Barack Obama Election

No Silver Bullet for 2012

Rebecca Buckwalter-Poza | Posted 01.10.2012

Rebecca Buckwalter-Poza

In polling, a year is an eternity. A little less than a year before the 2008 election, Hillary Clinton led now-President Barack Obama by 27 points, and Obama just barely tied with candidates Giuliani and McCain.

Obama Adviser: President Isn't Obsessed With Keeping Job

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 10.16.2011

WASHINGTON -- Former White House press secretary Robert Gibbs says Republicans must decide whether they're going to "swear allegiance to the tea party...

Limbaugh's Traffic Spiked With Obama's Win, Inauguration

The Hill | Posted 05.25.2011

Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh's website saw a spike in traffic apparently brought on by President Obama's election victory. Limbaugh's traffi...

Frank Rich: The Week Americans Reclaimed Their Country

New York Times | Frank Rich | Posted 05.25.2011

ON the morning after a black man won the White House, America's tears of catharsis gave way to unadulterated joy. Our nation was still in the same di...

Great Expectations

Al Meyerhoff | Posted 05.25.2011

Al Meyerhoff

Obama has sounded his own call to arms, that "fierce urgency of now." "Now" has come.

The Old Mule Did It!

R.O. Blechman | Posted 05.25.2011

R.O. Blechman

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Obama Rally: City Details Plans

AP | MICHAEL TARM | Posted 05.25.2011

CHICAGO — Chicago authorities are bracing for as many as a million people in downtown Grant Park Tuesday night to cheer on Barack Obama as elect...

The Bradley Effect? No Chance

Matt Littman | Posted 05.25.2011

Matt Littman

If I'm wrong on this one, I know you'll let me know - but I'm not going to be wrong. The Obama victory on Tuesday is going to be bigger than the polls suggest.

Dialogue: Should People Worry About Obama?

Marc Ambinder | Posted 05.25.2011

Herein, a fictional conversation between two supporters of Barack Obama's. Call them "Ax" and "Rod." One is concerned about Obama's campaign. The oth...

Polls: Obama Improving In Key General Election States

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

UPDATE: (5/27): SurveyUSA's continuing polling of swing states has produced this Iowa poll, where Obama holds a 9-point lead over McCain. UPDATE (5/...