Election

Plants and animals currently protected by law from the impacts of dams, highways and other large-scale projects will no longer be if Bush has his way on his way out.

The vast majority of Americans is weary of ideological bickering and interested only in backing leaders who can do something about their problems.

By encouraging an intersection of government and technology, the U.S. might be able to re-claim what was once a venerable tradition of innovation and ingenuity.

Like many of you, since Election Night I have found myself frequently moved by the new reality we live in, now that the astonishing words "President-e...

Even the Republicans I know are a bit forlorn: after spending the last year sending me funny cartoons and digs at the Dems, they have taken to complaining about Henry Paulson.

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!

With Daniel Berrier of Electopundit Part 1: Reading the Election Barack Hussein Obama, the newly elected 44th President of the United States is almo...

Unmarried women's crucial role in electing Obama is underscored by the "marriage gap" between their political preferences and those of married women.

Millions of people who wanted to vote either couldn't vote, were kept from voting, were tricked out of voting, were tricked into voting the wrong way ...

On both values and issues, moderates line up with liberals to form a strong majority that isolates conservatives. Conservatives have had their day. This is a center-left, not a center-right nation.

Some soldiers' opinions I recently wrote about are theirs to have, even though they may be highly unpopular. Being unpopular does not, however, make their opinion any less valid nor criminal.

Though Europeans generally rejoiced in Barack Obama's election as 44th President of the US, a number of leading European lawmakers and journalists have made "foot-in-mouth comments."

In selecting his team, Obama should look to future opportunities -- to how he can help solve the critical problems of the nation and the world -- and not to past obligations.

The primary calendar we need most is one that is built on an orderly and rational plan, and not on an arbitrary, publicity-driven, system of one-upsmanship.

How long is the honeymoon going to last?

Rather than preach, build or spread democracy, we proved that our system works. By winning, Obama did more to teach the Iraqis about democracy than four years of nation building has done.

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.

Surely the ugliest legacy of the presidential campaign was this resurgence of the right-wing Republican idea of a patriotic "real America" battling against the evils of leftist ideology.

This new multi-cultural, interracial, eco-green, techno-savvy, globally-minded young generation has made history.

As the immediate excitement of Election Day begins to fade, we are left with new questions, among them: How is President-Elect Barack Obama going to ...

Now that long journey into darkness has finally come to an end -- my own view is that the 2006 Congressional elections may have been the turning point.

I am in total agreement with those who want gay marriage to be legal -- they are right. But being right isn't enough.

In the wake of Obama's overwhelming victory, and Democratic gains in the House and Senate, conservatives are desperately trying to convince the world that these results are meaningless. "Democrats should not make the mistake of viewing Tuesday's results as a repudiation of conservatism," insisted John Boehner. "Barack Obama understands this is a center-right country," claimed Karl Rove. "This country remains every bit as center-right as it has for a generation," parroted Brent Bozell. And David Brooks dreamed of an Obama administration that understands "this was an election where the middle asserted itself." Drunk on self-delusion, a staggering GOP whistles past the electoral graveyard, missing the whole point of this election: the center has shifted, and positions that used to be considered left-wing -- on healthcare, on global warming, on corporate responsibility, on Iraq -- are now solidly mainstream.