Sam Stein

Bloomberg Praises McCain On Education

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bloomberg Obama, Bloomberg Minnesota, Bloomberg Endorsement, Bloomberg Vice President, Bloomberg Mccain Speech, Independence Party, Mccain Joel Klein, Michael Bloomberg, Bloomberg Education, Bloomberg Mccain, McCain Education, Politics News

Five days after John McCain met with and applauded education reform in New York City, the city's mayor is set to repay the favor. On Friday, Mayor M...

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Nico Pitney

Senator Dole In Perpetual Offshore Drilling Flip-Flop

HuffingtonPost.com | Nico Pitney | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Energy, Dole Drolling Flipflop, Oil Drilling, Elizabeth Dole, Dole Flip Flip, Dole Offshore Drilling, Dole Drilling Flip Flop, Offshore Drilling, Politics News

Sometimes flip-flops happen so fast that the candidate can't even keep with his or her changing positions. Senator Elizabeth Dole, who is facing reel...

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Jason Linkins

Your Obama Talks To Germany Liveblog

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics

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Hello, and welcome to your Obama Talks To The Germans Liveblog, which has unexpectedly begun early! They do prefer their trains run on time over there, don't they?

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Jason Linkins

Obama Apparently Not Allowed To Employ Foreign Languages

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama Berlin Speech, John McCain, Barack Obama, Politics News

Over at The Next Right, Patrick Ruffini is really, really worked up over Barack Obama's speech in Berlin, and wants to put the Senator in...uhm - Deut...

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Sam Stein

McCain Plays Catch-Up: Attends German Restaurant In German Village, Ohio

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mccain Catch-Up, Obama McCain, Campaign Politics, Mccain Berlin, Mccain German, Obama Germany, German Restaurant, Politics News

John McCain is still playing catch up to Barack Obama. As the Illinois Democrat speaks before the picturesque Victory Column in Berlin today, the Ar...

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Jason Linkins

Michael Savage Issues Inane Clarification To His Inane Autism Commentary

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Michael Savage Autism Brats, Michael Savage Autism, Michael Savage, Politics News

As many of you likely already know, right-wing radio freakazoid Michael Savage recently garnered a helping of the bad sort of attention when he referr...

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Jason Linkins

McCain's Surge Gaffe Actually Acknowledged On MSNBC

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq Surge, John McCain, Video, Contessa Brewer, Barack Obama, Jonathan Capehart, Politics News

A perfect example of how badly the media muddies the water when it comes to the Iraq War occurred in the late morning on MSNBC. At around 11:40, Cont...

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Sam Stein

GOP Insider Eviscerates Bush And Party: Just "Phenomenal Arrogance"

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Nicole Sexton, Republican Party Arrogant, Sexton Party Favors, Bush Katrina, Nrsc, Obama Fundraising, Fundraising Gop, President Bush, Senate Candidates, Bush Arrogant, Mccain Fundraising, Gop Insider, Politics News

There is wide-spread acknowledgment, even within the party itself, that the Republican brand is currently poisonous. Faced with massive losses in Nove...

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Jason Linkins

Flickr Watch: Russian Infestation!

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Photography, Barack Obama, Politics News

Joe Scarborough may think he's got us bloggers pegged correctly as Cheeto-eating miscreants, but at least one protester in Chicago knows the score whe...

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Sam Stein

McCain Campaign Running Obama-Castro Ad

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama Cuba, Mccain Ad Campaign, McCain Obama, Fidel Castro, Barack Obama Cuba, Mccain Castro, Barack Obama Embargo, Obama Castro, Castro Obama, Cuba Embargo, McCain Web Ad, Obama Castro Ad, Barack Obama, Mccain Castro Obama, Castro Obama Ad, Mccain Castro Ad, Fidel Obama Ad, Politics News

The McCain campaign has a new web ad out placing Barack Obama, for the second time, side-by-side with a foreign dictator. This time, it's Fidel Castro...

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Nico Pitney

NBC/WSJ Poll: Obama Holds Lead, Only 14% Of McCain Supporters "Excited"

HuffingtonPost.com | Nico Pitney | Posted 07.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq Withdrawal Poll, Barack Obama, John McCain, Politics News

A new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll is out tonight. Some key highlights -- Barack Obama leads John Mcain by 6 percent, 47-41, a number unchanged ...

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Sam Stein

Schumer: A 60-Seat Majority Is Possible

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Chuck Schumer, Republicans Vulnerable, Democrats Senate, Schumer 60 Votes, Schumer Democratic Majority, Schumer Dscc, Democrats 60 Seats, Schumer and 60, Politics News

Senator Chuck Schumer whetted the palate of many Democrats today when he suggested, for the first time of the election cycle, that their dream of a 60...

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Seth Colter Walls

Brent Scowcroft Neutral In Presidential Race

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 07.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Brent Scowcroft, John McCain, Barack Obama, Politics News

Former Lt. Gen. Brent Scowcroft, the former Bush 41 adviser, considers himself officially "neutral" in the presidential contest between Barack Obama a...

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Sam Stein

McCain Surrogate Hoekstra: Obama Presidency Could Mean Nukes In Syria

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama Diplomacy, Mccain Syria, Obama Iran, Hoekstra Negotiations, Hoekstra Obama, Obama Nuclear Weapons, Obama Syrian, Peter Hoekstra, Politics News

With Barack Obama in the midst of his Middle East tour, the McCain campaign is making a concerted effort to cast him as a danger to the region. The la...

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Seth Colter Walls

Wexler: McCain Attack On Obama's Holocaust Museum Visit "Shameful"

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 07.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama Yad Vashem, John McCain, Tucker Bounds, Israel, Barack Obama, Politics News

Florida Democrat Robert Wexler isn't pleased with the McCain campaign's decision to attack remarks made by Barack Obama during his visit today to Isra...

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Jason Linkins

Katie Couric To Obama: People Are "Scratching Their Heads" About Your Opposition To Surge

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.23.2008 | Media

Read More: Iraq Surge, John McCain, Barack Obama, Katie Couric, Katie Couric and Obama, Obama Katie Couric, Media News

When Katie Couric told Haaretz that "The glory days of TV news are over," her words framed what looked like a lament, but her recent interview with Obama makes them seem like a threat.

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Jason Linkins

Scarborough Defames Bloggers Who Are Right On 'Surge'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq Surge, Joe Scarborough, Video, Anbar Province, Bloggers, Politics News

For all of my ideological differences with the man, I've always appreciated the way MSNBC's Joe Scarborough has seemed to applaud and encourage people...

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Sam Stein

On Progressive Path, Jeff Merkley Questions Even Obama

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Merkley Fisa, Jeff Merkley, Merkley Lieberman, Merkley Gordon Smith, Barack Obama, Merkley Democrats, Merkley Netroots Nation, Merkley Senate, Merkley Obama, Merkley Nafta, Merkley Oregon Senate Race, Politics News

Oregon senatorial candidate Jeff Merkley admits that his race against incumbent Gordon Smith will be one of, if not the, closest fought this cycle. Bu...

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Sam Stein

McCain Camp Attacks Obama's Holocaust Museum Statement

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama Yad Vashem, Obama Genocide, Mccain Holocaust, Obama McCain, Obama Iraq, Mccain Attack, McCain Iraq, Obama Holocaust, Barack Obama, Mccain Genocide, Mc Cain Genocide, Obama Holocaust, Politics News

The McCain campaign implied on Wednesday that Barack Obama's commitment to preventing a future genocide was not sincere, attacking the Democratic cand...

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Seth Colter Walls

McCain Tries To Cover Surge Mistake With Attack

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 07.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq Surge, John McCain, Anbar Province, Politics News

In a quote to the AP, John McCain's rapid response man delivered the campaign's first reaction to the news that the Arizona Republican bungled the his...

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Jason Linkins

McCain Pushes Drilling: "Oil Executives Say...We Could Get Results From It" (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Oil Profits, Oil Prices, John McCain, Mccain Oil Executives, Politics News

John McCain addressed a town hall meeting in Rochester, NY, today, and the line that everyone will be talking about, or would, if anyone in the media ...

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Sam Stein

McCain Gets Cash From Same Bush Bundlers

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama Small Donations, Barack Obama, Public Financing, Fundraising, Mccain Bundlers, John McCain, Bush Bundlers, Politics News

If there was ever a symbol of how vastly different the McCain and Obama campaigns are structured, it came in the form of their June fundraising number...

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Jason Linkins

McCain's Ad Buy Is A Big-Time Bust

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Polls, Campaign Ads, John McCain, Politics News

Back in June, John McCain fought back against the Democrats' "50-State Strategy" by launching an eleven state strategy of his own, sinking $16 million...

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Jason Linkins

GOP 'Love' Ad Furthers the Pot-Kettle Dialectic

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama Iraq Trip, Campaign Ads, John McCain, Barack Obama, Politics News

McCain is running a pair of ads that say -- get this -- that the media is "in love" with Obama. The candidate best known for courting the press, straight up, as his "base," is complaining bitterly about this.

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Jason Linkins

Chris Matthews Makes Emotional Appeal For Voters To Be Racially Open

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.22.2008 | Media

Read More: Jay Leno, Leno Chris Matthews, Chris Matthews, Barack Obama, Media News

Last night, Chris Matthews appeared on the Tonight Show, where he made an emotional appeal to American voters to remain racially open-minded at the po...

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Thomas B. Edsall is the Political Editor of the Huffington Post. He is also Joseph Pulitzer II and Edith Pulitzer Moore Professor at the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism.
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Sam Stein is a Political Reporter at the Huffington Post, based in Washington, D.C. Previously he has worked for Newsweek Magazine, the New York Daily News and the investigative journalism group Center for Public Integrity.
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Jason Linkins is a Political Reporter at the Huffington Post, covering media and politics. He's based in Washington, DC. Previously, he wrote for HuffPo's Eat The Press, and has also contributed to DCist and Wonkette.
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