Politics

One Reason Race May Not Derail Obama: The 'Do the Right Thing' Effect

Eric Deggans | Posted 10.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Democrat, Spike Lee, Barack Obama, Republican, Racism, Race, Prejudice, John McCain, Election, George Wallace, Politics News
Eric Deggans

It's something people of color face every day: you're a symbol to the world until you get famous enough that you're not.

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Kisses for My President: Work/Family Balance in the White House and in Your House

Elizabeth Gregory | Posted 10.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama 2008, Fred MacMurray, Entertainment, Polly Bergen, Childcare, Sarah Palin Vice President, Living, Hillary Clinton, Geena Davis, Women's Work, Breaking News, Home Work, Politics, Work/Family Balance, Economy, Economic Rebuilding, Politics News
Elizabeth Gregory

While this political season won't yield a woman president, it has seen a movement of women into the political forefront as never before.

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Declaring War on the Meltdown/Part 2: Taking on Debt For Infrastructure

Alan Fein | Posted 10.13.2008 | Business

Read More: Politics, Obama, Mccain, Economic Crisis, Economy, Financial Meltdown, Meltdown, Infrastructure, Federal Deficit, Bailout, Barack Obama, National Infrastructure, Federal Debt, Financial Crisis, Congressional Bailout Package, 2008 Presidential Election, Business News
Alan Fein

In bad times like these, the government has to spend money to build things that we desperately need: roads, bridges, schools, courthouses, sanitation systems and a new energy infrastructure.

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Supermarket Check-Out Line VP Nominees and Other Notes from the Final Weeks of Election 2008

Off The Bus | Posted 10.13.2008 | Home

Read More: Politics, Overheard, Gossip, 2008 Presidential Campaign, Quote, Presidential Debates, Home News
Off The Bus

"Whatever Sarah Palin may think about Monty Python, they certainly have strong opinions of her!"

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Terrorist Yells Out "McCain" at al Qaeda Town Hall Meeting

Steve Young | Posted 10.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Osama Bin Laden, Politics News
Steve Young

Bin Laden's efforts to paint Republican presidential nominee John McCain as a friend of unrepentant billionaires and an enemy of Islam and Allah are blowing up in his face.

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The Buck Stops Anywhere But Here

Neil Grossman | Posted 10.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Economics, Politics, Wall Street Crisis, Government, Finance, Economy, Politics News
Neil Grossman

When I was young, I was taught that people were expected to assume responsibility for their actions. The idea was encapsulated in a quote that appear...

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The Ten Percenters

Robbie Gennet | Posted 10.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Bush, Mccain, Economy, Obama, Democrats, Us, Poll Numbers, Republicans, Politics News
Robbie Gennet

People are mad as hell and they are under no delusions who got us into this mess. Well, at least 86 percent of us are.

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Blaming the Poor

Sasha Abramsky | Posted 10.11.2008 | Business

Read More: Foreclosures, Politics, Subprime Mortgages, Poverty, Economy, Cnn, Obama, Fox News, Stock Market, Election, Blame Game, Financial Collapse, Business News
Sasha Abramsky

Let's get real here: People borrowed because they were presented with offers they couldn't refuse. They were told that home ownership was the path to prosperity and a chance to realize their dreams.

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How to Keep Americans in Their Homes

Diane Francis | Posted 10.11.2008 | Business

Read More: Foreclosures, Housing Prices, Housing Market, Housing, Economy, Mccain, Obama, Business, Housing Slump, Housing Crisis, Home Foreclosures, Politics, Subprime Mortgages, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Washington, Banking Crisis, Banks, Mortgage Meltdown, Foreclosure, Subprime Loans, Business News
Diane Francis

Washington should undertake a massive, temporary buyout of residential real estate in order to save its economy from years of turmoil and credit crisis.

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Palin's Body of Lies

Jacob Heilbrunn | Posted 10.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Politics, John McCain, Palin Troopergate, Verdict, Troopergate, Sarah Palin, Gop, Alaska, Russia Georgia War, Barack Obama, Politics News
Jacob Heilbrunn

Palin's behavior in her Troopergate affair was not an aberration. She is a serial abuser and Obama her latest target.

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McCain: Stop the "Hate Talk Express"

Karen Russell | Posted 10.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Barack Obama, Mccain Rallies, Bill Ayers, Sarah Palin, Secret Service, Politics, Breaking Politics News, John McCain Anger Management, Obama Anger, Obama Terrorist, News, Solcialist, Politics News
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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McCain, Media & Meltdown: A Witches' Brew for Election Violence

Paul Abrams | Posted 10.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mainstream Media, John McCain, Race, Brain's Hardwiring, Meltdown, Barack Obama, Foreign, Politics, 2008 Election, Politics News
Paul Abrams

When people leave a McCain rally telling reporters that Obama is a terrorist because "it's in his blood", the potential for violence is real.

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John McCain: Cartoon Villain, Oscar Saboteur

David Quigg | Posted 10.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Election 2008, John McCain, Tucker Bounds, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Negative Campaigning, Smears, Politics News
David Quigg

Instead of campaigning, McCain seems now to be traveling the country trying to make sure that no movie version of President Obama's life will ever win an Oscar.

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A Noble Loser vs. A Dirty Winner

Deepak Chopra | Posted 10.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: William Ayers, John McCain, Barack Obama, Negative Campaigning, Sarah Palin, Politics, Lee Atwater, Gop, 2008 Election, Republicans, Politics News
Deepak Chopra

Going dirty without the underlying basis to win means going down in history as a dirty loser.

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The Easiest Thing You'll Ever Do to Help Obama Win the Election: Donate Your Away Message!

Fernanda Diaz | Posted 10.10.2008 | Media

Read More: Away Messages, Barack Obama, Politics, 2008 Election, Aim, Media News
Fernanda Diaz

Before Twitter and Facebook, there was only one place where you could broadcast your inane real-time status updates and make sure all your friends cli...

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Man Who Prosecuted Weather Underground Hits Linking Ayers To Obama

Editor&Publisher | Posted 10.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Politics, Bill Ayers, New York Times, Election 2008, Barack Obama, Politics News

Surprising a letter to the editor published in th New York Times today, the chief prosecutor of the Weather Undeground in the 1970s expressed outrage ...

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Partridge Family Ties

Mike Ragogna | Posted 10.10.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Moby Dick, Norman Fell, Ron Fair, Cd, Paul Anka, Neil Sedaka, John Bahler, Ray Bolger, Voice of the Beehive, Judy Collins, William Schallert, BMG Heritage, The McCoys, Dave Madden, The Everly Brothers, Louis Shelton, Epic Records, Jeff Rake, Elvis Presley, The Dick Van Dyke Show, Richard Pryor, Three's Company, Patrick Cassidy, Family Ties, Led Zepplin, Tommy West, The Cowsills, Hal Blaine, Laugh-In, Less Than Jake, Tony Romeo, David Cassidy, Bones Howe, Madison Square Garden, Jim Cretecos, Girls Next Door, Dennis Budimir, Dvd, Danny Janssen, Buddha Records, L. Russell Brown, Season Hubley, Reveille, Vic Tybeck, Jack Keller, Hair, Max Bennett, Bert Convey, Shaun Cassidy, Jim Croce, Interscope Records, Adam Miller, Lou Christie, Arte Johnson, Meredith Baxter, Joseph Bonaduce, Bobby Sherman, LA Law, Ron Hicklin, All in the Family, The Brooklyn Bridge, Austin Roberts, Gerry Goffin, The Patty Duke Show, Beach Boys, Bruce Springsteen, Johnny Cymbal, Star Wars, Wes Farrell, Abc-Tv, Jackie Ward, Danny Bonaduce, Dean Jagger, A&M Records, Galt McDermot, Howard Cosell, Susan Dey, Joe Osborne, Politics, The Wizard of Oz, Vh1, Jodie Foster, Oklahoma, Kim Carnes, Tv-Land, Alice, Beastie Boys, Tom Bahler, Morey Amsterdam, Terry Cashman, Battlestar Galactica, Jack Cassidy, Jo-El Sonnier, Mark James, Dunhill Records, Geffen Records, Bobby Hart, Barry Mann, MGM Records, Dick Clark, Gus Van Zant, Wendy & Lisa, Entertainment News, Ricky Nelson, Dick Wilson, Ryan Cassidy, Shirley Jones, Mike Melvoin, Love American Style, Irwin Levine, Rob Reiner, The Rolling Stones, Lou Gossett Jr., The Partridge Family, ABC Records, Collector's Choice Music, Herbert Jefferson Jr., Barbra Streisand, New York Zoological Society, John Hill, Razor & Tie, Cynthia Weil, Mark Hamill, Wendy Melvoin, Jimmy Iovine, Mike Appel, The Allman Brothers, George Jones, Lifesong Records, Cashman & West, Elmer Gantry, Rupert Holmes, Bmg, Nbc-Tv, Carousel, Trout, Rainman, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

Millions of fans--declared and clandestine--have lots to be happy about lately. Not only did virtually every entertainment website and printed news co...

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"An Ungovernable Majority"

Andrew Sargus Klein | Posted 10.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: House, Politics, Senate, Congress, Bailout, 2008 Campaign, Majority, Democrats, Legislation, Republicans, Obama Healthcare, Senate Majority, Tom Delay, Congressional Filibuster, Filibuster, Bailout Bill, Barack Obama, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Nancy Pelosi, Politics News
Andrew Sargus Klein

"While the Democrats have been ascendant in recent years, they have entered into a Faustian bargain. They're gaining seats, but in doing so they've made compromises."

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My Speech to the Membership: 700 Billion What?

Michael Gene Sullivan | Posted 10.08.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Politics, Theater, Election 2008, 2008, Bailout, Entertainment News
Michael Gene Sullivan

700 billion dollars. 700 billion dollars... billion.... There are fewer than 7 billion people on Earth. So 700 billion means more than $100 for every man, woman and child on the planet.

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It's Over

Bill George | Posted 10.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: President Obama, Politics, Campaign, Mitt Romney, Guilt by Association, Obama, Mccain, Presidential Debates, Political Advisors, Presidential Debate, Presidential Campaign, Election Results, Obama Campaign, Biden, Bill George, McCain Defeat, Economic Situation, Palin, McCain Campaign, Obama Advisors, Political Commentary, Keating Five, Economy, John McCain, Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Politics News
Bill George

Just as Hillary Clinton learned in the primaries, it is extremely difficult to compete simultaneously with Obama's unwavering strategy and his unrelenting organization on the ground.

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Political Fiction on Economic Crisis, 9-11: Slattery's Liberation and DeLillo's Falling Man

Jeff VanderMeer | Posted 10.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Political Satire, 9-11, Books, Economy, Terrorism, Don Delillo, Daily Show, Fiction, Politics News
Jeff VanderMeer

"The collapse was a tsunami, and all of us and the American dream had been on the beach, eyes closed, chairs angled at the sun, too close to the water to get away."

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After the Wrecking

Thomas Frank | Posted 10.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: U.S. Economy, Sarah Palin Vp, Economy, Economic Crisis, Gulf Coast Recovery, Sarah Palin Vice President, Wall Street Journal, Politics News, Politics, Wall Street Crisis, Wall Street, Sarah Palin, Deregulation, Tax Cuts, Newt Gingrich, Iraq, Republican Party, Republicans, Politics News
Thomas Frank

Conservatives have wrecked government so massively that it fails in New Orleans, fails in Iraq, and fails in its most basic regulatory missions. And this is the reason we need to elect more conservatives to high office?

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T. Boone Pickens Caught in Two Lies in One Short Interview

Josh Nelson | Posted 10.08.2008 | Green

Read More: Msnbc, Energy, Politics, T. Boone Pickens, Energy Plan, David Gregory, Boone Pickens, Barack Obama, Green News
Josh Nelson

T. Boone Pickens keeps repeating the lie that Obama doesn't have an energy plan.

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Obama May Have Won Debate, But Moderators Have Become the Big Losers

Eric Deggans | Posted 10.08.2008 | Media

Read More: Politics, Debate Moderator, Presidential Debate, Town Hall, Barack Obama, Tom Brokaw, Media, John McCain, Brokaw Debate, Media News
Eric Deggans

I'm hoping Schieffer wil take a cue from that moment, and take every opportunity to remind each man when his time for speechifying is over, and push them to actually answer questions they are asked.

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Sarah Palin and Boone Pickens: Birds of a Feather

Josh Nelson | Posted 10.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Energy Policy, T. Boone Pickens, Wind Power, Politics, Todd Palin, Pickens Plan, Green, Drill Baby Drill, Oil Drilling, Natural Gas Vehicles, Global Warming, Sarah Palin, 2008 Presidential Election, Politics News
Josh Nelson

As has been pointed out repeatedly, Sarah Palin does not "get" the energy situation. Truth be told, she probably "gets" the energy situation about as well as Pickens himself gets global warming.

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