Presidential Politics

Midwest Auto Workers Look To Obama For Change

Dan Treul | Posted 07.18.2008 | Home

Read More: Auto Industry, Midwest Politics, Automotive Industry, Indiana, Presidential Race, Indiana Politics, Ohio, Gm, General Motors, Barack Obama, Midwest, Presidential Politics, Missouri, Rick Wagoner, Election 2008, Vote 2008, Michigan, John McCain, Michigan Politics, Home News
Dan Treul

"GM won't change anything until they have every operation overseas," says Danny. "This started back in the 1980s with Reagan... We know we're not going to get any help from McCain."

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Am I a Hillary-Hating Sexist? You Tell Me

Linda Keenan | Posted 06.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Pelosi Addresses Sexism, Ann Soetoro, Hillary Clinton, Sen. Obama, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, 2008 Primary Battle, Presidential Politics, Sexism, Hillary Clinton Sexism, Politics News
Linda Keenan

I argued that the first woman president should be one who didn't come in on the coattails of a man, but is it realistic to expect a female leader at this moment to be perfectly cleansed of male power?

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Giving the "Daughter Test" to Mainstream Media

Marie Wilson | Posted 06.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama, Media, Race, Clinton, Presidential Politics, Gender, Mainstream Media, Sexism in Media, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Politics News
Marie Wilson

We lost something for our nation's daughters who were sent a strong message about fairness during the primary season -- you can play, but it won't be a fair fight.

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Election 2008: The Race Election

Dan Treul | Posted 06.15.2008 | Home

Read More: Hardball, Racial Politics, Race in Politics, Rochelle Riley, Detroit Free Press, Martin Luther King, Barack Obama, Race in America, Presidential Politics, Chris Matthews, 2008 Election, Vote 08, John McCain, Election, Racial Divide, 2008 Presidential Election, Home News
Dan Treul

There is something culturally sick about defining such a critical election along racial lines alone. This election should not be a referendum on black and white. It should be a referendum on the Bush years.

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Democrats and Republicans: Be Careful Where You Sling That Mud!

Danny Miller | Posted 06.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Carol Mccain, Cindy McCain, Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Presidential Politics, John McCain, Politics News
Danny Miller

I think it's safe to say that John McCain is the last presidential candidate I'll ever see who is old enough to be my father. Born in 1936, he is the ...

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Rebranding Republicans: McCain's Conundrum

William Bradley | Posted 06.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Presidential Politics, John McCain, George W. Bush, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Barack Obama, Global Warming, Republican, California, Politics News
William Bradley

A day spent recently following McCain around California points up how difficult a task he has in store. And how short he remains of the mark on "rebranding" a Republican Party.

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Gore's Sacrifice Squandered

Dan Treul | Posted 06.02.2008 | Home

Read More: Rules and Bylaws, Delegates, Election 08, Clinton, Obama, Campaign 08, Barack Obama, Presidential Campaign, Presidential Politics, Dawn Teo, Florida, Election 2008, Al Gore, Vote 2008, Vote 08, Faith, Michigan, Hillary Clinton, Home News
Dan Treul

Gore took a bullet for the party in 2000. The GOP cheated in FL and everyone knew it. But his sacrifice has been squandered by Clinton. Thanks to her, the GOP no longer has the market on voting fraud.

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America's Favorite

Amy Ephron | Posted 05.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: McCain Tax Returns, John McCain, Presidential Politics, Cindy Hensley McCain, John Kerry, Theresa Heinz Kerry, 57 Varieties of Heinz, Politics News
Amy Ephron

Cindy McCain won't release her tax returns. I could say a lot of things about this, like the sheer arrogance of it and implication that the first lady doesn't have a public responsibility.

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Scamps vs. Dorks: Why Do We Want to Have a Beer with the President?

Seth Greenland | Posted 04.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Dork, Scamp, Clinton, Presidential Politics, Obama, Hillary Clinton, Elmer Fudd, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Politics News
Seth Greenland

In modern presidential politics, a dork can never beat a scamp. A scamp is a charming rogue who exudes positive, charged energy. A dork is someone uncomfortable, awkward, and doomed to defeat.

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One Dozen Governments Will Fall

Anya Kamenetz | Posted 04.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Global Warming, Environmentalism, Sierra Club, Finance, Investment Banks, Presidential Politics, Climate Change, Politics News
Anya Kamenetz

There's such a frustrating gap with global warming between what's available and possible and what we are actually acting on. And the cost of acting is far less than the cost of inaction, even in strict money terms.

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Robert F. Kennedy, Bloomington, Indiana, April 24, 1968

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 04.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Joe Lieberman, Iraq, Hillary Clinton, Presidential Politics, Jon Kyl, Vietnam, Robert F. Kennedy, Politics News
Joseph A. Palermo

Today, with the United States entering its sixth year of occupying Iraq, RFK's words about Vietnam still have resonance.

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Hillary Clinton's Penn-Ultimate Leadership Mistake

Gloria Feldt | Posted 04.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Leadership, Women, Karl Rove, Microtrends, Presidential Politics, Hillary Clinton, Firing, Mark Penn, Management, Barack Obama, Political Strategy, Women's Leadership, Mark Penn Clinton, Clinton Fires Patti Solis Doyle, Mark Penn Blackwater, Mark Penn Colombia, Mark Penn Burson-Marstellar, Mark Penn Fired, Hillary Clinton Mark Penn, Penn Clinton, Patti Solis Doyle Fired, Patti Solis Doyle, Politics News
Gloria Feldt

That Clinton finally fired him as chief consultant -- though strangely retaining him as pollster, not realizing that failure to fire cleanly is as bad as not firing at all -- is a Hail Mary pass, but it's the best supporters can hope for.

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At Long Last, Some New Political Blood

David Margolick | Posted 02.25.2008 | Politics

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David Margolick

No matter who wins in November, it will be a distinct improvement over what we've got. And unexpectedly, at least to me, my relief is bipartisan.

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Conservative Ceausescus

David Margolick | Posted 01.31.2008 | Politics

Read More: Presidential Politics, John McCain, Grover Norquist, Republican Primary, Rush Limbaugh, Robert Novak, Nicolae CeauşEscu, Politics News
David Margolick

It's highly entertaining to see conservative stalwarts like Limbaugh, Novak, George Will, and Grover Norquist inveighing against John McCain. But there's news for them: no one cares.

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New AP Multimedia Project Focuses On Presidential Politics In US Society

Editor and Publisher | Joe Strupp | Posted 01.28.2008 | Media

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Calling it "an ambitious, multimedia project on presidential politics," The Associated Press Monday announced the launching of "Measure of a Nation," ...

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Turning Purple: Michigan Voters Indecisive, Overlooked and Just Plain Unaware

Dan Treul | Posted 12.28.2007 | Home

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Dan Treul

A little more than two weeks away from this state's January 15 primary, I have yet to hear a single person mention his or her intention to vote.

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Iowa Church Vote Edging Toward Huckabee

Dan Treul | Posted 12.20.2007 | Home

Read More: Faith and Politics, Iowa Churches, 2008 Election, 2008 Presidential Election, 2008 Iowa Caucuses, Politics, Barack Obama, Iowa Caucuses, Presidential Campaign, Mitt Romney, Presidential Politics, Mike Huckabee, 2008 Presidential Race, 2008 Campaign, John Edwards, Rudy Giuliani, Faith, Hillary Clinton, Home News
Dan Treul

Eliot Caroom, Kim Farris, and Ellen Emerson White contributed to this piece for OffTheBus. Secretary at Moline Evangelical Church in Moline, Illinois...

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Oprah Can't Help Obama Nail Hillary

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 12.07.2007 | Politics

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Earl Ofari Hutchinson

The O and O show has caused the tongues to wag, eyebrows to rise and will draw legions to their campaign stops. But that won't be the knock out wallop Obama counts on to floor Hillary, Celebrities simply don't pack that kind of political punch.

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Rudolph the Red-Nosed Mayor

Marvin Kitman | Posted 11.26.2007 | Politics

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Marvin Kitman

Giuliani made a name for himself as an intolerant, authoritarian who violated the First Amendment and was successfully sued 27 times.

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If I Had a Beer With...

Jim Derych | Posted 11.08.2007 | Politics

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Jim Derych

No one has asked the single most important question of any presidential race -- Would I have a beer with this person?

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Washington Post Claims "Climate Is a Risky Issue for Democrats"

Joseph Romm | Posted 11.06.2007 | Politics

Read More: 2008 Election, Washington Post, Presidential Politics, Media Bias, Global Warming, Climate Change, Politics News
Joseph Romm

The report focuses at length on the cost of the climate plans but hardly talks about the benefits at all -- and never mentions the costs of inaction: catastrophic global warming.

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Unmarried Women: This Election's Holy Grail

Christine Lahti | Posted 11.04.2007 | Politics

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Christine Lahti

For the first time in history, the majority of US households are headed by someone who is not married and a whopping 24% of the US population is unmarried women. Everyone is talking to them now. But are they listening?

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A "Paper Coup," and Blackwater Eyes Midtown Manhattan

Naomi Wolf | Posted 11.04.2007 | Politics

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Naomi Wolf

Is building a US Embassy in Baghdad the size of eighty football fields and at a cost of well more than half a BILLION dollars evidence of short- or long-term thinking?

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Easy Patriotism

Byron Williams | Posted 11.04.2007 | Politics

Read More: Presidential Politics, Sports, God Bless America, National Anthem, Baseball, Irving Berlin, Nationalism, Patriostism, Politics News
Byron Williams

The things that made America great historically also lead us today to be insensitive to other cultures and to overestimate our abilities to influence world events.

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In Iowa Speech, Edwards Demands Answers From Clinton On NAFTA Expansion

David Sirota | Posted 11.04.2007 | Politics

Read More: Free Trade, Presidential Politics, John Edwards, Peru Trade, Hillary Clinton, Peru Trade Deal, Nafta, Politics News
David Sirota

Looks like America's NAFTA-style trade policy is taking center stage in the presidential contest and shocker -- Hillary Clinton is trying to hide.

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