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Declaring Victory, Going Home

Rory O'Connor | Posted 08.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, George Aiken, Ray Odierno, Colonel Reese, Retreat, War, Victory, Vietnam, Politics News

Colonel Timothy R. Reese, a senior American military adviser in Baghdad, concluded, in what the New York Times called "an unusually blunt memo," that it is time "for the U.S. to declare victory and go home."

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Historic Power Shift in El Salvador (VIDEO)

The Real News | Posted 04.20.2009 | World

Read More: Nationalist Republican Alliance, El Salvador, Fmln, Mauricio Funes, Victory, Presidential Election, Independence, Farabundo-Marti-National-Liberation-Front, Guerilla, Arena, Farabundo, Latin America, World News

Just over 17 years since the 1992 Peace Accords brought an end to El Salvador's vicious civil war, the country has seen its first peaceful transfer of power.

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Too Young for This: Certifiably Crazy

Alice Crisci | Posted 04.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Friend, Emerald, Fight, Neighbor, Church, Redondo Beach, Date, Humor, Breast Cancer, Malibu, Mom and Dad, Journal, Health, Victory, Crisis, Live, Celebrity, Forrest Gump, Love, Dogs, Spirituality, Living News

Despite my life, despite cancer, despite over a decade of therapy and a magnitude of self-help books and workshops, I am still as hopeless of a romantic as Meg freakin' Ryan and as melodramatic as an Oscar-winning actress.

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Getting More Progressives Elected -- And Where You Fit In

Adam Green | Posted 02.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Innovation, Pccc, David Sirota, Victory, Consultants, Technology, Progressive Change Campaign Committee, Digby, Huffington Post, Chris Bowers, Atrios, Recommended, Politics News

I realized at MoveOn that it makes no sense for progressives to raise tons of money for candidates who then spend it inefficiently. We need to help them run effective campaigns and win.

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Moving Forward: A Participatory Democracy

Kate Kelly | Posted 12.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Victory, November 4, Victory Speech, Election Results, Vote, Obama Victory, Barack Obama, Election, Women and the Vote, Politics News

As the immediate excitement of Election Day begins to fade, we are left with new questions, among them: How is President-Elect Barack Obama going to ...

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Dean's 50 State Strategy Can Help Combat Racism

Andrea Chalupa | Posted 12.10.2008 | Home

Read More: Keep the 50 State Strategy, The Cure for Racism, Howard Dean's 50 State Strategy, Obama 50 State Strategy, Rahm Emmanuel Was Wrong About the 50 State Strategy, The South, Race, Center for American Progress, Civil Rights, Voters in Virginia, Democratic Strategy in the South, Create Everlasting Change, Racial Politics, Every Vote Counts, 2008 Election and Racism, Howard Dean, Virginia, Progress, Keep the Obama Campaign Going, Victory, Racism, Tom Pierriello, Fight for Change, How to Comab Racism, 745 Votes, Home News

One thing volunteering for the Obama campaign in southern Virginia reiterated to me is that racism is alive and well in this country and there's somet...

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ObamaRama in Century City on Election Night

Paige Donner | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Election Reaction, Democratic President-Elect, Politics, Jason Bentley, Election '08, Los Angeles Election Night Coverage, Obama, Obama-Biden, Mayor Villaraigosa, Barack Obama, Eric Garcetti, Victory, President-Elect Obama, Shepard Fairey, Century City Plaza Hotel, Democratic Victory, HuffPost Election Reaction, Politics News

By 8:15 p.m. fire marshals were already on the scene -- the celebration venue had reached its 10,000 person capacity.

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Making it Work

Jake Goldman | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

A man plastered in Cynthia McKinney stickers poked me right on the Obama button fixed to my coat. "Hold him accountable. Stop the war," he said and dashed out of the car and up the stairs.

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An End in Sight for Some, but Not Others

Charles Ferguson | Posted 11.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, John McCain, Anti-Americanism, Success of the Surge, George W. Bush, Victory, Documentary, Iraq, Shiites, Politics News

John McCain, the Bush administration, and a number of neoconservatives believe we're at the beginning of an American victory. If this is winning, I'd hate to see what losing would look like.

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Petraeus: No "Victory" To Be Had In Iraq

BBC | Posted 10.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Afghanistan, David Petraeus, War Wire, Victory, Iraq, John McCain, Politics News

The outgoing commander of US troops in Iraq, Gen David Petraeus, has said that he will never declare victory there. In a BBC interview, Gen Petraeus ...

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William Kristol Advises Obama On Iraq

Jacob Heilbrunn | Posted 07.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: New York Times Op Ed, Obama Victory Speech, Editorials, Bill Kristol, Victory, New York Times, Obama Berlin Speech, Barack Obama Victory Column, Barack Obama, German History, Berlin, Politics News

Usually, William Kristol deploys his New York Times column to try and provide John McCain with some extra intellectual firepower. But today he leaps into the breach to assist Obama. Or so he would have it.

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What Would President Obama Really Do On Iraq?

Sandy Goodman | Posted 07.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Victory, Iraq, Obama, Defeat, New York Review of Books, Thomas Powers, Barack Obama, Politics News

Should Obama get elected, what is now strictly a theoretical problem will become a very difficult practical one.

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The Coming Together Of McCain And Obama On Iraq

Chris Weigant | Posted 07.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Doublethink, John McCain, Petraeus, Timetable, Iraq, 2008 Elections, Media, Campaign, 08, Policy, 2008 Election, Withdrawal, Election, Barack Obama, Foreign Policy, 08 Election, Iraq War, Middle, Elections, Troop Withdrawal, 08 Campaign, Surge, Troop, 2008, 2008 Presidential Race, Victory, 2008 Campaign, Politics News

McCain knows that the electorate wants America out of Iraq, even faster than Obama has proposed. He also knows that his ties to Bush's foreign policy are an albatross around his neck.

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The Media Must Report - NOT Debate - Whether Barack or Hillary is Winning

Steven G. Brant | Posted 05.02.2008 | Media

Read More: Victory, Hillary Clinton, Democratic Nomination, Winning, Hillary Clinton Spin, Msnbc, CBS News, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, Brian Williams, NBC Nightly News, Media News

The mainstream media shows its stupidity by treating Hillary's attempt to redefine the reality of the election results like it's a real story.

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Philly: Ugly Clinton Victory Rally

Laura J. Mansfield | Posted 05.02.2008 | Home

Read More: Pennsylvania Primary, Senator Obama, Clinton, Rally, Victory, Obama, Philadelphia, Democrats, Hillary Clinton, Nomination, Home News

First Democrat: "This is a Hillary victory party, not an Obama loser party." Second: "If Obama loses, I'm not going to vote at all in November." Third: "I will vote for McCain if Obama wins." Et cetera.

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Hillary Got The Whites-Who-Won't-Vote-Black Vote

John K. Wilson | Posted 05.01.2008 | Home

Read More: Whites, Hillary, Pennsylvania, Clinton, Victory, Race, Primary Election, Hillary Clinton, Home News

The numbers tell the story: Hillary Clinton's margin of victory in Pennsylvania was due to racist white Democratic voters who openly opposed Barack Obama because he is black.

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On The Clinton Point Spread

Barnett Zitron | Posted 04.30.2008 | Home

Read More: Primary Rules, Young Voters, Hillary, Ed Rendell, Pennsylvania, Late Registration, Primary, Clinton, Victory, Pa, Obama, Closd Primary, Home News

One thing is for sure: Hillary's best friend in Pennsylvania (even better than Gov. Rendell and the crowds of older voters) is the state's closed primary and inflexible voting regulations.

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