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John Tomasic | Posted 11.16.2009 | Denver


John Tomasic

Dear Colorado GOP: Twitter doesn't care what you think about the people on the other end; it just wants more of them. It's not a list-serve. It's the Twitter. You're either on it or you're off it.

The Secret Superdelegate War Revealed

Erik Ose | Posted 07.05.2009 | Politics


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.

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

Katie Saddlemire | Posted 06.18.2009 | Business


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...

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

Katie Saddlemire | Posted 06.18.2009 | Business


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...

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

Katie Saddlemire | Posted 06.18.2009 | Business


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

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

Huffington Post | Matthew Palevsky | Posted 06.18.2009 | Politics


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...

Dispatches From The Displaced: Unpaid Katrina Worker Loses Farm

Katie Saddlemire | Posted 06.18.2009 | Business


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...

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

Katie Saddlemire | Posted 06.18.2009 | Politics


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...

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

The Huffington Post | Matthew Palevsky | Posted 06.18.2009 | Politics


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...

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

Matthew Palevsky | Posted 06.18.2009 | Politics


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

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

Matthew Palevsky | Posted 06.12.2009 | Politics


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...

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

Matthew Palevsky | Posted 03.16.2009 | Politics


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...

Ryan Grim

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 03.16.2009 | Politics


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

Ryan Grim

Health Benefits For Unemployed Stripped From Stimulus, HuffPost Readers Find

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 03.07.2009 | Politics


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...

HuffPost Readers Share Their Solutions to the Global Economic Crisis

Matthew Palevsky | Posted 03.06.2009 | Politics


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...

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

The Uptake | Posted 12.20.2008 | Politics


The Uptake

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 ...

Al Franken Closes Vote Gap To 200 After Audit

The Uptake | Posted 12.18.2008 | Politics


The Uptake

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.

Black American Voters Excited, Slightly On Edge

Diane Tucker | Posted 12.05.2008 | Home


Diane Tucker

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 ...

The Undecideds: What's Their Problem?

Jon Wiener | Posted 12.05.2008 | Home


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.

White Voters and Obama

Jon Wiener | Posted 12.05.2008 | Home


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.

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

Ron Levitt | Posted 12.04.2008 | Home


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...

On Election Eve, Flashing Billboard Irks Obama Supporters In Ohio

Diane Tucker | Posted 12.04.2008 | Home


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...

McCain, Palin Draw Surprisingly Small Crowds In Ohio

Diane Tucker | Posted 12.03.2008 | Home


Diane Tucker

John McCain and Sarah Palin crisscrossed Ohio over the weekend, appearing at multiple rallies that drew surprisingly small crowds -- especially taking...

Brokaw's Objectivity: Down The Drain

R.W. Sanders | Posted 12.03.2008 | Home


R.W. Sanders

Tom Brokaw lobbed softballs at Thompson, and attacked Kerry with Republican talking points. As long as he's host, NBC should rename its program "Meet The Right-Leaning Mainstream Press."

Grassroots Reports from On-The-Ground Volunteers

Off The Bus | Posted 12.03.2008 | Home


Off The Bus

OTB's Grassroots Correspondents are journaling their experiences as campaign volunteers and activists, detailing what they see and hear when they hit the road, troll the local mall or phone voters around the country.