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Waking Up To the Coming Battle Over the Census

Simon Rosenberg | Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lou Dobbs, Census, Immigration Reform, Southern Strategy, Bill Sparkman Hanged, Bill Sparkman, William Sparkman, William Sparkman Hanged, Politics News
Simon Rosenberg

Last night's reports of the murder of a US Census worker will bring national attention to the emerging politics of the Census count, something that we've long been worried about at NDN.

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The Impeachment of President Obama

Bob Cesca | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Racism, Pat Buchanan, Republican Attacks, Wingnuts, Impeachment, Joe Biden, Rush Limbaugh, Jack Kingston, John Ensign, Nazis, Joseph McCarthy, Racism, Adolf Hitler, Cable News, Lee Atwater, Alex Jones, Glenn Beck, Southern Strategy, Republican Party, Czars, Republicans, Politics News
Bob Cesca

I've been following the Republican descent into the realms of the bizarre for some time now, and I'm convinced that if they retook Congress the Republicans might try to impeach the president.

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Secesh 3.0: Fear Of A Black President

David A. Love | Posted 11.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Confederacy, Birthers, Obama Stimulus, Homeland Security, McCain Palin, Secession, Confederate Flag, Secede, Obama, Southern Poverty Law Center, Joe Wilson You Lie, Strom Thurmond, Stimulus, Rep. Joe Wilson, Obama Health Care, Barack Obama, Rob Miller, Department of Homeland Security, Tax Day Tea Party, Obama Stimulus Plan, Economic Stimulus Package, Hate Groups, Stimulus Package, Joe Wilson, Birther, Economic Stimulus, Joe Wilson South Carolina, Health Care, Tea Party, Southern Strategy, Town Hall Meetings, Race, Racism, Politics News
David A. Love

When the Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) disrupted the President’s health care address before a joint session of Congress, it was not the first time th...

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Joe Wilson: Pan-Carolina Hollerin' Champeen

Scott Brown | Posted 11.10.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Obama, Joe Wilson, Southern Strategy, Health Care, Joe Wilson Obama, Rep. Joe Wilson, Comedy News
Scott Brown

I'm a hollerin', incipiently double-chinned white guy from the Carolinas. I come from a long line of hollerin', incipiently double-chinned white guys from the Carolinas. But that Joe Wilson, boy, he might've out-hollered us all.

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The GOP's White Guy Fix

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 09.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Polls, Senate Republicans, California Gop, White Males, White Votes, Gop, Racism, Southern Strategy, Rush Limbaugh, Democrats, Politics News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

The GOP has draw up a canny, political game plan to re-energize and reorganize its oldest, and most dependable base, white males.

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Terry McAuliffe's Achilles Heel was not the Clintons

Kimberly Krautter | Posted 07.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Kimberly Krautter, Al Gore, Southern Voters, Howard Dean, Voters, John Kerry, President Barack Obama, Terry McAuliffe, Democratic, Dnc, Southern Strategy, Election, Politics News
Kimberly Krautter

McAuliffe presented himself as a carpetbagger, pure and simple. Blaming the Clintons is grossly unfair to the former President and the Secretary of State.

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Plumbing the Depths of GOP Labels

Dave Astor | Posted 04.17.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Soccer Moms, Personal Seat Licenses, Gop, Joe the Plumber, Gulliver's Travels, Football, Hockey Moms, Barack Obama, Yahoo, Ringtones, Scrabble, Health Insurance, Abraham Lincoln, Republicans, Monopoly, Deductibles, Southern Strategy, Zambonis, Comedy News
Dave Astor

How can the GOP get more votes in the future, even if it doesn't diversify its monikers? Perhaps by assembling a synergistic coalition of "hockey moms" and "NASCAR dads."

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"New America" = Gone OLD Party

Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 12.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Election Reaction, Richard Nixon, Spiro Agnew, President Obama, Donald Rumsfeld, New America, Gone Old Party, Old America, Republican Future, Southern Strategy, Republican Party, Patrick Buchanan, Sarah Palin, Politics News
Robert S. McElvaine

Prior to the start of the war in Iraq in 2003, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld made a distinction between "Old Europe" that opposed the America...

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Maybe the Civil War Isn't Over

Joshuah Bearman | Posted 12.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Civil War, Election 2008, Race, Southern Strategy, Gop, Electoral College, Barack Obama, Republicans, Politics News
Joshuah Bearman

The Civil War might be over, but the War Between the States lives on. The good news is that the lingering resentments of that time might have finally lost their political power.

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On Obama, Race and the End of the Southern Strategy

Simon Rosenberg | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Southern Strategy, Barack Obama, 2008 Election, Race, John McCain, President Obama, Obama Wins, Obama Election Day, HuffPost Election Analysis, Election Day 2008, Election Day, Joe Biden, Election Results, Sarah Palin, Election, Presidential Results, HuffPost Election Reaction, Election Reaction, Obama Presidency, Iowa Caucuses, Obama President, Election Analysis, Presidential Election, Politics News
Simon Rosenberg

Following the Iowa caucuses, I came away believing then, as I do now, that Obama's powerful voice that emerged that night had the potential to have a profound impact on America.

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The End of the Republican Majority: Three Things You Need to Watch

Martin Carnoy | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Race Politics, Election Reaction, African-American President, Latino Voters, Trickle-Down Economics, Republican Party, 2008 Election, Demographics, Southern Strategy, Barack Obama, GOP Solidarity, President-Elect Barack Obama, Southern Voters, Southern Politicians, Obama Latinos, President Obama, Obamanomics, Election Results, Barack Obama Latino Voters, Reaganomics, 2008 Presidential Election, Gop, Religious Right, Southern Racism, Politics News
Martin Carnoy

The historic 2008 presidential election is over and the main casualty is the Republican Party.

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In Georgia, Expect Record Numbers of Black Voters and Serious Tally Troubles

Pia Sawhney | Posted 04.01.2009 | Home

Read More: Southern Strategy, Voter Suppression, Civil Rights, Black Voters, Republican Tricks, Black Vote, Georgia, Georgia Obama, Obama Georgia, Barack Obama, Georgia Black Vote, Election 2008, John McCain, Home News
Pia Sawhney

The state of Georgia is one of those places northerners would likely choke to death in -- it's endlessly hot, sticky, and riddled with historical iniquities; as evinced by a Superior Court decision as recently as July in which the court ruled all voters must show state-issued ID cards when they arrive at the polls.

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Obama's Southern Strategy

Bob Burnett | Posted 07.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Southern Strategy, Faith-Based Initiatives, Barack Obama, Politics News
Bob Burnett

Although it defies the conventional wisdom to believe that a Democrat could prevail in the south, Obama will contest more than a dozen states Bush won easily four years ago.

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Obama's Sort Of Audacious Southern Strategy

Ben Mishkin | Posted 07.10.2008 | Home

Read More: Presidential Campaign 2008, South, Barack Obama Presidential Campaign, Barack Obama, Georgia, Obama's Southern Strategy, North Carolina, Travis Childers, Mississippi, African-Americans, Tom Schaller, Southern Strategy, Home News
Ben Mishkin

Barack Obama's "Southern Strategy" based on expected "historic turnout in the African-American community" has come under scrutiny recently, setting off a new round of debate on the matter in the blogosphere.

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The Religious Right's Uppity Woman Strategy

Christine Wicker | Posted 07.06.2008 | Home

Read More: Republican Strategy, John McCain, Michelle Obama, Southern Baptists, Racism in the Campaign, Bruce Ware, Southern Baptist Convention, Religion and Politics, Religious Right, Sexism in the Campaign, Denny Burk, McCain Campaign Strategy, Southern Strategy, Barack Obama, Home News
Christine Wicker

Republican theocrats will vote for McCain, even though they can't stand him. They will be roused because they have a twofer in Michelle Obama, the perfect object of their racism and sexism.

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