Primaries

John McCain's Experience = Confused and Old

Blake Fleetwood | Posted 06.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Rovian, Campaign, Mccain, Obama, Democratic Primary Electability, Barack Obama, Primaries, Clinton, John Kerry, Read More: 2008 Election, Democratic Nomination, Breaking Politics News, Clintonistas, General Election, Hillary Clinton, George Mcgovern, Hillalry Clinton, Political Jujitsu, Politics News
Blake Fleetwood

"Politics, as a practice, whatever its professions, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds." - Henry Adams This is not going to be a...

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The End End

Will Durst | Posted 06.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, Politics, Primaries, Hillary Clinton Stages of Grief, Vanity Fair, Hillary Clinton, Hillary Clinton Concedes, Election 2008, Bill Clinton Vanity Fair, Democrats, Barack Obama, Dick Cheney, 236.Com, Politics News
Will Durst

Say what you will about Hillary, the girl does not give up easily. She possesses the stick-to-itiveness of an emaciated tick.

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Senator Bill Nelson: Abolish The Electoral College

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Population, States, Primary, Primary Calendar, State, Proportional, Direct Vote, Blue, Reform, Red, Rural, Paper Trail, Election, Bill Nelson, Regional Primaries, Rotating Regional Primaries, Elections, Primaries, Electoral, Vote, Farm, Direct Election, Absentee, Electoral College, Election Machine, Popular Vote, Voting, Absentee Voting, Politics News
Chris Weigant

The senator from Florida has just introduced a wide range of election reforms -- the biggest of which is getting rid of the Electoral College. Would this be a good idea, and is it even possible?

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6 Other Things that Aren't "Change We Can Believe In"

Seth Grahame-Smith | Posted 06.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Primaries, Keating, Change, Speech, Bush, Barack Obama, Lobbyists, Green, Katrina, Vicki Iseman, Warner, John McCain, Cowardice, Politics News
Seth Grahame-Smith

McCain's "green speech" was one of the funniest half-hours of television since Arrested Development was canceled, and had all the energy and eloquence of Frankenstein on barbiturates.

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Politics on the Couch: Splitting

Justin Frank | Posted 06.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Primaries, Mccain, Obama, Politics on the Couch, Splitting, Clinton, Bush, Politics News
Justin Frank

Splits within groups -- like the current split between Obama and Clinton supporters -- are even more absolute and dramatic than those within one individual.

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Obama Makes History, But Can/Will he Unite Democrats Against McCain?

Andy Ostroy | Posted 06.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Primaries, History, November, Super Delegates, Obama, Hillary Clinton, Mccain, General Election, Democrats, Nomination, Politics News
Andy Ostroy

Make no mistake: winning the Democratic nomination by the smallest of delegate margins and practically tying on the popular vote, is a far, far cry from being victorious in November.

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Reforming the Nominating System: Maybe There is No Better Way

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 06.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Political Reform, Primaries, Hillary Clinton, Caucuses, Democratic Primary, Barack Obama, 2008 Presidential Election, Democratic Nominating Process, Politics News
Lincoln Mitchell

While the nominating system probably should be reformed, doing that will not be simple. Most of the easy solutions to fixing the nominating system are neither easy nor solutions.

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Hillary's Rules

Lloyd Garver | Posted 06.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Puerto Rico, Primaries, Clinton, Nomination, Politics News
Lloyd Garver

After Clinton's victory in Puerto Rico, now her camp claims that the nomination should go to whoever wins the most Commonwealths.

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What A Long, Strange Primary Trip It's Been

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Caucus, Puerto Rico, Democratic, Primary Schedule, Campaign, Delegate, South Dakota, Comeback Kid, African-American, Picks, Pledged Delegates, Primaries, Montana, Mike Huckabee, 2008, Pick, Superdelegates, John Edwards, Super Tuesday, 2008 Campaign, Black, Delegates, John McCain, Primary, Mitt Romney, Democrat, 2008 Elections, 08, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Election, 08 Election, Elections, Contest, 08 Campaign, Vote, 2008 Presidential Race, Hillary Clinton, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Rather than a Vince Lombardi halftime pep talk about giving 110% in the second half, I'd like to review where we've been so far. This will be my final "picks" article for 2008.

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Hillary's 2012 End Game

Diane Francis | Posted 06.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Primaries, Bill Clinton, John McCain, 2012 Election, Hillary, Democratic Primaries, Obama, Dick Morris Hillary Clinton, Election, Politics News
Diane Francis

This week will be great fun to watch because the delegate arithmetic simply doesn't work after Tuesday. Then, the real Hillary will be revealed in one of two scenarios.

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It's Not the Candidates' Fault

Daniel Altman | Posted 06.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Primaries, Florida, Obama, Clinton, Democratic Party, Democrats, Michigan, DNC Rules Committee, Dnc Rules and Bylaws, Politics News
Daniel Altman

Why should Obama and Clinton take the blame for the dispute that peaked with this week's ruling? They didn't make the decisions that led to the debacle.

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Clinton: From the RBC Today to the Credentials Committee and the Convention

Dawn Teo | Posted 05.30.2008 | Home

Read More: Elections, Primaries, Rbc, Democratic Party, 2008, Credentials Committee, Hillary Clinton, Home News
Dawn Teo

Just because Clinton understands that the rules were broken does not mean she thinks that the rule breakers should be punished.

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The Lingering Electability Issue

Andy Ostroy | Posted 05.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Gop, Primaries, Clinton, Hillary, November, Electability, Obama, Mccain, General Election, Election, Nomination, Politics News
Andy Ostroy

While Clinton's lost me on the character front, I still have issues with Obama in terms of overall electability come November 4th.

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Hillary, Hillary, Hillary: An Open Letter to the Former Future President

Andy Ostroy | Posted 05.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Primaries, Quit, Bill Clinton, Rfk, Hillary Clinton, Obama, Mccain, Democrats, Election, Politics News
Andy Ostroy

A once valiant warrior, Hillary is now just a sad footnote in history. She will never recover politically from her monumentally insensitive RFK comment.

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Clinton and RFK Deserve Better

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 05.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Gop, Primaries, Barack Obama, Democratic National Committee, Florida, Robert F Kennedy, Michigan, Presidency, John McCain, Hillary Clinton, Politics News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Her Kennedy remark, apology and clarification, won't mean much. It will only increase the drumbeat calls for her to withdraw. Clinton and RFK deserve better and neither will get it.

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Top Twenty Reasons Hillary Clinton Should Stay in the Race

Will Durst | Posted 05.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hillary Wont Leave, Politics, Primaries, Hillary Dropping Out, Hillary to Drop Out, Hillary Will Not Drop Out, Hillary Clinton, Election 2008, Hillary Staying In, 236.Com, Politics News
Will Durst

1. What's that old saying: as go Montana and North Dakota, so goes the world?
2. You want that Vice Presidential nod, you get it the old fashioned way: you earn it.

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Hey Media: Lay Off Appalachia

Jeff Biggers | Posted 05.22.2008 | Media

Read More: Primaries, Coal, Appalachia, Daily Show, Jon Stewart, Elections, Media, Democrats, Barack Obama 2008, Media Coverage of 2008 Election, Hillary Clinton, Hillbillies, Media Bias, Media News
Jeff Biggers

Pundits missed the two best kept secrets about Appalachia: it is far from homogeneous and has been a burning ground of change for the past 250 years.

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HuffPost's New Political Director, Hilary Rosen, On CNN

Huff TV | Posted 05.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Primaries, Video, Clinton, Oregon, Kentucky, Mccain, Obama, Politics News
Huff TV

2008-05-21-hrosen.jpg Hilary Rosen -- our new Political Director and Washington Editor-at-Large -- joined CNN's political round-table to discuss primaries in Kentucky and Oregon.

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A Feel-Good Moment: Ed Rollins Hears "Death Knell" For GOP

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.19.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

John McCain "can't win" if he's seen as "the Bush third term" -- this, from a Republican?

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Not The Ticket

Julian E. Zelizer | Posted 05.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: John Edwards, Vice President, Primaries, Election, Barack Obama, Barack Obama Vice President, VP Pick, Politics News
Julian E. Zelizer

Edwards has a lot of virtues, but serving as a running mate is not one of them. Democrats have seen that show before and they might want to think twice before asking for a rerun.

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Exit Poll Parsing Presents a False Choice

Jonathan Diamond | Posted 05.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Blue-Collar Vote, Primaries, Iraq, John McCain, Hillary Clinton, General Election, Economy, Barack Obama, Politics News
Jonathan Diamond

That Clinton beats Obama among white, working-class voters in swing states and therefore must be the nominee is like a Woody Allen syllogism.

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Does Hillary Deserve the Nomination? It's Not the Math, Stupid

Andy Ostroy | Posted 05.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Primaries, Obama, Math, Clinton, Democrats, Election, Nomination, Politics News
Andy Ostroy

Sen. Hillary Clinton defeated Sen. Barack Obama by a landslide in Tuesday's West Virginia primary. She won by a 67%-26% margin, and picked up about 14...

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Putting Cable News Under a Microscope

Andy Ostroy | Posted 05.13.2008 | Media

Read More: Primaries, Politics, Obama, Cable, Media, Clinton, Election, Cable News, Media News
Andy Ostroy

It took one straight week of non-stop political commentary for me to finally realize how cable news had not only driven me crazy, but just how much it was negatively impacting politics as well.

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SNL's Brilliant "Sore Loser" Sketch Illuminates Senator Clinton's Shadows

David Quigg | Posted 05.12.2008 | Media

Read More: Elecion 2008, Primaries, Politics News, Race, Satire, Identity Politics, Hard-Working Voters, Photography, Hillary Clinton, White Voters, Ethics, Saturday Night Live, Media News, Amy Poehler, Wedge Issues, Sore Loser, Media News
David Quigg

Senator Clinton will get the last word on this. Once she officially loses the nomination, she can make the Poehler sketch look ridiculous. Or she can make it look like prophecy.

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New Rule For Uncommitted Superdelegates

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Nc, West Virginia, Superdelegate, Democratic, Primary Schedule, Campaign, Delegate, WV, Picks, Primaries, 2008, Pick, 2008 Campaign, Uncommitted, North Carolina, Democratic Convention, Primary, Democrat, 2008 Elections, 08, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Election, 08 Election, Elections, Bill Maher, Contest, 08 Campaign, 2008 Presidential Race, Convention, In, Hillary Clinton, Mountaineer, New Rule, Indiana, Politics News
Chris Weigant

With sincere apologies to Bill Maher for stealing his schtick, I have a new rule. My new rule is for uncommitted Democratic superdelegates. The rule ...

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