Allen West Becomes A Target
Congressman Allen West has compared Democrats to Nazis, said dozens of his Democratic colleagues are communists and called a congresswoman vile and de...
Congressman Allen West has compared Democrats to Nazis, said dozens of his Democratic colleagues are communists and called a congresswoman vile and de...
Posted 04.27.2012
Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) has fired his first shots against Patrick Murphy, the Florida Democratic congressional candidate who followed him into his ne...
Posted 02.08.2012
Florida Democratic congressional candidate Patrick Murphy is pursuing conservative firebrand Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) into his new district, vowing to...
Arturo Venegas, Jr. | Posted 02.21.2012
One can only hope that the legacy of Patrick Murphy will live on and his vision and wisdom will eclipse the grandstanding tactics that have stained our profession in Maricopa County, Arizona.
Patrick Murphy | Posted 02.20.2012
We deserve a good faith effort on behalf of the banks to make their victims, the American people, whole again. As it stands, the proposed settlement does none of these things.
The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 12.02.2011
Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) suggested a potential opponent, Democrat Lois Frankel, might be opposing his reelection bid because she "likes running agains...
Patrick Murphy | Posted 01.10.2012
As a country, we have a sacred trust with our men and women in uniform that begins with enlistment, but never ends. This Veterans Day let's say thank you to our troops in a real way by offering them the opportunities that our grandparents enjoyed following World War II.
Aubrey Sarvis | Posted 11.19.2011
No single individual or organization brought about the tremendous feat of dismantling "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (DADT). In the best military tradition, repeal was a team accomplishment.
Hans Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011
Any talk of redeeming acts in public life tends to focus on individuals. Character and career are the arcs of this familiar story line, punched up by ...
Christine Pelosi | Posted 05.25.2011
A recent survey shows 90% of military families believe that civilian communities do not understand their needs nor support the values and dignity that come with a military career. Short of returning to a draft, what is to be done?
Hans Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011
It is often the least of these who have the most at stake in elections. Nov. 2, 2010, was a night of reckoning for advocates of working people, immigr...
John Morgan | Posted 05.25.2011
The AFL-CIO hopes to have a major impact on next month's elections. In an internal memo released to the press, spokesperson Marty Marks detailed the o...
HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011
As gay men and women get closer and closer to being legally allowed to serve openly in the U.S. military, the man who has been the movement's champion...
Jon Soltz | Posted 05.25.2011
Pat Toomey voted no on a very simple amendment that would have given our troops a little bit more change in their pockets. One of the most frequent comments I read were ones that said, "Why isn't this an ad?" Now, because of you, it is.
Joe The Nerd Ferraro | Posted 05.25.2011
Is this a design for a candidate or did we just organically grow a bunch of really accomplished Democrats who served in the military?
AP | MIKE ROBINSON and MICHAEL TARM | Posted 05.25.2011
CHICAGO — A politically connected roadbuilding executive said Tuesday that former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich dangled the possibility that he ...
Steve Clemons | Posted 05.25.2011
Recently I had the opportunity to meet some "senior administration officials" regarding the contours of the recently released "National Security Strategy" by the President.
Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011
Our headline today quite obviously references the legislative progress this week on banning the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy (of not allo...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011
The day after he helped shepherd legislation through the House that initiates the repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell, Rep. Patrick Murphy (D-Penn.) predic...
Nathaniel Frank | Posted 05.25.2011
If there's one lesson we should have learned in the debate over gay service, it's that "don't ask, don't tell" was never about military effectiveness. It was a moral and political abuse of power, propped up by a ban on speaking truth to that power.
AP | JIM ABRAMS | Posted 05.25.2011
UPDATE: The House has passed an amendment to repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." The amendment, tied to a defense bill, passed with 234 yeas and 194 nays....
Laura Flanders | Posted 05.25.2011
It's over a year into an Obama administration, and already that word "compromise" has been heard too much. Yet when the news hit Monday night that the...
Roll Call | Posted 05.25.2011
The behind-the-scenes jockeying this month for a spot on the House's most coveted committee was intense. But the spoils of power aren't what they used...
Jane Hamsher | Posted 05.25.2011
If Democrats in the House cast this vote, Republicans will take them out from the right, and single payer activists are lining up to run against them outside of the party on the left.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011
While I was rooting around yesterday, examining the coverage of this week's hearings on Don't Ask Don't Tell, I happened upon this piece in the Wall S...
miamiherald.com | BRENDAN FARRINGTON | Posted 04.29.2012