Partisanship

One Year After Obama's Election: Still Smarter...Than The Alternative

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics


Chris Weigant

What puts this first year in perspective for me is that: Obama may not be smarter than all of us, but he sure is smarter by a long shot than McCain would have been. And that, for now, is enough for me.

Playing 'Gotcha' on Gitmo

Rep. David Price | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics


Rep. David Price

he administration's efforts to close the facility have been hampered by another more cynical reality: Congressional Republicans have turned the debate over closing Guantánamo into a partisan game of "gotcha."

Fat Lazy Neighborhoods?

Peter A. Ubel | Posted 10.26.2009 | Politics


Peter A. Ubel

Human behavior is ultimately the main cause of diabetes. But no person's behavior is completely under their own control. A number of social forces are at play, too.

Bi-Partisanship; or, the Fine Art of Spear Throwing

Mark Axelrod | Posted 10.13.2009 | Politics


Mark Axelrod

Bi-partisan. Can't listen to a political talk show these days, either from the "left" or the "right" without someone using the word once, twice, even multiple times.

Civil Discourse And The Intentional Conversation

Hoyt Hilsman | Posted 10.02.2009 | Living


Hoyt Hilsman

What is an Intentional Conversation? Stated simply: It is a structured conversation with no purpose other than the conversation itself.

Mike Pence: House GOP Might Have Some Health Care Defectors

Washington Independent | David Weigel | Posted 09.16.2009 | Politics


At a breakfast sponsored by the American Spectator, I asked Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.), the House Republican Conference chairman what I thought would be...

On Racism, Death Threats and the Blindness of Those Who Will Not See

David Sirota | Posted 11.14.2009 | Politics


David Sirota

We're living in a world where the behavior of right-wing lynch mobs clearly is far less about ideology, and far more about partisanship and racial hate.

Poisonous Atmosphere Keeping Obama From Appointing Judges

The New Yorker | Jeffrey Toobin | Posted 11.14.2009 | Politics


The Obama Administration wanted to send a message with the President's first nomination to a federal court. "There was a real conscious decision to us...

It is Time for Congress and the GOP to Get a Grip!

Patricia DeGennaro | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics


Patricia DeGennaro

Congress seems to be stuck in some partisan twilight zone unwilling to get out of their comfortable bickering and get to work for the American people not themselves.

Obama to Join the Republican Party?

Dave Astor | Posted 11.09.2009 | Comedy


Dave Astor

Barack Obama has tried to make the GOP happy. He appointed Republicans to high posts, expanded the U.S. presence in Afghanistan and never pushed for a single-payer health plan

Sam Stein

Grassley: Bipartisanship On Health Care Likely Impossible

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics


Senator Chuck Grassley, (R-Iowa), one of three key Republicans negotiating health care reform in the Senate, declared the prospects of getting a bipar...

Why Indie Voters Don't Make California Purple

Phil Trounstine | Posted 09.10.2009 | Politics


Phil Trounstine

California's Independents reliably think and vote like Democrats most of the time.

Obama's Dilemma -- Torture, Accountability and Partisanship

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 05.26.2009 | Politics


Lincoln Mitchell

The treatment of prisoners during the Bush years is a stain on the moral standing of the US which the rest of the world will not easily forget.

Positive Partisanship for a New Era

Michael Hais and Morley Winograd | Posted 04.25.2009 | Politics


Michael Hais and Morley Winograd

Bipartisanship. Other than "stimulus" or "bailout," perhaps no word has been written or spoken more often by politicians and pundits alike in Washington since the inauguration of Obama.

Rush Limbaugh, The GOP and Their Story of Fear

Lisa Dale Norton | Posted 04.07.2009 | Politics


Lisa Dale Norton

With the GOP holding steady in their tight paradigm of fear and retrenchment, and weighing down our country in the process, we will never be able to live a new story as Americans.

ACORN: The Bogeyman in the GOP Closet

Bertha Lewis | Posted 03.01.2009 | Politics


Bertha Lewis

Right-wing media outlets are pick up the ridiculous talking points from the GOP leadership attacking Obama's stimulus package by claiming that it gives ACORN a $4.19 billion bailout. Puh-lease, people!

Republican Death Wish

Peter A. Ubel | Posted 02.13.2009 | Politics


Peter A. Ubel

There are many reasons we can hope that Ted Kennedy will overcome his brain tumor. But now there is a new reason to hope for this -- the longer he lives, the more he can soak up Republican ire.

Bush's Brain: Karl Rove Goes Mental

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 01.08.2009 | Politics


Jeff Schweitzer

Rove and his colleagues will try to use sleight of hand, smoke and mirrors and outright lies to get us to forget the horrors of the past eight years.

The Internet Presidency

Kate Lear | Posted 12.16.2008 | Media


Kate Lear

With amazing speed, President-elect Obama has answered the question of what would become of the mouth-watering database of names his campaign created from volunteers and donors.

"Support I Have Yet to Earn": Obama's Victory Speech

Rick Horowitz | Posted 12.08.2008 | Politics


Rick Horowitz

Barack Obama was in the No-Gloat Zone. For his very first speech as president-elect... Obama crafted a message with much of the scope and power of an inaugural address.

Just Ignore 'Em: A Democratic Strategy for the Post-Bush Era

Jesse Berney | Posted 11.29.2008 | Politics


Jesse Berney

There's a way to end the constant back-and-forth and gridlock and to guarantee Democratic majorities for years to come: Ignore Republicans.

Insane Soccer Dads and Vitriolic Presidential Campaigns

Peter A. Ubel | Posted 11.22.2008 | Politics


Peter A. Ubel

Perhaps my experience last weekend at my eight year old's soccer game illustrates a way for all of us to put the campaign back into perspective.

Sam Stein

Obama Takes On Economy, Partisanship In Direct Ad (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.18.2008 | Politics


Barack Obama's campaign is releasing a new television ad in which the Senator, speaking directly to the camera, lays out his economic agenda and posit...