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Obama To Headline First Fundraiser As President, Faces "Donor Fatigue"

Bloomberg | Posted 04.16.2009 | Politics


President Barack Obama will headline the first fundraiser of his presidency this month, appealing to donors large and small even as the economy strugg...

Nico Pitney

DNC Blasts Boehner For Claiming GOP No Longer Plans To Legislate

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...

DNC Accuses South Carolina Gov. Of 'Playing Politics' In New Ad (VIDEO)

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...

Sam Stein

Limbaugh Billboard Slogans: DNC Releases Top Five

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...

Obama Victory Party Costs Still Owed To Chicago

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...

Republicans Fiddle with Abortion While America Burns

Paul Jenkins | Posted 02.25.2009 | Politics


Paul Jenkins

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.

FEC Raises Political Contributions Limit

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...

Friday Talking Points [60] -- Democratic Assertiveness Training

Chris Weigant | Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics


Chris Weigant

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), ...

Dean Allies: Obama Snubbed Him

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 ...

Sam Stein

Obama Welcomes Kaine To DNC, Praises Dean's Legacy

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...

New DNC Head Kaine Offers Corporate Donors Access

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...

Howard Dean for Education Secretary

Cenk Uygur | Posted 12.26.2008 | Politics


Cenk Uygur

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.

Simon Rosenberg is the Perfect Choice for DNC Chair

Paul Abrams | Posted 12.25.2008 | Politics


Paul Abrams

The selection of the right Chairman of the Democratic National Committee to succeed Howard Dean is critical to the success of the Obama Presidency.

Democratic Party has a $15 million debt

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...

Sam Stein

Dean Prepares To Step Down As DNC Chair

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...

Howard Dean Campaigning In Arizona

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...

Dems Take Out $10 Million Credit Line To Fund Wave

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...

Green Democratic Convention Not Going as Well as Planned

Maura Judkis | Posted 09.26.2008 | Green


Maura Judkis

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...

Draft Copy of Democratic Party Platform

Jonathan Tasini | Posted 09.07.2008 | Politics


Jonathan Tasini

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.

McCain "Proud Of That Commercial" DNC Makes Web Ad

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...

Obama Lets Voters Add To DNC Platform

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...

Obama May Cut Dem Convention Short

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...

DNC: Investigate McCain For Election Law Violations

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...

We Can Stop Ducking the Waves of Misogyny -- Our Democracy Teeters on the Brink.

Michealene Cristini Risley | Posted 06.10.2008 | Politics


Michealene Cristini Risley

Wake up America. We are so close to losing any semblance of democracy in our country.

What Game is Hillary Playing?

Guy T. Saperstein | Posted 05.30.2008 | Politics


Guy T. Saperstein

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.