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Democrats Make Big Gains Among Military Voters

Politico | PETER KAUFFMANN | Posted 12.10.2008 | Politics

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An interesting subtext to John McCain's defeat last week is what it means for the future of the Republican Party with respect to veterans and military...

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Trinity Church Celebrates Obama's Win

Chicago Breaking News | Posted 12.10.2008 | Chicago

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At Trinity United Church of Christ on the South Side, where President-elect Barack Obama embraced Christianity, the congregation rejoiced today and sh...

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Jason Linkins

Five Key Takeaways From Frank Rich's Column

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.10.2008 | Media

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I'm just glad to see Rich taking the election results and demonstrating how many assumptions about the American electorate can now be put to rest.

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Obama Team Weighing Which Priorities To Focus On In First Months

New York Times | PETER BAKER | Posted 12.09.2008 | Politics

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With the economy in disarray and the nation's treasury draining, President-elect Barack Obama and his advisers are trying to figure out which of his e...

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George Bush's Fun

Stephen Schlesinger | Posted 12.09.2008 | Politics

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Stephen Schlesinger

Why would George W. Bush suggest to Barack Obama that he have "fun' and enjoy himself now that he's the new chief executive?

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After the Election

Mark Potok | Posted 12.08.2008 | Home

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Mark Potok

After 250 years of slavery, a century of Jim Crow laws, and a legacy of racial terror that includes the lynching of thousands of African Americans, Am...

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Sam Stein

DNC Memo: This Is The 50-State Strategy Realized

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.07.2008 | Politics

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Fresh off an expansion in congressional majorities and the reclamation of the White House, the Democratic National Committee is sending around a memo ...

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AP: "Suddenly, It May Be Cool To Be American Again"

AP | WILLIAM J. KOLE | Posted 12.06.2008 | Style

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VIENNA, Austria — She was a stranger, and she kissed me. Just for being an American. It happened on the bus on my way to work Wednesday morning...

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Obama Takes the Reins

Lynne Glasner | Posted 12.06.2008 | Home

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Lynne Glasner

Obama's victory ends the nightmare of the last eight years of the Bush Era, during which time the rule of law has taken a back seat to self-interest and aggrandizement of power.

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What A Country, What an Election

R.W. Sanders | Posted 12.05.2008 | Home

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R.W. Sanders

In my fifth decade of life, I thought very little could excite me. And I had not the vaguest idea that I would help make history. And I didn't even have to leave my house!

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Sam Stein

Obama On Grandmother And Campaign: "Bittersweet"

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics

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In what was clearly a very difficult portion of his address Monday night in North Carolina, Barack Obama spoke for several minutes on this grandmother...

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Obama: My Next Press Conference Will Be Wednesday

Politico | Michael Calderone | Posted 12.03.2008 | Politics

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Politico's Carrie Budoff Brown reports: The traveling press corps has taken to shouting questions -- from the inane to the serious -- at Barack Obama...

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Reading The Pictures: Is The New York Times Effing Kidding With This Grant Park Election Night Preview?

Michael Shaw | Posted 12.03.2008 | Media

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Michael Shaw

2008-11-02-grantpark.jpg If this was coming from Michelle Malkin I wouldn't be surprised, but the Times had the gall to run this photo from Grant Park in '68 in its Sunday election eve preview.

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Reading The Pictures: McCain To The Skinheads In Four Easy Steps

Michael Shaw | Posted 11.28.2008 | Media

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Michael Shaw

2008-10-28-obama_skinhead.jpgI'm skeptical about drawing conclusions about Obama's near, middle or long-term safety based on the so-called plot by two crazy skin heads disclosed yesterday.

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Joe Klein: Why Barack Obama Is Winning

Time | Joe Klein | Posted 11.22.2008 | Politics

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General David Petraeus deployed overwhelming force when he briefed Barack Obama and two other Senators in Baghdad last July. He knew Obama favored a 1...

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Sam Stein

Obama Signal To Dem 'Cavalry' May Be Too Late

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.10.2008 | Politics

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The Obama campaign is changing its approach on the role Democratic outside groups play in the presidential campaign, softening its quiet but firm oppo...

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Dialogue: Should People Worry About Obama?

Marc Ambinder | Posted 09.18.2008 | Politics

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Herein, a fictional conversation between two supporters of Barack Obama's. Call them "Ax" and "Rod." One is concerned about Obama's campaign. The oth...

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Sam Stein

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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The Big Question This Fall

Brad Spirrison | Posted 09.18.2008 | Chicago

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Brad Spirrison

If you can only choose one thing to happen this fall - Barack Obama being elected president or the Cubbies overcoming their 100-year curse - what would it be?

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Sam Stein

Source: Obama To Start Looking The Other Way On 527s

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.11.2008 | Politics

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Senator Barack Obama will start looking the other way when it comes to the role 527s and other independent groups play in the election, a source close...

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Polls: Obama Improving In Key General Election States

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.30.2008 | Politics

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UPDATE: (5/27): SurveyUSA's continuing polling of swing states has produced this Iowa poll, where Obama holds a 9-point lead over McCain. UPDATE (5/...

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