2008 Presidential Race

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The Normalizing of the Presidency

David D. Burstein | Posted 09.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: White House, Vice President, Political Commentary, Normalcy, President Obama, Psychology, Presidency, Barack Obama, Government, Politics, American Politics, Obama White House, Political Psychology, Obama Presidency, 2008 Presidential Race, Presidential Election, Politics News

Barack Obama might be one of the most normal presidents we have had in years. His connectedness to the real world is one of the things that made him appealing as a candidate.

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Republican Critics of Obama's School Speech Stoke the Fires of Bigotry in America

Mario Almonte | Posted 11.08.2009 | Politics

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Within the immense pool of 60 million who voted Republican thrives a disturbing core of religious fundamentalists, ultra conservatives, and all-purpose extremists who hates everyone and everything different from them.

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Where Were You a Year Ago Today?

Rachel Sklar | Posted 10.23.2009 | Media

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If you are a political journalist -- or media hanger-on -- chances are you were living out of a suitcase at the 2008 Presidential Conventions, with the Dems nominating Barack Obama in Denver and the GOP nominating John McCain in Minneapolis/St. Paul. Remember those heady days?

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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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She's Out There! Her Name Is Hannah Kuhn-Gale

Amy Sewell | Posted 08.20.2009 | Living

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I'm almost 10 years old and was 7 when I submitted my essay to She's Out There! I am really excited to be one of the girls/women in this anthology.

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It's Not About Political Parties

T. Boone Pickens | Posted 04.06.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, T. Boone Pickens, Oil Imports, Hbo, Democrats, Democratic Party, National Clean Energy Summit, Whoopi Goldberg, Bill Maher, The-Pickens-Plan, Richard Nixon, John Podesta, 2008 Presidential Race, Oil, Harry Reid, Republican Party, Republicans, Green News

Ending our country's addiction to foreign oil isn't about being a Republican or about the Democratic Party. It's about America.

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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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Heritage Foundation: Torturing Facts, Sacrificing the Poor

Pete Aaltman | Posted 02.13.2009 | Green

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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."

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From Barack to Heath to Sarah: My Obligatory List of 2008's WTF Moments

Jamie Frevele | Posted 01.31.2009 | Entertainment

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For me, a WTF moment can be either good or bad, but has to be in some sense a little bit unbelievable, as in "You can't write this stuff." So behold -- my first annual list of WTF moments.

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Mike Duncan's Silence and The Republican Party of Exclusion

Yuna Shin | Posted 01.12.2009 | Politics

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That is why Bobby Jindal and Anh Cao are being heralded as the saviors of the Republicans. Because they see nothing fundamentally wrong with their party, only with its packaging.

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Bobby Jindal, the Republican Strategists and the Last Battle

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 01.02.2009 | Politics

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Positioning Jindal to run in 2012, based on the notion that he could somehow become a Republican Obama, is more of a gimmick than a serious effort to move the party into the post-Bush era.

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I Can't Wait To Have a President Who...

Erica Heller | Posted 12.25.2008 | Style

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7. Isn't afraid of a press conference, sex education, an intellectual, a gay person, stem cell research or as W. called it, "the internets," "3 Shakespeares," or an honest day's work.

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WATCH: Jimmy Kimmel Goes to Black Barbershop to Vet Jokes On Obama

Sean Jacobs | Posted 12.25.2008 | Media

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Jimmy Kimmel goes to a black barbershop to vet jokes on Barack Obama and forgets to pay for his haircut.

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Have We Overcome?

Lara M. Gardner | Posted 12.25.2008 | Politics

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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.

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The Urgency of the President's Council for Faith Based and Neighborhood Partnerships

Paul Raushenbush | Posted 12.24.2008 | Living

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As part of Obama's push towards economic recovery, it is essential that he move swiftly to enlist and support religious allies.

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Barack Obama Could Not Have Won in Africa

Sean Jacobs | Posted 12.22.2008 | Politics

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While most have been taken in by the rest of the world celebrating Obama's victory, others are using his victory to ask hard questions about racism in Europe and democracy in Africa.

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Did John McCain Lose Arizona?

Denis Campbell | Posted 12.19.2008 | Politics

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We still do not have a final Presidential result in the state of Missouri, 14 days after the election. As was shown time and again this election, our nation's voting systems are badly broken.

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President of Earthjustice on Being the Earth's Lawyer Under Obama

Eric Kuhn | Posted 12.19.2008 | Green

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We are eager to work with the new administration. With that being said, we also stand ready to act to hold the new administration accountable if it fails to enforce laws protecting the environment.

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Barack Obama Is 'the Model Kenyan'

Sean Jacobs | Posted 12.19.2008 | Politics

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When Barack Obama, then a new US Senator from Illinois, traveled to Kenya in 2006 (as part of a four-nation tour) to see his grandmother, he was quick...

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The Morning After: A Reflection

Dr. Leo Rangell | Posted 12.16.2008 | Living

Read More: Psychiatry, John McCain, Mental Health, 2008 Presidential Race, George W. Bush, Barry Goldwater, Barack Obama, Living News

Let's get the most out of it. Every Monday morning quarterback looks to see what we learned. What did that, big Tuesday game of Nov. 4 teach us? Where are we now? What's different?

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Cable News Networks Ban Actual News

William Klein | Posted 12.14.2008 | Media

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Just off their mostly news-free coverage of the 2008 presidential campaign, the major news networks have directed their correspondents to refrain from traditional news and stick to glitz.

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What Does An Obama Administration Mean for Latinos?

Daniel Cubias | Posted 12.13.2008 | Politics

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Did this salsa-flavored version of Obama-mania develop because we Latinos believe that the President-elect will be good for Hispanic interests?

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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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Election Brought Hard-Right Nationalism Into Light

Jeffrey Feldman | Posted 12.10.2008 | Politics

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Hard-right nationalism is a monster now fully emerged in America, and to ignore it or simply ridicule it would be a grave mistake and a missed opportunity.

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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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