Michael Roston

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December 2, 2008

Michael Roston

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Michael Roston is a New York-based journalist who has written for The
Raw Story and the Huffington Post's Huffpolitics. He has also written
for the Village Voice, the American Prospect, the Orlando Sentinel,
and Globe Asia (Indonesia).

A native of Chicago (Go Bears), Michael has a Master of International
Affairs from Columbia University (SIPA) and a Bachelor of Arts from
the University of Iowa.

(Photo courtesy of Yian Huang)

Plants For Hillary Uprooted?

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Roston | November 16, 2007 04:28 PM

Read More: 2008, Democratic Presidential Candidate, Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, Plants For Hillary

Plants For Hillary, we hardly knew you. The mock website created by the Edwards campaign to hammer Hillary Clinton over planted questions has already been...

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Some Dems Vocal About Aversion To Confronting Bush On Iraq Funding

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Roston | November 15, 2007 05:08 PM

Read More: Bridge Fund, Congress, Democrats, House Of Representatives, Iraq

It is already conventional wisdom that the "bridge fund" for the Iraq war passed Wednesday night in the House will be stopped by Republicans in...

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Blackwater's California Wildfire Relief Efforts Backfire With Local Residents

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Roston | November 15, 2007 01:30 AM

Read More: Blackwater, Blackwater West, Brian Bonfiglio, California, Private Security Contractors, Wildfires

While hundreds of thousands of citizens were fleeing Southern California's wildfires in October, Blackwater USA was charging back in. While the fires still burned, executives...

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Democrats Down To The Wire Rounding Up Iraq Withdrawal Votes

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Roston | November 14, 2007 05:00 PM

Read More: Bridge Fund, Democrats, Emergency Budget, House Of Representatives, Iraq, Iraq War, Republicans

House Democratic leaders were hard at work on Wednesday to round up the votes in favor of a $50 billion "bridge fund" that would require...

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Freedom's Watch Watch: Vulnerable Democrats Shrug Off New Iraq Ads

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Roston | November 14, 2007 09:55 AM

Read More: 2008, Breaking Political News, Democrats, Freedom's Watch, House Of Representatives, Iraq

If House Democrats are worried about Freedom's Watch calling them out in newspaper ads in their local districts, they aren't showing it. "In an age...

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Freedom's Watch Watch: New Veterans Day Ads Target Dems On Iraq

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Roston | November 13, 2007 02:10 PM

Read More: Breaking Political News, Democrats, Freedom's Watch, House Of Representatives

The morning after the country observed Veterans Day, newspaper readers in seven cities woke up to full page ads blasting their local Democratic representative over...

Giuliani Advisors: We'll Win The Nomination In February

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Roston | November 12, 2007 11:29 AM

Read More: 2008, Breaking Political News, Primaries, Republican Presidential Candidates, Rudy Giuliani

The top campaign staffers for former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani want everyone to ignore the significant leads that ex-Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney has in...

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Democrats' New Bill Gives Blackwater, Contractors Six Months Notice In Iraq

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Roston | November 9, 2007 01:26 PM

Read More: Blackwater, Breaking Political News, Iraq, Private Security Contractors, Rep. Jan Schakowsky

A group of House members and one Senator came together on Tuesday to introduce the "Stop Outsourcing Security Act," a bill that will give pink...

Obama Refers To "Social Security Crisis"

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Roston | November 9, 2007 12:50 PM

Read More: 2008, Barack Obama, Breaking Political News, Chris Dodd, Democrats, Hillary Clinton, Social Security

In an interview yesterday, Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) explicitly used the word "crisis" in reference to Social Security, seemingly contradicting a progressive refrain that such...

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Romney Keeps Up Tough Immigration Message After Joining Univision Debate

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Roston | November 9, 2007 10:32 AM

Read More: 2008 Election, Breaking Political News, Immigration, Mitt Romney, Republican Presidential Candidates

Mitt Romney announced last night that he would attend a debate broadcast in Spanish on the Univision network. The December 9 debate follows an earlier...

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Blackwater-Linked Figure No Longer WIth Penn's Firm

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Roston | November 8, 2007 02:20 PM

Read More: Blackwater, Breaking Political News, Burson-Marsteller, Mark Penn, Robert Tappan

The top adviser to Hillary Clinton's campaign says that an executive who brought heightened scrutiny to the public relations giant he runs by helping out...

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White House Trying To Limit Reach Of Criminal Law On Blackwater, Contractors

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Roston | November 8, 2007 11:00 AM

Read More: Blackwater, Breaking Political News, House Of Representatives, Iraq, Private Security Contractors, Senate

A tug of war has broken out between Congress and the Bush administration over legislation that would put private security contractors on a shorter legal...

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Social Conservative Groups Mostly Silent On Robertson Endorsement

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Roston | November 7, 2007 03:54 PM

Read More: 2008, Breaking Political News, Pat Robertson, Republican Presidential Candidate, Rudy Giuliani

Pat Robertson's endorsement this morning of Rudy Giuliani has been met with virtual radio silence from social conservative groups. A spokeswoman at the Christian Coalition...

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Robertson Endorses Giuliani -- Without Mentioning Abortion

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Roston | November 7, 2007 09:51 AM

Read More: 2008, Breaking Political News, Endorsements, Pat Robertson, Republican Presidential Candidates, Rudy Giuliani

The morning buzz is centering on televangelist Pat Robertson's endorsement of Rudy Giuliani. Finally, Giuliani's campaign hopes to communicate, the thrice-married, traditionally socially liberal Catholic...

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Dems Block $70 Billion In "No-Strings" Iraq Funding -- But For How Long?

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Roston | November 6, 2007 06:30 PM

Read More: Breaking Political News, Budget, Congress, Iraq, Warwire

Members of the House and Senate came together on Tuesday morning to work out how to fund U.S. armed forces at home and abroad. But...

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