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GOP: This Is Your Future Calling (and Sorry, It's Brown)

Frank Sharry | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics

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Frank Sharry

Republican politicians have been guilty of using immigrants as a wedge issue for so long that they are in real danger of sacrificing their future with Latino, minority, and swing voters.

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Media Playground: Obama Calls on HuffPost, Michael Calderone Pouts, Ben Smith Calls Us Names, Dana Milbank Gets His Facts All Wrong

Arianna Huffington | Posted 07.24.2009 | Media

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Arianna Huffington

This was an exciting moment for new media and citizen engagement. It's a pity so many in the traditional media didn't get it. READ MORE Lobbyists on a Roll: Gutting Reform on Banking, Energy, and Health Care Remember all that change Americans voted for in November? Well, there's been a change in the plans for change. The detour has come courtesy of a familiar nemesis: DC lobbyists. READ MORE New York, New York, It's a Helluva Town... And Gets Its Own Section: Introducing HuffPost New York HuffPost New York brings you the best New York news coverage, plus a collection of bloggers eager to share their takes on everything from local politics to the city's fashion, food, and entertainment. READ MORE

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Huckabee: "Maria" Sotomayor Comes From "The Far Left"

Huffington Post | Susan Crile | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics

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Mike Huckabee was ahead of the pack today in releasing a statement criticizing President Obama's nomination of Sonia Sotomayor for the Supreme Court. ...

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Jason Linkins

Steve Schmidt, McCain Campaign Manager: 'When Lehman Collapsed...The Campaign Was Finished'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2009 | Media

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Ben Smith reports on a joint appearance by opposing campaign gurus Steve Schmidt and David Plouffe, who gave the students of the University of Delawar...

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Rahm Emanuel's Think Tankers Enforce 'Message Discipline' Among 'Liberals'

Jeremy Scahill | Posted 05.10.2009 | Politics

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Jeremy Scahill

Independent journalists have tried to shine a spotlight on how groups like the Center for American Progress and MoveOn are now supporting the continuation of wars because their guy is now commander-in-chief.

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Liberal Bloggers To White House: We're Not Stenographers

firedoglake.com | Posted 05.09.2009 | Politics

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Ben Smith has an article on Common Purpose, one of the many groups Rahm Emanuel has set up to coordinate messaging among liberal interest groups. The...

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HuffPo Readers Wax Poetic in Comments

Paul Peete | Posted 11.26.2008 | Home

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Paul Peete

In the comment section of a recent story on the Huffington Post, posters started making up limericks and poetry about the article's subject, Gov. Palin.

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Right-Wing Bloggers Leave Their Stain On The Campaign

Eric Boehlert | Posted 11.01.2008 | Media

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Eric Boehlert

Last week was a perfect example of how the conservative blogosphere's leading lights have been demoted to ridicule, simply because their efforts have become so thoroughly laughable.

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Sarah Palin Choice: Republicans Try to Telegraph That "Murphy Brown" Has Become a Social Conservative

Steve Clemons | Posted 10.04.2008 | Politics

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Steve Clemons

Politico's Ben Smith has posted a hot mic clip of Peggy Noonan and Mike Murphy trashing the McCain selection of Sarah Palin. I've been having cha...

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P.O.W., It's the New Teflon

Logan Nakyanzi Pollard | Posted 09.27.2008 | Politics

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Logan Nakyanzi Pollard

McCain has been tweaking his P.O.W. story, with some variation, for many years. For Democrats, critiquing its overuse is too little, too late.

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Carville Knocks Politico Reporter: "I Don't Know If I'd Know Ben Smith If He Fell On Me"

Huffington Post | Posted 07.05.2008 | Politics

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James Carville appeared on CNN Friday night to talk with Anderson Cooper about just how behind Obama the Clintons really are. During the discussion Co...

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Personal Democracy Forum: Blogging The Thin Nerdy Line

Mayhill Fowler | Posted 07.03.2008 | Home

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Mayhill Fowler

I'm speaking on a panel titled "Reinventing Political Media." Not surprisingly, few of the media being "reinvented" show up for what sounds like a dousing of Chinese Cultural Revolution-style re-education.

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Hillary Agrees To NBC Debate

Talking Points Memo | Greg Sargent | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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The Clinton campaign has just confirmed to me that contrary to expectations, she will in fact be taking part in the NBC debate in Ohio on Feb. 26th, a...

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Hillary Says Putin Has No Soul

Politico | Ben Smith | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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This isn't going to play well in Moscow. Speaking in Hampton this evening, Hillary Rodham Clinton said the president of Russia "doesn't have a soul."...

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