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2012 Presidential Election

What If the GOP Just Keeps Getting Whiter as America Gets "Browner"?

Ian Reifowitz | Posted 05.13.2013 | Politics
Ian Reifowitz

My hope is that the GOP's leaders read these numbers and adopt both a tone and policy stances that unite rather than divide.

The Republican Party Is Going to the Dogs

Dr. Joe Wenke | Posted 04.17.2013 | Politics
Dr. Joe Wenke

Obviously, the Republican Party wants to die, and as much as I disagree with Republicans on just about everything, I feel compelled to help.

Republican and Catholic Rebranding Isn't Enough

Warren J. Blumenfeld | Posted 04.04.2013 | Politics
Warren J. Blumenfeld

Leaders in both institutions are fooling themselves if they think that merely presenting diverse faces and voices and using simple language to reach "normal people" will lead them to victory.

As Obama Signals Surrender to TransCanada, It's Time to Focus on Keystone XL's Southern Leg

Tom Weis | Posted 03.21.2013 | Green
Tom Weis

Why aren't all Keystone XL opponents loudly demanding that President Obama stop construction of the pipeline's 485-mile southern leg that is destroying the lives of our fellow Americans in Texas and Oklahoma?

Limbaugh In Denial, Urges GOP To Get More Conservative

The Huffington Post | Will Wrigley | Posted 03.19.2013 | Politics

Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh on Monday dismissed a recently released Republican National Committee report that encouraged the party to modern...

Jason Cherkis

'47 Percent' Filmmaker Had Previous Encounter With Romney

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Cherkis | Posted 03.13.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- The bartender who secretly filmed Mitt Romney's infamous "47 percent" remarks at a Boca Raton fundraiser last May had an idea of what th...

Ryan Grim

'47 Percent' Filmmaker Was Snubbed By This Progressive Community

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 03.13.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- The maker of the "47 percent" video that dealt a crushing blow to Mitt Romney's presidential campaign attempted to publish the footage o...

Ryan Grim

You Can't Make This Stuff Up: '47 Percent' Filmmaker Was Hailed For Saving Drowning Woman

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 03.14.2013 | Politics

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. -- The bartender who put himself at risk to do his civic duty by exposing Mitt Romney's damning "47 percent" speech had found himself ...

Jason Cherkis

47 Percent Filmmaker Worried About Not Having Health Insurance

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Cherkis | Posted 03.13.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- After secretly filming Mitt Romney's now-infamous 47 percent remarks, a Florida bartender worried how releasing the tape would affect hi...

Following My Heart

Judy Frankel | Posted 05.06.2013 | Politics
Judy Frankel

Everyone tells you to listen to your heart. Follow your dreams. Don't ever give up on pursuing what you really want, your deepest desires. Express your innermost self! Become your authentic you, and live your unique life.

Lucia Graves

Mitt Romney: 'It Kills Me Not To Be There In The White House'

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 03.04.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Mitt Romney said Sunday that until late into the evening on Election Day 2012, he thought he was going to win the presidency. "By 8 o...

The Decade of Data: President Obama's Reelection Campaign Analytics

James Grundvig | Posted 04.24.2013 | Politics
James Grundvig

In 2007, who could have predicted the data tsunami of today? Not when Skype was in beta, Apple's store for its then-new product iPhone wasn't open for business yet, and Google hadn't acquired the Android mobile platform.

Strengthening the State of Our Union

Tori Taylor | Posted 04.17.2013 | College
Tori Taylor

We already know young Americans were a decisive voting bloc in the 2012 election cycle; it wasn't a fluke. But showing up at the voting booth isn't enough. It's time to get involved and serve our country and the next generation by helping the president move this country forward.

Democrats Still Need Jews, and Vice-Versa

Shai Franklin | Posted 04.14.2013 | Politics
Shai Franklin

Jewish Democrats have their work cut out for them, within both the Democratic Party and the Jewish community. But the work remains useful to the former, critical to the latter, and indispensable to the Jewish State.

Laid-Off Employee Of Bain-Owned Company To Attend SOTU

The Huffington Post | Preston Maddock | Posted 02.11.2013 | Politics

A laid-off employee from a company owned by Bain Capital will join Rep. Cheri Bustos (D-Ill.) as her guest at the State of the Union address on Tuesda...

Not All Republicans Support Electoral College Rules Change

The Huffington Post | Lisa_Miller | Posted 01.25.2013 | Politics

Florida House Speaker Will Weatherford (R) spoke out against the GOP's latest attempt at strategizing for 2016, saying that his state would not go alo...

Aaron Bycoffe

LOOK: How The GOP Would Redraw The Electoral Map

HuffingtonPost.com | Aaron Bycoffe | Posted 02.01.2013 | Politics

Republicans have a new strategy for 2016: Change the rules of presidential elections in order to swing the Electoral College in the GOP's favor. On...

Building America Forward -- An Open Letter to the President

Lisa Mae Brunson | Posted 03.25.2013 | Politics
Lisa Mae Brunson

This is your defining moment, Mr. Obama. How do we move forward now? I don't envy your position and I find it to be the most difficult job in the world right now. I support you on this journey and I am ready to move Forward.

Racism and Obama: The Dog That Didn't Bark (Twice)

Ian Reifowitz | Posted 03.17.2013 | Politics
Ian Reifowitz

It suggests quite strongly that a generic non-white candidate for president starts out on at least an even footing with a generic white candidate. Why?

End of Year Reflections on American Culture and Politics

Paul Stoller | Posted 03.01.2013 | Politics
Paul Stoller

It is clear that lists of events are sometimes indicative of social and political change, but do they tell us anything about the state of contemporary American culture and politics? Here is my anthropological take.

Cliff Hanger: The President's Unnecessary and Unwise Concessions

Robert Reich | Posted 02.19.2013 | Politics
Robert Reich

Hands off Social Security. If the Republicans are willing to raise tax rates on high earners but demand more spending cuts in return, the president should offer larger cuts in defense spending and corporate welfare.

The Efficient Use of Money

Theodore R. Daniels | Posted 02.18.2013 | Home
Theodore R. Daniels

While most people would not enjoy the process of analyzing and budgeting expenditures it is something that must be done. The inefficient and useless expenditure of money can be major impediments to accomplishing your financial goals.

Top 10 PR Blunders of 2012

Rich Robinson | Posted 02.17.2013 | Media
Rich Robinson

If we're talking about the biggest PR blunders of 2012, than the list is the exclusive purview of the Republican Party and its standard-bearer, Willard "Mitt" Romney.

Notes on London Theater

Carla Seaquist | Posted 02.13.2013 | Arts
Carla Seaquist

As a playwright, I relish the abundance of serious drama on offer in what many consider the theater capital of the world; I also admire how seriously Londoners take their theater.

Post-Election Analysis: Change the Game in Colorado

Peg Perl | Posted 02.09.2013 | Denver
Peg Perl

As a much-hyped swing state, Colorado is on the brink of a constant cycle of struggles over control of elections subject to national scrutiny.