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Can Obama Pull Off a Historic Presidential Double Play?

Arianna Huffington | Posted 12.11.2008 | Politics

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Arianna Huffington

''On or about December 1910," Virginia Woolf wrote, "human character changed.'' We can be much more specific: "On November 4, 2008, just after 11 pm Eastern, America changed" (human character remains rather intransigent). Read More Watch Arianna On Rachel Maddow Discussing The State Of The GOP Watch Arianna, Gavin Newsom and Joe Trippi at the Web 2.0 Conference in San Francisco While Paulson Waffles, the White House Dawdles, and Congress Dithers, the Economy Continues to Burn Brainstorm Alert: I'm going to be guest hosting for Rachel Maddow on Monday and I'd love your suggestions about which topics you like to hear discussed - and which guests you'd like to hear from. Please put your suggestions in the comments section and I'll take them to Bill Wolff, her producer, and the rest of the team.

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This Moment Screams for Boldness, Not Piddling Plans During Obama's First 100 Days

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 12.11.2008 | Politics

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Leo W. Gerard

This moment during which the nation is suffering great economic peril pleads for political valor. This moment screams for boldness.

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Friday Talking Points [54] -- Republican Fossilization

Chris Weigant | Posted 12.08.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Welcome back to Friday Talking Points. Of course, the big question on everyone's mind right now is: What is going on up in Minnesota? Al Franken is t...

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When The World Watched Chicago

Robert Loerzel | Posted 12.06.2008 | Chicago

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Robert Loerzel

Obama's eloquent election-night speech in Grant Park is surely one of the great moments in Chicago history.

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Vote Against (Climate) Change

Waylon Lewis | Posted 12.05.2008 | Green

Read More: U.S. Economy, Green Jobs, Hitler, Mccain, Going Green, Climate Change, Obama, Fdr, Green Living, World War II, Lester Brown, Green Energy, Global Warming, Green News
Waylon Lewis

It's a time for leadership. "Bipartisan" is a nice word, but those who practice it are derided by their friends, and not supported by their enemies (just ask John McCain circa 2000).

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Hope, For a Change

Paula Gordon | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics

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Paula Gordon

Character, not just the Great Depression, has me thinking about Franklin Roosevelt and Barack Obama in tandem as I wait (anxiously) for the American p...

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Vote Against (Climate) Change

Waylon Lewis | Posted 12.04.2008 | Green

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Waylon Lewis

It's a time for leadership. "Bipartisan" is a nice word, but those who practice it are derided by their friends, and not supported by their enemies (just ask John McCain circa 2000).

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A Green New Deal Would Require A Broad Coalition

The Nation | Van Jones | Posted 12.04.2008 | Green

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In the New Deal period, it was a broad electoral coalition that moved the government onto the side of ordinary people, not FDR alone. Farmers, workers...

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The Man Who Changed the World?

Deepak Chopra | Posted 12.01.2008 | Home

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Deepak Chopra

Wanting to change the world is different from having to. The latter is what's expected of Barack Obama if he's elected. The huge crowds he keeps att...

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Bill Clinton Lays Out What Matters in a President; McCain Flunks the Test

Brian Ross | Posted 12.01.2008 | Home

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Brian Ross

Bill Clinton gave one of the best speeches of his political career on Wednesday night in Kissimmee, FLA., and he did it in one sentence.

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Conservative Fiction: The New Deal Sucked!

Bill Scher | Posted 11.29.2008 | Politics

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Bill Scher

Conservatives are stuck in their default position, preferring fictional history to actual history, refusing to acknowledge what clearly has worked to stimulate the economy, and what clearly hasn't.

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Out on the Campaign Trail with the McMuppets

Andy Ostroy | Posted 11.28.2008 | Politics

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Andy Ostroy

These days, its hard to tell the difference between Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign and Sesame Street. The award winning children's educatio...

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4%--That's What Joe-the-Plumber, Socialism, Communism, is All About

Paul Abrams | Posted 11.27.2008 | Politics

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Paul Abrams

Our dearly-beloved news media always prefers a manufactroversy -- Joe Biden was even asked by a Florida News Station whether it amounted to Communism! 4%!

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Dear Bubbe and Zaidy

Howie Greene | Posted 11.21.2008 | Entertainment

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Howie Greene

Not voting for Obama because you are afraid is an insult. It's an insult to those who were murdered because of our names and our religion. It's an insult to those of us who came after you.

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McCain's Plan: Not Just Worse than Alternatives, But the Dumbest Idea Since Putin Reared His Head

Paul Abrams | Posted 11.15.2008 | Politics

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Paul Abrams

Cutting spending is about the only proposal McCain has made in this campaign that sounds remotely authentic. Authentic, but incredibly dumb.

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The Hoover-Palin Ticket

Robert Scheer | Posted 11.14.2008 | Politics

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Robert Scheer

The hero of the hour is FDR, as the essential wisdom of his New Deal is now embraced by most Republicans as well as Democrats.

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Wanted: A Good Keynesian. Massive Public Investment Will Fix the Economy

Paul Abrams | Posted 11.13.2008 | Politics

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Paul Abrams

If anyone did not think a McCain presidency would be both a foreign policy and a domestic disaster, you now have proof positive.

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Obama Finds Himself In Same Political And Economic Situation As FDR

John Achoukian | Posted 11.13.2008 | Home

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John Achoukian

Hoover, who in 1932 could not run on his economic record or that of the Republican Party, resorted to attacking Roosevelt. His campaign was based on making FDR out to be a dangerous radical who would make the Depression worse by raising taxes and increasing the federal debt.

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Another FDR? Not Quite

Rahm Emanuel | Posted 11.06.2008 | Politics

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Rahm Emanuel

Praising the president for merely attempting to clean up the mess he helped make is one thing, but comparing him to Roosevelt is quite another.

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McCain's Maverick Left Eye and a History of Presidential Infirmity

Peter J Burns | Posted 11.06.2008 | Home

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Peter J Burns

William H. Taft suffered from a condition probably most relevant to modern Americans - hyper-obesity. He weighed in at over 400 lbs. This condition caused hypersomnolence - he'd fall asleep mid-conversation, sometimes with foreign heads of state.

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What Obama Can Learn From FDR

Nicolaus Mills | Posted 10.24.2008 | Politics

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Nicolaus Mills

Roosevelt had taken on the most serious charges the Republicans could throw at him. Political caricature, as far as FDR was concerned, was never to be taken lightly.

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It's McCain Stupid -- Why McCain Is The Issue

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 10.21.2008 | Politics

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Stephen C. Rose

By Stephen C. Rose I don't believe this election will be a nail-biter. It will be closer to a landslide. Barack will win. If not Barack, McCain. I b...

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Let's Be Blue -- A Plea for Partisanship

Bill Folman | Posted 10.18.2008 | Politics

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Bill Folman

Yes, yes, I know we are all a bunch of enlightened, Obama-style post-partisans, and isn't that wonderful -- but we are missing an opportunity here.

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Palin Ain't no Truman

Diane Francis | Posted 10.06.2008 | Politics

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Diane Francis

In 1934, Truman was elected as a U.S. Senator and for the next ten years undertook a distinguished career in Washington DC representing the people of Missouri.

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A Historical Perspective On Divided Democratic Conventions

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.25.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Don't buy into the media narrative that this is some sort of "divided party" -- because today's Democrats aren't. All true Democrats are pulling hard to defeat the legacy of George W. Bush.

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