Friday Talking Points [60] -- Democratic Assertiveness Training
What a week! With Congress back in session, with the excitement of newly-elected members being sworn in (or barred at the door, as the case may be), ...
What a week! With Congress back in session, with the excitement of newly-elected members being sworn in (or barred at the door, as the case may be), ...
Chris Weigant | Posted 01.26.2009 | Politics
Love her or hate her, you have to admit that John McCain's selection of Sarah Palin for the Republican ticket this year was without any doubt the boldest political tactic of the year.
Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 12.13.2008 | Media
It's interesting that at a time when the Republican Party is facing its most bitter internal battles, Nagourney chooses to ignore that story and jumps head first into "analyzing" non-existent antagonisms among Democrats.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.11.2008 | Politics
After four years at the helm of the Democratic National Committee, Howard Dean is preparing to relinquish his chairmanship. Dean, who has been servi...
Andrew Sprung | Posted 12.01.2008 | Home
In July 2008, Roz Blau, was looking for the next major connection in her life. Recently retired after a 27-year career as a social worker, she had mov...
Dawn Teo | Posted 11.27.2008 | Home
PHOENIX -- Although John McCain was ahead in his home state by 14 points at the end of September, a spate of new polls reveals a substantial shift, pu...
Pete Cenedella | Posted 11.25.2008 | Politics
This is a birthday card to James Carville, on a day when polls show most Americans rejecting the negative campaigns and the spin-mongering that he has...
Cristina Chang | Posted 08.13.2008 | Home
Can the "50 state strategy" help the down-ticket candidates? I sat down with a proud liberal trying to unseat a conservative incumbent in California.
Chris Weigant | Posted 07.31.2008 | Politics
I had the chance recently to interview two professors in the field of statistics (from Yale University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology),...
Nathaniel Bach | Posted 07.29.2008 | Home
Obama's fifty-state strategy is not about his winning these states in this election. It's about "trickle up" politics and grassroots efforts on a national scale, all of which will help sow the seeds of future Democratic majorities.
Daniel Nichanian | Posted 07.25.2008 | Home
The ground continues to shift to Obama in deep red territory. Montana, Nebraska and the Dakotas battleground states? Believe it. Obama is on air and on the ground, and for now he is running unopposed.
AP | NEDRA PICKLER | Posted 07.23.2008 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean is embarking on a voter registration bus tour he hopes will help push Dixie to t...
WS | Posted 07.23.2008 | Politics
Bill Sali is defying the political odds by making Idaho's first-district congressional race competitive. That isn't good for Mr. Sali: He is the incum...
Amanda Michel | Posted 07.11.2008 | Home
Starting last week OffTheBus's Special Ops members set out on their first assignment assignment to check out what was going on at local and state party headquarters across the country. In this slide show you'll see what a handful of what our team of citizen-reporters found (and didn't find) when they hit the ground.
Simon Rosenberg | Posted 07.03.2008 | Politics
McCain is a weak and bumbling candidate, ill-suited for a presidential race, and is still struggling to bring his party together. His polling numbers have slipped from the low 40s to 38, 36 -- and now 33.
Amanda Coyne | Posted 07.01.2008 | Home
When the FBI arrived in 2006 brandishing warrants, the official Democratic Party line was: "It's a sad day for Alaska." But many of us could barely contain our glee. We'd been screaming about corruption forever.
Chris Weigant | Posted 06.24.2008 | Politics
Alaska is going to be very close this year. This stems from Republican office-holders apparently trying to take the "first in political corruption" award away from Louisiana.
HuffingtonPost.com | Nico Pitney | Posted 06.21.2008 | Politics
As the man who guided (and pressured and arm-twisted) Democrats to historic congressional gains in 2006, what is Rep. Rahm Emanuel doing now about par...
Chris Weigant | Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics