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GOP Gaining Advantage In 2010

washingtonpost.com | Dan Balz | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics

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Three forces threaten Democrats in the 2010 elections: populist anger on the right, disaffection in the middle and potential disillusionment on the le...

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Obama And Progressives Split On Patriot Act, Terrorism Policy

AP | LARRY MARGASAK | Posted 10.15.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — New cracks are opening in the relationship between President Barack Obama and his liberal allies in Congress over his desire to con...

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Sam Stein

Poll: Obama Has Little Wiggle Room With Dems On Afghan Strategy

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.07.2009 | Politics

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As the White House begins to chart the future of U.S. policy towards Afghanistan, new polling data shows how little wiggle room the president has with...

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Now Comes The Hard Part: After Early Victories, Obama Faces Divided Democrats

Washington Post | Shailagh Murray and Dan Balz | Posted 07.30.2009 | Politics

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After a series of early and relatively easy victories on Capitol Hill, the White House appears certain to face a more difficult road when Congress ret...

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Sam Stein

Obama Makes Historic Gains On National Security Polling

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 06.19.2009 | Politics

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President Barack Obama and the Democratic Party as a whole have made historic gains in public trust when it comes to national security and foreign pol...

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Centrist Dems Plan Revolt On Obama's Budget Plan

Politico | Posted 04.04.2009 | Politics

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Moderate and conservative Democrats in the Senate are starting to choke over the massive spending and tax increases in President Barack Obama's budget...

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Stimulus Spin War: Obama To Go On Media Offensive

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.05.2009 | Politics

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Barack Obama is slated to sit down with the five major television news networks tomorrow, a media play that is almost certain to be part of a broader ...

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Obama Heading To The Hill Tomorrow

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein and Ryan Grim | Posted 02.12.2009 | Politics

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Barack Obama will head to the Hill tomorrow for perhaps the final time before he takes the oath of office. The president-elect will be attending the ...

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Obama Puts Out The Panetta Fire

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 02.06.2009 | Politics

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Barack Obama was forced into his first real rift with congressional Democrats on Monday when two influential Senators complained publicly about not ha...

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Democrats' Factions Could Stall Grand Plans

wsj.com | NAFTALI BENDAVID and GREG HITT | Posted 02.05.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON -- The new Congress sweeps into town Tuesday with many members comparing themselves to the 1933 Congress that enacted much of President Fra...

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Democrats Jockey To Shape Obama Agenda

WSJ | Posted 11.30.2008 | Politics

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Democrats inside Sen. Barack Obama's circle of advisers and on Capitol Hill are jockeying even before Election Day to shape an Obama administration's ...

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Negative Obama Ad Mimics Outside Group's Effort

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.20.2008 | Politics

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A new Obama campaign ad hammering John McCain on the economy bears a striking resemblance to an ad produced several months ago by an outside Democrati...

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Obama: You'd Think This Would Be Easy

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.18.2008 | Politics

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Barack Obama implicitly acknowledged on Monday that common sense suggests he should be doing better in his campaign for the president. "We've got wo...

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Hill Dems Annoyed, Feel Ignored By Obama

Politico | Posted 07.23.2008 | Politics

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After a brief bout of Obamamania, some Capitol Hill Democrats have begun to complain privately that Barack Obama's presidential campaign is insular, u...

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Poll: Dems, Not GOP, Satisfied With Their Nominee

Election Central | Eric Kleefeld | Posted 06.21.2008 | Politics

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A new number from the latest Hotline/Diageo poll goes a long way toward dispelling the idea that Barack Obama is leading a seriously divided party. On...

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Pelosi, Reid, Dean Go Public: Democrats Need To Endorse

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 06.11.2008 | Politics

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Updated With Statement Below In the absence of a concession speech from Sen. Hillary Clinton on Tuesday night, top figures in the Democratic Party we...

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Superdelegates: We Haven't Heard From The Obama Campaign

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 06.10.2008 | Politics

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There is a consensus developing around Washington that Barack Obama's presidential campaign is hoping to herd a dozen or so superdelegates into its ca...

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Rep. Tom Allen: Obama Needs Bigger Dem Majorities In Congress

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.21.2008 | Politics

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One of Barack Obama's recent high profile endorsers has two pieces of advice for the Illinois Democrat: don't nudge Hillary Clinton out of the primary...

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Obama Struggles With Working Class Whites, Dems Emotionally Divided

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.14.2008 | Politics

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Coming into the North Carolina and Indiana primaries, an emphasis was placed on two questions: Could Barack Obama win over the small town vote and, to...

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