The Kennedy family is as conflicted and inspiring as America itself, and if the Kennedys are any indication, then America, for all its suffering and short-comings, will surely prevail.
Kathleen Reardon | Posted 02.15.2008 | Politics
Barack isn't to blame for the nastiness against Hillary and demeaning women so men might advance. But he's hardly denounced it. Many of his supporters revel in it.
Washington Post | Paul Kane | Posted 02.07.2008 | Politics
This time there was no "snub." Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) and Barack Obama (D-Ill.) returned to the Senate yesterday after Tuesday's mega-...
Washington Post | Shailagh Murray | Posted 02.05.2008 | Politics
The arc of Sen. Barack Obama's rise has passed through three distinct phases: Iowa. South Carolina. Kennedy. "The Kennedy endorsement was a 12 on a s...
David D. Burstein | Posted 02.04.2008 | Politics
Americans are coming to understand that issues like the environment and healthcare are long-term inter-generational issues that have much more to do with how we will be living a generation from now.
Arianna Huffington | Posted 02.02.2008 | Politics
The week that was: Teddy passed the JFK baton to Obama, Bush offered up a blast-from-the-past State of the Union, McCain took Florida, Florida took out Giuliani, Clinton tried to claim Florida too (after having agreed that no one should), Edwards bowed out, Obama and Clinton had a Kodak moment, and the latest campaign fundraising figures were released, showing that Giuliani spent close to $50 million in '07, capturing but one national delegate in the process (the worst delegate bang for the buck in the history of presidential politics). For more fundraising fun, give our FundRace tool a whirl. Its new mapping feature lets you to see how much your friends, neighbors, co-workers, ex-husbands, old college roommates, and assorted famous folks have given -- and to who. Warning: It's addictive!
AP | Posted 02.01.2008 | Politics
TEMPE, Ariz. — Former President Clinton said that if his wife is elected president she would radically change the "No Child Left Behind Act," wh...
Al Giordano | Posted 01.31.2008 | Politics
Obama simply cannot pay for advertising like Ted Kennedy on The El Piolín radio show, nor underestimate its impact on the vote next Tuesday.
Abigail Pogrebin | Posted 01.30.2008 | Politics
I believe that Kennedy decided Obama was the better person to heal this country at a critical time. NOW's rebuke is exactly what allows people to write off "feminism" as angry and hopelessly stuck.
Jon Wiener | Posted 01.29.2008 | Home
Ted Kennedy's statement Monday that Obama was like JFK set off a storm of historical analogies. But what do historians have to say about it?
Politico | Ben Smith | Posted 01.29.2008 | Politics
This is pretty strong stuff: The buzz in the speaker's office Monday was not about Bush's address, but about Massachusetts Sen. Ted Kennedy's fie...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 01.29.2008 | Politics
Senator Ted Kennedy, having endorsed Barack Obama for President, has begun his barnstorming on behalf of the candidate in earnest. This morning found...
Sherman Yellen | Posted 01.29.2008 | Politics
Speak to me Barack. Tell me what you will actually do as president, not some nonsense like reaching out to the unreachable Bush-loving Republicans to make us all whole again as a people.
Nathaniel Bach | Posted 01.29.2008 | Home
This election season, pundits have repeatedly said, "If anyone could possibly lose this election for themselves, it's the Democrats." If our pick is Clinton, that prophecy may just become reality.
Tavis Smiley | Posted 01.28.2008 | Politics
"We want to elect the person that can get the job done. And to get the job done, you have to bring people together. And to bring people together you have to be Barack Obama."
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy | Posted 01.28.2008 | Politics
In Barack, I see that next generation of American leadership: a figure who can transcend the divisions in this country that my family and I have fought so hard to tear down.
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Posted 01.28.2008 | Politics
Watch highlights from Sen. Kennedy's remarks today. Full transcript is below: Thank you, Caroline. Thank you for that wonderful introduction and ...
Posted 01.28.2008 | Politics
Remarks for Senator Barack Obama Kennedy Endorsement Event Monday, January 28, 2008 Washington, DC ...
AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 01.28.2008 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Summoning memories of his brother the slain president, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy led two generations of the First Family of Democratic...
Miles Mogulescu | Posted 01.27.2008 | Politics
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Beth Broderick | Posted 05.21.2008 | Politics