that despite Prop 8, gay marriage has been embraced in California since that first studio exec flew business class out of the Earth's primordial goo four billion years ago.

    Teabagging: Redux Anti-Intellectualism

    Stuart Whatley | Posted 05.15.2009 | Politics


    Stuart Whatley

    Why the hell is this populist, boastful ignorance being actively encouraged and exploited by conservative corporate lobbyists, Fox News and, indeed, the Republican Party?

    Why Immigration Reform Now Isn't Such a Bad Idea

    Dylan Loewe | Posted 05.10.2009 | Politics


    Dylan Loewe

    There is some trepidation among Democrats as to whether an issue as thorny as immigration might distract from this year's debate on health care, energy and education.

    American Voting System Still Broken

    Jacob Soboroff | Posted 04.18.2009 | Politics


    Jacob Soboroff

    If it ain't broke, don't fix it, goes the expression. Well, according to the New York Times, the American voting system is broken. So let's fix it. Fo...

    One Second Before Midnight

    Al Petrone | Posted 04.17.2009 | Politics


    Al Petrone

    Science tells us the earth is over 4.7 billion years old, with all of modern history and human civilization only occurring within the last 5,000 to 10...

    Grassley and the Chorus of Doubt

    Stephen Herrington | Posted 04.14.2009 | Politics


    Stephen Herrington

    How is it possible to disprove anything more thoroughly than Supply Side economics, and all its attendant Laissez Faire excesses, have been disproved,...

    Where the Minnesota Senate Race Stands

    Senate Guru | Posted 04.13.2009 | Politics


    Senate Guru

    The legal teams have made their closing arguments and the trial has concluded as the three-judge panel will now deliberate for, likely, a period of weeks to determine who won the 2008 U.S. Senate race in Minnesota.

    Congressional Democrats Made a Big Mistake Including Earmarks in the Spending Bill

    Mitchell Bard | Posted 04.02.2009 | Politics


    Mitchell Bard

    Democrats in Congress could really use a lesson in the art of politics from President Obama. They have handed the Republicans a legitimate issue to complain about, and there isn't a single good reason for it.