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Why Some Smart Women Think Palin is a Good Choice

Pam Atherton | Posted 11.24.2008 | Home


Pam Atherton

A few of my very smart women friends think Palin has what it takes. I don't get it. Why can't they see what I see and what many conservative pundits are falling all over themselves to say? Palin is not qualified. I was so confused, I sought the advice of experts.

Don't Vote, You've Got Better Things To Do

Aram Khayatpour | Posted 11.23.2008 | Politics


Aram Khayatpour

Obviously the economy looks like it going to be fine, no need to worry there. The next president is going to have to clean up after the man who may be the worst president ever, but how hard could that be?

An Invitation to Governor Palin

Elizabeth Austin | Posted 11.23.2008 | Chicago


Elizabeth Austin

Sarah Palin's vision of urban America has been shaped by media offering violent visions of city life. She doesn't know that my community is as tightly interwoven as her hometown.

I Owe My Interest in American Politics to Sarah Palin

Jason Whitlock | Posted 11.23.2008 | Politics


Jason Whitlock

Before Sarah Palin, I was a stubbornly proud non-voter, a 41-year-old patriotic American unwilling to tie any of my identity to a political party or ideology.

McCain and Palin Inciting Violence in North Carolina

Erik Ose | Posted 11.22.2008 | Politics


Erik Ose

In the wake of McCain-Palin visits to North Carolina, a string of election season crimes have occurred around the state involving violence, vandalism, and harassment.

Sam Stein

Chuck Todd On McCain-Palin: No Chemistry, No Trust, Possibly No Chance

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.22.2008 | Politics


Commenting on a new joint interview with John McCain and Sarah Palin, NBC News Political Director Chuck Todd described the Republican ticket as lackin...

Palin: Election Day Results Are Up To God

AP | ERIC GORSKI | Posted 11.22.2008 | Politics


DENVER — Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin describes herself as a "hard-core pro-lifer" and expresses confidence that in spite ...

GOP Endgame: Vote Suppression

Michael Carmichael | Posted 11.21.2008 | Politics


Michael Carmichael

The current charges against ACORN are frivolous distractions from what is a massive and threatening GOP campaign to distort the popular vote in key battleground states.

Sam Stein

Old-Time Celebs Launch Ads For Obama

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.21.2008 | Politics


The Jewish Alliance for Change, a pro-Obama group, is launching a series of three ads in swing states that use humor and celebrity narration to go aft...

Palin Preaches To GOP Base In Alien Country Roswell, N.M.: Patriotism, Taxes, Socialism

Mayhill Fowler | Posted 11.21.2008 | Home


Mayhill Fowler

"This hangar, or one of these along here -- that's where they brought the alien bodies," says John Pierce, a reporter for KBIM radio in Roswell, New M...

Thomas B. Edsall

The Palin Plunge: Voters Sour On McCain VP Pick

HuffingtonPost.com | Thomas B. Edsall | Posted 11.18.2008 | Politics


The more voters learn about Sarah Palin, the more wary they become. Once the focus of post-convention Republican euphoria, the Alaska Governor is now ...

Sam Stein

McCain Surrogate Calls Obama (Not His Policies) "A Socialist"

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.18.2008 | Politics


Over the past few days there has been a concerted McCain campaign effort to paint Barack Obama's tax policies as socialistic in nature. On Friday a su...

Send Us Notes On Your Experience As A McCain Volunteer

Off The Bus | Posted 11.17.2008 | Home


Off The Bus

Are you volunteering for the McCain-Palin campaign or a conservative group this weekend? We are looking for people to share their experiences out on t...

Sam Stein

Joe The Plumber Makes McCain Ad, Takes More Questions Than Palin

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.16.2008 | Politics


It was bound to happen. A day after a man nicknamed "Joe the Plumber" became the focus of the political world, the McCain campaign cut a commercial ho...

McCain at Sunset

Mike Barnicle | Posted 11.16.2008 | Politics


Mike Barnicle

It is a sad story: a proud and independent man permits a handful of advisers to take his hard-earned reputation and alter it to such an extent that the original is now hard to recognize.

Obama Has The Intelligence, Dedication And Dignity Of Jackie Robinson

Marlene H. Phillips | Posted 11.16.2008 | Home


Marlene H. Phillips

My father said Jackie Robinson wasn't just a great ballplayer, he called him simply A Great Man. I watch Barack Obama handle this campaign and I'm struck by more than just his talent and intelligence and dedication to doing right. I'm struck with his dignity in the face of insult.

Palin Fans Flames Of Fear And Hatred

Denise Dennis | Posted 11.15.2008 | Home


Denise Dennis

During times of extreme insecurity, people can fall easy prey to the fiery rhetoric and xenophobia of folksy characters like Sarah Palin, Huey Long, Charles Coughlin and Joe McCarthy.

Obama vs. McCain Wrap-Up: Thoughts on the Third Presidential Debate

Brad Listi | Posted 11.15.2008 | Home


Brad Listi

Well, my friends, Obama's ahead in the polls, so naturally pundits are ramping up the dramatic tension, billing tonight's showdown as McCain's next-last-best opportunity to shift the momentum in his favor...

Dad'll Be Palin For This For Years

Disgrasian | Posted 11.15.2008 | Politics


Disgrasian

Mark Ciptak, a new father in Tennessee, "surprised" his wife this week -- by ignoring their chosen baby name "Ava Grace".

McCain and Palin In Their Own Words: 25 Laughable Quotes

Daniel Kurtzman | Posted 11.15.2008 | Politics


Daniel Kurtzman

1. "Our economy, I think, is still ― the fundamentals of our economy are strong." ―John McCain, Jacksonville, Fla., Sept. 15, 2008 (Source) 2. "T...

Father Secretly Names Baby Sarah McCain Palin

Fox News | Posted 11.15.2008 | Politics


A new father has secretly named his baby girl Sarah McCain Palin after the Republican ticket for president and vice president. Mark Ciptak of Elizabe...

Sarah Palin Enviro Hit List & Plastic Trees -- ZapRoot VIDEO >>

George Spyros | Posted 11.14.2008 | Green


George Spyros

Arizona tests artificial CO2 filtering trees. Sarah Palin loves oil. Find ways to get rid of your junk mail. • ZapRoot gives a breakdown of the ...

Palin Rally: "Kill Him" Yelled Again

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 11.14.2008 | Politics


Via Politico, The Scranton Times reports another threat against Barack Obama at a Sarah Palin rally Tuesday: Chris Hackett addressed the increasingl...

Sam Stein

Bush Strategist: McCain Knows He Put Country At Risk With Palin Pick

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.14.2008 | Politics


Matthew Dowd, a prominent political consultant and chief strategist for George W. Bush's reelection campaign eviscerated John McCain on Tuesday for hi...

Political Campaign Is A Mirror Of The Man Who Leads It

Linda Hansen | Posted 11.14.2008 | Home


Linda Hansen

At the end of the campaign day -- win or lose -- the responsibility for loosing the mob mentality beast, calling it from the depths of the sub-cranial cavern, is wholly that of John McCain. He is the commander-in-chief of his own political army.