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Milwaukee Mayor to Challenge Gov. Scott Walker
Democrats in Wisconsin chose Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett for the upcoming recall election against Governor Scott Walker, which is set for June 5. It's been well over a year since Gov. Walker first earned the wrath of Wisconsin Democrats after backing a bill removing collective bargaining rights from public sector ...
The List: The Winners of NY Money in Congressional Races
Presidential campaigns routinely make the rounds in New York during presidential campaigns. So do Republicans and Democrats who come to New York to make their case for donations and control in Congress. Here are the big winners of New York money in Congressional elections in 2012 and 2008.
Free Enterprise is Good
Arthur Brooks, president of the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) and author of The Road to Freedom: How to Win the Fight for Free Enterprise, talks about the presidential campaign and his new book that says free enterprise can be defended on moral grounds.
Bill Bradley's Recipe for America
Bill Bradley, former US Senator and presidential candidate, discusses his new book, We Can All Do Better, the state of US politics and the 2012 election.
EVENT: Bill Bradley will be at the Union Square Barnes & Noble Monday, May 21 at 7:00 PM.
Does Obama Support Gay Marriage?
The issue of gay marriage is back in the national spotlight after two high-level members of President Obama’s administration — Vice president Joe Biden and Education Secretary Arne Duncan — voiced their support for the issue this week. Evan Wolfson, founder and president of Freedom to Marry, considers the week's ...
NY Money Fuels Hottest Congressional Races
New York, home of the country’s money and media establishment, generally likes incumbents. But they also turn out in force in hotly contested Congressional races when there are big names in play.
Opinion: Why Obama and Romney Should be Worried about Shrinking Work Force
Looking at these numbers gives us a sense of the "Big Picture” of unemployment, and cements the idea that jobs will continue to be a crucial factor in U.S. elections for many years to come.
Who Had the Better Week—Cuomo or Christie?
Cuomo continues to work around the Legislature, while Mr. Christie goes to Wisconsin.
Opinion: Mitt Romney Has a Gay Problem
Republicans have a knack for harpooning their general election prospects with misguided panders to the Right.
Opinion: Stop Saying the Individual Mandate is a Republican Idea, it's Not.
It's time to dispel this silly little myth, that Democratic talking heads continue to push, that the individual mandate is a conservative piece of legislation.
Young Obama Was Intellectually Deep But His Girlfriend Was Speedier
Thanks SuperPACs! Negative Political Ads Up 70 Percent
Seven out of ten political ads have been negative during the 2012 election cycle. It's a far cry from 2008, when only one in ten ads attacked candidates by name — and when interest groups weren't funding the majority of political ads.
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"Thanks SuperPACs!" Yeah, thanks First Amendment for free political speech.
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Osborne, both good questions. Per your first, my initial reaction was the same. But consider the context in which an ...
Opinion: Why Romney's Not A Bloomberg Republican
The Mayor has changed parties but has not really wavered on convictions. The former Governor has traded every conviction in the aim to convince a party of his loyalty.
Adios Newt: What Gingrich's SuperPAC Should Buy Next
That's all, folks. Now what happens to the Super PAC leftovers?
Opinion: Treat Women Equally? This Means War!
It used to be that liberalism pushed for an equality between the sexes. Now, any motion to treat women as equal to men is used as political ammo.
Julia? Didn't any of the geniuses in the Obama campaign read even the CliffNotes version of "1984" in school before ...
I don't want to live in a country where women's control over their bodies and their fertility is based on ...