Taking the Long View
Can Obama really and truly get us to take the long view? And can he both exploit and turn his back on the same media technologies that impact how we respond to events and crises?
Can Obama really and truly get us to take the long view? And can he both exploit and turn his back on the same media technologies that impact how we respond to events and crises?
The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 03.20.2009 | Politics
At the Denver signing of the stimulus bill, Vice President Joe Biden introduced the CEO of Namaste Solar, Blake Jones. He said that if he pronounced t...
AP/Huffington Post | BEN FELLER | Posted 03.20.2009 | Politics
President Barack Obama signed into law the most sweeping economic package in decades, a rescue plan meant to reinvigorate job creation, consumer spend...
AP | BEN FELLER | Posted 03.15.2009 | Politics
EAST PEORIA, Ill. — President Barack Obama on Thursday pitched his economic plan at a Caterpillar Inc. plant reeling from layoffs, his message b...
Huffington Post | Posted 11.26.2008 | Politics
Barack Obama drew a crowd of over 100,000 at a rally in Denver on Sunday, the AP reports: The Obama campaign released an initial crowd estimate of 75...
The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 11.10.2008 | Politics
Barack Obama's campaign put together a video of behind-the-scenes campaign footage to answer the question John McCain and Sarah Palin keep asking: "Wh...
Carl Pope | Posted 09.29.2008 | Politics
Last night was a reminder of just how much has changed in the past eight years. Obama himself devoted more time to the environment in one speech than the entire 2000 or 2004 campaigns saw.
Mayhill Fowler | Posted 09.29.2008 | Home
Suddenly my companion is sobbing, "I'm three generations from slavery," she says. I'm holding her. "I didn't know it would affect me this way," she says, and I'm thinking that all of my maternal American ancestors owned slaves.
Rob Harper | Posted 09.28.2008 | Home
Many African Americans in the stadium openly wept as Barack accepted what many thought they would never see in there lifetime. "I realize that I am not the likeliest candidate for this office," he said. "I don't fit the typical pedigree."
Crain's Chicago Business | Greg Hinz | Posted 09.28.2008 | Chicago
The Clintons have done their jobs, each delivering a powerful, effective oration. Ditto wife Michelle. If there's anyone in America who still thinks ...
The Nation | Posted 09.28.2008 | Politics
Denver shows that Barack Obama is master of the pop-in. He just made a surprise waltz through an Illinois delegation gathering in Denver, on the afte...
The Huffington Post | Posted 09.28.2008 | Politics
UPDATE: John McCain has released the ad he will air in response to Barack Obama's acceptance speech. In it, he congratulates Obama on his historic nom...
Lynn Grossman | Posted 09.27.2008 | Politics
There is something coming Thursday night that is a blunder big enough to warrant the criticism: the Greek columns on the stage of Invesco Field where Obama is to give his acceptance speech.
Ari Melber | Posted 09.27.2008 | Politics
Hillary's convention speech definitely fell short on detailing a personal case for Obama as the right person for the job. That's the core issue for the remaining voters.
Drew Westen | Posted 09.25.2008 | Politics
It is time, once and for all, for Democrats to burn the Kerry playbook. It is the same playbook used to guide one losing Democratic campaign after another for decades.
Diane Tucker | Posted 02.21.2009 | Home
"Road trip? Sure, why not," said writer Chris Sloat, of Bloomfield Hills, Mich. "Who knows what kind of trouble Kwame can get into in Denver? And at least he'll be somebody else's problem for a week."
Calvin Gipson | Posted 09.14.2008 | Home
John McCain acknowledged Barack Obama's mass appeal through his efforts to tag Obama as nothing more than a celebrity who lacks the experience to lead...
Cameron Moody | Posted 07.27.2008 | Politics
It will be the first time we're bringing all our delegates together on the eve of the Convention, the first time so much access will be given to the online community and the first time an African American will accept the nomination.
Joe Cutbirth | Posted 07.16.2008 | Politics
We're seven weeks from the biggest speech in a generation by any figure in American politics. If you can be there in person, go. Take your children. It's an event you'll remember the rest of your lives.
Minnesota Monitor | Posted 07.16.2008 | Politics
Minnesota's top gambling official is wondering if a drawing announced on Barack Obama's website constitutes an illegal raffle -- but neither he, nor t...
HuffingtonPost.com | Rachel Weiner | Posted 07.15.2008 | Politics
Obama will accept the Democratic nomination at Denver's Invesco field -- which can hold over 75,000. "The Democratic Party is nominating a true chan...
James Warren | Posted 03.20.2009 | Politics