We can't just sit back and expect a perfect health reform bill to emerge -- we have to be ready to work for it. It's now up to us to make sure the health insurance industry doesn't convince legislators to oppose reform
POLITICO | Andie Coller | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics
For Republicans looking forward to the first Bush-free election in a decade, the book publishing schedule is the bearer of bad news: Between New Year'...
Gavin Newsom | Posted 10.13.2009 | Politics
If we're going to put California back on the leading edge, we have to fix our broken system. Please join me in supporting a California Constitutional Convention and help participate in shaping it.
Colin Delany | Posted 10.12.2009 | Politics
Political professionals trained in the broadcast era often have trouble adapting to the back-and-forth nature of online media, but the rewards for embracing it can be tremendous.
New York Times | JOHN HARWOOD | Posted 10.12.2009 | Politics
New Jersey Republicans complain that Gov. Jon Corzine, a Democrat, has turned nasty to gain ground in his re-election bid this year. Republicans elsew...
Wall Street Journal | By NAFTALI BENDAVID | Posted 10.11.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON -- Republicans are stepping up attacks on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, deciding that a major part of their 2010 electoral strategy will be l...
Joe The Nerd Ferraro | Posted 10.08.2009 | Politics
As I start to exhale, I am realizing, personally, that Specter is not right for Pennsylvania at this time.
Wall Street Journal | GERALD F. SEIB | Posted 10.08.2009 | Politics
A big question hangs over American politics: Could next year be 1994 all over again? That was the year a bitter debate over health care led to a disa...
Posted 10.08.2009 | Denver
Update: From the AP: Former U.S. Rep. Scott McInnis says he raised nearly $550,000 for his gubernatorial campaign in the latest quarter, topping th...
Colin Delany | Posted 10.06.2009 | Technology
Obama's public image will shape the political environment in 2010, of course, but plenty of politicians and political professionals on all sides will also look to his ground-breaking online campaign as an inspiration.
AP | VALERIE BAUMAN | Posted 10.05.2009 | New York
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York Gov. David Paterson keeps sinking in the public's opinion, and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is stuck in the vortex: She has t...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.05.2009 | Politics
A host of conservative politicos and media personalities insisted this weekend that the forthcoming congressional elections would be a repeat of the s...
Morgan Warners | Posted 12.01.2009 | Politics
To what extent does the GOP have to do anything substantive, as opposed to just changing tone and message, in order to get big gains?
Posted 11.30.2009 | Denver
Former Speaker of the Colorado House Andrew Romanoff's recent announcement that he would challenge incumbent Senator Michael Bennet for the Democratic...
AP | JULIET WILLIAMS | Posted 11.29.2009 | Politics
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Attorney General Jerry Brown has taken the first step toward running for governor, filing official paperwork with the Secretary o...
The Hill | Posted 11.29.2009 | Politics
Democrats see the midterm elections as a referendum on President Obama and insist he become heavily involved in their outcome. House Democrats see ...
John R. Bohrer | Posted 11.28.2009 | New York
Christie is now on film, getting short with someone for daring to question the whims of the health care industry.
The Denver Post | Michael Riley | Posted 11.27.2009 | Denver
WASHINGTON -- Not long after news leaked last month that Andrew Romanoff was determined to make a Democratic primary run against Sen. Michael Bennet, ...
J. Bradley Jansen | Posted 11.26.2009 | Politics
The documentary For Liberty beautifully shows us what Markos Mousitlas called the only true people-powered campaign in 2008: Ron Paul's campaign.
Mark Joseph | Posted 11.25.2009 | Politics
Sen. Boxer, who has coasted to victories over a series of weak candidates, may face the challenge of her lifetime should State Assemblyman Chuck DeVore make it to the show.
The Denver Post | Lynn Bartels | Posted 11.25.2009 | Denver
A new group headed by Republican operative Sean Tonner released a poll Thursday that should make gubernatorial candidate Scott McInnis happy. The pol...
Dylan Loewe | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics
With the fringe growing to become the only voice of the GOP, will those who are frustrated with Democrats really see the Republican party as a worthy alternative?
fivethirtyeight.com | Posted 11.22.2009 | Politics
One of the things about the so-called Gang of Six -- the group of Senators to which Max Baucus issued an exclusive invitation to participate in health...
Laura Chapin | Posted 11.18.2009 | Denver
Ron Brownstein has written a cautionary tale and sound advice to Democrats who might get complacent over the blue tide sweeping the Rockies.
Chris Prevatt | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics
Orange County, like the rest of California, has grown more diverse and more moderate over the last generation. Yet its reputation as a conservative, antigay bastion persists, despite evidence to the contrary.
Lee Fisher | Posted 10.15.2009 | Politics