Today I signed and mailed my Florida absentee ballot for this historic election.
Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 11.10.2008 | Politics
A truly successful Obama administration will not only succeed legislatively, but strengthen the Democratic Party moving forward. These two goals are obviously closely linked.
Norman MacAfee | Posted 11.06.2008 | Politics
We need a landslide. If 80 percent of the population think the country is on the wrong track, why can't we have an election where 80 percent vote for Barack and 20 for McCain?
Stephen C. Rose | Posted 10.27.2008 | Politics
By Stephen C. Rose Presidents defy categorization by their decisions. Which renders exceedingly silly the idea that it makes a real difference whic...
Sandy Goodman | Posted 09.28.2008 | Politics
The dramatic drive to move forward as a nation enables a black man to be chosen tonight as one of the two major party candidates for president, something unthinkable less than half a century ago.
Murray Fromson | Posted 09.27.2008 | Politics
Tears of nostalgia filled my eyes Monday evening, watching Caroline and Ted Kennedy open the Democratic National Convention in Denver. It reminded me ...
Robert Kuttner | Posted 09.27.2008 | Politics
Here in Denver, where podium time has been found for a mind-numbing array of obscure speakers, the day will pass without ceremony or acknowledgment of LBJ. Why?
Jeffrey Feldman | Posted 09.26.2008 | Politics
To the theme of 'Great Society,' Michelle Obama added a new and compelling refrain: the world as it should be -- not a destination, so much as it is the energy that both unites us and drives us forward.
Noel Koch | Posted 08.09.2008 | Politics
It is a sorrow to hear McCain accusing Obama of dishonoring the sacrifices of American soldiers by calling for their withdrawal from a conflict promoted, as was Vietnam, by deceiving the American people.
Tony Sachs | Posted 07.21.2008 | Politics
To elect a far-left liberal in 2008 would be like Reagan getting elected in 1968, or FDR in 1924. The country simply isn't ready yet. The liberals' time will come again -- just not this year.
Jonathan Leigh Solomon | Posted 06.28.2008 | Politics
Barack Obama has gone back on his word, Barack Obama is a hypocrite ... I couldn't be happier. Truth is, if what's necessary to win in November is some outright cheating, I'd be all for that, too.
Steve Cone | Posted 06.27.2008 | Politics
In memory of its creator, I think it is high time we understand that the 1964 Daisy ad was not about being negative but rather truthful.
Martin Nolan | Posted 06.24.2008 | Media
For more than 30 years, my friendship with Tim was rooted in a shared Irish heritage and similar education, with minimal emphasis on self-expression and more on what Tom Brokaw calls "accountability."
Harold Pollack | Posted 05.05.2008 | Politics
This guy will be tough come November. His Appalachian tour is brilliant politics and offers nothing of substance that would actually help the heartland constituency that might vote for him.
Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 05.03.2008 | Politics
It's becoming clear that Obama needs to do a better job speaking to the kind of voter once condescendingly described as a "regular person."
The Hill | Klaus Marre | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
Sen. Barack Obama's (D-Ill.) presidential campaign is raising contributions at the rate of $1 million a day so far this year, campaign manager David P...
Salon | Glenn Greenwald | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
Here's the cover for this week's issue of The Weekly Standard, excitingly available on newsstands now. Here, once again, we encounter the renowned ju...
Election Central | Greg Sargent | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
The Tears are now officially an issue in Campaign 2008. Obama's national campaign co-chair, Jesse Jackson, Jr., just went on MSNBC and appeared to qu...
Political Radar | Kate Snow and Jennifer Parker | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
The woman whose empathetic question -- "how do you do it?" -- sparked uncharacteristic emotion Monday from Sen. Hillary Clinton ended up voting for Se...
Political Wire | Stuart Rothenberg | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
While some will suggest that Sen. Hillary Clinton's New Hampshire victory can be traced to her emotional comments shortly before the primary, and othe...
New York Sun | PETER KIEFER | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
It seemed next to impossible just a few days ago: the idea of Senator Obama competing against -- much less beating -- Senator Clinton on her home turf...
Huffington Post | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
At the end of a dusty, dirt road lined with mango and mimosa trees, Barack Obama's Kenyan relatives sat outside on plastic chairs surrounded by chicke...
NYT's The Caucus | Sara Wheaton | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
As they barnstorm through New Hampshire, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton and her husband are often introduced by supporters who once backed another can...
Lea Lane | Posted 11.20.2008 | Politics