The Secret Superdelegate War Revealed
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.
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.
Tom McCaffrey | Posted 03.10.2009 | Comedy
During the Vietnam War George W. Bush was handed a cushy assignment in the Texas National Guard thanks to his powerful connections. This ensured that ...
Jason Pollock | Posted 02.19.2009 | Style
I would like to take a moment to reflect on what Shepard Fairey has done to our world in the last year.
Pia Sawhney | Posted 02.05.2009 | Politics
After learning more about Daschle's decision to pull out, I posted an OpEd, published weeks earlier in The Nation, to my Facebook page. It was titled, "Missing Howard Dean."
Karl Frisch | Posted 01.28.2009 | Media
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.
Mark Nickolas | Posted 01.22.2009 | Media
Rarely did a week go by during the general election that Morris predicted the 180-degree opposite of what would eventually transpire. It was astounding for its consistency.
Erik Ose | Posted 01.20.2009 | Politics
Eight years ago, the country was experiencing an entirely different sort of Inauguration Day. On January 20, 2001, people were outraged.
Pete Aaltman | Posted 01.13.2009 | Green
The Heritage Foundation celebrated a study that concludes that "higher temperatures reduce agricultural output in poor countries" and "lead to reductions in industrial output, aggregate investment, scientific research, and political stability."
Lea Lane | Posted 01.08.2009 | Politics
Has it been only two months since the presidential campaign ended?
Marlene H. Phillips | Posted 01.07.2009 | Politics
What happened to the John McCain who gave such a moving concession speech, the John McCain who talked about working together and healing our country?
Alexander Heffner | Posted 01.03.2009 | Politics
A year after Obama swept through Iowa in magical fashion to stun the political establishment, he is less than twenty days away from being inaugurated the 44th POTUS.
Paula B. Mays | Posted 12.23.2008 | Living
The election of Obama also offers a chance for redemption: redemption from allowing unprovoked warfare, tacitly accepting torture, and permitting a denegation of our civil rights.
Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 12.15.2008 | Politics
Obama's record-shattering fundraising was a key piece of his election victory allowing him to not only dominate the airwaves, but to implement his campaign's brilliantly planned field campaign.
Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 12.10.2008 | Politics
This recent election showed us that many old assumptions about presidential elections are wrong; figuring out the new assumptions will be essential to the future success of both parties.
Lara M. Gardner | Posted 11.24.2008 | Politics
In spite of Obama's election, what America has not given up and seems loathe to give up, regardless how far backward we move socially, morally, and legally, is religion.
Ben Cohen | Posted 11.17.2008 | Media
Coulter's solution to Republican problems is for it to become even more extreme than it already is. It's a recipe for disaster (and hopefully one that the Republicans decide to try).
Barbara Dehn | Posted 11.14.2008 | Living
Clearly the entire country is coming to terms with the outcome of the election. Many are getting back to their routines, others are more engaged in current events.
Jim Schumacher and Debbie Bookchin | Posted 11.14.2008 | Politics
Our friends implore us for Obama buttons or any other campaign memorabilia we can find, and it seems as if every Italian stranger we've encountered has been unable to contain themselves with excitement.
Ricardo Rossello | Posted 11.14.2008 | Politics
Ever since Obama's historic election as the first African-American President, the pundits have been trying to demystify the voter attitudes and behavior that led to this unprecedented outcome.
Erik Ose | Posted 11.14.2008 | Politics
With the post-election analysis season almost over, it's worth taking one final look at some of the characters who ensured President-elect Obama would make it to the White House.
Aemilia Scott | Posted 11.13.2008 | Politics
To keep us from making some unhealthy choices in the future, presidential campaigns need to be read with the eye of the consumer.
Mike Papantonio | Posted 11.13.2008 | Media
I was advised to take a break from political clutter and that peculiar kind of tunnel vision that develops when we focus too closely on any tiny part of the huge world around us.
Jane Devin | Posted 11.13.2008 | Politics
If we can dream it, it is possible. A battle to revitalize the human spirit requires no enemies, and a revolution of peace requires no violence.
ProPublica | Posted 11.11.2008 | Politics
Adding to the mystery of the missing Alaskan voters, there was the fact that the poll predictions were wrong.
Kirk Snyder | Posted 11.11.2008 | Business
It's clear that the reason so many young people became involved with the Obama campaign was because he reached them based on an understanding about these new rules for communication.
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Erik Ose | Posted 06.04.2009 | Politics