2012 Election

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Media Madness: Going Rogue Over Sarah Palin

Robert Guttman | Posted 11.19.2009 | Media

Read More: Sarah Palin 2012, Politics, Media Criticism, Media, 2012 Election, Going Rogue, Sarah Palin, Media News

Enough already on Palin and her new book! The national media is creating a best seller for the former GOP vice-presidential candidate by its harsh criticisms of her.

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Sarah Palin: Going Rogue to the White House Or Someplace Else?

Joanne Bamberger | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Dnc, John McCain, Rnc, Sarah Palin, Michael Steele, Punditmom, Hillary Clinton, Going Rogue, Rnc Chair, George Bush, 2012 Election, Presidential Campaign, Palin 2012, Jeb Bush, Politics News

When people dismiss Sarah Palin out of hand, I keep thinking one thing -- remember the last politician we scoffed at as not even close to being competent enough for the White House?

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Obama's War and Remembrance Day

Dave Lindorff | Posted 11.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: 2012 Election, Afghanistan Escalation, President Obama, Afghanistan War, Armistice Day, Veteran's Day, Politics News

It is, I would suggest, time for progressives to start searching for a serious, gutsy, plain-speaking candidate to challenge Obama for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination in 2012.

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First Hillary, Now Sarah

Taylor Marsh | Posted 11.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Women, Hillary Clinton, Democrats, 2012 Election, Republicans, Sarah Palin, Politics News

Stranger things than a Sarah Palin comeback have happened. George W. Bush beat Democrats twice. Are people really going to argue that Bush is smarter than Sarah?

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Thank You for (Not) Running for President

Michael Sigman | Posted 11.02.2009 | Media

Read More: Pat Buchanan, Politics, Joe Scarborough, C-Span, Sean Hannity, 2012 Election, John Edwards, Jimmy Carter, Joe Klein, Hamilton Jordan, Newt Gingrich, Presidency, Barack Obama, Media News

In the U.S. any child can grow up to become president. But with our new 24/7 cable/Internet news culture, it's more fun to explain why you're not running for President.

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2012 GOP Candidates as Diverse And Exciting as Their Ideas

Julie Farby | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tim Pawlenty, Republicans, 2012 Presidential Election, Newt Gingrich, 2012 Election, Bobby Jindal, Gop 2012, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Politics News

In the vast wasteland that is the 2012 GOP presidential landscape, fresh-faced stars join seasoned statesman to create a powerful right-wing juggernau...

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Who's Likely to Stick with Obama?

Scott de Marchi | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Yes We Can, 2012 Election, Obama Approval Ratings, George W. Bush, Obama Approval Rating, Obama Approval, Barack Obama, Politics News

If President Obama were a product, what would it mean to be loyal to him? To really understand who will stick with Obama down the road, it's best to look at how one shops, drives, and eats.

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Why Newt Gingrich Won't Run in 2012

Michael J.W. Stickings | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Conservatives, Newt Gingrich, Republican Party, 2012 Election, Republican Primary, Politics News

Gingrich is an attention whore. Whenever he's not getting enough attention, he floats the "I may run for president" bullshit, knowing that the media will lap it up and put him back in the news.

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Deliverance

Steven Weber | Posted 10.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Jeb Bush, 2012 Election, Tea Party, Health Care, George Orwell, Republicans, Politics News

Would a truly patriotic American defend the practice of insanely profitable drug companies charging exorbitant fees for medicines that the elderly and infirm cannot afford?

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Republicans: We're Boxed In By Conservative Commentators

Politico | Jim Vandehei and Mike Allen | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gop Presidential Candidates, Republican Presidential Candidates 2012, Rush Limbaugh, Republican 2012 Election, Republican Party, Republican Rift, GOP Rhetoric, Mitt Romney, 2012 Election, Gop, Tim Pawlenty, Republican Rhetoric, Glenn Beck, Partisan Rhetoric, Gop Rift, Republicans, Politics News

Many top Republicans are growing worried that the party's chances for reversing its electoral routs of 2006 and 2008 are being wounded by the flamboya...

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Fox News Chyron Highlights 2012 Apocalypse Fears

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.21.2009 | Media

Read More: Video, 2012 Election, Chyron of the Day, Fox News, 2012-Apocalypse, Chyron Watch, Media News

It seems that Fox News is keeping abreast of the issues that matter to America and not at all indulging in bizarre, paranoid fantasies. In this case, apparently "many people" believe the world is going to end in 2012.

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Joe Scarborough Shows Yet Again Why He Could Be President Someday

Andy Ostroy | Posted 10.03.2009 | Politics

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There should be no doubt left in anyone's mind that Scarborough is angling for the Oval Office chair. Whether or not he's genuinely fed up with all the reprehensible partisan bickering truly doesn't matter.

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I, Fembot

Ian Gurvitz | Posted 09.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Sarah Palin Book, Joe Scarborough, Carrie Prejean, Sarah Palin Resignation, 2012 Election, Sarah Palin Going Rogue, Sarah Palin, President, Going Rogue, Politics News

For all of Sarah Palin's ambitions to be America's first PILF, it will never happen.

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Exclusive: The First Excerpt from "Going Rogue"

Ben Wyskida | Posted 09.29.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Politics, Celebrities Talk Politics, 2012 Election, Sarah Palin Going Rogue, Books, Going Rogue, Sarah Palin, Comedy News

My father is feels very much proud. Joe the Plumber! Later I will go to the Hawaiian am the graduation from the high school the institute in Honolulu. Moose.

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For Liberty Examines the Kingmakers

J. Bradley Jansen | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: David Boaz, War on Terror, Rasmussen Poll, Antiwar Movement, Grassroots, Markos Moulitsas, Ron Paul, George W. Bush, David Kirby, Thomas Jefferson, Libertarian, Campaign for Liberty, Republican Convention, 2008 Election, CNN Poll, Arianna Huffington, Afghanistan War, Daily Kos, Iraq War, Nicholas Sanchez, Joe Scarborough, Tax Day Tea Parties, For Liberty, David Brooks, Alternative Media, Grover Norquist, Tea Party, Republican Party, Swing Voters, Republicans, 2010 Elections, 2012 Election, Politics News

The documentary For Liberty beautifully shows us what Markos Mousitlas called the only true people-powered campaign in 2008: Ron Paul's campaign.

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Romney Never True to Thine Own Self

Adam Blickstein | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mitt Romney, 2012 Election, Barack Obama, Foreign Policy, Romney Foreign Policy, Romney Obama, Obama Foreign Policy, Politics News

While addressing a neoconservative conference this week in Washington, Mitt Romney, according to reports, discussed a whole host of national security issues he has little to no experience with.

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Republican Party Posts "Looking for Inspirational Black Guy to Run For President in 2012" Ad on Craigslist

Ben Berkon | Posted 09.23.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Chicago Bulls, Scott Pippen, Barak Obama, 2012 Election, Craigslist, Comedy News, Republicans, Ben Berkon, Black Guy, Dick Cheney, Wayans, Comedy News

It may seem like a desperate and even illegal method to recruit presidential candidates, but the Republican Party has been scrambling for ways to compete with their "unfortunately diverse" political rival.

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Sam Stein Discusses Cheney 2012, Condoleeza Rice's Afghanistan Comments On Rachel Maddow Show (VIDEO)

Huff TV | Posted 09.23.2009 | Politics

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Huffington Post political reporter Sam Stein weighs in on Condoleeza Rice's comments on Afghanistan during an appearance Tuesday evening on The Rachel...

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Huckabee Beats Palin For President In 2012 Straw Poll

AP | Posted 11.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Republican Primary Election, 2012 Presidential Election, Mike Huckabee, 2012 Election, Sarah Palin, Mitt Romney, Tim Pawlenty, Huckabee Beats Palin, Voter Values Summit, Sarah Palin President, 2012, Huckabee for President, Republicans, Politics News

WASHINGTON — A straw vote suggests former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee is a favorite among religious conservatives to be president in 2012. That...

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Pawlenty Moving Further Right To Appease Base

Minnesota Star Tribune | Rachel E. Stassen-Berger | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: 2012 Election, Acorn, Tim Pawlenty, Values Voters Summit, Pawlenty Acorn, Pawlenty Value Voters Summit, Politics News

He just moved to block ACORN funding in Minnesota. Last week, he called fears over so-called death panels "legitimate" and "not irrational," and floa...

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With Time, Equality Will Blossom Even in Orange County

Chris Prevatt | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: California Gay Marriage, California, Proposition 8, 2010 Elections, 2012 Election, Prepare to Prevail, Orange County, LGBT Rights, Congressman Bob Dornan, Barack Obama, Gay Marriage, Marriage Equality, Politics News

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.

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Signs Of Trouble For Democrats In 2010

washingtonpost.com | Dan Balz | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Colorado Democrats, 2010 Elections, 2012 Election, President Obama, Trouble for Democrats, Gov. Bill Ritter, Democrats, Sen. Bennet, Colorado, Politics News

Today, the energy that powered Obama to victory has begun to dissipate. Some of his supporters remain on the sidelines; others are, if not disillusion...

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Cheney In 2012? Some Key GOPers Aren't Kidding

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics

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At first, it seemed like a joke. Wall Street Journal columnist James Taranto opined on Monday that -- if the 2012 election were to turn to national se...

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Colbert Takes On Joe Sestak For "Better Know A District" (VIDEO)

Posted 09.06.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Arlen Specter, Stephen Colbert, 2010 Midterms, Video, The Colbert Report, 2012 Election, 2010 Elections, Jack Conway, Congressman Joe Sestak, Jim Bunny, Colbert 2010 Midterms, Comedy News, David Vitter, Comedy, Better Know a District, Joe Sestak, Comedy News

Colbert sat down with Congressman Joe Sestak to discuss his race against Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter on Wednesday night. He also ruminated abo...

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