Three Prominent Republicans Endorse Obama - Obama Campaign Press Call 8.12.08 AUDIO
WHO: Former Sen. Lincoln Chafee (R-RI), Former Congressman Jim Leach (R-IA) and former Bush White House intelligence adviser Rita E. Hauser WHAT: ...
WHO: Former Sen. Lincoln Chafee (R-RI), Former Congressman Jim Leach (R-IA) and former Bush White House intelligence adviser Rita E. Hauser WHAT: ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.12.2008 | 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 08.11.2008 | Politics
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The Hill | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics
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Politico | Posted 07.18.2008 | Politics
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CQ Politics | Posted 07.07.2008 | Politics
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Politico | Posted 07.02.2008 | Politics
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HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.13.2008 | Politics
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HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.06.2008 | Politics
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AP | LIZ SIDOTI | Posted 05.05.2008 | Politics
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Reuters | John Whitesides | Posted 04.03.2008 | Politics
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MSNBC News | Alex Johnson | Posted 02.29.2008 | Politics
One of Sen. Barack Obama's surest applause lines comes about halfway into his standard stump speech. It goes like this: "They whisper to me. They say...
Washington Post's The Fix | Chris Cillizza | Posted 02.25.2008 | Politics
Can Barack Obama turn red states blue? As talk has turned to a potential general election matchup between the Illinois Democrat and Sen. John McCain ...
Associated Press | Posted 02.14.2008 | Politics
Former Republican Sen. Lincoln Chafee is endorsing Democratic Sen. Barack Obama. The Rhode Islander told The Associated Press he is endorsing Obama in...
RJ Eskow | Posted 01.24.2008 | Politics
What progressive wouldn't want a "progressive Reagan"? And what Democrat wouldn't want to win disaffected Republicans and more independents? That's all Obama was saying.
Erica Jong | Posted 01.18.2008 | Politics
So Mr. Obama is not such a new style politician after all. He's just a politician -- invoking Reagan as if he were God Almighty, using his name as code as the Republicans do.
Sam Sedaei | Posted 01.02.2008 | Politics
While his policies are among the most progressive in the Democratic Party, Obama's lack of divisiveness has brought people who have never participated before into the political process.
Jeff Chang | Posted 12.18.2007 | Politics
The resentments that made it possible for Bill Clinton to scold youths of color into behaving properly towards nice middle-of-the-road voters haven't disappeared.
Dave Johnson | Posted 11.11.2007 | Politics
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