You had to live in the DC area that horrible month to know the impact the Sniper had on us. Fear was a constant companion.
Michael Gould-Wartofsky | Posted 11.09.2009 | Green
Theirs is a coast-to-coast campaign to save Appalachia's mountains and streams -- and Appalachians' homes, jobs, and culture -- from the devastating coal mining practice known as mountaintop removal.
Linda R. Monk, J.D. | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics
The Republicans are resurgent, at least for now. It's going to be a hard slog in 2010 and 2012 to keep the grassroots fervor alive -- and the funding to sustain it. In Virginia, we are just plain tired.
David Parker | Posted 11.07.2009 | Comedy
Any time an American does anything at all, it is a demonstration of his or her support for, or opposition to, the President and his policies. Paying attention, Russia? That's how democracy works.
David Adkins | Posted 11.06.2009 | Business
Despite encouraging signs of growth in the economy the unemployment crisis is going to be with us for a long time to come. It has left states caught in a vice between plummeting revenues and rising needs.
Max Fraad Wolff | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics
I believe that hordes of voters went yesterday and voted for Republican candidates and discriminatory marriage platforms even though they voted for and like Obama. I also believe they are expressing an anger that liberal and conservative pundits alike do not understand.
Bill Scher | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics
In 2008, Sen. John McCain lost the presidential race in NJ after garnering 1,613,207 votes. In 2009, Chris Christie won the governor's race with 1,140...
Simon Rosenberg | Posted 11.04.2009 | Business
It is the fundamental failure to make the economy the central issue of this Presidency that has left the door open for the Republicans. It is also a door that it easily closed next year by the President and his team.
Dave Zirin | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics
This is not rocket science. Throughout the country, Republican turnout stayed the same as in 2008 while Democratic turnout cratered. That's what happens when you don't deliver the goods.
Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics
The election results show that no incumbent governor (or incumbent party) can escape the wrath of an electorate that continues to bleed while it watches tax dollars squandered on foreign wars and Wall Street fat cats.
Beau Friedlander | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics
Yesterday's vote on same-sex marriage in Maine was a referendum on our collective humanity, and we don't look so great today. But was it a loss for Obama? Certainly not.
Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics
It was not surprising to learn that New Jersey and Virginia both elected Republican Governors. But I could not have predicted the loss in the tiny, liberal, free state of Maine.
AP | LIZ SIDOTI | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Independents who swept Barack Obama to a historic 2008 victory broke big for Republicans on Tuesday as the GOP wrested political co...
Sophia A. Nelson | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics
To lose badly in Virginia says more than Mr. Deeds was not a good candidate. It says that the president does not have any coat tails, at least not today.
Ben Tribbett | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics
If this election serves as a reminder that pandering to right wingers is not a successful electoral strategy -- then Deeds will have done even more good for Democrats than if he had won today.
David Sirota | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics
While the Democratic Party certainly has its problems right now, these contests do a better job of illustrating severe Republican weakness than anything else.
Joe Scarborough | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics
All the president's men know that a Republican sweep in New Jersey and Virginia will strike fear in the hearts of those swing state Democrats who now hold the future of health care in their sweaty moderate hands.
New York Times | ADAM NAGOURNEY | Posted 11.01.2009 | Politics
At the very least, the results in the governors' races, if not predictive, are quite likely to drive the political narrative, bolstering or diminishin...
Joe Trippi | Posted 10.30.2009 | New York
Voters are increasingly seeing themselves as "us" and both parties in Washington as "them." The results next Tuesday will likely demonstrate the voter's frustration with those in power, regardless of party.
Dawn Teo | Posted 10.26.2009 | Politics
While the idea of a candidate bragging on his Facebook page about his unethical escapades is a little funny at first (ok, it's hilarious), there may be more serious implications.
RealClearPolitics | Salena Zito | Posted 10.25.2009 | Politics
A poll of opinion polls shows Americans' attitudes are changing rapidly. They are less and less thrilled about the country's direction and Congress, ...
Carl Pope | Posted 10.20.2009 | Green
One reason the climate issue has surfaced from the Democratic side in Virginia is that Millennial voters are seen as critical if Deeds is to carry the state -- and young voters care more about climate than any other demographic.
The Huffington Post | Tam Vo | Posted 10.13.2009 | Impact
It's estimated that 7 million more homes are going into foreclosure, which is dramatically changing the the face of those who are without a place to l...
Michael Markarian | Posted 10.03.2009 | Politics
Virginia state Sen. Ken Cuccinelli may be one of the only elected officials in the country running for statewide office who is an apologist for staged animal fighting -- and has the record to prove it.
Pedro C. Moreno | Posted 10.02.2009 | World
Priya was always special. A bright child, a talented singer, with a sweet disposition. Today, on the lawns of the Chief Minister of Delhi's official residence, Priya's father, maybe for the first time, also realized this fact.
Tamar Abrams | Posted 11.10.2009 | Living