Journalist and author Marc Cooper is a Special Correspondent for The Huffington Post as well as Editorial Director of its campaign reporting project OffTheBus. A contributing editor to The Nation magazine, Marc is also a member of the faculty at the USC Annenberg School for communication and Associate Director of its Institute for Justice and Journalism. Marc can be reached at cooper@huffingtonpost.com.

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John R. MacArthur On Iraq: "We're Seeing a Lot of Self-Censorship"

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Marc Cooper   |   March 28, 2008


As the war in Iraq completes its fifth year this week, The Huffington Post is featuring interviews with and essays by those journalists, elected officials,...
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Clinton Campaign Cuts Back Wooing of Superdelegates

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Marc Cooper   |   March 28, 2008


With the Democratic presidential race heading toward a possible climax Tuesday as four states including Texas and Ohio conduct their primaries, the lagging Hillary Clinton...
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McCain Lawyer's Long History Of Spin

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Marc Cooper   |   March 28, 2008


Beleagured GOP candidate John McCain's choice for personal lawyer in the emerging favors-for-lobbyist scandal, Bob Bennett, has a long record of defending tainted politicians...
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Watch Obama's and Clinton's Top Latino Supporters Talk Strategy

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Marc Cooper   |   March 28, 2008


Democratic candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are engaged in a fierce battle to capture the crucial emerging Latino vote during next week's set of...
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Obama And Clinton Play It Safe In Hollywood Debate

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Marc Cooper   |   March 28, 2008


Hollywood, Calif. -- The much-anticipated Tinseltown one-on-one Democratic debate tonight lacked much of the drama that had been widely predicted and proceeded on a relatively...
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Obama Woos Latino Vote Ahead Of Hollywood Debate

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Marc Cooper   |   March 28, 2008


Los Angeles, California -- Just hours before a dramatic one-on-one televised debate with rival Hillary Clinton, Sen. Barack Obama led his campaign into Southern California...
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GOP Debate: Romney And McCain Attack Each Other's Conservative Credentials

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Marc Cooper   |   March 28, 2008


Simi Valley, California - During the final Republican presidential debate before next Tuesday's virtual national primary election, frontrunners John McCain and Mitt Romney verbally pummeled...
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Defeated Giuliani Endorses McCain

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Marc Cooper   |   March 28, 2008


Simi Valley, California - Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani formally ended his presidential candidacy today and threw his endorsement to John McCain -- though...
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Bill Clinton Ignites Ruckus Inside Casino Caucus

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Marc Cooper   |   March 28, 2008


Las Vegas, NV - Just minutes before local voters entered one of the controversial casino-based caucus sites at the Mirage resort Saturday morning, former president...
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Bill Clinton Charges Voter Suppression In Nevada

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Marc Cooper   |   March 28, 2008


A half-hour before caucus sites opened in Nevada, former president Bill Clinton accused the powerful pro-Barack Obama Culinary Workers Union with deliberately misleading members who...
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Nevada: Barack Bets On Record Turnout

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Marc Cooper   |   March 28, 2008


Las Vegas, Nevada - Predicting a "record turn-out" for Saturday's presidential caucuses, Barack Obama closed out his Silver State campaign last night by mocking his...
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Bill Clinton: Super Surrogate

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Marc Cooper   |   March 28, 2008


Boulder City, Nevada-- When it came to crunch time earlier this month during the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primary, Hillary Clinton called out and...
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Nevada: Full Scale Union Ground War

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Marc Cooper   |   March 28, 2008


Las Vegas, NV -- Forty-eight hours to go before Saturday's Democratic caucuses and it's strictly battle-station mode at the headquarters of the 60,000 member Culinary...
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Nevada Unions Pump Up For Obama

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Marc Cooper   |   March 28, 2008


Throughout Nevada, union activists are mobilized and deployed to support rival Democratic campaigns. In this video, we see Dale Jackson of the Service Employees International...
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Video: John Edwards Disses Clinton On Social Security

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Marc Cooper   |   March 28, 2008


John Edwards says he's not going anywhere, except straight ahead into this Saturday's Nevada cacuses. After an appearance at the Carpenters Union in Las Vegas...
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