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Presidential Campaign

Richard Ben Cramer and Political Life

Sue Casey | Posted 03.18.2013 | Media
Sue Casey

The 1988 presidential campaign hardly registered as all that memorable. Yet Richard Ben Cramer's masterful character study of six of the 1988 presidential candidates brings that race and the candidates alive in ways that other campaign chronicles before and since have not.

Jon Ward

As GOP Searches For Story To Tell, Marco Rubio Is Hard At Work Polishing His Own

HuffingtonPost.com | Jon Ward | Posted 12.30.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -– Let us count the ways that Sen. Marco Rubio is already better positioned to be a competitive presidential candidate in 2016 than Mitt ...

Political Drama: Let's Agree To Disagree, Shall We?

Jody Gastfriend | Posted 01.06.2013 | Fifty
Jody Gastfriend

Maybe if we all begin to show one another a bit of respect -- or at least behave as though we've been taught manners at some point in our lives -- we can begin to moderate our national dialogue.

Voting for Drones

Daphne Eviatar | Posted 01.02.2013 | World
Daphne Eviatar

Much as U.S. officials like to call them "surgical strikes," no one performs surgery with missiles.

One of the Dramatic Issues Not Being Discussed by the Presidential Candidates

Jeffrey P. Colin | Posted 01.01.2013 | Politics
Jeffrey P. Colin

Hundreds of thousands of people live without power, safe water, or sanitation, as an ongoing reality. Unfortunately, no cries for immediate action arise.

Money Makes the World Go Flat

Arnie Reisman | Posted 01.01.2013 | Politics
Arnie Reisman

Our U.S. election process is about as sophisticated as a high school's. The way it now operates, we the people are not given a choice in terms of leadership abilities but rather chicanery skills.

Romney's Cudgel: The Myth of Business Relevance

Ken Allen | Posted 12.31.2012 | Politics
Ken Allen

How many voters who have no faith in anything Romney says assert that they will vote for him because his business experience may help him lead the country out of the economic doldrums?

Janean Chun

Obama's Odd Attack on Romney's Small Business Record

HuffingtonPost.com | Janean Chun | Posted 10.25.2012 | Small Business

Mitt Romney frequently speaks of helping small businesses, but President Barack Obama has questioned whether his record speaks louder than words. ...

Neither Obama or Romney Will Go to War for Netanyahu

MJ Rosenberg | Posted 12.23.2012 | World
MJ Rosenberg

In a night of full-court pandering to Binyamin Netanyahu, Mitt Romney would not give Netanyahu what he most wants: permission to bomb Iran knowing that we would automatically come in too.

David Wood

A Decade Of Combat Makes Veterans More Skeptical Of Presidential Politics

HuffingtonPost.com | David Wood | Posted 10.22.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Veterans and military families are no longer the dependable core of support for Republicans that they were for generations. Seared by...

The Super-Rich People Bankrolling The Presidential Election

Reuters | Posted 12.20.2012 | Business

Oct 26 (Reuters) - Individual donors to U.S. presidential candidates can contribute up to $2,500 for the state-by-state party nominating contests an...

Reading the Pictures: No, Everyone DOESN'T Do It: Why WaPo's Defense of Ryan's Soup Kitchen Photo Op Is Dead Wrong

Michael Shaw | Posted 12.19.2012 | Politics
Michael Shaw

2012-10-19-Screenshot20121019at9.17.34AM.jpgI'm so sorry it's Washington's premier news institution that forces me to have to spell this out in such frank terms, but the Paul Ryan photo-op was much less theater than it was fraud.

Healing America's Political Divide

The Saturday Evening Post | Posted 12.18.2012 | Politics
The Saturday Evening Post

I love my sister; hate her politics. Where do we stand on the issues? Let's just say that one of us gets all our information from Fox News and the other one gets it from The New York Times.

Will Donna Brazile Run? (WATCH)

Posted 12.17.2012 | MarloThomas

Will Donna Brazile, Vice-Chair of the Democratic National Committee, ever run for president? She gave me her surprising answer when she met with me on...

Both Romney and Obama Are Data Dumpster-Diving

Rory O'Connor | Posted 12.17.2012 | Politics
Rory O'Connor

Sadly but predictably, the very same data-mining techniques now being employed by large corporations to pry into your privacy have emerged as powerful weapons on both sides of the battle for the American presidency.

Big Bird Gets My Vote

Joan Z. Shore | Posted 12.11.2012 | Politics
Joan Z. Shore

I always thought that Mickey Mouse should be the mascot for America -- smart, sassy, and enterprising. At other times, most recently, I thought ...

The Not-So-Great Debates

Michael Drew | Posted 12.10.2012 | Politics
Michael Drew

NFL injuries and baseball playoffs are probably occupying more of your time than the presidential "debates." If so, you're not alone. For one thin...

The GOP's Latest Rev. Wright Hit Won't Work

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 12.05.2012 | Black Voices
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

The dated speech won't sway many, including those who don't support Obama for legitimate political reasons, to regard the president as a race baiter. Obama said nothing that could remotely be considered racially charged and inflammatory.

52 Photos Of Obama And Romney On Planes (And Planes And Planes)

Posted 10.05.2012 | Travel

Seems like nobody can get enough of President Obama and former Governor Romney taking to the skies as, everywhere you turn, there's a picture of one -...

Old Wine, New Bottles: Social Media and the Presidential Campaign

Rory O'Connor | Posted 12.05.2012 | Media
Rory O'Connor

If presidential campaigns are, in fact, contests over mastery of changing communications technology, it seems clear that challenger Mitt Romney is still trailing badly after Barack Obama.

President Obama: Don't Forget Cesar Chavez's Arizona Legacy At Your Oct. 8th National Monument Ceremony

Jeff Biggers | Posted 12.04.2012 | Latino Voices
Jeff Biggers

When President Obama travels to Keene, California on Monday, October 8th, to establish the César E. Chávez National Monument, I hope he publicly recalls the Arizona native's towering legacy in civil rights and immigration showdowns in Arizona today.

Tenured Economists For a Free Market President

Pat Choate | Posted 12.02.2012 | Politics
Pat Choate

Romney's economic plan has gained the public endorsement of more than 600 professional economists. This public support, however, is diminished by the fact that most of these economists are urging voters to do as they say, but not as they do.

Obama Campaign Wins 4th Week in a Row Ending on Sept. 30, According to GSPM HORSE RACE

David K. Rehr | Posted 12.02.2012 | Politics
David K. Rehr

The George Washington University Graduate School of Political Management (GSPM) released the ninth installment of its weekly Horse Race poll, which found that President Obama's campaign bested Gov. Romney's campaign for the fourth week in a row.

Presidential Politics and Education

Susan Sawyers | Posted 11.28.2012 | Home
Susan Sawyers

On the campaign trail this week, President Obama and Mitt Romney gave television interviews focused on education. They discussed their policy differences and ideas.

Obama and Romney: Similarly Inspiring Marriages

Elisabeth Joy LaMotte, LICSW | Posted 11.25.2012 | Politics
Elisabeth Joy LaMotte, LICSW

The emotional health of Obama's and Romney's marriages is inspiring and is a stark contrast with some of the high profile infidelities of past candidates and high office holders.