Nico Pitney

Nico Pitney

The Huffington Post

Nico Pitney is National Editor at the Huffington Post. He was previously Deputy Research Director at the Center for American Progress and Managing Editor of ThinkProgress. He lives in Washington, DC, and has appeared on CNN, MSNBC, NPR, and the BBC. Nico can be reached at pitney@huffingtonpost.com.

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Reid Rebuffs Idea Of Senate Majority Leader Clinton

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Nico Pitney   |   May 12, 2008 06:07 PM


Sen. Harry Reid on Monday brushed off the notion that he has any plans to cede his Majority Leader title once Hillary Clinton returns to...
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Anti-Immigration Protester Needs A Spell-Check

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Nico Pitney   |   May 4, 2008 01:57 PM


The San Francisco Chronicle reprints this photo taken at an anti-immigration rally in Texas. The paper quips: "Excellent point: In Houston, a Texan protesting amnesty...
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DNC Iraq McCain Ad Sparks Controversy: Watch Video

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Nico Pitney   |   April 27, 2008 08:35 AM


UPDATE: The RNC is threatening legal action over the DNC's Iraq ad: Saying that the Democratic National Committee's latest TV ad is "maliciously false" and...
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Debate Analysis: ABC Asked Most Scandal Questions, Obama Was Clear Target

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Nico Pitney   |   April 20, 2008 02:00 PM


Obama has received the overwhelming majority of scandal questions over the course of the four debates, by a margin of 17 to 4. Clinton has received only four such questions.
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Bill Clinton Flashback: "All These Economically Insecure White People...Are Scared To Death"

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Nico Pitney   |   April 13, 2008 02:41 PM


As the rumination continues over Barack Obama's comments about economically-depressed small town voters, statements made by Bill Clinton on the same topic -- uttered while...
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Free Ride: Inside The Media's Love Affair With McCain

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Nico Pitney   |   March 25, 2008 11:15 AM


"The press loves McCain," MSNBC's Chris Matthews has declared. "We're his base." This tawdry media love affair with the presumptive GOP nominee is the focus...
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Pelosi Blasts McCain Over Anti-Catholic Pastor

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Nico Pitney   |   March 6, 2008 04:33 PM


Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the most prominent Catholic serving in the U.S. government, called on Sen. John McCain to reject the endorsement of Texas televangelist John...
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House In Chaos After Republicans Force Vote During Lantos Memorial

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Nico Pitney   |   February 14, 2008 11:38 AM


"During what was supposed to be a somber memorial service in Statuary Hall for Rep. Tom Lantos, who died Monday, the House chamber became mired...
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Bush: Obama Would "Attack Pakistan And Embrace Ahmadinejad"

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Nico Pitney   |   February 10, 2008 12:52 PM


Appearing today on Fox News Sunday, President Bush laid into Sen. Barack Obama, claiming he would "attack Pakistan" and "embrace" Iran's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. "I...
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FundRace: CNN's Bill Bennett Never Disclosed GOP Donations

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Nico Pitney   |   February 2, 2008 04:33 PM


Last December, conservative author and CNN election analyst William J. Bennett gave over two thousand dollars to Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign, a fact that...
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Florida Results Show Late Momentum For Obama

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Nico Pitney   |   January 29, 2008 10:12 PM


Sen. Hillary Clinton parachuted into Florida on Tuesday to celebrate a double-digit victory in the state's uncontested presidential primary. The election was mostly meaningless --...
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"Old-Style Politics," In Pictures

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Nico Pitney   |   January 25, 2008 12:11 PM

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Ben Smith flags this sharp-edged quote from Obama adviser Steve Hildebrand: "The Clintons have always put people in a box - they look at everything...
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Abdul-Jabbar To Magic: Obama's No "Rookie"

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Nico Pitney   |   January 22, 2008 03:30 PM


Unbeknownst to him, basketball legend-turned-author Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was pulled into the 2008 campaign fray this week. In a radio ad airing in South Carolina, Abdul-Jabbar's...
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What's Behind Obama's "Committed Christian" Mailer?

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Nico Pitney   |   January 21, 2008 12:27 PM


The Obama camp has a new South Carolina mailer touting him as a "committed Christian" who has been "called to Christ." (TPM Election Central has...
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Pro-Obama Union Weighs In On Ad Controversy

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Nico Pitney   |   January 18, 2008 03:20 PM


A powerful Nevada union behind a new ad that is sharply critical of Sen. Hillary Clinton will support the eventual Democratic presidential nominee even if...
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