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Chris Christie's 'Macaca Moment' on Health Care

John R. Bohrer | Posted 11.28.2009 | New York


John R. Bohrer

Christie is now on film, getting short with someone for daring to question the whims of the health care industry. 2009-09-28-Untitld1.jpg

Jason Linkins

No, Virginia, This Is Not A "Macaca Moment"

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics


Lots of people think that Bob McDonnell's college thesis "The Republican Party's Vision for the Family" may prove to be his undoing. And lots of those people seem to be working for the Washington Post.

George Allen Could Make Comeback In Virginia: Poll

The Washington Independent | David Weigel | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics


Public Policy Polling releases a fascinating survey of the Virginia electorate, one that gives former Sen. George Allen (R-Va.), defeated in a razor-t...

Macaca Day 2009: From George Allen to Claire McCaskill, Video Trackers to Town Haters

Dan Manatt | Posted 09.12.2009 | Politics


Dan Manatt

Town Halls -- perhaps they should be renamed "Town Hates" -- have become the front lines of an anti-government revolt by various groups, including health care reform opponents.

Jason Linkins

George Allen To Pen Treatise On "The Triumph Of Character"

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 08.08.2009 | Politics


Via Wonkette comes the news that former Virginia senator and mutterer of racist exotica George Allen is going to be writing a book, and that book is g...

GOP 'Trackers' Follow Dems, Hoping For A 'Macaca' Moment

McClatchy DC | Posted 04.17.2009 | Politics


Rep. Chris Carney was walking down a Capitol Hill street when suddenly -- bam -- an anonymous Republican with a video camera who'd been following him ...

Saltsman and Allen: Separated at Birth?

Katie Halper | Posted 02.12.2009 | Politics


Katie Halper

These two Southerners share a striking resemblance and a gift for race-based humor. But could they also share genes? Or alleles, at the very least?

Courting the Pro-Palin Hooters Demographic in Va.

Riley Murray | Posted 12.04.2008 | Home


Riley Murray

Republicans in Augusta County have been working to sustain a rise in base enthusiasm for the McCain-Palin ticket. The Party's large "I'm Voting for the Chick" signs are cropping up across the county and are most popular with male small-business owners.

HuffPost's DNC Panel: Game Change -- How the New Media Are Impacting the '08 Race

Arianna Huffington | Posted 01.09.2009 | Media


Arianna Huffington

Tech advances -- and the new media they've made possible -- have had a game-changing effect on the political world. To explore this brave new world of broadband politics and political coverage, HuffPost is hosting a discussion during the Democratic National Convention.

Happy Macaca Day!!! The 2nd Anniversary of the Birth of YouTube Politics

Dan Manatt | Posted 09.18.2008 | Politics


Dan Manatt

Just two years ago, the modern age of YouTube/Web Video Politics began: On 8.11.06, Sen. George Allen, a shoo in for reelection and early favorite fo...

Bill Clinton's "Macaca" Moment

Dave Winer | Posted 06.11.2008 | Media


Dave Winer

There's too much control of the political process by the press, and that's too easily manipulated by the candidates. We'll see that play out in the fall as press favorites, Obama and McCain, compete.

George "Macaca" Allen Rules Out Run For Virginia Governor In 2009

AP | BOB LEWIS | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


George Allen, a former U.S. senator and governor of Virginia, will not run to lead the state again in 2009, he said Tuesday. Allen made his plans pub...