Chuck Blahous, Pro-Privatization Bush Aide, Nominated To Social Security Board
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...
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...
Frank Sharry | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics
Those who think Sotomayor's nomination means no on comprehensive immigration reform should consider these four points.
MJ Rosenberg | Posted 04.06.2009 | World
The effort to force Obama to withdraw the nomination of Chas Freeman as chairman of the National Intelligence Council is all about Israel.
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
M.S. Bellows, Jr. | Posted 06.13.2008 | Home
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
Ron Levitt | Posted 06.09.2008 | Home
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.
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...
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...
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...
Wall Street Journal | Jonathan Weisman | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics