Obama Democrats

Sam Stein

Gibbs: Obama Demanded As Much From Lieberman As Progressives

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.15.2009 | Politics


White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs insisted on Tuesday that the president has been consistent in demanding that both moderates and progressives ...

GOP Gaining Advantage In 2010

washingtonpost.com | Dan Balz | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics


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

Obama And Progressives Split On Patriot Act, Terrorism Policy

AP | LARRY MARGASAK | Posted 10.15.2009 | Politics


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

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.07.2009 | Politics


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...

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

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


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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Obama Makes Historic Gains On National Security Polling

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 06.19.2009 | Politics


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...

Centrist Dems Plan Revolt On Obama's Budget Plan

Politico | Posted 04.04.2009 | Politics


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


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 ...

Sam Stein and Ryan Grim

Obama Heading To The Hill Tomorrow

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


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


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

Democrats' Factions Could Stall Grand Plans

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


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

Democrats Jockey To Shape Obama Agenda

WSJ | Posted 11.30.2008 | Politics


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


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


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...

Hill Dems Annoyed, Feel Ignored By Obama

Politico | Posted 07.23.2008 | Politics


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

Poll: Dems, Not GOP, Satisfied With Their Nominee

Election Central | Eric Kleefeld | Posted 06.21.2008 | Politics


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


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


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


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


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...