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McCain, Palin: Demonizing the Poor

Bob Ostertag | Posted 10.10.2008 | Politics

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Bob Ostertag

Who is at fault? The poor, of course! They forced those nice bankers to write all those mortgages at usurious rates! Probably forced them into those golden parachutes as well. Bolsheviks all!

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McCain: Stop the "Hate Talk Express"

Karen Russell | Posted 10.10.2008 | Politics

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Karen Russell

We just don't have time and energy for the low road. There is just too much at stake.

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Respect Our Vote: College Democrats Launch Nationwide Campaign to Protect Students' Rights

Katie Naranjo | Posted 10.08.2008 | Politics

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Katie Naranjo

While Senator Obama continues to build a relationship between the youth and the political process, it is up to us to voice our vote in the most important election of our lifetime.

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News Flash: Palin Reads a Newspaper, Now Qualified for VP

Bob Ostertag | Posted 10.05.2008 | Media

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Bob Ostertag

Even with this sudden move to the political center, Palin sought to reassure her supporters on the right by completely misunderstanding the Times article she was referring to.

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Obama and Afghanistan: Danger Danger Danger

Bob Ostertag | Posted 10.05.2008 | Politics

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Bob Ostertag

The situation in Pakistan and Afghanistan is rapidly unraveling, and presidential campaigns can't evolve policy at the same rate as an administration without seeming to "flip-flop."

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The Shamelessness of the Republican Jewish Coalition

Ira Forman | Posted 10.02.2008 | Politics

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Ira Forman

The 2008 presidential campaign will be remembered as a year in which the McCain campaign and its GOP supporters reached new depths of cynicism when at...

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A Great American Statesman

Bob Ostertag | Posted 09.26.2008 | Politics

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Bob Ostertag

It is a rare moment in the history of statesmanship when a leader rises to the occasion on the global stage of human events with such eloquence that there is really nothing more to say.

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McCain's "Mission Accomplished" Stunt

Max Bergmann | Posted 09.26.2008 | Politics

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Max Bergmann

McCain decided to stage his own "mission accomplished" stunt and has completely torpedoed a potential deal. Of course, this was by design, because McCain has to be seen as the guy who brought Republicans on board.

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Flipping Out in Times of Crisis

Max Bergmann | Posted 09.24.2008 | Politics

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Max Bergmann

One thing is clear from McCain's latest campaign stunt: when confronted with bad news McCain's first instinct is to react hysterically. His leadership of his campaign has been anything but stable.

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What Else Would President McCain Postpone in a Crisis?

Seth Grahame-Smith | Posted 09.24.2008 | Politics

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Seth Grahame-Smith

Lincoln ran for office during the Civil War. Reagan ran at the height of the Cold War. Bush ran with two wars raging in Afghanistan and Iraq. But McCain can't run during a crisis on Wall Street?

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Palin's Answer to Sexism: "I Don't Know." Enough said. Or is it?

Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner | Posted 09.21.2008 | Politics

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Is it possible that Governor Palin is unaware that profound bias confronts millions of working mothers in our nation?

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Older and Younger Voters Will Send Protest Vote on Economy

Jennifer Donahue | Posted 09.19.2008 | Home

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Jennifer Donahue

Both age groups are looking at terrifyingly low numbers in their savings account. Neither group is looking at employment in well-paying industries anytime soon. And they both distrust the establishment.

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Not a Gaffe? McCain Campaign Willing to Destroy Relationship with Spain, Europe to Conceal Confusion

Max Bergmann | Posted 09.18.2008 | Politics

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Max Bergmann

This gaffe would seem to have very significant implications. Not knowing who the leader of Spain was or thinking Spain was in Latin America would not really be shocking coming from his running mate, but McCain has run on his foreign policy expertise.

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War over Transdniestria?

Max Bergmann | Posted 09.11.2008 | Politics

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Max Bergmann

So let me get this straight: if Russia finds itself in a war over another frozen conflict, we will go to war? Does Sarah Palin understand the danger of that statement?

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The Divided States of America: One Nation Under Two Gods

Michelle Haimoff | Posted 09.11.2008 | Politics

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Michelle Haimoff

These diametrically opposed, partisan visions of America can never be reconciled because both parties feel that they are fundamentally saving the other party from itself.

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The Man Who Called His Wife a "C--t" Cries "Sexism!"

Seth Grahame-Smith | Posted 09.10.2008 | Politics

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Seth Grahame-Smith

The man who joked about Chelsea Clinton being "ugly" cries "offensive!" The man who can't remember how many houses he owns cries "elitist!" And America eats it up.

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There Will Be Blood: Obama Supporters React to Palin's Speech

Seth Grahame-Smith | Posted 09.04.2008 | Politics

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Seth Grahame-Smith

Maybe Sarah Palin really did hit one out of the park last night. Or maybe, as I believe, she simultaneously enthralled Evangelicals and raised another $25M for Barack Obama.

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Palin Perpetuates Politics of the Past

Joe Vogel | Posted 09.04.2008 | Politics

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Joe Vogel

The Palins, Roves and Hannitys of the world remind us the politics of the past -- of cynicism, manipulation, and fear -- still have many devoted disciples and even more drones.

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McCain Risks Becoming the Anti-Science Candidate

Lawrence M. Krauss | Posted 09.02.2008 | Green

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Lawrence M. Krauss

The biggest blow to one's confidence in John McCain's commitment to sound science came last week with his choice of running mate.

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8 Reasons Sarah Palin is More Qualified than Barack Obama

Seth Grahame-Smith | Posted 09.02.2008 | Politics

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Seth Grahame-Smith

She's exactly the kind of leader America needs: the kind that will always put country first -- even if that country happens to be The Republic of Alaska.

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Networks Sleep While Democracy Burns

Timothy Karr | Posted 08.26.2008 | Media

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Timothy Karr

While the networks yuk it up with sitcoms and teen libido, the message they're sending the American public is that the most important political gatherings of the last four years don't merit the nation's full attention.

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Are the Conventions Worth 32 Cents?

Jay Mandle | Posted 08.25.2008 | Politics

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Jay Mandle

Party conventions are not supposed to be privately financed. Political conventions have, in short, become one more way that inequality is built into our political system.

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Sam Stein

McCain's Reed Fundraiser Revives Scrutiny Of His Abramoff Investigation

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.13.2008 | Politics

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The political world, and the Democratic Party in particular, is in a buzz over news that John McCain will attend a fundraiser hosted by Ralph Reed, th...

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Elizabeth Edwards: A Conflicted Heroine

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 08.09.2008 | Politics

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Marcia G. Yerman

Elizabeth Edwards will get through this. We have seen her grit and fortitude in the past. What the public will be questioning, when they go deeper than their initial reaction of empathy, will be what role she played in how this crisis was handled.

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Older, Unhappy Women As Swing Voters

Janet Ritz | Posted 08.07.2008 | Politics

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Janet Ritz

Older women might end up voting against their own interests with a McCain who, at least, culturally speaks their language, as opposed to an Obama, who does not seem to be speaking to them at all.

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