The cyberstalking of Obama's administration has begun.

While many politicos have been speculating about how President Obama will tap technology to govern, some of the tools that propelled his campaign are already being used to monitor his transition team.

Obama announced some new staff pics on Wednesday....

After years of secrecy, Barack Obama's aides are finally dishing on the most powerful asset in his campaign arsenal.

Obama's aides always refused to discuss the campaign's massive email network, which shattered fundraising records and recruited the largest fleet of volunteers in the history of American politics....

In America's first YouTube election, it turns out the voters were mainly in charge -- not the campaigns or news organizations.

For The Nation, I just oversaw an analysis of the top YouTube videos about both presidential nominees during the general election, starting in May after the parties'...

Chicago, IL - This victory is actually more than historic. The election of President-elect Obama marks political progress far broader than race, especially since his campaign prioritized its absence whenever possible. The tens of thousands of people cheering here in Grant Park, at one of the largest election celebrations in...

On this last day before the election, Sen. Barack Obama is urging voters to relive some humiliating history. Speaking in Jacksonville, Florida, Obama will remind voters of the infamous declaration that Sen. John McCain made in the very same location about six weeks ago, according to a preview of the...

If Sen. Barack Obama wins the presidential election, will that victory undermine his political future?

What a stupid question, you might be thinking. I can't believe I even clicked on the headline. This kind of bizarro logic, however, is percolating in the political media. The cable shows have been talking...

For the homestretch of the presidential race, the Obama campaign has launched an inverted TV strategy -- focusing on national disintermediation and local engagement.

To maximize TV coverage in key states, Sen. Barack Obama's aides offer local anchors interviews with Obama and his running mate, Sen. Joe Biden. So instead...

Announcing a presidential poll that actually matters! Unlike hypothetical polling -- who might you vote for in three months? -- the launch of early voting means pollsters can survey which candidate is actually stacking up more ballots. Obama has the early lead.

Pew reports today that among people who...

The only thing more damaging to John McCain than Keating Economics is Bush Economics.

That's the idea behind a devastating new attack ad that the DNC launched Sunday. To kick off the last full week before the election, Democrats are stressing McCain's firm support for Bush's economic policies...

Sen. Barack Obama is off the campaign trail, but his top aides are running hard today.

Obama's senior strategists held a national news conference by telephone today, bullishly arguing that the campaign is on offense and surging in red states, while Sen. John McCain is scampering to Pennsylvania for an...

There's a new meme in the presidential race: The Internet is helping expose dirty tricks, enhance campaign accountability and punish the purveyors of dog whistle sleaze. Web luminaries from Arianna Huffington to Micah Sifry pushed that argument this week. The Obama campaign agrees.

On Friday, Obama's new...

So Barack Obama met with a range of foreign policy experts in Virgina today, convening a "working group" that included longtime Obama confidantes like Susan Rice, Clintonites like Amb. Richard Holbrooke and Madeline Albright, seasoned Democratic policy figures such as former Senators Sam Nunn and Gary Hart, and several military...

The Obama campaign just rolled out a new YouTube video with Natalie Portman rallying young Americans. But she's not asking them to vote for Obama.

Instead, the campaign tapped Portman to push young people who already support Obama to press their parents to do the same. It's part of a...

Sen. Barack Obama drew headlines for his record-breaking 100,000-person weekend rally in Missouri, but big, exciting rallies don't win elections by themselves, of course.

A strong organization is required to turn a candidate's supporters into votes -- to identify them, remind them to vote, provide information on rules and polling...

When it comes to Joe The Plumber, it will get worse before it gets better. The McCain campaign is not letting Joe go.

On Monday, in fact, McCain launched a new Internet competition for supporters to explain how they are most like Joe The Plumber. Seriously.

"How are...

Barack Obama welcomed the endorsement of Colin Powell at a North Carolina rally on Sunday, linking the decorated veteran to soldiers serving today.

"With so many brave men and women from Fayetteville serving in our military, this is a city and a state that knows something about great soldiers,"...

ROANOKE, Va. -- Colin Powell is back.

The most respected Republican foreign policy voice in America will speak on Meet The Press Sunday, sparking rumors about a potential presidential endorsement. Sen. Barack Obama's campaign will be listening closely. (Lawrence O'Donnell has been stoking the buzz here on HuffPo, too,...

HEMPSTEAD, NY -- Barack Obama never delivered a knockout punch during the final presidential debate, but it did not matter. Obama won a T.K.O. -- defeating his opponent without ever knocking him out.

John McCain hit hard and sometimes wildly, accusing Obama of links to terrorism, voter fraud and...

Politics turns on speed and preemption, so it's not surprising that some people are already rushing to handicap the political landscape for an Obama presidency.

It's premature, I think, but even some Republican leaders are saying Obama will win by a landslide, and politicos are sizing up the...

First, a genuine compliment for Sen. John McCain: He is faring very well, physically, on this long campaign trail.

I had thought a candidate of McCain's age would struggle more -- based on the grueling demands I've witnessed while working in presidential politics.* McCain has handled the road pretty well...