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Netroots Nation Diggs Pelosi, Tubes Obama

Ari Melber | Posted 07.21.2008 | Politics

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Three years ago, web activists were undeniable outcasts in Democratic politics and no bar outside of Berkeley could spell "netroots." Now, the movement has an open line to every player in the party.

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The War Pundits: Sam Power, McJoan, Danner, Mitchell

Ari Melber | Posted 07.17.2008 | Media

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By relying too heavily on government sources from one party, most pre-Iraq war coverage misstated the threat and drastically underplayed opposition to the war among experts, political elites, and the general public.

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Obama's Foreign Policy Team Does Not Represent Change

Lionel Beehner | Posted 06.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Anthony Lake, Samantha Power, Obama, Richard Holbrooke, Madeleine Albright, Foreign Policy, Politics News

The Obama campaign needs an infusion of young talent and new ideas, not moldy policy from folks whose idea of a rollicking Saturday night is sipping wine at the Council on Foreign Relations.

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Tired Rhetoric Out; Nuanced Thinking In

R.T. Eby | Posted 06.16.2008 | Home

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The Bush years remind us of a basic fact: the best foreign policy is based on diplomacy. The next president must surround himself with professionals; people who will hold the line in negotiations without going over the top.

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Message to Graduates: "Be a Good Ancestor"

Samantha Power | Posted 05.28.2008 | Life

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My generation and our predecessors haven't been responsible caretakers. But you can be. Be resilient. Find friends who have your back. And above all, be a good ancestor. You can. And you must.

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Does Obama Have a Loyalty Problem?

Lionel Beehner | Posted 05.19.2008 | Politics

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While the problem with Bush is he prized loyalty too much and refused to toss overboard people clearly deserving of a pink slip, Obama seems to tilt dangerously the other way.

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Obama De-friends Wright on Facebook

Andy Borowitz | Posted 04.30.2008 | Politics

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Chief Obama strategist David Axelrod said that Sen. Obama had to de-friend the Rev. Wright on Facebook "because he was getting really annoying."

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Clinton and Obama Silence On Winter Soldier Divides Progressives

Christine Escobar | Posted 03.26.2008 | Home

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Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have yet to acknowledge the Iraq withdrawal plan crafted by members of their own party, and it appears there is little pressure from the press to question them on it.

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Obama's Shallow Credentials on National Security Are Dangerous for the Country

Joseph C. Wilson | Posted 03.20.2008 | Politics

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Much of the reaction to Sen. Clinton's 3 a.m. ad is from people who have never been involved in foreign policy and certainly never had to field such a call in a crisis situation.

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Democrats Diminishing Horizon

Logan Nakyanzi Pollard | Posted 03.19.2008 | Politics

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Both Samantha Power and Eliot Spitzer were seen as bright stars amongst Democrats. Is this what we do when our stars fall? Do we all "cut and run?"

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Samantha Power On The Colbert Report

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.18.2008 | Politics

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Samantha Power is a Pulitzer Prize winning author and foreign policy expert who specializes in human rights and is a tireless fighter against genocide...

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Geraldine Ferraro and Samantha Power -- Ugghh!!

Hilary Rosen | Posted 03.13.2008 | Politics

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Samantha, thanks for stepping back. Gerry, thanks for nothing. She is bewilderingly insistent on staying in this fight.

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Samantha Power, Ethical Journalism and Truth: To Quote or Not to Quote?

Omid Memarian | Posted 03.13.2008 | Media

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The Scotsman's editors gave in to the temptation of gaining a huge amount of publicity by quoting Power's remark -- disregarding the basic ethical rules of journalism. Simple as that!

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Dem Distress

Sara Nichols | Posted 03.12.2008 | Politics

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If experience is the field Clinton wants to play on, then McCain wins hands down. She's practically giving McCain the election.

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A Candidate of Hope and Hard Work

Anne-Marie Slaughter | Posted 03.11.2008 | Politics

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If Clinton and Obama insist on forcing voters to choose between what is essentially a false dichotomy between two styles of politics, they will lose the election.

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Power Proves All Is Fair

Kelly Nuxoll | Posted 03.11.2008 | Home

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Power's candid comments sent the Obama campaign scurrying and invited the Clinton campaign and the media to rain a storm of fire on their heads, and underscores the reason for the paucity of candor in our political process.

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Obama's Next Phase

Trey Ellis | Posted 03.10.2008 | Politics

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Samantha Power's silly slip of the tongue would have been a perfect time for Obama to show an unusal toughness, a rewriting of the rule book.

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Will Hillary Demand That She Resign From Her Own Campaign?

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 03.10.2008 | Politics

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The threshold Clinton crossed was to all but endorse the Republican presidential nominee, if the Democratic nominee should turn out to be Barack Obama.

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The Monster: A Loyal Clinton Soldier Turns in His Badge

Seth Grahame-Smith | Posted 03.09.2008 | Politics

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I've watched Hillary's descent into pettiness and fear-mongering with the heartbreak of a child who grows up to realize that his beloved mother has been a terrible person all along.

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We Forgive You, Samantha

Sean Carman | Posted 03.09.2008 | Politics

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Had Power stayed on, the incident would have worked to Obama's  advantage. By forgiving Power, the Obama  campaign could have treated all of us like the understanding adults we are.

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HRC and Rwanda: "Her Advocacy Left No Trace in the World"

Mark Kleiman | Posted 03.09.2008 | Politics

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Is it any wonder that Samantha Power, who (literally) wrote the book about Rwanda, had nasty things to say about Hillary Clinton?

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Dowd: You Can't Be Elected President Unless You Prove You're Tough

New York Times | Maureen Dowd | Posted 03.09.2008 | Politics

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I was covered in barbecue sauce, somewhere over Texas, when Barack Obama loped down the aisle of the plane to chat with reporters. I felt guilty, be...

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Hillary: Obama Not Ready For Red Phone, But Would Be Awesome Veep

Andy Borowitz | Posted 03.08.2008 | Politics

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It's a genius strategy: Democrats, forced to choose between Hillary and Barack, don't need to choose after all, since they both could run together - as long as Barack is at the bottom of the ticket, of course.

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Absolute Samantha Power Corrupts Absolutely

Lionel Beehner | Posted 03.08.2008 | Media

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Note to presidential advisers: Please tell it from the memo, not from the heart. We Americans are too frail and easily offended to handle unscripted, candid comments.

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They Knew They Were Right: The Rise of the Liberal Interventionists?

Steve Clemons | Posted 03.08.2008 | Politics

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I may be giving Power too easy a time here -- but while I agree she is representative of a new breed of crusader. She is also much more than that.

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