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 Obama Turning to 
 McCain for Advice 

Former rival is honored guest at inauguration party

Jan 19, 09 6:30 AM CST
(Newser) - Not only is John McCain in town for Barack Obama's inauguration, he's the guest of honor at an event celebrating it, reports the New York Times. In fact, the president-elect has been discreetly consulting his former rival—the one Obama said America can't trust on the Iraq war—on Iraq,... More »

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national security • Barack Obama • John McCain • Republican • Democrat • maverick • inauguration • bipartisanship • Iraq war • President Obama • Obama Cabinet

ANALYSIS

Obama Inspires Young Black Pols to Take Risks for 2010

Candidates to abandon sure wins for ambitious positions

Jan 13, 09 2:56 PM CST
(Newser) - Young black politicians inspired by Barack Obama’s astonishingly quick ascent are pursuing riskier, more ambitious strategies for the 2010 elections, Chris Cillizza writes in the Washington Post. Florida Rep. Kendrick Meek, for example, a 42-year-old African-American, is running for the Senate seat being vacated by Mel Martinez, though Meek... More »

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Barack Obama • Congress • African Americans • House of Representatives • Democrat • candidate • President-elect Obama • Kendrick Meek • Artur Davis

(Newser) - You wouldn't know it to hear our political leaders talk, but the country is deeply divided over Israel’s attacks on Gaza, writes Glenn Greenwald on Salon. Most Republican voters support the action, while most Democratic ones do not. Yet Democratic bigwigs such as Pelosi and Reid offer "blind,... More »

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Israel • Republican • Gaza • Palestine • Democrat • airstrike • Glenn Greenwald • opinion polls • Rasmussen Reports • US interests

OPINION

Paterson Should Say No to Caroline, Dynasties


Dec 29, 08 3:16 PM CST
(Newser) - Should Gov. David Paterson give Caroline Kennedy a chance to serve New York in the Senate? No! “Dynasties suck,” reasons Alex Pareene of Gawker, and we should take the opportunity to quash this one. Although it’s not fair, Caroline has become the left’s Sarah Palin, and... More »

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Congress • media • Senate • entitlement programs • Democrat • Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg • political dynasty • Fran Drescher

Waxman Unseats Dingell to Chair Key House Committee

Energy and Commerce Committee will see much legislation from Obama

Nov 20, 08 11:14 AM CST
(Newser) - House Democrats elected Californian Henry Waxman to chair the House Energy and Commerce Committee today, the Hill reports. Waxman’s new post will hold considerable influence over how the next administration will effect its legislative agenda; his selection over Michigan’s John Dingell, who has served on the committee for... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Barack Obama • Congress • Henry Waxman • Democrat • congressional Democrats • House Energy and Commerce Committee • John Dingell • President Obama

 Emanuel Agrees to Become 
 Obama's Chief of Staff 

House GOP leader Boehner critical of choice

Nov 6, 08 1:45 PM CST
(Newser) - Rahm Emanuel will be Barack Obama’s White House chief of staff, CNN reports. The Democratic congressman accepted Obama’s offer this afternoon, aides said. Emanuel, whose aggressive, take-no-prisoners political style has earned him the nickname “Rahmbo,” has been close to his fellow Chicagoan since Obama arrived in... More »

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Barack Obama • Chicago • Capitol Hill • Democrat • John Boehner • President Obama

 Obama Eyes 
 RFK Jr. for 
 EPA Post 


High-profile head could please liberals, New England senators

Nov 5, 08 4:16 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama is considering environmental lawyer Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to head the Environmental Protection Agency, Mike Allen notes on Politico. The shrewd move would raise the EPA's profile—pleasing liberals Obama may otherwise disappoint during the budget crunch—and pay back the Kennedys for their crucial support during the... More »

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Barack Obama • Cabinet • Democrat • Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg • Election 2008 • Obama administration • Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

ANALYSIS

GOP Loses Last Stronghold in New England

Himes' victory over Shays in Conn. completes Republican rout

Nov 5, 08 2:35 PM CST
(Newser) - With the defeat of Rep. Christopher Shays in Connecticut, the GOP has been completely routed from New England. The Republicans’ expulsion from the Northeast derives from losses in centrist districts, those where moderate Republicans like Shays could be expected to win, Fred Barnes writes in the Weekly Standard. More »

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Congress • GOP • House of Representatives • New England • Connecticut • Democrat • congressional Democrats • Election 2008

Analysis

 Ignore Those Exit Polls! 

Sample sizes and enthusiasm gaps can skew results

Nov 4, 08 1:25 PM CST
(Newser) - Exit polls can be addictive for those who can't take Election Day suspense, but poll analyst Nate Silver recommends you resist the temptation. Here's why:
  1. Exit polls have high margins of error because they are taken at only a few precincts in a state.
  2. Exit polls overstated Democratic
... More »

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list • Democrat • voting • survey • exit polls • Election 2008 • early voting • sample size

OPINION

 Nov. 5 Will Feel Like Dec. 26 

Uncertainty ahead for pros and amateurs, participants and observers.

Nov 4, 08 11:31 AM CST
(Newser) - After two years of high drama, the curtain is about to fall. Letdown, writes Steven Winn in the San Francisco Chronicle, may be inevitable. Tomorrow will usher in a lull like those that sandwiched between seasons of the Sopranos, says one professor: “This has been the greatest series on... More »

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Republican • Democrat • Election Day • emotion • Election 2008

OPINION

Obama Court Would Threaten Foundation of US Democracy

'Left-wing ideologue' threatens representative governance if elected

Oct 29, 08 4:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - Before electing a “left-wing ideologue,” Americans should reconsider who “moderate-posing” Barack Obama would put on the Supreme Court, Edward Whelan writes in the National Review. The Democrat will select ultra-liberals for a bench already “markedly to the left of the American public,” he cautions: “... More »

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Barack Obama • Democrat • Obama 2008 • US Supreme Court • liberal • judges

opinion

Economy Is Democrats' Fault, But Media Turn Blind Eye

Newspapers aren't being honest about what caused crisis: Card

Oct 22, 08 6:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mainstream media—aka the Democrats’ “public relations machine”—have fed Americans a “big fat lie” by ignoring the fact that this economic mess can be traced directly to Democratic policies, writes Orson Scott Card in Meridian. The crisis is “not a vague emanation of... More »

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Bush administration • Barack Obama • newspaper • propaganda • Republican • Democrat • Chris Dodd • American media • Barney Frank

Chicago Bar Hangs Nude Palin Portrait

Painting of armed Alaska gov. baring all
a Windy City hit

Sep 30, 08 3:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Perhaps the most revealing depiction of Sarah Palin is the one hanging at a Chicago tavern: A naked, smiling, high-heeled Palin holds a shotgun in front of an Alaskan landscape in a portrait displayed at the North Side bar, the Tribune reports. The owner's husband, who is crushing on Alaska's... More »

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John McCain • Chicago • art • Democrat • McCain 2008 • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin

 Out of the Spotlight, 
 Biden Battles On 

The other No. 2 has been pulverizing McCain with gusto in swing states

Sep 20, 08 5:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - He may be getting less press attention than Sarah Palin's pets but there's another vice-presidential candidate in this race and he's been blasting John McCain all across the Rust Belt, the New York Times reports. Joe Biden barely mentions Palin in his fiery speeches to crowds of varying size, but... More »

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Joe Biden • Democrat • campaign trail • campaigning • Election 2008 • Rust Belt • vice presidential candidate

 Franken Wins Minn. Primary 

Funnyman sees off challenger who turned his own jokes against him

Sep 10, 08 7:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Al Franken won Minnesota's Democratic Senate primary last night, the Hill reports. The former funnyman had almost 70% of the vote with two-thirds of precincts reporting. The state party-endorsed Franken saw off a late challenge from attorney Priscilla Lord Faris, who used some of Franken's crude jokes of the past... More »

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Democrat • Minnesota • Al Franken • Senate race • Democratic candidates

OPINION

 Obama: 67 Days, 6 Vital Tasks

Dem strategists come up with Obama to-do list to win tough fight

Aug 29, 08 3:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Democrats leave their convention on an emotional high, having anointed a historic candidate whose journey  former president Jimmy Carter called  "almost a miracle," USA Today notes. The paper consults top Democrats for a to-do list for a victory in November.
  • Go all-out to reintroduce himself to voters
... More »

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Barack Obama • Democrat • Democratic campaign • political strategy

OPINION

Masterful Bill Gets Convention on Track

Dem highlights also include best speech
of Hillary's career

Aug 28, 08 4:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Bill Clinton has made the case for Barack Obama better than anybody else at the Democratic Convention, Peggy Noonan writes in the Wall Street Journal. "Crazy, red-faced Rageholic" Bill was absent and in his place was a masterful statesman, who delivered a "great tee-up" up for Obama's acceptance... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Democratic National Convention • Bill Clinton • Democrat • Peggy Noonan

  Biden's Story:
 Tenacity Born of Tragedy

Foreign policy heavyweight brings experience to ticket

Aug 23, 08 6:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Blunt, tough and seasoned, Obama veepstakes winner Joe Biden has a history of surviving both personal tragedy and political disappointment. Delaware's News-Journal details the story of the state's favorite son, who became modern history's youngest senator when elected at 29. His wife and baby daughter died in a car crash... More »

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Joe Biden • Democrat • Delaware • running mate • senator • Senate Foreign Relations Committee

Lieberman Will Speak at
GOP Convention

Former Democrat a strong prospect for McCain VP

Aug 20, 08 11:11 AM CDT
(AP) - Joe Lieberman will speak at the Republican National Convention after all, a party official tells the AP. The former Democratic VP candidate who's become one of John McCain's most avid supporters (and is reputed to be the person he'd really like to have as his own VP) will deliver a... More »

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John McCain • GOP • Joe Lieberman • Democrat • independent • McCain 2008 • Republican National Convention

OPINION

 West Primed for Dems' Taking

Washington's neglect has voters yearning for change, Colo. senator writes

Aug 18, 08 3:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - The West has long been a Republican stronghold, but Democrats have a chance there in November, Ken Salazar writes in the Los Angeles Times. Salazar himself beat the Republican establishment to win a Colorado Senate seat in 2004. Independents are now the region’s largest voting bloc, he writes, and... More »

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Barack Obama • New Mexico • Democrat • Nevada • Colorado • Ken Salazar • independents • independent voters

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