2012 Campaign

Bigoted White Democrats Are Bigger Danger to President Obama Than Romney

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 05.08.2012

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A racial outburst in New York City, a Democratic Party bastion, points to a danger that could damage Obama's presidential drive in 2008. That's the absolute refusal of some otherwise rock-solid white Democrats to back him.

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Why Don't Politicians Get It With Hispanics?

Gabriel Sanchez Zinny | Posted 04.18.2012

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Calling all of them Latinos, talking to them in Spanish, and focusing only on immigration issues will probably not be the best way to secure their support.

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Mitt Romney At NRA: Beware Of Obama 'Unrestrained By The Demands of Re-Election'

The Huffington Post | Mike Sacks | Posted 04.13.2012

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Speaking at the NRA national convention in St. Louis on Friday, likely GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney warned that re-electing President Barack O...

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Romney And The NRA: A 'Diss' Before Embrace

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.12.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Two hours before then-Gov. Mitt Romney was to sign a bill outlawing assault weapons and small handguns in Massachusetts, John Rosenthal,...

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Rick Santorum Erases All Anti-Romney Content From His Website

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.12.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Rick Santorum may not be ready to endorse Mitt Romney's presidential campaign. But he and his staff are certainly moving swiftly to clea...

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Hilary Rosen Apologizes To Ann Romney, Calls For End To 'Faux War' Against Moms

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 04.13.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Less than 24 hours after it started, the faux war against stay-at-home moms appears to be coming to an end. Democratic strategist Hil...

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Listen To The Songs Driving The 2012 Presidential Race

Posted 04.11.2012

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With Rick Santorum out of the race, Mitt Romney now looks more like the GOP presidential nominee than ever, likely setting up an electoral cage match ...

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OWS Triumphant: Obama, Romney and the Politics of Inequality

Richard Brodsky | Posted 04.05.2012

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What Obama's doing is forcing a debate about the most fundamental question before the nation: Do we govern in the interest of the 1 percent or do we govern in the interest of the 99 percent?

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Mitt Romney's Primary Campaign Covered Similarly To Barack Obama's In 2008

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.23.2012

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WASHINGTON -- An increasingly acrimonious and seemingly never-ending primary campaign was giving party insiders fits. A presidential nomination that s...

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Feel The Burn: 2012 Super PAC Mega-Donors Take Heat Of Political Spotlight

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.14.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Confronting the reality of big-moneyed donors writing million dollar checks on a whim, presidential campaigns and allied groups are reso...

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Mitt Romney's Media Charm Offensive

politico.com | REID J. EPSTEIN | 3/8/12 11:46 AM EST | Posted 05.09.2012

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It's the worst-kept secret of the 2012 campaign: The candidate who does the least public media-bashing -- Mitt Romney -- has the worst relationship of...

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The Year of the Populist Woman

Mike Lux | Posted 05.02.2012

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If all or even most of this class of women senators were to win in 2012, it would be historic, easily the highest quality group of new women senators ever. Progressives should do everything we can to rally behind them and help carry them to victory.

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Can This Woman Defeat Congress' Most Powerful Black Lawmaker?

HuffingtonPost.com | Gene Demby | Posted 03.08.2012

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Not long after Joyce Johnson posted an invitation to a campaign event on her Facebook page, several of the invitees received the following all-caps em...

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The GOP Debate: 20th Time's a Charm

Marvin E. Quasniki | Posted 04.24.2012

The Republican candidates just finished their 20th and (allegedly) final debate. For those keeping score, that's more debates than Santorum kids plus Romney sons plus Gingrich wives plus Paul eyebrows.

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7 Things Novels Can Teach Us About Political Campaigns

| Posted 02.17.2012

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By Sara Benincasa for Bookish: Campaign novels always make for dishy reading, but in a presidential election year, they really get us into the spir...

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Sarah Palin 'Not Convinced' Of Romney's Conservatism

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 02.12.2012

Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has tried as best she can to remain diplomatic when it comes to assessing the state of the 2012 primary race. Her s...

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George Washington and the 2012 Presidential Campaign

Renee Parsons | Posted 04.10.2012

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With no George Washington on the horizon to save the country, it is more than discouraging that such a large, diverse country has yet to produce one, just one, individual worthy of Washington's mantle.

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Colbert & Stewart Get Last Laughs on Super PAC

Anthony Gregory | Posted 04.09.2012

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Stephen Colbert's presidential run was meant to be a joke, but his Super PAC has brought in some serious dough. Along with fellow Comedy Central star Jon Stewart, he has successfully made a mockery of presidential campaign laws.

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Obama Wall Street Fundraising Evaporates As Donors Flee To Romney

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 02.02.2012

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President Barack Obama has been abandoned by the world of finance. Over the course of the 2012 election, his presidential campaign has received abo...

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The Donald Trump Endorsement: What Was Mitt Romney Thinking?

Dan Collins | Posted 04.03.2012

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If you're making a list of the ten most uncomfortable-looking Americans of 2012, you may want to take a look at the clip of Mitt Romney being endorsed by Donald Trump.

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The Republicans' 19th Nervous Breakdown

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 03.31.2012

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It is only a slight overstatement to say that the Republican presidential candidates have debated 19 times and the winner of almost all of those debates has been Barack Obama.

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Newt Looks Back In Anger -- At What?

Jeffrey Shaffer | Posted 03.25.2012

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Basking in the afterglow of his victory in the South Carolina primary, Newt Gingrich made a statement containing a specific time reference that demand...

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Why We Should Be Grateful for Newt Gingrich

Monique Ruffin | Posted 03.25.2012

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Newt Gingrich is the gift that keeps on giving. Why? Because he brings out from the cover of darkness the shadow that exists within us. He makes no apologies for, nor acknowledges his actions that most of us find unforgivable and shameful.

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Does Mitt Romney Need a Sistah Souljah Moment?

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 03.20.2012

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Twenty years ago, Bill Clinton demonstrated his centrist credentials by criticizing controversial rapper Sistah Souljah. Expressing a similar statement about the Tea Party, Rush Limbaugh or some other visible right wing figure would help Romney accomplish the same thing.

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Obama Campaign Ad Defends Energy Record, Fingers Billionaire Brothers As 'Not Tethered' To Facts

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.18.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Obama for America began a nationwide television ad campaign Wednesday afternoon that was telling both for the places it will air and for...

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