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The Republican Party's Anger Mismanagement

Cliff Schecter | Posted 05.17.2013 | Politics
Cliff Schecter

Policy-wise, the GOP is an entity that literally lacks any new ideas, has no interest in governing and has rejected all of its own policy positions from as recently as early 2008.

Ex-GOP Rep Not Surprised Women Aren't Voting Republican

The Huffington Post | Chris Gentilviso | Posted 03.18.2013 | Politics

Retired Rep. Steve LaTourette (R-Ohio) opened up on Sunday about his party's struggles to procure female voters, admitting that he's not surprised by ...

Top GOP Strategist: Republican Party 'Doesn't Give Equal Opportunity To Women'

The Huffington Post | Chris Gentilviso | Posted 03.11.2013 | Politics

Republican Strategist Steve Schmidt had some harsh words for his own party on Sunday, criticizing the GOP's standing on equal opportunity for women. ...

The Cremation of Sarah Palin

Geoffrey Dunn | Posted 05.06.2013 | Politics
Geoffrey Dunn

Now Sarah Palin was from Wasilla, / Where methamphetamine runs and flows. / Why she left Lake Lucille for an outside thrill, / The good God only knows.

BOTH SIDES NOW: Can the Party of Lincoln Be Like Lincoln?

HuffPost Radio | Posted 11.19.2012 | Media
HuffPost Radio

2011-11-29-20111107bothsidesnow.jpg On our 100th show, Arianna and Mary debate the post-election Republican re-set and whether new GOP members should be required to watch not Patton but Lincoln. Then we discuss how Romney's sour gripes exposed himself as Mr. 1 percent + 47 percent which oddly equals exactly his final total of 48 percent.

WATCH: Republicans: We Were Wrong

The Huffington Post | The Political Mashups Team | Posted 11.13.2012 | Politics

Senators from deep red Oklahoma and Tennessee endorsing tax increases? Newt Gingrich admitting mistakes? Sean Hannity endorsing a path to citizenship ...

Republican Strategist Blasts GOP For Kowtowing To Extreme Voices

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 11.07.2012 | Politics

Steve Schmidt, a Republican strategist and former campaign adviser to Sen. John McCain, tore into GOP leadership in the wake of President Barack Obama...

From Sarah to Sandy: Why the '08 Campaign Was Way More Fun

Dan Mirvish | Posted 01.05.2013 | Media
Dan Mirvish

Instead of Hockey Mom Sarah, now we have Frankenstorm Sandy. Instead of commercials comparing Paris Hilton to Barack Obama, we now watch everything on DVR. And instead of the ill-conceived elevation of Joe the Plumber to national folk hero, this time we got ill-advised pronouncements about rape.

Lilly Ledbetter and the High Court

Simon Lazarus | Posted 12.18.2012 | Politics
Simon Lazarus

The Ledbetter case is not simply a story of how women are denied equal pay -- though it is certainly powerful on that front -- it is also a template for strategic action by progressives in fighting over the courts that could and should be scaled up and broadly deployed.

Obama Takes Debate 2: So What Happens Next?

William Bradley | Posted 12.17.2012 | Politics
William Bradley

Now that the somnambulant debater of Denver has awakened, if Obama supporters want something else to fear, billionaires who want a Wall Street engineer in office, or advocates of the old energy economy of fossil fuels, are definitely that.

Michael Calderone

For 2012 Presidential Debates, Campaigns Speed Up The Spin

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Calderone | Posted 10.01.2012 | Media

NEW YORK -- When President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney leave the debate stage at 10:30 p.m. Wednesday, many of the 3,000 journalists churning out sto...

Michael Calderone

How The Romney Campaign Bashes And Exploits The Media

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Calderone | Posted 09.17.2012 | Media

NEW YORK -- On Thursday afternoon, the Romney campaign reportedly turned on the press. By Sunday evening, the Romney campaign turned to the press in o...

Romney Sticks Silver Foot in His Mouth Again

Andy Ostroy | Posted 11.13.2012 | Politics
Andy Ostroy

It's one thing to fire off the inflammatory rhetoric when it's part of the day-to-day grind of a close election. It's another to shamelessly exploit for political purposes the deaths of Americans who've sacrificed their lives to make the world a better place.

FiveThirtyHate?: Nate Silver Gets His Numbers Crossed in Charlotte

Geoffrey Dunn | Posted 11.07.2012 | Media
Geoffrey Dunn

Nate Silver's commitment to a quantitative, value-free approach to the living, breathing universe, with an emphasis on numbers, can be troubling, to the point of absurdity, when the answers have nothing to do with statistical equations.

So What the Heck Happened With Clint Eastwood? (and the Perils of Arguing With Imaginary Obamas)

William Bradley | Posted 11.04.2012 | Politics
William Bradley

Eastwood is a very familiar character here in California. I've met him, can't say I know him, but certainly know friends of his. This episode surprised me on a few levels.

Play Ditzy for Me: Clint Eastwood to Address GOP Convention Tonight

Geoffrey Dunn | Posted 10.30.2012 | Politics
Geoffrey Dunn

If Eastwood is, indeed, the "mystery man" tonight, there will be no mystery in his remarks. They will be riddled with further hypocrisy and deceit. That you can count on. "A good man," declares Dirty Harry in Magnum Force, "always knows his limitations." Apparently, his creator does not.

Michael Calderone

Why The Media Love Gaffes

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Calderone | Posted 08.01.2012 | Media

As Mitt Romney walked toward his motorcade Tuesday morning in Warsaw, Poland, Washington Post reporter Philip Rucker yelled a question in his directio...

Fluke: Keeping Fanzines Alive

Melissa Webster | Posted 09.23.2012 | Home
Melissa Webster

So as I began this journey into musical discovery a little over a year ago, it isn't surprising I'd eventually stumble upon the various rock music fanzines passed among the truly devoted, featuring the latest kick-ass bands who'll never make it onto mainstream radio and some of the musical icons who did

John McCain: Nothing 'Disqualifying' In Mitt Romney's Tax Returns

The Huffington Post | Sabrina Siddiqui | Posted 07.17.2012 | Politics

Sen. John McCain said on Tuesday he can "personally vouch" there was nothing disqualifying in the 23 years' worth of tax returns that Mitt Romney subm...

Sam Stein

WATCH: New Obama Campaign Ads Rip Romney For Hiding Tax Returns

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.17.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Democrats have entered the go-for-the-jugular stage of the presidential race, with President Barack Obama's campaign, the Democratic Nat...

Andrea Stone

McCain Adviser Steve Schmidt On Real Reason McCain Picked Palin Over Romney In 2008

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 07.16.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- John McCain's top campaign strategist in 2008 says that Mitt Romney's much-discussed tax returns were not the reason that the Republican...

Former McCain Adviser: End Of 2008 Election 'Felt Like A Car Crash'

New York Times | Posted 06.09.2012 | Politics

A BASEBALL cap perched on his head, his eyes sheathed in sunglasses, Steve Schmidt sipped a Diet Coke and gazed across Lake Tahoe to California. Even ...

"Pallin' Around with Terrorists": Palin's Link to Militia Leader Charged With Conspiracy to Commit Murder

Geoffrey Dunn | Posted 08.03.2012 | Politics
Geoffrey Dunn

According to sworn testimony Thursday during federal court proceedings in Alaska, two close associates of then Governor Sarah Palin were responsible for introducing FBI Informant William "Drop Zone" Fulton to Schaeffer Cox, the leader of the so-called Alaska Peacekeeper Militia.

Sarah Palin's Previous Lies About Secret Service Agents

Geoffrey Dunn | Posted 06.23.2012 | Politics
Geoffrey Dunn

Sarah Palin has disgraced herself yet again, this time by attempting to politicize the Secret Service prostitution scandal that rocked President Obama's recent trip to Colombia.

Palin vs. Couric: Recounting the Infamous 2008 Campaign Interview

Geoffrey Dunn | Posted 06.03.2012 | Media
Geoffrey Dunn

While Sarah Palin admitted that her performance in the Couric interviews in 2008 "had let the team down," she never acknowledged that she had failed to prepare for them.