Simon Rosenberg is the Perfect Choice for DNC Chair
The selection of the right Chairman of the Democratic National Committee to succeed Howard Dean is critical to the success of the Obama Presidency.
The selection of the right Chairman of the Democratic National Committee to succeed Howard Dean is critical to the success of the Obama Presidency.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.19.2008 | Politics
Fresh off an election cycle that saw massive Democratic gains in both houses of Congress and the reclamation of the White House, party chairman Howard...
HuffingtonPost.com | Nico Pitney and Sam Stein | Posted 12.19.2008 | Politics
DNC Chair Howard Dean welcomed the decision to keep Senator Joseph Lieberman as head of the Homeland Security Committee and, consequently, in the Demo...
Politico | JEANNE CUMMINGS | Posted 12.15.2008 | Politics
Democratic National Chairman Howard Dean is not a serious contender to be secretary of health and human services in the new Obama administration, sour...
Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 12.13.2008 | Media
It's interesting that at a time when the Republican Party is facing its most bitter internal battles, Nagourney chooses to ignore that story and jumps head first into "analyzing" non-existent antagonisms among Democrats.
Marc Ambinder | Posted 12.12.2008 | Politics
It's not clear what David Plouffe will be doing post-election: Ambassador to France? Senator from Delaware? Consultant-in-demand? Speechmaker? Full-ti...
David Corn | Posted 12.11.2008 | Politics
As the manager of Obama's campaign, Plouffe steered the best-run presidential campaign in years. He efficiently matched man, message, money, and machine.
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...
Andrea Chalupa | Posted 12.10.2008 | Home
One thing volunteering for the Obama campaign in southern Virginia reiterated to me is that racism is alive and well in this country and there's somet...
The Fix | Posted 12.08.2008 | Politics
It's not every day that the next president of the United States singles you out for praise during his victory speech. But, that's exactly what happen...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.07.2008 | Politics
Fresh off an expansion in congressional majorities and the reclamation of the White House, the Democratic National Committee is sending around a memo ...
Beverly Davis | Posted 12.04.2008 | Home
Is it possible that John McCain can lose his home state of Arizona? With new polls and early voting results showing the state is in play, during the ...
The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics
Howard Dean puts out a last-minute Get Out The Vote message for Barack Obama: Kombiz Lavasany of the DNC writes: Over the last few days Governor ...
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...
Mark Green | Posted 12.02.2008 | Politics
What went wrong with McCain? Nearly everything. But mostly, he ran an OK GOP campaign for 1952, 1968, 1980... but not 2008.
William Bradley | Posted 11.30.2008 | Politics
While the current party leadership deserves credit for a new path to presidential power, much of the new "Western strategy" has long been championed by former Senator Gary Hart.
Deanie Mills | Posted 11.30.2008 | Home
Texas politics are on the move, and for the first time in years, it's exciting to be a Democrat in this very red state. And the Obama campaign is treating us red-staters like our votes count, too.
Sara Davidson | Posted 11.28.2008 | Politics
It's hard to describe how transported we felt walking out of that women's conference. Some were in tears. Others felt reassured to have heard in person the kind of policy Obama wants to enact.
Las Vegas Sun | Posted 11.27.2008 | Politics
I recall it quite vividly, the bosses all huddled around a computer screen, this being the early days of Internet video, as Howard Dean let out his no...
Pete Cenedella | Posted 11.25.2008 | Politics
This is a birthday card to James Carville, on a day when polls show most Americans rejecting the negative campaigns and the spin-mongering that he has...
Linda Hansen | Posted 11.21.2008 | Home
It's getting crazy down here in Dixie. When we're not talking to ourselves, we're talking to everybody else -- whether they want to listen or not. Yada-yada-Muslim, yada-yada-antichrist, yada-yada-doesn't-want-America-to-win, yada-yada-he's-a-commie-socialist!
Claire Bidwell Smith | Posted 11.20.2008 | Home
After Bush was re-elected, we vowed to do more, to not just talk about everything. But until yesterday, walking door-to-door in a low-income neighborhood in Indiana, it seemed that's all we'd been up to.
Tiffany Frye | Posted 11.03.2008 | Home
Chairman of the Democratic National Committee Howard Dean spoke yesterday afternoon to students at Washington University in St. Louis, site of last ni...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jed Lewison | Posted 10.24.2008 | Politics
Howard Dean gave a strong interview on MSNBC earlier today, hitting John McCain for his involvement in the "Keating 5" savings and loan scandal. He al...
Denise Dennis | Posted 10.23.2008 | Home
Alluding to his experience as a physician, Dean explained that in therapy, the intensity of pain must be stronger than the fear of change, of taking the steps that will make them well. He said the pain Americans are experiencing is now stronger than their fear of change.
Paul Abrams | Posted 12.25.2008 | Politics