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The Secret Superdelegate War Revealed

Erik Ose | Posted 06.04.2009 | Politics

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Erik Ose

It was one year ago today that Hillary Clinton announced plans to suspend her campaign for the Democratic nomination, and urged her supporters to unite behind Barack Obama.

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Dispatches From The Displaced: A Short Sale Realtor Sheds Light On The Housing Crisis

Katie Saddlemire | Posted 03.06.2009 | Business

Read More: Eyesandears, Huffposters, Realtor, Home Forclosure, Foreclosure, Real Estate, Dispatches From the Displaced, Housing Crisis, Forclosure, Offthebus, Home Foreclosure, Business News

Are you facing foreclosure, or have you already lost your home? Share a story of how the housing crisis has affected you by emailing submissions+forec...

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Dispatches From The Displaced: Inability to Negotiate with Bank Leaves Homeowner $11,000 Behind Payment

Katie Saddlemire | Posted 03.04.2009 | Business

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Are you facing foreclosure, or have you already lost your home? Share a story of how the housing crisis has affected you by emailing submissions+forec...

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Dispatches From The Displaced: Mortgage Company Instructions Put Couple In Foreclosure

Katie Saddlemire | Posted 03.04.2009 | Business

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Are you facing foreclosure, or have you already lost your home? Share a story of how the housing crisis has affected you by emailing ...

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Dispatches From The Displaced: Retiree Loses $1 Million By Helping Tenants

Huffington Post | Matthew Palevsky | Posted 02.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Eyesandears, Huffposters, Hurricane Katrina, Home Forclosure, Foreclosure, Dispatches From the Displaced, Forclosure, Housing Crisis, Home Foreclosure, Offthebus, Politics News

Are you facing foreclosure, or have you already lost your home? Share a story of how the housing crisis has affected you by emailing submissions+forec...

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Dispatches From The Displaced: Unpaid Katrina Worker Loses Farm

Katie Saddlemire | Posted 02.25.2009 | Business

Read More: Eyesandears, Huffposters, Home Forclosure, Hurricane Katrina, Dispatches From the Displaced, Housing Crisis, Forclosure, Offthebus, Home Foreclosure, Business News

Are you facing foreclosure, or have you already lost your home? Share a story of how the housing crisis has affected you by emailing submissions+forec...

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Dispatches From The Displaced: Increased Interest Renders Couple Unable to Make Payments

Katie Saddlemire | Posted 02.24.2009 | Politics

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Are you facing foreclosure, or have you already lost your home? Share a story of how the housing crisis has affected you by emailing submissions+forec...

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Dispatches From The Displaced: Housing Crisis Is Healthcare Crisis For Many

The Huffington Post | Matthew Palevsky | Posted 02.20.2009 | Politics

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This is our third installment of Dispatches from the Displaced, in which just one of the 10,000 people who lose the their house each weekday shares hi...

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Your Voices: Obama's Speech Just Miles From Home Of HuffPost Reader Facing Foreclosure

Matthew Palevsky | Posted 02.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Foreclosure Crisis, Queen Creek, Huffposters, Mortgage, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, President Obama, Foreclosure Relief, Forclosure Relief, Obama, Foreclosure Watch, Dispatches From the Displaced, Matthew Palevsky Connie, Housing Crisis, Barack Obama, Home Foreclosure, Offthebus, Politics News

With 10,000 Americans going into foreclosure everyday, the housing crisis has produced millions of heartbreaking stories across the country. Earlier t...

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TELL US: Are You Or A Loved One Facing Home Foreclosure?

Matthew Palevsky | Posted 02.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Foreclosure, House Foreclosure, You Report, Offthebus, Home Foreclosures, Citizen Journalists, Politics News

America's housing crisis has rocked the economy and continues to worsen, with tens of thousands of people facing foreclosure each week. The dialogue i...

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HuffPosters: Have You Traded Life Insurance For Mortgage Payments? Share Your Stories

Matthew Palevsky | Posted 02.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: New York Life, Financial Crisis, Citizen Journalism, Housing Crisis, HuffPost OffTheBus, Life Insurance, Offthebus, Politics News

The economic crisis has forced Americans to make decisions they never expected to make. In an effort to keep up with his rising mortgage payments, on...

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Ryan Grim

Stimulus Bill Slashes Health Care Funding, Allows Marketing To Patients By Drug Makers, HuffPost Readers Find

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 02.13.2009 | Politics

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The compromise stimulus package allows drug companies to pay health care providers a "reasonable" fee for marketing their products. The House bill was...

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Ryan Grim

Health Benefits For Unemployed Stripped From Stimulus, HuffPost Readers Find

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 02.04.2009 | Politics

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Reading even a single page of a Senate bill is often no simple task, with legislative-ese obscuring the purpose behind the language. Reading 736 pages...

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HuffPost Readers Share Their Solutions to the Global Economic Crisis

Matthew Palevsky | Posted 02.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Offthebus, The People's Davos, Micro-Grants, Capitalism, Wall Street, Main Street, Economic Meltdown, Politics News

Countless theories about the economic crisis were aired last week in Davos during the World Economic Forum. But many of the voices heard were the same...

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MN US Senate Recount Starts Wednesday: Rejected Absentee Ballot Issue To Be Considered

The Uptake | Posted 11.19.2008 | Politics

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Tomorrow morning when the recount in Minnesota's very close US Senate race starts the score will be "zero to zero" according to Al Franken's campaign ...

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Thanks to the People Who Worked on OffTheBus; Here's What Comes Next

Arianna Huffington and Jay Rosen | Posted 11.17.2008 | Media

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Arianna Huffington and Jay Rosen

OffTheBus started as an experiment designed to cover the amazing presidential election of 2008 -- and it succeeded beyond all our expectations. Now we want you to become part of the process.

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Al Franken Closes Vote Gap To 200 After Audit

The Uptake | Posted 11.17.2008 | Politics

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The audit had some indications that getting more than a hundred county and local government units to follow certain standards and procedures in the anticipated recount may be difficult.

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Black American Voters Excited, Slightly On Edge

Diane Tucker | Posted 11.04.2008 | Home

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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- How did it feel to be a Black American voting for Barack Obama on Election Day 2008? Outside the polling station at the corner of ...

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Election Day 2008: Dr. King's Dream And Ours

Linda Hansen | Posted 11.04.2008 | Home

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Linda Hansen

An Obama win will mean that most Americans have found the moral character--and the conscience--to reject the old Atwater/Rove politics of hate- and fear-mongering; the vicious, distorted name-calling. It will mean we're no longer buying the win-at-any-cost sales pitch.

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The Undecideds: What's Their Problem?

Jon Wiener | Posted 11.04.2008 | Home

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Jon Wiener

The undecideds have been staring at the menu now for almost a year--why haven't they made up their minds? Here is how these voters break down, and how they are likely to act today.

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White Voters and Obama

Jon Wiener | Posted 11.04.2008 | Home

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Jon Wiener

When Reagan won reelection in 1984, the electorate was 86 per cent white; by 2004, the white percentage had dropped to 77. That's one reason why an interracial coalition is likely to elect America's first black president today.

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GOP's Last-Minute Hateful Emails and Brochures Swamp Fla.

Ron Levitt | Posted 11.03.2008 | Home

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Ron Levitt

FORT LAUDERDALE -- A last-minute flurry of misleading e-mails -- along with seven pieces of mailed literature -- bombarded vote-rich areas of South F...

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On Election Eve, Flashing Billboard Irks Obama Supporters In Ohio

Diane Tucker | Posted 11.03.2008 | Home

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Diane Tucker

NILES, Ohio -- On Election Eve in Niles, a small town in the northeastern part of the state, a privately funded digital billboard was flashing "Say NO...

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Campaign Journal: Phone Banking Becomes Second Nature

Rachel Port | Posted 11.03.2008 | Home

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Rachel Port is a Grassroots Correspondent for OffTheBus. Phone banking has become a habit. I just do it. On Wednesday and Thursday, I made a total...

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Campaign Journal: Canvassing for Mandela and Obama in Bristol, PA

Shaun Gatter | Posted 11.03.2008 | Home

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Shaun Gatter

Shaun Gatter is an OffTheBus Grassroots Correspondent. Each week he contributes a campaign journal documenting his life out on the trail. Growing up ...

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