Had their disagreements precluded a meeting, the fertile common ground that the pope and the president share on values like economic justice, health care and workers' rights would lie fallow.
The HIll | Posted 08.08.2009 | Politics
The Democrats are fighting back on the GOP's stimulus criticism. The majority party is no longer content just to let the stimulus debate play out in ...
Larry Gellman | Posted 08.06.2009 | Politics
We have never been more reliant on the generosity of others and less able to act like grown-ups and fend for ourselves than any time since the Revolution.
David Epstein | Posted 08.06.2009 | Politics
What Palin's announcement really signifies is the final link in the chain confirming voters' choices across the board in last November's elections.
The Atlantic | Posted 08.02.2009 | Politics
The new tech wave in politics is now going a step further: Democrats are raising money directly on Twitter....
AP | KIMBERLY HEFLING | Posted 08.01.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — New York Rep. Carolyn Maloney has decided to challenge Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand in the state's Democratic primary, setting the stage...
Andy Ostroy | Posted 08.01.2009 | Politics
Will Andy Samberg be the first politician to run for U.S. Senator armed with an array of provocative digital shorts starring him and Justin Timberlake?
Eric Kuhn | Posted 07.31.2009 | Politics
"Change is only going to come about when people have the power to act upon the knowledge that they will acquire through the new technology," says former Alaska Democratic Senator Mike Gravel.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.31.2009 | Politics
Moments after former Sen. Norm Coleman conceded the drawn-out Minnesota Senate election to Al Franken, Gov. Tim Pawlenty said that that he would sign ...
Posted 07.31.2009 | Politics
GOP leaders have a new complaint about President Obama: He's not reaching out to them nearly as much as he did earlier this year, when he road-tested ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.30.2009 | Politics
Seems like only yesterday that the entire nation was thrilling to the sturm und drang of the Democratic Party presidential primary process. Remember ...
Politico | Posted 07.24.2009 | Politics
Top Republicans and Democrats across Alaska are quietly lining up to run for governor amid growing speculation that Sarah Palin will not seek reelecti...
Mark Weisbrot | Posted 07.20.2009 | Politics
The 2010 elections will very likely be about who gets blamed for the current economic disaster. Even if the economy is recovering in the latter half of next year - and that is a big "if."
Karen Ocamb | Posted 07.19.2009 | Politics
The Democratically-controlled Congress talks a good game to get LGBT votes and money -- but they don't have much to show for LGBT loyalty.
Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 07.11.2009 | Politics
It has been a bad week for New York State Democrats. Not only did they lose control of the state senate, but New York State's most powerful congressman managed to bicker with the president.
USA Today | Posted 07.10.2009 | Politics
In thinking about the Republican Party's troubles, consider this: One-third of Republicans now say they have an unfavorable opinion of their party....
Erik Ose | Posted 07.05.2009 | Politics
It was one year ago today that Hillary Clinton announced plans to suspend her campaign for the Democratic nomination, and urged her supporters to unite behind Barack Obama.
Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 07.05.2009 | Politics
The Democratic Party under Obama finds itself in a historic position of being both dominant and unified. This, of course, will not last.
Beth Arnold | Posted 07.02.2009 | World
With yet another round of Dick Cheney disinformation saturating the airwaves, it boggles the mind how the Bush administration controlled the American conversation in the media for so many years.
Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 06.28.2009 | Politics
California showed us the judicial past where courts dominated by conservatives, unrepresentative of the people, restrict constitutional rights. Sotomayor and Obama showed us the future.
Frankie Sturm | Posted 06.24.2009 | Politics
Political gains that are heavily dependent on a single personality are easy to reverse. Bush was the most popular man for a year after 9/11. When his stock fell, so did that of the his Party.
News Advance | Posted 06.22.2009 | Politics
Liberty University has revoked its recognition of the campus Democratic Party club, saying "we are unable to lend support to a club whose parent organ...
Norman Lear | Posted 06.21.2009 | Politics
I worry that my party could be coming down with a kind of political swine flu. It's new to our politicos but known to be lethal, resembles what we've experienced, yet we are totally unprepared for it.
Christian Avard | Posted 06.18.2009 | Entertainment
Dennis Perrin: I would like to see more direct action but I knew early on in the Obama administration that it was just not going to happen.
Tom Andrews | Posted 06.15.2009 | Politics
How is it that, after winning the White House and strong Congressional majorities in 2008, Democrats are still playing defense when it comes to national security?
Chris Korzen | Posted 08.10.2009 | Politics