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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.

Sam Stein is a Political Reporter at the Huffington Post, based in Washington, D.C. Previously he has worked for Newsweek magazine, the New York Daily News and the investigative journalism group Center for Public Integrity. He has a masters from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and is a graduate of Dartmouth College. Sam can be reached at stein@huffingtonpost.com.

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Dean: Keeping Lieberman As Chairman Is Shrewd Move

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Nico Pitney and Sam Stein   |   December 19, 2008

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DNC Chair Howard Dean welcomed the decision to keep Senator Joseph Lieberman as head of the Homeland Security Committee and, consequently, in the Democratic Caucus,...
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Obama Wants Lieberman To Remain In Democratic Caucus

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Nico Pitney and Sam Stein   |   December 11, 2008

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President-elect Barack Obama has informed party officials that he wants Joe Lieberman to continue caucusing with the Democrats in the 111th Congress, Senate aides tell...
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Obama Hires Progressive Liaison For Transition Team

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Nico Pitney and Sam Stein   |   December 11, 2008

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Veteran Democratic official Mike Lux has been tapped by Barack Obama to serve as an adviser and progressive liaison during the transition period, the Huffington...
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Top 60 Memorable Campaign Ads Of 2008

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Nico Pitney and Sam Stein   |   December 4, 2008

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It is tradition in every campaign for each side to denounce the other as having run the sleaziest race in modern political history. And certainly...
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Eagleburger Blisters Palin: "Of Course" She's Not Ready

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Nico Pitney and Sam Stein   |   November 30, 2008

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A former Republican Secretary of State and one of John McCain's most prominent supporters offered a stunningly frank and remarkably bleak assessment of Sarah Palin's...
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Obama Called "Traitor" Again At McCain Rally

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Nico Pitney and Sam Stein   |   November 10, 2008

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John McCain's rally on Friday once again inspired furious reactions from his supporters, with one woman screaming "traitor!" as McCain criticized Barack Obama's tax record....
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George Will: Palin Is Not Qualified

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Nico Pitney and Sam Stein   |   October 31, 2008

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Famed conservative columnist George Will told a gathering of Senate aides on Monday that Gov. Sarah Palin is "obviously" not prepared to assume the presidency...
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The Smirk: Could McCain's Facial Gestures Define Debate?

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Nico Pitney and Sam Stein   |   October 27, 2008

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As the spin of Friday night's debate settled in and both sides staked a claim to victory, one media narrative began to take hold: while...
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At White House, McCain Plays Bailout Spoiler

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Nico Pitney and Sam Stein   |   October 26, 2008

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Inside an intense White House meeting over the financial crisis on Thursday, where nearly every key player came to an agreement on the outlines of...
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McCain's Ad Cites Articles That Rip Him Worse Than Obama

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Nico Pitney and Sam Stein   |   October 10, 2008

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John McCain's attack ad released Tuesday evening is perhaps the most outlandish yet this election cycle -- not simply because the spot claims that Obama...
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Palin's Church May Have Shaped Controversial Worldview

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Nico Pitney and Sam Stein   |   November 5, 2008

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UPDATE: Read the Palin Big News Page Three months before she was thrust into the national political spotlight, Gov. Sarah Palin was asked to handle...
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McCain's List Of 300 Economists Filled With Skeptics

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Nico Pitney and Sam Stein   |   July 19, 2008

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Three times in the past two days, Sen. John McCain has proclaimed that 300 economists have enthusiastically endorsed his "Jobs for America" economic plan. The...
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Lieberman, Graham Violating McCain Campaign's Ethics Rules?

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Nico Pitney and Sam Stein   |   May 31, 2008

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Two of Sen. John McCain's top campaign chairmen are serving on the board of an independent organization that is behind a new attack ad against...
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Superdelegates Turned Down $1 Million Offer From Clinton Donor

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Nico Pitney and Sam Stein   |   May 27, 2008

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One of Sen. Hillary Clinton's top financial supporters offered $1 million to the Young Democrats of America during a phone conversation in which he also...
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Daschle Suggests Clinton Aide Should Resign For Starr Comparison

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Nico Pitney and Sam Stein   |   March 28, 2008

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Former Sen. Tom Daschle on Friday suggested that top Clinton advisor Howard Wolfson should resign for comparing Barack Obama's tactics to those of Ken Starr....
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