Despite GOP Outreach, Obama Drops In Poll On Bipartisanship
As the president has continued to insist that he wants bipartisan input on health care reform, public polling finds that more Americans today think he...
As the president has continued to insist that he wants bipartisan input on health care reform, public polling finds that more Americans today think he...
Politico | Posted 06.18.2009 | Politics
President Barack Obama's first date with House Republicans didn't end so well: He made a high-profile trip to the Capitol to ask for their help with h...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.31.2009 | Politics
UPDATE: The RNC confirms that the mock Obama video it put up on its site -- in which a voice impersonation of the president pledges to hand the census...
The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 04.24.2009 | Politics
President Obama has gotten more aggressive in his criticism of Republicans in advance of the upcoming budget fight. In an interview with the Louisvill...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.26.2009 | Politics
Perhaps President Obama's charm offensive with Republicans is beginning to work. Standing outside the White House on Monday, after a meeting with the...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.16.2009 | Politics
Appearing on CNBC the day after he abruptly withdrew his nomination for Commerce Secretary, Sen. Judd Gregg made a rather blunt admission about the pa...
HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 03.12.2009 | Politics
When House Republicans voted unanimously against President Obama's stimulus package, Democrats had their eyes on a select group: Obama's Republicans. ...
AP | LIZ SIDOTI | Posted 02.28.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — In a swift victory for President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled House approved a historically huge $819 billion stimulus b...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 02.16.2009 | Politics
As he prepares to take the oath of office, Barack Obama's biggest political roadblock may end up being institutional hurdles rather than a united Repu...
wsj.com | YOCHI J. DREAZEN and SIOBHAN GORMAN | Posted 12.24.2008 | Home
Many of the Republicans emerging as potential members of the Obama administration have professional and ideological ties to Brent Scowcroft, a former ...
Chris Weigant | Posted 12.08.2008 | Politics
Welcome back to Friday Talking Points. Of course, the big question on everyone's mind right now is: What is going on up in Minnesota? Al Franken is t...
Posted 12.04.2008 | Chicago
Former U.S. Rep. Harris Fawell, a stalwart of DuPage County Republican politics, is endorsing Barack Obama for president. Fawell, whose support for O...
Daily Kos | Posted 12.03.2008 | Politics
We're in a death watch here. My mom was diagnosed with Stage IIIb lung cancer back in May of 2006, and it's finally come to the crisis hour. ... My ...
Eric Hirshberg | Posted 11.22.2008 | Politics
Almost all my conservative friends and family have told me that, for the first time ever, they are voting for the same candidate I am: Barack Obama. These are their confessions.
ABC News | Posted 11.13.2008 | Politics
This ran in the free weekly paper in Omaha, "The Reader" The ad reads: "Obama-Terry Voter, anyone?" I'll admit it: I'm voting for Obama and Lee Terr...
John Hood | Posted 11.11.2008 | Home
"Traditionally Republican Latinos in Florida are moving in Barack's direction," said Menendez. "Earlier today we were at a senior citizen's center, hard core conservatives, yet overwhelmingly there was support for Obama."
Carol Anne Burger | Posted 10.19.2008 | Home
Proud Republican for Obama Celebrates South Florida Headquarters Opening On his extended-cab truck's bumper is a sticker you don't often see in these...
Teresa McCoy | Posted 10.09.2008 | Home
This is George Bush territory. Republicanism here is rooted as deep as this town is old. But lately the gossip has turned from "Who did what?" to "Did you hear that so and so is voting for Barack?"
Denise Dennis | Posted 10.09.2008 | Home
"My father had that job before me. I took over for him. So when I had to pack everything up and send it overseas, I was packing up equipment my father had used. We were packing up a community's way of life."
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.12.2008 | Politics
A group of prominent Republicans supporting Barack Obama took to a conference call Tuesday morning to tout their preferred candidate, make the case fo...
Washington Independent | Posted 09.11.2008 | Politics
"You'll have to forgive me for being an Eisenhower Republican," joked Susan Eisenhower, granddaughter of the former five-star general and two-term Rep...
HuffingtonPost.com | Rachel Weiner | Posted 08.04.2008 | Politics
The Politico reports that Barack Obama's campaign is floating Republican Ann Veneman as a potential VP: Barack Obama's vice presidential search team ...
The Hill | Posted 08.01.2008 | Politics
Barack Obama's campaign is talking with Republicans who have endorsed his presidential bid, seeking to coordinate a publicity blitz together. The cam...
Politico | Posted 07.26.2008 | Politics
If you've read enough profiles of Barack Obama, chances are you're familiar with the name Kirk Dillard. An accomplished and articulate legislator who ...
CQ Politics | Posted 07.15.2008 | Politics
According to recent polls, Sen. Barack Obama is doing extremely well in states that have voted Republican in recent presidential elections....
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.30.2009 | Politics