Mike Gravel

Late Returns: Welcome To The Trollgaze Campaign

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.03.2012

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The latest social media innovation from the Obama campaign is called "The Life Of Julia." It is not, as the title suggests, some outré piece of high-...

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Someone On A Motorcycle Is Going To Do Something In Six Days For Jon Huntsman

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 08.15.2011

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Jon Huntsman has launched a new site -- apparently for the campaign he's set to embark upon next week -- and with it comes a bizarre video.

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Presidential Possibilities 2012: Who Will Be the First to Announce?

Robert Guttman | Posted 05.25.2011

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There is an unpopular president in the White House defending some unpopular policies and there will be many Republican candidates coming out of the woodwork to announce and the announcements will be coming soon.

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Lisa Murkowski Adios?

Donald Craig Mitchell | Posted 05.25.2011

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The "Sarah did it" explanation of the Alaska GOP's apparent repudiation of its most prominent Washington officeholder ignores the fact that Lisa's seat has been ripe for a hard-right plucking from the moment her father gave it to her.

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How Ted Stevens Got Into the Senate

Joe Lauria | Posted 05.25.2011

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Wally Hickel, the former Republican governor of Alaska, once told me how he appointed Ted Stevens to the Senate seat vacated by the death of Sen. Bob ...

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Mike Gravel And Pot Brownies: 'Those Were Pretty Good'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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Things on the Mike Gravel blogging front have been a little light of late, so I am pleased to report that the former Alaska senator and one-time presi...

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TwitNotes from #PDF09

Eric Kuhn | Posted 05.25.2011

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Over 1,000 people descended upon the annual Personal Democracy Forum earlier this week. Here are some of my notes -- taken on Twitter, of course -- from the two day conference.

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Mike Gravel on the Personal Democracy Forum

Eric Kuhn | Posted 05.25.2011

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"Change is only going to come about when people have the power to act upon the knowledge that they will acquire through the new technology," says former Alaska Democratic Senator Mike Gravel.

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An Encounter with Ted Kennedy

Joe Lauria | Posted 05.25.2011

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The following is a little known story but typical of the kind of power Kennedy wielded in the Senate, as early as the late 1960s, as recounted by Mike Gravel.

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Seven Reasons Why Hillary Was the Better Choice

Joe Lauria | Posted 05.25.2011

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Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer -- now there's nothing to stop the Clintons, if they choose, from undermining an Obama presidency so Hillary can run in 2012.

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Why Bush Has Won in Iraq and the Rest of Us Have Lost

Joe Lauria | Posted 05.25.2011

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A Political Odyssey is a parallel history of Mike Gravel's political career and the rise of the American military industry, the expansion of US territory and the growth of presidential power.

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Artificial Dissemination

Kevin Morris and Glenn Altschuler | Posted 05.25.2011

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Reading The Kingmakers evokes feelings not dissimilar to watching Mike Gravel during debates: you sympathize with him, but can't help concluding that he's a few bricks short of a load.

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VIDEO: 2008: Web Video Odyssey

Matthew and Peter Slutsky | Posted 05.25.2011

Primary season 2008 was stamped in part by internet video. We've compiled choice excerpts, including snippets from the big hits that helped shape the campaigns.

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Mike Gravel on The Stephanie Miller Show

Stephanie Miller | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mike Gravel talks about his career-long battle against the American military industrial complex, and about his new book.

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Third Party Lunacy At The Libertarian National Convention

Ken Bank | Posted 05.25.2011

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Al Gore's gas-guzzling jet. Fabric-damaging flag pins. Drunken jerk candidates. Candidate no-shows. All that and more on display at this past week's other political party convention in Denver.

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Libertarians Nominate Ex-Republican Barr

Matt Simon | Posted 05.25.2011

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This weekend in Denver Republican Congressman Bob Barr was chosen to head the "Strongest ticket in the history of the Libertarian Party," hoping to capitalize on the momentum of the "Ron Paul Revolution."

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Mike Gravel, Obama Girl In New Video

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Obama girl is back! She has a new co-star, Senator Mike Gravel, and he's trying to steal her away from Obama! [WATCH} ...

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Mike Gravel To Seek Libertarian Nomination For President

Off The Bus | Posted 05.25.2011

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Former Senator Mike Gravel (D-Alaska) informed supporters Wednesday morning via email that he intends to leave the Democratic Party and seek the Liber...

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Campaign AdWatch: Mike Gravel Will Have His Revenge On The Beatles Songbook

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mike Gravel may not have ended up contributing too much to the Democratic primaries, but if there was one achievement where Gravel led all comers by a...

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Mike Gravel Drops Out Of Democratic Race, Seeks To Join Libertarian Ticket

The Swamp | Mattew Hay Brown | Posted 05.25.2011

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Former Sen. Mike Gravel is leaving the Democratic Party - and his quixotic bid for its presidential nomination - for the Libertarian Party. "It is a ...

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Mike Gravel: "I want to be the poster boy of the gay community."

Off The Bus | Posted 05.25.2011

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Candidate's wife disses Vegas. Gravel courts gay vote. Thompson cozies up to a Bush. Mitt and Chris are debate winner wannabes.

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McCain Pays Tribute to Strom Thurmond in South Carolina Speech

Off The Bus | Posted 05.25.2011

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Gravel grovels for recognition. McCain pays tribute to Strom Thurmond in South Carolina speech. Fred has met the enemy, and it's the GOP!

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Free Dennis Kucinich! Why MSNBC Should Let The Man Debate

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 05.25.2011

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MSNBC had envisioned an intimate, sit-down affair moderated by Tim Russert and Brian Williams with the candidates asking questions of each other; not so, said the Judge, unless Kucinich can play, too.

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Mike Gravel To Keep Campaigning

Boston Globe | Posted 05.25.2011

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Former Sen. Mike Gravel of Alaska had a tough primary day in New Hampshire, getting more help from doctors than voters. more stories like this He spe...

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Facebook/ABC Debate Will Exclude Second Tier Candidates

CNET | Declan McCullagh | Posted 05.25.2011

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First it was Google co-sponsoring two YouTube presidential debates with CNN. And now it's Facebook co-sponsoring a debate this Saturday here in New Ha...

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