Obama And Congress Pressured By Mayors To Take Action On Guns
A new ad campaign from a coalition of mayors who support gun control cites the shootings at Fort Hood as a reason for President Barack Obama and cong...
A new ad campaign from a coalition of mayors who support gun control cites the shootings at Fort Hood as a reason for President Barack Obama and cong...
Christine Pelosi | Posted 05.20.2009 | Politics
At Obama's press conference at the Summit of the Americas, the president discussed economics, narco-terrorism, and guns -- and showcased a new direction in American regional partnerships.
Stephen Herrington | Posted 01.14.2009 | Politics
Why exactly do we need firearms? A gun will not insure that you do not lose your job to an international merger or international competition. A gun will not get you a raise.
Chicago Sun-Times | Posted 01.09.2009 | Politics
As gun sales shoot up around the country, President-elect Barack Obama said Sunday that gun-owning Americans do not need to rush out and stock up befo...
Sharon Glassman | Posted 12.20.2008 | Living
if a bad guy had wandered hrough the street, pillowcase over shoulder at high noon, a host of adults would have called the local precinct for action. This was, clearly, what a concerned citizen should do. Taking the law into your own hands made as much sense as performing your own tonsillectomy.
Joshuah Bearman | Posted 12.19.2008 | Politics
I thought all those stories about the bang up business at gun stores after Obama's win sounded hokey. And they are.
John Rosenthal | Posted 12.11.2008 | Politics
Obama should implement seven initiatives that will have an immediate impact on reducing gun violence without having any negative impact on responsible and law abiding gun owners.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.22.2008 | Politics
The McCain campaign is out with yet another scathing anti-Obama robocall, this time attacking the Illinois Senator for his notorious "bitter" comments...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.14.2008 | Politics
The AFL-CIO is blasting out a new mailer to its members, trumpeting Barack Obama's credentials on a key issue of the day -- job creation -- and a pote...
ABC News | Posted 10.21.2008 | Politics
Sen. Barack Obama better not mess with his running mate Joe Biden's guns...or else. In an out-of-nowhere attempt to re-assure a southwestern Virginia...
Peter Clothier | Posted 07.17.2008 | Politics
Flexibility and openness is Obama's way forward, and it's the kind of politics he has been championing from the beginning -- the kind of politics, let's remember, that had us all chanting, "Yes, we can!"
Peter Clothier | Posted 07.08.2008 | Politics
Let's acknowledge, bitter though it may be, a majority of Americans would not cast a vote for anyone who did not make public avowals like those Obama made about gun control and the death penalty.
Jason Rosenbaum | Posted 07.05.2008 | Politics
The harsh reality is, Barack Obama can and will tack towards the center on issues that are important to progressives during the general election.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.21.2008 | Politics
It is a quintessential example of political irony. Just hours before Sen. Barack Obama uttered his now famous "bitter" comments, suggesting that sma...
Huffington Post | Posted 04.29.2008 | Politics
As the Pennsylvania primary comes to a close, Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are battling for every vote. And with a large number of unde...
ABC News | Teddy Davis and Talal Al-Khatib | Posted 04.25.2008 | Politics
Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., maintained at Wednesday's ABC News debate in Philadelphia that his handwriting does not appear on a 1996 questionnaire stat...
Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 04.22.2008 | Media
Is it important that Obama respect the average American, from big cities to small towns? Of course — but there is more to determining that than just one misbegotten turn of phrase. Like, say, how he bowls.
Mayhill Fowler | Posted 04.19.2008 | Home
Here is the full audio from Senator Barack Obama's fundraiser hosted at a home in Pacific Heights, San Francisco on Sunday, April 6, 2008.
Mayhill Fowler | Posted 11.17.2008 | Home
Obama tells Californians it's natural that the economically disenfranchised heartland turns to guns, religion, and xenophobia.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics