2008 Elections

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Left, Right & Center: 9/11 Trials, Afghanistan, Asia, Job Summit, Fort Hood

Huff Radio | Posted 11.13.2009 | Politics

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What will Obama do in Afghanistan? Without jobs, can Democrats win the next round of elections? And a second look at the Fort Hood massacre.

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I Accept Your Peace Prize: An Open Letter to the Nobel Committee

Noam Biale | Posted 10.09.2009 | World

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This year's prize is a recognition not just of nine months of leadership, but of a generation of civil rights struggle that culminated in November's election.

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There's a Reason the Rockies Are Purple Mountain Majesties: Dems Shouldn't Take Anything for Granted in the West

Laura Chapin | Posted 11.18.2009 | Denver

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Ron Brownstein has written a cautionary tale and sound advice to Democrats who might get complacent over the blue tide sweeping the Rockies.

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Renegade and Dreams of My Absent Father

Don McNay | Posted 09.08.2009 | Media

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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.

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Minnesota Senate Race: Pile Of Unopened Absentee Ballots Falls To A Few Hundred

AP | BRIAN BAKST | Posted 05.07.2009 | Politics

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ST. PAUL, Minn. — The pile of unopened absentee ballots that could be counted for Minnesota's delayed Senate contest between Al Franken and Norm...

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Those Republicans Know How to Throw a Party

Rick Horowitz | Posted 03.13.2009 | Politics

Is it curious that the Republicans suddenly remembered that they're against government spending at the same moment that a guy with a "D" after his name moved into the White House?

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Bernard Goldberg's "Bias" Against the Facts

Karl Frisch | Posted 02.28.2009 | Media

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Just shy of a week after Obama took the oath of office, there's a new tome out by Bernard Goldberg that seeks to trash the supposedly liberal "mainstream media" for being in the tank for Obama.

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The Obama Money Machine

Daniel Lubetzky | Posted 02.19.2009 | Politics

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I am so enormously turned off by all the emails I keep getting from the Obama "campaign" asking me for more money! What are they going to do with this money?

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What a Difference An Election Makes -- SCHIP Health Care for 11 Million Kids

Christine Pelosi | Posted 02.14.2009 | Politics

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With a stroke of his pen, Barack Obama will soon change America's priorities - spending the equivalent of 40 days in Iraq to provide health care for over 10 million children a year.

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Ad Tactics: New and Old Mix It Up in 2008, But What Did We Learn?

Neg Norton | Posted 02.09.2009 | Media

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The political campaigns did not shy away from the tried and true; the 30-second television ad, the direct mail flyer, yard signs, bumper stickers are alive and well.

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Coleman Should Concede to Victorious Senator Franken

Brian Normoyle | Posted 02.03.2009 | Politics

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Coleman's earlier admonishments about healing quickly and sparing taxpayer dollars have given way to a stubborn refusal to be a man of his word.

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Last US House Seat Filled on Grave of Stolen 2004 Election

Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman | Posted 01.12.2009 | Politics

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This year, the Ohio Secretary of State is Democrat Jennifer Brunner... Brunner repeatedly went to court to defend an expanded right to vote and have as many votes counted as possible.

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Why Are Congressional Democrats Giving in to Bush on the Auto Bailout?

Mitchell Bard | Posted 01.10.2009 | Politics

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You would think that winning the White House and overwhelming majorities in both houses of Congress would instill some backbone into Democrats on Capitol Hill. You would, of course, be wrong.

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NRA Is Firing Blanks

Michael Markarian | Posted 12.31.2008 | Politics

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The NRA spent millions supporting John McCain for President and trying to tarnish the image of Barack Obama, and have little to show for it, given that Obama won swing states where the NRA was most active.

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Arab- and Muslim-Bashing Failed in '08

James Zogby | Posted 12.29.2008 | Politics

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None of the Muslim-bashing during this political season dissuaded Arab Americans and American Muslims from playing a significant role in the elections, from the presidential contest to state and local races.

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What They Should Be Eating This Thanksgiving (And what's eating me)

Erica Heller | Posted 12.27.2008 | Style

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Thursday promises the same humdrum cavalcade of Thanksgiving foods for all: turkey, stuffing, cranberries, yams and pumpkin pie. But what really belongs on the menu of these notables this year?

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Prejudice Alive and Well in the 2008 Elections

Abby L. Ferber | Posted 12.19.2008 | Politics

Of course people always want to know if the children of LGBT parents are more likely to grow up to become gay or lesbian themselves. The answer is no.

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The Scoop on the MN Senate Race Recount

ProPublica | Posted 12.15.2008 | Politics

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Minnesota has gotten unusually high marks from experts for its record of election oversight. The recount will test how well Minnesota's procedures hold up under the closest scrutiny.

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Election Data: Military Communities Shift Democratic in 2008

Brandon Friedman | Posted 12.14.2008 | Politics

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The military communities that have paid the most in time and lives lost over the past seven years have moved considerably away from both Bush's policies and McCain's attempts to extend them.

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Election 2008 Odds and Ends -- Waiting for Missouri and Alaska, Pro-Marijuana Initiatives and More...

Chris Weigant | Posted 12.11.2008 | Politics

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We have had a virtual news blackout on what is going on in the two states we're waiting for -- Missouri's presidential results, and Alaska's senatorial results. Here is what I managed to find out.

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Friday Talking Points [54] -- Republican Fossilization

Chris Weigant | Posted 12.08.2008 | Politics

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Welcome back to Friday Talking Points. Of course, the big question on everyone's mind right now is: What is going on up in Minnesota? Al Franken is t...

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Ten Surprises about Election '08

Rob Richie | Posted 12.07.2008 | Politics

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My colleagues and I developed this analysis over the past couple days. Highlights include * The Electoral College landscape of true swing states in f...

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The Reason Lieberman Must Go

Jeffrey Feldman | Posted 12.07.2008 | Politics

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The Republican Party falsely accused Obama of hastening the genocide of the Jewish people -- while Sen. Lieberman gave this strategy his seal of approval by campaigning for McCain.

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Bob Novak Just Doesn't Get It

Brian Normoyle | Posted 12.07.2008 | Politics

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The President-Elect flipped eight Bush states to the blue column and managed to get two states to elect a Democrat for President for the first time in nearly half a century.

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