Obama Nomination

Chuck Blahous, Pro-Privatization Bush Aide, Nominated To Social Security Board

Wall Street Journal | Jonathan Weisman | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics


For much of 2005, a battered Democratic Party sought to regain its footing by doing battle with President George W. Bush over his attempt to carve pri...

Question on Sotomayor: What Does Obama's SCOTUS Nomination Have to Do with Immigration Reform?

Frank Sharry | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics


Frank Sharry

Those who think Sotomayor's nomination means no on comprehensive immigration reform should consider these four points.

The Crusade to Defeat Obama Intelligence Pick Hurts All Jews

MJ Rosenberg | Posted 04.06.2009 | World


MJ Rosenberg

The effort to force Obama to withdraw the nomination of Chas Freeman as chairman of the National Intelligence Council is all about Israel.

Plouffe: "We Might Not Have Been The Nominee" If Florida Primary Had Counted

New York Times | ADAM NAGOURNEY | Posted 01.11.2009 | Politics


This might not fall in the category of things that make Hillary Rodham Clinton feel better about how the Democratic presidential contest turned out. B...

Obama's Nomination Speech In Denver and Dayton

Mayhill Fowler | Posted 09.29.2008 | Home


Mayhill Fowler

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.

Obama Steps Into History

AP | DAVID ESPO and ROBERT FURLOW | Posted 09.27.2008 | Chicago


DENVER — Surrounded by an enormous, adoring crowd, Barack Obama promised a clean break from the "broken politics in Washington and the failed po...

Thomas B. Edsall

The New Party

HuffingtonPost.com | Thomas B. Edsall | Posted 09.27.2008 | Politics


The nomination of Barack Obama will test whether the new Democratic coalition has grown strong enough to fend off Republican assaults to produce the f...

Obama Convention Offer Could Violate Minnesota Gambling Law

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...

Time And Tide Wait For No Woman

M.S. Bellows, Jr. | Posted 06.13.2008 | Home


M.S. Bellows, Jr.

We can credit Hillary with many gifts, among them, however, is not a mastery of timing: The "experience" candidate's campaign is a textbook example of right things done at wrong times.

Bush Congratulates Obama On Winning The Nomination

AP | MATTHEW LEE | Posted 06.12.2008 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Condolezza Rice, the highest-ranking black member of the Bush administration, congratulated Barack Obama Wednesd...

Obama: Calm In The Swirl Of History

New York Times | MICHAEL POWELL | Posted 06.12.2008 | Politics


He gives the appearance of a strikingly laid-back victor, this presumptive Democratic presidential nominee. On the day before the night he made histo...

Thomas B. Edsall

Obama Reaches For The Brass Ring

HuffingtonPost.com | Thomas B. Edsall | Posted 06.11.2008 | Politics


The next five months will be no cakewalk for Barack Obama. The first African American presidential nominee must deal with substantial weakness of sup...

Obama Wins Democratic Nomination: Round-Up Of Reactions

The Huffington Post | Posted 06.11.2008 | Politics


A round-up of the reaction to Barack Obama's victory in the 2008 Democratic presidential primary: Andrew Sullivan, The Atlantic: Yes We Did... As we...

Half-Vote Florida Solution: A Mixed Semi-Ending

Ron Levitt | Posted 06.09.2008 | Home


Ron Levitt

The DNC's decision to give Florida delegates half votes got mixed reviews. The decision left many local party activists less than happy and supporters of Sen. Hillary Clinton combative.

No Clear Map For Clinton's Political Future

Washington Post | Shailagh Murray, Paul Kane | Posted 06.04.2008 | Politics


In August 1980, with no hope left of winning the nomination, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy conceded defeat to incumbent Jimmy Carter in the Democratic presid...

Obama Beats Hillary In Superdelegates For First Time, ABC Reports

ABC | Karen Travers | Posted 05.17.2008 | Politics


ABC News' Karen Travers Reports: For the first time this campaign season, Barack Obama has surpassed Hillary Clinton's support among superdelegates, a...

Obama Says He's on His Way to Nomination

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


SAN ANTONIO — Barack Obama says even if rival Hillary Rodham Clinton has had a good night, he's on his way to winning the Democratic presidentia...