Obama To Headline First Fundraiser As President, Faces "Donor Fatigue"
President Barack Obama will headline the first fundraiser of his presidency this month, appealing to donors large and small even as the economy strugg...
President Barack Obama will headline the first fundraiser of his presidency this month, appealing to donors large and small even as the economy strugg...
HuffingtonPost.com | Nico Pitney | Posted 04.15.2009 | Politics
Democrats are taking aim at Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) for admitting that he has advised his fellow House Republicans to no longer think of...
Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 04.13.2009 | Politics
South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford, who has raised the ire of state and Capitol Hill lawmakers (and the unemployed) this week for announcing his dec...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.10.2009 | Politics
Democrats are not slowing down their efforts to try and tie the Republican Party to Rush Limbaugh. On Tuesday, the Democratic National Committee rele...
Chicago Sun Times | FRAN SPIELMAN | Posted 03.23.2009 | Chicago
Chicago has yet to recoup the $1.74 million cost of President Obama's victory celebration in Grant Park -- despite a burgeoning $50.5 million budget s...
Paul Jenkins | Posted 02.25.2009 | Politics
The Republican strategy sounds like the demon child of Mao's Cultural Revolution and Stalin's five-year plans: a criminal intolerance of social differences combined with an outrageously failed economic policy.
CNN | Posted 02.23.2009 | Politics
The Federal Election Commission announced Friday increased contribution limits for the 2009-2010 federal campaign cycle. Donors may now contribute $2...
Chris Weigant | Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics
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), ...
Politico | Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics
The conspicuous absence of Howard Dean from Thursday's press conference announcing Tim Kaine's appointment as Democratic National Committee chair was ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics
Barack Obama heaped praise on incoming DNC Chairman Tim Kaine during a press conference with the Virginia Governor at the party's headquarters on Thur...
Bloomberg | Posted 02.07.2009 | Politics
Virginia Governor Tim Kaine has a Harvard Law School degree, has twice won statewide office, and is fluent in Spanish. It's a recent line on his resum...
Cenk Uygur | Posted 12.26.2008 | Politics
I would love to have Howard Dean in the cabinet. Not so much because he's a progressive as because he is right. I am of the naïve belief that that should matter.
Paul Abrams | Posted 12.25.2008 | Politics
The selection of the right Chairman of the Democratic National Committee to succeed Howard Dean is critical to the success of the Obama Presidency.
AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 12.13.2008 | Home
WASHINGTON — Party officials say the Democratic National Committee has a $15 million debt in the wake of the Nov. 4 election. The party took ou...
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...
Americablogg | Posted 12.03.2008 | Politics
It really is a 50-state strategy. And, Arizona is in play. Via email from the DNC: On Monday, November 3rd DNC Chairman Howard Dean will spend t...
Politico | Posted 11.28.2008 | Politics
Hoping to maximize congressional gains, the DNC is taking out a $10 million line of credit to split equally between the House and Senate campaign comm...
Maura Judkis | Posted 09.26.2008 | Green
The DNC has trumpeted for months its desire for the greenest convention ever, but now that it's in the midst of the convention, not all of its green s...
Jonathan Tasini | Posted 09.07.2008 | Politics
I've been given a copy of the most recent draft of the Democratic Party's platform. I'm told that this is getting close to the end. There is good stuff and bad stuff. Here are the highlights.
Posted 08.09.2008 | Politics
The Democratic National Committee today a web ad today called "Proud of that Commercial" that features John McCain defending his "Celeb" ad. The video...
AP | Posted 07.16.2008 | Politics
WASHINGTON — The Democratic National Committee and Barack Obama's presidential campaign will hold meetings in all 50 states to get voters more i...
Posted 07.11.2008 | Politics
According to the LA Times, Obama's campaign could slice a day off the Denver convention to improve his poll numbers: Barack Obama's campaign and th...
AP | Posted 06.25.2008 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Democratic Party officials plan to file a new lawsuit to compel federal regulators to investigate whether Sen. John McCain violated...
Michealene Cristini Risley | Posted 06.10.2008 | Politics
Wake up America. We are so close to losing any semblance of democracy in our country.
Guy T. Saperstein | Posted 05.30.2008 | Politics
There is not an ounce of principle in the Clinton position. When they thought they were ahead in the presidential race, they supported DNC rules, but now that they are behind, they don't like them.
Bloomberg | Posted 04.16.2009 | Politics