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Frank Rich: White House Doesn't Seem To Understand Public's Wall Street Rage

New York Times | FRANK RICH | Posted 11.07.2009 | Politics

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The Obama administration does not seem to understand that this rage, left unaddressed, could consume it. It has pushed aside the entreaties of many --...

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Obama Referenda

David Parker | Posted 11.07.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Virginia, Politics, Elections, United States, New Jersey, Barack Obama, Comedy, Virginia Governors Race, New Jersey Governor Race, Comedy News
David Parker

Any time an American does anything at all, it is a demonstration of his or her support for, or opposition to, the President and his policies. Paying attention, Russia? That's how democracy works.

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What a Difference a Year Makes: Will We Ever Have Truth in Politics?

Lisa Solod Warren | Posted 11.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Corruption, Politics, Elections, Obama, Republicans, Democrats, Health Care, Politics News
Lisa Solod Warren

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...

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Fix The Problem: What Tuesday's Election Means for Climate Legislation

Heather Taylor-Miesle | Posted 11.05.2009 | Green

Read More: NRDC Action Fund, Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, 2010 Elections, Elections, Climate Change, Green News
Heather Taylor-Miesle

In the three big races of Election Day, the incumbent party lost. In order to turn around the country's anti-incumbency mood, our elected officials are going to have to start tackling the issues.

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The Elections You May Not Have Noticed

Jim Wallis | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics

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Jim Wallis

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.

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The Blame Election

Mike Lux | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: 2009 Elections, Elections, Mayor Bloomberg, Michael Bloomberg, 2009 Election, Politics News
Mike Lux

The biggest surprise Tuesday wasn't in the gubernatorial or congressional races, it was Michael Bloomberg's remarkably close re-election.

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As Goes VA, So Goes CO? Not So Fast, My Friend

Laura Chapin | Posted 11.05.2009 | Denver

Read More: Elections, 2010, Ed Perlmutter, Colorado, Swing States, Virginia Governors Race, Jefferson County, Creigh Deeds, Virginia Politics, Denver News
Laura Chapin

What, if anything, does the Republican red swing in Virginia mean for fellow swing state Colorado? Not as much as the Republicans would like to think.

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What Change?

Joe Peyronnin | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Pawlenty, New Jersey, Corzine, Elections, Palin, Obama, Limbaugh, Democrats, Politics News
Joe Peyronnin

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?

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New York State and New Jersey Elections Live

HuffingtonPost | Posted 11.03.2009 | New York

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How Important Are These Off-Year Races?

New York Times | ADAM NAGOURNEY | Posted 11.01.2009 | Politics

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

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Abdullah Withdraws From Afghan Election

BBC NEWS | Posted 11.01.2009 | World

Read More: Abdullah Abdullah, White House, Voter Fraud, Afghanistan War, Afghanistan, Troop Levels, Ahmed Wali Karzai, Hamid Karzai, Barack Obama, Afghan Election, Elections, Military, Nato, Runoff, Un, Us, Stanley McChrystal, World News

President Hamid Karzai's rival in the second round of the Afghan presidential election has announced that he is withdrawing from the poll....

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Time to Change the Game for Airline and Railroad Workers

Edward Wytkind | Posted 10.29.2009 | Business

Read More: Election Reform, Elections, National Mediation Board, Airline Unions, Railroads, Union Elections, Railroad Unions, Unions, Labor Unions, Airlines, Business News
Edward Wytkind

Unionization in the airline industry has slowed. Why? Union-busting campaigns are alive and well because current election policy encourages employer-run voter suppression campaigns.

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Lula's Red Carpet Welcome for Ahmadinejad

Robert Amsterdam | Posted 10.29.2009 | World

Read More: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Human Rights, Latin America, Nuclear Weapons, National Security, Iran Election, Brazil, Robert Amsterdam, United Nations, Lula, Washington DC, United States, Iran, Death Penalty, Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva, Democracy, Elections, World News
Robert Amsterdam

Why, with so much going for him and his country, should the president of Brazil make such controversial choices in his friends? The logic of the relationship with Iran is perplexing.

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The Secret Chamber of Commerce and its "Tort Reform" Mission

Joanne Doroshow | Posted 10.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Elections, Washington State, Chamber of Commerce, Tort Reform, Corporations, Judges, Judicial System, Politics News
Joanne Doroshow

The U.S. Chamber created the ILR to pursue the Chamber's so-called "tort reform" agenda: protecting corporations from liability, weakening the civil jury system and blocking the courthouse door for sick and injured Americans.

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Want Healthcare Reform? Pick Up The Phone.

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.25.2009 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Yesterday, over 300,000 people picked up the phone and called Congress demanding health care reform this year. The phones ringing off the hook certainly did not go unnoticed by Congress.

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Mandatory Voting? Automatic Registration? How Un-American!

Mark Green | Posted 10.19.2009 | New York

Read More: Elections, Democracy, Voter Registration, Voting, Election Reform, New York City Public Advocate, Instant Runoff Voting, Fairvote, Voter Turnout, New York News
Mark Green

If you have an election where the winner gets four percent of the eligible electorate, is that a functioning democracy? I just lost such a runoff contest in New York City.

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Iran Sentences 3 To Death In Post-Election Mass Opposition Trial

AP | ALI AKBAR DAREINI | Posted 10.10.2009 | World

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TEHRAN, Iran — Three defendants in Iran's mass trial of opposition figures accused of fueling the country's postelection unrest have been senten...

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When 'Mad Men' Types -- and Hollywood-- First Played a Key Role in Politics

Greg Mitchell | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics

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Greg Mitchell

When pundits labeled last year's presidential campaign "divisive" and "dirty," I had to laugh. The champion of all dirty races in this century, in fact, was the 1934 contest between Upton Sinclair and Frank Merriam.

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What Have We Done to Democracy?

Arundhati Roy | Posted 09.28.2009 | World

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Arundhati Roy

What happens now that democracy and the free market have fused into a single predatory organism with a thin, constricted imagination that revolves almost entirely around the idea of maximizing profit?

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Nate Silver: Health Care Is Hazardous To Poll Numbers For Grassley, Other Senators

fivethirtyeight.com | Posted 09.23.2009 | Politics

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One of the things about the so-called Gang of Six -- the group of Senators to which Max Baucus issued an exclusive invitation to participate in health...

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Pelosi: Democrats Facing Toughest Midterms Ever

The Hill's Blog Briefing Room | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics

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The 2010 congressional elections will be the "toughest midterm elections Democrats have ever faced," Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) acknowledged toda...

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Freedom from Corruption v. Freedom of Speech: The Citizens United Case

Judge H. Lee Sarokin | Posted 10.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Corporate Giving Ban, Court Precedent, Sotomayor, Elections, Stare Decisis, Citizens United v. FEC, Politics News
Judge H. Lee Sarokin

After Republicans sought repeated assurances from Justice Sotomayor that she'd follow the law, and precedent, we are about to found out of Republican appointees likewise feel bound to that commitment.

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Tightening the Corporate Grip: The Stakes at the Supreme Court

Robert Weissman | Posted 09.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Money and Politics, Supreme Court, Corporate Speech, Elections, Mccain-Feingold, Corporations, Campaign Finance, Politics News
Robert Weissman

Overturning the court's precedents on corporate election expenditures would be nothing short of a disaster.

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Karzai: U.S. Is Attacking Me Over Election Because It Wants Me To Be More "Docile"

AP | Posted 10.23.2009 | World

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PARIS — Afghan President Hamid Karzai says in an interview published in France that the United States is attacking him because it wants to him t...

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Diebold's End: Consolidation of Largest Voting Companies Shows Need to Reform Elections

Rob Richie | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Diebold, Voting Machines, Elections, Election Systems & Software, Black Box Voting, Fairvote, Sequoia, Voting, Politics News
Rob Richie

The United States' largest voting equipment vendor just bought the second-largest, Diebold. 120 million registered voters live in jurisdictions using one of these two companies' systems

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