2008 Elections

Prejudice Alive and Well in the 2008 Elections

Abby L. Ferber | Posted 11.18.2008 | Politics

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Abby L. Ferber

While the election has been trumpeted as a triumph over prejudice, those declarations are premature. In numerous states, prejudice and discrimination ...

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The Scoop on the MN Senate Race Recount

ProPublica | Posted 11.14.2008 | Politics

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ProPublica

Minnesota has gotten unusually high marks from experts for its record of election oversight. The recount will test how well Minnesota's procedures hold up under the closest scrutiny.

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Alaska Update: The Fat Lady Isn't Singing Yet

Shannyn Moore | Posted 11.13.2008 | Politics

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Shannyn Moore

There are still a lot of acts to this (soap) opera to go, but we're cautiously optimistic! There are at least 40,000 votes still to be counted. If you haven't heard -- we're up 814 votes!

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Election Data: Military Communities Shift Democratic in 2008

Brandon Friedman | Posted 11.13.2008 | Politics

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Brandon Friedman

The military communities that have paid the most in time and lives lost over the past seven years have moved considerably away from both Bush's policies and McCain's attempts to extend them.

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Election 2008 Odds and Ends -- Waiting for Missouri and Alaska, Pro-Marijuana Initiatives and More...

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.10.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

We have had a virtual news blackout on what is going on in the two states we're waiting for -- Missouri's presidential results, and Alaska's senatorial results. Here is what I managed to find out.

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Friday Talking Points [54] -- Republican Fossilization

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Welcome back to Friday Talking Points. Of course, the big question on everyone's mind right now is: What is going on up in Minnesota? Al Franken is t...

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Ten Surprises about Election '08

Rob Richie | Posted 11.06.2008 | Politics

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Rob Richie

My colleagues and I developed this analysis over the past couple days. Highlights include * The Electoral College landscape of true swing states in f...

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The Reason Lieberman Must Go

Jeffrey Feldman | Posted 11.06.2008 | Politics

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Jeffrey Feldman

The Republican Party falsely accused Obama of hastening the genocide of the Jewish people -- while Sen. Lieberman gave this strategy his seal of approval by campaigning for McCain.

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Bob Novak Just Doesn't Get It

Brian Normoyle | Posted 11.06.2008 | Politics

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Brian Normoyle

The President-Elect flipped eight Bush states to the blue column and managed to get two states to elect a Democrat for President for the first time in nearly half a century.

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Out Of Line: Post-Election Specials

Mort Gerberg | Posted 11.06.2008 | Politics

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Mort Gerberg

Read more reaction from HuffPost bloggers to Barack Obama's victory in the 2008 presidential election...

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Yes We Did!

Marianne Williamson | Posted 11.06.2008 | Politics

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Marianne Williamson

The Obama phenomenon did not come out of nowhere. It emerged as much from our story as from his; as much from our yearning for meaning as from his ambition.

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Going Back to Grant Park

Harris Wofford | Posted 11.06.2008 | Politics

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Harris Wofford

At Martin Luther King's funeral in Atlanta, Bob Kennedy asked me to campaign for him in the California primary, and I took leave from the new College at Old Westbury to do so.

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Jed Report: The Content Of His Character

Jed Report | Jed Lewison | Posted 11.06.2008 | Politics

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The magnitude of the history America made by electing Barack Obama as our next president far outweighs the words one can use to describe it, or at lea...

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AP: "Suddenly, It May Be Cool To Be American Again"

AP | WILLIAM J. KOLE | Posted 11.05.2008 | Style

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VIENNA, Austria — She was a stranger, and she kissed me. Just for being an American. It happened on the bus on my way to work Wednesday morning...

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Why I Voted for You

Dan Gordon | Posted 11.05.2008 | Politics

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Dan Gordon

I voted for you, Mr. President-Elect, because, having marched up to the threshold of history it would have been too awful for our nation not to have crossed over. You are the best of us.

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Election Shows States Moving Forward with Progressive Agenda

Joel Barkin | Posted 11.05.2008 | Politics

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Joel Barkin

The table is set to wipe away the legacy of decades of failed conservative ideology, but what becomes of that opportunity is up to us.

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One Giant Step

Raymond Leon Roker | Posted 11.05.2008 | Politics

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Raymond Leon Roker

We fought. We hoped. We worked. We cried. We panicked. We debated. We held our breath. It's not hyperbolic to say that we helped shift the course of the world.

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Great Expectations

Al Meyerhoff | Posted 11.05.2008 | Politics

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Al Meyerhoff

Obama has sounded his own call to arms, that "fierce urgency of now." "Now" has come.

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America Grows Up

Bruce Tenenbaum | Posted 11.05.2008 | Politics

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Bruce Tenenbaum

I don't own rose-colored glasses. Obama's victory doesn't mean all is once again right with the world. But for now we become one nation again. Today we reject race as a deciding factor.

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How About Those White People?

Susan Madrak | Posted 11.05.2008 | Politics

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Susan Madrak

Elections aren't about intellect. They're about emotion. That's why people so often vote against their own interests.

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Final Electoral Math -- My Election Picks

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.04.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

About the Cartoonist  |  Reprint Policy Because it's Election Day, I'm not going to give a detailed analysis of the past week's polls, as I...

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Reflections on Voting -- 11/4/08

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 11.04.2008 | Living

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Marcia G. Yerman

I kept thinking, "I wish my Mother could be here." I thought about Barack Obama's grandmother... and Paul Newman, too.

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Why Democrats Can Hold the Veteran and Military Family Vote Moving Forward

Jonathan Powers | Posted 11.04.2008 | Politics

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Jonathan Powers

Numerous veterans are returning home to find a newly found passion for politics as we have seen first hand how America's policies affect other nations and how Washington has failed.

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Bush Defeats McCain

Jeff Danziger | Posted 11.04.2008 | Politics

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Jeff Danziger

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Reports from the Polls Live Blog

Ali Savino | Posted 11.04.2008 | Politics

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Ali Savino

I'm going to be liveblogging all day on reports from the polls as they come in from local bloggers, readers, campaigns, and voting rights groups. Tell me your story in the comments.

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