Gays Boycott the Democrats - Finally
Gays and lesbians raise a large amount of funds for the DNC. Until our major issues are addressed, it is time we close the gayTM.
Gays and lesbians raise a large amount of funds for the DNC. Until our major issues are addressed, it is time we close the gayTM.
Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics
There is a gay boycott of the Democratic Party afoot, and it has the potential to turn into something that leads to real change in American politics.
Wall Street Journal | Peter Wallsten | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics
Injecting itself aggressively into the health-care debate, the Roman Catholic Church in America has emerged as a major political force with the potent...
AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Former President Bill Clinton urged Senate Democrats on Tuesday to pass health care legislation by year's end, pointedly telling sk...
Wall Street Journal | DAMIAN PALETTA and MICHAEL R. CRITTENDEN | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics
Democrats are advancing proposals in Congress designed to limit the size and complexity of financial companies so that any collapse wouldn't damage th...
John Zogby | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics
In a recent New York Times piece, David Brooks divided the electorate into liberals, conservatives and independents. This view mistakes a lack of party affiliation for ideological innocence.
Caitlin Kraft Buchman | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics
As we sit in our Democrats Abroad strategy sessions this weekend, the people of Berlin will celebrate their passionate victory bringing down a wall that no one ever imagined would fall.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics
Democrats are unhappy and a bit worried about a theme developing in the mainstream press that the House's vote on health care legislation puts dozens ...
Tom Vander Ark | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics
I had dinner with four Republicans last night. They wonder where their party went. They all feel abandoned by party politics.
New York Times | FRANK RICH | Posted 11.07.2009 | Politics
The Obama administration does not seem to understand that this rage, left unaddressed, could consume it. It has pushed aside the entreaties of many --...
AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 11.08.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — In a victory for President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed landmark health care legislation Saturday ...
Lisa Solod Warren | Posted 11.06.2009 | Politics
Arianna Huffington 's headline in HuffPo Tuesday was "Obama One Year Later: The Audacity of Winning vs The Timidity of Governing." On Wednesday's Ha...
Paul Loeb | Posted 11.07.2009 | Politics
Losing the Virginia and New Jersey governorships hurt. Local factors played a part, but these are major states. So it matters why the Democrats lost them. Here are eight reasons -- and lessons for next time.
Will Schwartz | Posted 11.05.2009 | New York
What could have swung this mayoral election into a Thompson win?
Jim Wallis | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics
I think as people continue to see so much of politics as usual in this town -- partisan bickering and big money buying votes -- they are increasingly likely to vote against whatever represents the old politics for them.
Huff TV | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics
HuffPost Editor Roy Sekoff was a guest on The Ed Show Wednesday to discuss what Tuesday's election results mean for Democrats and President Obama. Sek...
Chris Weigant | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics
What puts this first year in perspective for me is that: Obama may not be smarter than all of us, but he sure is smarter by a long shot than McCain would have been. And that, for now, is enough for me.
Joe Peyronnin | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics
The young and minority voters were not motivated enough to come out and vote. Could the president have had a favorable impact had he delivered on his pledge to change Washington, even just a little?
Andy Ostroy | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics
What you won't hear the spinners crowing about is the shocking punch to the gut the GOP took in upstate New York's 23rd Congressional District, where a Democrat won for the first time in over 100 years.
B.D. Gallof | Posted 11.05.2009 | New York
Tom Suozzi's supposed easy ride to a third term blew out in embarrassing fashion as many voters were not seeing change or results.
Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics
The bad mistake liberals, progressives and the media made was to confuse Obama's popularity with support of his policies. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics
The election results show that no incumbent governor (or incumbent party) can escape the wrath of an electorate that continues to bleed while it watches tax dollars squandered on foreign wars and Wall Street fat cats.
Ben Tribbett | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics
If this election serves as a reminder that pandering to right wingers is not a successful electoral strategy -- then Deeds will have done even more good for Democrats than if he had won today.
B.D. Gallof | Posted 11.03.2009 | New York
Today we will see the crawl, but next year we will see the running. The bouillabaisse of discontent has been churning, and this year's minority will be a movement looking to step up.
The Huffington Post | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics
Tuesday's elections are local races -- not measures of President Obama's ability to deliver or a referendum on the president's popularity, according t...
Jennifer Vanasco | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics