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You Are Not a "Great American," Sean Hannity

Andy Ostroy | Posted 11.10.2009 | Media


Andy Ostroy

If Sean Hannity truly wants to be the "great American" he claims to be, he can start by being truthful to his listeners and by not rooting for his supposedly beloved America to fail under the current leadership.

The Right-Wing Media's Election Analysis Just Ain't That Good

Karl Frisch | Posted 11.09.2009 | Media


Karl Frisch

Back in 2001, conservative media figures were adamant. Democratic Party victories at the ballot boxes during the off-year elections had little national significance.

World Serious

Neil McCarthy | Posted 11.06.2009 | New York


Neil McCarthy

My daughter, a freshman in college, called earlier in the semester to report that she had gotten a high mark on an English essay. The professor had ev...

Post-Election Punditry: It's Perfectly Obvious

Rick Horowitz | Posted 11.06.2009 | Politics


Rick Horowitz

Click. " -- and we're back. Time now to ask our Pack o' Pundits for the big takeaways from Tuesday's election results. What did you guys see in all...

A "Republican Renaissance?" Yeah, and I Hear the Mullet's Coming Back Too

Andy Ostroy | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics


Andy Ostroy

The real picture is anything but rosy for the GOP. The truly big race, in upstate New York, handed them a humiliating defeat in a solidly red district, where a Democrat hasn't won the House seat in over 100 years.

GOP's Internal Ideological Battles Remain After Victories

Washington Post | Philip Rucker and Perry Bacon Jr. | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics


A rebounding Republican Party savored victories in two states that President Obama won last year, but as it tries to build momentum toward what GOP Ch...

Jason Linkins

The State Of Your Post-Election Media Memes

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.04.2009 | Media


If you missed out on last night's election, well, don't you know that you missed out on the most important off-off-year election in our lives? It's t...

Deliver the Goods

Mike Lux | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics


Mike Lux

Republicans, conservative Democrats, and corporate lobbyists are all eagerly lining up to spin the losses as evidence that Democrats should go slower. That is the worst possible thing they could do right now.

Christie Election Will Make NJ an Educational Battleground

Thomas W. Carroll | Posted 11.04.2009 | New York


Thomas W. Carroll

Christie is strongly committed to strengthening New Jersey's weak charter-school law, and pushing through an education tax credit focused on low-income students in failing schools.

Palin's Boob a Fake: Hoffman Loses

Shannyn Moore | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics


Shannyn Moore

The only thing Sarah Palin can really take credit for is New York's House District 23 electing a Democrat for the first time since before The Civil War.

New Jersey Election Results: Chris Christie Beats Jon Corzine

AP | LIZ SIDOTI | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Independents who swept Barack Obama to a historic 2008 victory broke big for Republicans on Tuesday as the GOP wrested political co...

NJ Governor's Race: Christie Wins

AP | ANGELA DELLI SANTI | Posted 11.04.2009 | New York


TRENTON, N.J. — Republican Chris Christie, a former corruption-busting prosecutor, unseated the deep-pocketed but unpopular Gov. Jon Corzine on ...

Republicans Will Sweep on Election Day: How They Will Do It and What It Means

Sophia A. Nelson | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics


Sophia A. Nelson

To lose badly in Virginia says more than Mr. Deeds was not a good candidate. It says that the president does not have any coat tails, at least not today.

Election Day: What To Watch For In New Jersey, New York And Virginia

AP | LIZ SIDOTI | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Independents who swept Barack Obama to a historic 2008 victory broke big for Republicans on Tuesday as the GOP wrested political co...

Election Night Preview: GDP Trumps Gay Marriage

Joe Scarborough | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics


Joe Scarborough

All the president's men know that a Republican sweep in New Jersey and Virginia will strike fear in the hearts of those swing state Democrats who now hold the future of health care in their sweaty moderate hands.

NJ Governor's Race Down To The Wire

AP | ANGELA DELLI SANTI | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics


TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey's candidates for governor darted through the state on the last day of a campaign being billed as a vote on President ...

Winning Online: 10 Tips for 2010 Campaigns

Matt Dunn | Posted 11.02.2009 | Politics


Matt Dunn

The political world is in a state of confusion right now because technology is accelerating everything. Election Day 2010 is one year away. It's time for campaigns to start gearing up.

GOP Election Victories Won't Erase Party's Problems

AP | LIZ SIDOTI | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — For Republicans, an election win of any size Tuesday would be a blessing. But victories in Virginia, New Jersey or elsewhere won't ...

How Important Are These Off-Year Races?

New York Times | ADAM NAGOURNEY | Posted 11.01.2009 | Politics


At the very least, the results in the governors' races, if not predictive, are quite likely to drive the political narrative, bolstering or diminishin...

Chris Christie Rips Off Monty Python, Troupe Threatens Suit

Martin Lewis | Posted 11.02.2009 | New York


Martin Lewis

Chris Christie, the Republican candidate for Governor of New Jersey, has created an election commercial that steals copyright-protected material from Monty Python without permission or credit.

New Jersey's Next Governor Is Unknowable

John R. Bohrer | Posted 10.30.2009 | New York


John R. Bohrer

The miraculous resurrection of Governor Jon Corzine in the crucial month of October has had a lot of people thinking the Democrat is running away with the thing. Not so.

White House Intervenes In New Jersey Governor's Race

POLITICO | Ben Smith | Posted 10.29.2009 | Politics


One of President Barack Obama's key political advisers has become the central strategist in New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine's bruising campaign for re-ele...

World Series May Hurt NJ Governor's Race

AP | GEOFF MULVIHILL | Posted 10.28.2009 | New York


TRENTON, N.J. — Fastballs or fundraisers? Team bus or campaign bus? Stump speeches or stolen bases? New Jersey is about to become fixated on a ...

John Brek Arrested: Newark Security Guard Accused Of Making Terrorist Threats Against Obama

AP | VICTOR EPSTEIN | Posted 10.22.2009 | New York


NEWARK, N.J. — A private security guard at Newark Liberty International Airport was arrested on charges of threatening Barack Obama the night be...

Corzine, Christie Tied In New Poll For New Jersey Governor

AP | Posted 10.20.2009 | New York


TRENTON, N.J. — In another indication that the New Jersey governor's race will go down to the wire, a new poll finds Gov. Jon Corzine and Republ...