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Once-Skeptical Dems Rally Around Obama 2012

AP | KEN THOMAS | Posted 02.10.2012

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WASHINGTON — After a dreary summer marred by the fight over government borrowing, rank-and-file Democrats say they are growing more optimistic a...

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David Axelrod: Network Of Outside Democratic Groups Looks 'Rather Minor,' Will Be Outspent

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.08.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Outside Democratic groups launched a broadside attack on former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney this past week, ...

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Does Obama Have A Democratic Lawmaker Problem?

Politico | MANU RAJU & MARIN COGAN | Posted 01.14.2012

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Sen. Joe Lieberman was treated like an outcast back in 2008 when he broke from the Senate Democratic Caucus and openly opposed Barack Obama's bid for ...

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DSCC: President Obama Won't Impact 2012 Senate Races

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 01.03.2012

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WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama will matter little to next year's Democratic Senate races, even though Republicans will try to link the poll-chal...

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Obama, Occupy Wall Street and 2012

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 12.25.2011

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The Occupy Wall Street movement is not talking about running somebody against President Obama in the Democratic Party, but this would be about the best thing that could happen to the Obama campaign.

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There Is No Political Middle Ground

Bob Burnett | Posted 11.30.2011

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In contemporary America there is no room for bipartisanship. We are solidly divided between Democrats and Republican who exist in their own, quite different, realities.

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Obama Faring Better Among Dem Voters Than Every Democratic President Since Truman: Gallup

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.26.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The debt ceiling debate has provided yet another opportunity for Democratic base voters to lament the political choices of the president...

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Anthony Weiner: Obama Is 'Not A Values Guy'

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) and a handful of other House Democrats expressed deep frustration with President Barack Obama's leadership ...

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ONE MORE TIME WITH FEELING: Obama Coming Back To Chicago For Dem Rally

AP | JULIE PACE | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will make a final push for Democrats the weekend before Election Day with campaign stops in four cities. Ob...

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My Declaration of Independents

Marty Kaplan | Posted 05.25.2011

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I used to imagine the president was playing 11-dimensional political chess with Republicans, a strategy I was too dim to grasp. I've begun to wonder whether his negotiating is his way of dog-whistling to Independents that he's their guy.

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Obama Tells Dems He'll Oppose Tax Cut Compromise Withtout Unemployment Extension

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — At a meeting at the White House with Democratic congressional leadership Saturday afternoon, President Obama said he would oppose a...

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Democrats' Loss May Be Obama's Re-Election Gain

Robert K. Lifton | Posted 05.25.2011

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The natural tendency will be to think of how this large-scale loss by his party weakens President Obama's chances in the next presidential election.

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Democrats Aiming To Fire Up Voters, Close Enthusiasm Gap With Republicans Ahead Of November

AP | LIZ SIDOTI | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Democrats desperately need other Democrats – to vote. With midterm elections in just six weeks – and Republicans fired...

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Obama, Dems Try To Make Shadowy Conservative Groups A Problem For Conservatives

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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When President Obama used his radio address this past weekend to spotlight the issue of campaign finance reform and the role that outside groups are h...

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Fewer Democrats Turning To Obama For Campaign Help

AP | ANDREW DeMILLO and LIZ SIDOTI | Posted 05.25.2011

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — President Barack Obama doesn't go there anymore. The days of Obama traipsing around the country to states like Montana, Ind...

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Steven Slater Republican Ad Knocks Obama For Being Unpopular (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

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The RNC is out with a new ad that seeks to paint Democratic candidates on the ballot as reluctant to accept the campaigning help of President Obama, o...

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AP: Obama Promises To Help House Dems

AP | ERICA WERNER and PHILIP ELLIOTT | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Facing criticism from House Democrats, President Barack Obama promised their leaders Wednesday night that he'll actively support th...

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White House Defends Record Of Political Support For Democrats

AP/Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Facing criticism from House Democrats, the White House circulated a memo Wednesday that details all the political help that President Ba...

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Obama Delivers 2010 Election Pitch On YouTube: 'I Need Your Help'

AP/Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Desperate to curtail expected widespread losses this fall, President Barack Obama pleaded with supporters of his 2008 campaign Monday to help elect De...

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Why Obama Refuses To Lead His Party

New York Times | MATT BAI | Posted 05.25.2011

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A year and a half after they sat, shivering and awestruck, on a January morning and listened to the sounds of a million cheers careering off the marbl...

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Is Obama Reluctant To Head The Democratic Party?

New York Times | MATT BAI | Posted 05.25.2011

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A year and a half after they sat, shivering and awestruck, on a January morning and listened to the sounds of a million cheers careering off the marbl...

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Democrats Unhappy With Obama's Centrist Shift

POLITICO | Posted 05.25.2011

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President Barack Obama is running into resistance from congressional Democrats over several key economic proposals -- blunting the party's ability to ...

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Obama Makes Emotional Appeal To Senate Dems To 'Finish The Job On Health Care'

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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President Barack Obama made an emotional, public appeal to Senate Democrats on Wednesday to finish the job on health care reform. Appearing at a Sena...

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Love, Love Me Do

Robert Kuttner | Posted 05.25.2011

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Obama may think he is modeling a higher form of leadership. He isn't. If he wants to be loved by voters, it's time for some toughlove directed at Republicans.

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Obama To Democrats: Don't 'Run For The Hills'

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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President Obama implored member his own party to continue forging ahead with his agenda during the State of the Union address on Wednesday night even ...

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