Geraldine Ferraro

Jason Linkins

Ferraro Walks Back Obama 'No Vote' Comment, But Hits 'Sexist' Jay-Z Reference (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.28.2008 | Politics


This morning, Clinton backer Geraldine Ferraro appeared on NBC's Today, where she elaborated at length about the sexism in the race. Mainly citing th...

Geraldine Ferraro: Obama Was Sexist, Might Not Vote For Him

NY Times | Jodi Kantor | Posted 05.27.2008 | Politics


With each passing day, it seems a little less likely that the next president of the United States will wear a skirt -- or a cheerful, no-nonsense pant...

Snaphots: Our Political-Entertainment Industrial Complex

Scott Shrake | Posted 05.04.2008 | Home


Scott Shrake

At the White House Correspondents Association Dinner, I saw a lot of vintage 1990s right-wingers, including Ralph Reed and Newt Gingrich, but whatever. Top Politico of the night? Pamela, of course!

Why I Predicted the PA Results Exactly Right

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 05.01.2008 | Politics


Richard (RJ) Eskow

The Texas and Ohio results persuaded me that the Bradley Effect is real, and the Clinton campaign has been successful in characterizing Obama as a primarily "black" candidate.

Jason Linkins

The Game Of Renouncing And Denouncing

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.03.2008 | Politics


In yesterday's New York Times, columnist Stanley Fish weighed in on the "guilt by association" game that's played itself out again and again this poli...

Focus Group: Many Dems Agreed With Ferraro's Remarks

The Swamp | Frank James | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Geraldine Ferraro's comments about the role that Sen. Barack Obama's blackness has played in his political success are fodder for the Sunday talk show...

I'm Not Racist. Some of my Best Friends Are Black.

Orlando Lima | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Orlando Lima

Ferraro is not racist but the fact that she doesn't understand what the term "racism" means highlights why it is a massive problem in America.

TRANSCRIPT: Olbermann Anti-Hillary Special Comment

Huffington Post | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


Text of Keith Olbermann's "Special Comment" delivered live last night on MSNBC, decrying Hillary Clinton for the tactics of her campaign and specifica...

Once You Go Black...

Raymond Leon Roker | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Raymond Leon Roker

What Geraldine Ferarro said about Obama isn't entirely without merit -- it just entirely misses the fact that there hasn't been a candidate in our lifetimes that didn't benefit from a certain appeal due to their height, wealth, race, name, faith or smile.

Ferraro: The Obama Camp Should Apologize To Me

NBC Nightly News | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Geraldine Ferraro took her fight to NBC Wednesday night. Joining substitute host Ann Curry, Ferraro lashed out at the Obama campaign. She accused them...

Olbermann Slams Clinton in Special Comment: "You Are Campaigning As If Barack Obama Were The Democrat And You Were The Republican"

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 06.25.2008 | Media


Obama Addresses Issue Of Race

Politico | Ben Smith | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Obama threaded a careful needle at his press conference today, seeming to step back from David Axelrod's assertion that Geraldine Ferraro's words were...

Ferraro: Obama Camp Attacking Me Because I'm White

Daily Breeze | Gene Maddaus | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Former vice presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro today defended a remark she made to the Daily Breeze last week, in which she suggested that Sen. ...

Keith Olbermann To Do "Special Comment" About Hillary Clinton Tonight — First Time Targeting A Democrat

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 06.25.2008 | Media


UPDATE, March 12, 2007: Well, he did it — and here it is. ---------- On last night's "Countdown," Keith Olbermann announced that tonight he'd...

Obama Ferraro Race Flap Roils Race

Huffington Post | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


"Geraldine Ferraro has stepped down from her role as a member of Hillary Clinton's finance committee," CNN reports. Ferraro said thousands of people...

Ferraro's Remarks About Obama Decried

AP | ANN SANNER | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Hillary Rodham Clinton said Tuesday she disagrees with Geraldine Ferraro, one of her fundraisers and the 1984 vice presidential can...

Former Dem VP Nominee Ferraro Says Attacks On Hillary "Sexist"

New York Times | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


A critical question in this campaign -- how to run against a female presidential candidate, or as one -- has burst into the foreground in the aftermat...