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CIA: Parsing The Panetta Pick

William Bradley | Posted 01.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Wmd, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Cia, Afghanistan, Ronald Reagan, John Brennan, Dianne Feinstein, Iran, Ted Sorensen, Robert F. Kennedy, Allen Dulles, Tom Kuchel, Jimmy Carter, Intelligence, Jane Harman, Earl Warren, Barack Obama, John F. Kennedy, George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Stephen Kappes, John Mccone, Bob Finch, Obama Transition, Max Rafferty, Iraq, Leon Panetta, Nancy Pelosi, Central Intelligence Agency, Leon Panetta Obama, Feinstein Panetta, Obama Cabinet, Obama Appointees, Central Intelligence Agency Obama, Leon Panetta CIA, Cia Director, Jay Rockefeller, Obama Appointments, Pat Buchanan, Jerry Brown, Politics News

To say Panetta is a Clinton retread is to ignore his actual background. He comes out of a tradition which is almost forgotten today, that of the liberal Republican.

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VIDEO: Arnold's Christmas Nightmare

Rick Jacobs | Posted 12.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush, Charles Dickens, Pete Wilson, Karen Bass, Maria Shriver, Courage Campaign, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Cheri and Naren Shankar, California, Holiday Season Commentary, Politics News

Here's a California Carol from the Courage Campaign in time for the Christmas Arnold wants to give us all.

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Obama in Hawaii

Linda Bergthold | Posted 12.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Ronald Reagan, George Bush Kennebunkport, Drudge Report, Hyde Park Obama, Honolulu, Obama in Hawaii Photos, Obama Hawaii Vacation, Barack Obama, Politics News

The Obamas are in Hawaii for a brief period of respite before the president-elect takes on the problems of the world. Most everyone here understands that, but the intense curiosity persists.

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Will the Ghost of Richard Nixon Haunt the Obama White House?

Brian Ross | Posted 12.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, Neo Cons, American President, Ronald Reagan, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Neo Conservatives, American Presidency, Neo-Con, Barack Obama, President, Politics News

For all of his attempts to be a major force in history, it would not be Nixon's meetings with the Russians that would put his imprint on the office, but his dirty tricks and criminal activity.

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The Progressive Dilemma

James Block | Posted 12.12.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Barack Obama, Counterculture, Ronald Reagan, Obama Presidency, Progressives, Progressive Movement, Barry Goldwater, Ronald Inglehart, Chicago News

Many progressives are anxious and even skeptical about the emerging Obama administration. As a card-carrying devotee of the (cardless) progressive movement, I sympathize.

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Finally: The Death of "Greed Is Good"

Tom D'Antoni | Posted 12.11.2008 | Business

Read More: Greed, Recession, Ronald Reagan, Wall Street, Money, Economy, Economic Crisis, Greed Is Good, Business News

The Greed Is Good pack are thieves. They've stolen our money, our hope and any sense of safety we had. And then we rewarded their greed with more money.

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A Dick Cheney Christmas Carol

Stu Kreisman | Posted 12.11.2008 | Style

Read More: Politics, Holiday Season, Ronald Reagan, Political Humor, George W. Bush, Christmas, Enron, Alberto Gonzales, Dick Cheney, Robert Novak, Charles Dickens, Vice President, Patrick Fitzgerald, Valerie Plame, Ken Lay, Style News

An excerpt from Dick Cheney's Diary: We turned around and I was back in my bedroom at stately Cheney Manor. "Ronnie? Mr. President?" I whispered, but he was gone.

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There is an "I" in Team

Ben Fractenberg | Posted 12.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Ronald Reagan, Civil Rights Movement, Socialism, Henry David Thoreau, Obama, Rugged Individualist, Walt Whitman, Walden, Politics News

I received a text message the night of Obama's historic victory thanking me for my involvement in the campaign. "This victory is all because of you," ...

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The Fall of a Free Market Prophet

Larry Beinhart | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Communism, Economics, Economy, Henry Waxman, Ronald Reagan, Karl Marx, Salvation Boulevard, George Bush, Objectivist, Ayn Rand, Objectivism, Alan Greenspan, Jesus Christ, Bubble, Real Estate, Crash, Politics News

The most interesting, and perhaps the most important, moment in philosophy in the last decade occurred on October 28, 2008, in a hearing of the House ...

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The Republican Presidential Recession Record

Jeff Madrick | Posted 12.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, Dwight Eisenhower, George H.W. Bush, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, George W. Bush, Jimmy Carter, Lyndon Johnson, Recession, John F. Kennedy, Ronald Reagan, Politics News

Eisenhower: 2 recessions; Nixon and Ford: 2 recessions; Reagan: 1 recession; George H.W. Bush: 1 recession; George W. Bush: 2 recessions; Democrats: 1 recession. Eight to one, you decide.

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Ghosts of Transitions Past

John Tepper Marlin | Posted 11.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Bill Clinton, Dwight Eisenhower, Ronald Reagan, War in Vietnam, Richard Nixon, Harry Truman, Jimmy Carter, Obama Transition, Lyndon Johnson, Barack Obama, Carl Brauer, Presidential Transitions, Politics News

President-elect Obama appointed old hands to his top economic posts, explaining Wednesday that "the vision for change" comes from him. That's a way to deal with a central problem of transitions.

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Why the Conservatives Won't Crack-up, But the Left Probably Will

Rupert Russell | Posted 11.24.2008 | Politics

The conservative Counter-Establishment is the most cast-iron entanglement of alliances and dependencies known in modern American history.

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Who's The Turkey?

Beth Arnold | Posted 11.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, The South, Ronald Reagan, Racism in the South, Sarah Palin, Thanksgiving, Reagan Democrats, Gop, Sarah Palin Turkey Video, Sarah Palin Turkey Pardon, Sarah Palin Turkey Death, Democratic Strategy in the South, Politics News

With this Palin-style Thanksgiving (smiley face with urge to kill) dancing across my laptop screen, I found myself thinking of home.

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Where Will Conservatives Threaten to Move To When Obama Takes Office?

Jason Notte | Posted 11.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama Ronald Reagan, John McCain, Alaska, Ronald Reagan, Sarah Palin, Secession, Alaska Secessionist Party, Hippies, Barack Obama, Canada, Politics News

Alaskans may actually welcome secession and a few more like-minded friends with whom to celebrate it.

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The Case for Big Government

Jeff Madrick | Posted 11.13.2008 | Home

Read More: Taxes, Economic Growth, Ronald Reagan, Productivity, Big Government, Home News

This morning, walking dogs, I ran into a neighbor who works for a well-known fashion company. "Business is dead," she said. "I wanna complain about h...

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Obama's New Realignment

Byron Williams | Posted 11.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Two Party System, Obama Neutral, Ronald Reagan, Center-Left, Barack Obama, Center-Right, Politics News

The Obama machine does not require the services of the Democratic Party to fundraise or organize. It has become its own gatekeeper, providing itself with more leeway as to how it governs.

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Writing Our Redemption

Charles Barber | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Redemption Script, John McCain, Shadd Maruna, Ronald Reagan, Barack Obama, Change, HuffPost Election Analysis, Obama Change, Obama Presidency, Condemnation, Politics News

We are, at this very moment, at the start of writing our National Redemption Script.

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Could Barack Obama Suffer The Fate of LBJ?

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Stephen C. Rose, Ronald Reagan, Afghanistan, Testosterone, Lbjvietnam, Vietnam, Lbj, Huffington Post, Peace, Barack Obama, Great Game, Politics News

By Stephen C. Rose Oddly, no one has thought to compare the situations of Barack Obama and LBJ, but there are similarities. And, happily, redemptive ...

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Obama!

Peter Clothier | Posted 11.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: 2008 Election and Race, Thomas Friedman, Election Reaction, Ronald Reagan, Barack Obama, HuffPost Election Reaction, Obama Presidency, Politics News

As a man whose very humanity is a complex blend of national and racial identity, Obama has the look of a person who transcends the old categories we must now discard.

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Post Election Predictions for All News Junkies

Tom Alderman | Posted 11.06.2008 | Media

Read More: Ronald Reagan, Meet the Press, Obama, Activist Government, Keith Olbermann, Harold Stassen, Sarah Palin, Elizabeth Hasselbeck, Msnbc, The Plumber, Katie Couric, Rupert Murdoch, Joe, Ralph Nader, Herbert Hoover, Holographic Reporters, Lincoln, Bill Clinton, John McCain, Michael Bloomberg, Mitt Romney, Steve Doocy, Chris Matthews, CBS Evening News, Hilary Clinton, Fox News, Cnn, Tom Brokaw, Rachel Maddow, Shep Smith, Arlen Spector, Lyndon Johnson, President-Elect Obama, Roosevelt, Coolidge, Harding, Media News

For news junkies, the fun has just begun. There's an administration to cast, speculation about post-election deals, mergers and maneuvers. And how about the people who deliver the news?

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The New Narrative: Cities Aren't Cesspools

Harry Moroz | Posted 11.06.2008 | Media

Read More: George Bush, Heritage Foundation, Cory Booker, Ronald Reagan, Conservatives, Urban Policy, Politics, Election 2008, Conservativism, Los Angeles, Election Results, Barack Obama, Cities, Economy, Media News

That Barack Obama won the "city vote" - 83% of Philadelphia County, 76% of Chicago's Cook County, 68.5% of Cleveland's Cuyahoga County - is no surpris...

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Norquist Plots GOP Resurrection, Goes After Bush's Churchill Complex

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Republican Party, Iraq War, Ronald Reagan, Gop Ressurection, Bush GOP, Norquist Taxes, Grover Norquist, Reagan Foreign Policy, Gop Rebirth, Norquist Bush, Bush Reagan, Bush Churchill, Foreign Policy, Politics News

Hoping to pick up the pieces after an electoral drubbing, anti-tax crusader Grover Norquist held one of his famous Wednesday meetings yesterday to plo...

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Yes We Did! But There Is a Lot More to Do

Mitchell Bard | Posted 11.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Heck of a Job, Bill Clinton, Fema, Van Jones, Ronald Reagan, John Boehner, George W. Bush, Senate Races, Palin Pro-American Areas, Green New Deal, Real Americans, Jeremiah Wright, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, House Races, Mark Begich, Voter Turnout, Bill Ayers, Brownie, Jimmy Carter, Jeff Merkley, Joe Lieberman, Obama African American, Hurricane Katrina, President Obama, Obama Election Day, HuffPost Election Analysis, Election Day, Sarah Palin, HuffPost Election Reaction, Obama Presidency, Obama President, Election Analysis, John McCain, Obama Wins, Election Day 2008, Joe Biden, Election Results, Election, Presidential Results, Election Reaction, Presidential Election, Politics News

Obama has not hit a home run; he has merely earned the right to step into the batter's box.

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Hoping I Can Change: Why I Was Wrong About Barack Obama

Tony Sachs | Posted 11.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: President-Elect Barack Obama, Walter Mondale, Presidential Elections, Bill Clinton, Ronald Reagan, John Kerry, Hillary Clinton, Huffington Post, Democratic Party, Barack Obama, 2008 Presidential Election, President Barack Obama, President Elect Barack Obama, Barack Obama Victory, 2008 Election, Obama Presidency, Politics News

I've been consistently wrong about our President-Elect since way back in January. I think I'm a dyed-in-the-wool Defeat-ocrat -- someone who looks for the cloud in every electoral silver lining.

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MacBush

Norman MacAfee | Posted 11.04.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: George Grosz, Josh Brolin, Richard Dreyfuss, Ronald Reagan, Hardball, Greenwich Village, Iraq, Jim Nolan, Movies, Grove Press, Rue McClanahan, Mission Accomplished, Katrina, Stacy Keach, Criterion Collection, Pier Paolo Pasolini, There Will Be Blood, Luis BuñUel, Cleavon Little, W., Barbara Garson, Macbeth, Oliver Stone, MacBird!, Kurt Jooss, Condoleeza Rice, Bertolt Brecht, Chris Matthews, Stanley Weiser, Jon Stewart, Salò: The 120 Days of Sodom, Thandie Newton, Paul Thomas Anderson, Lyndon Johnson, Willam Devane, Archilochus’s Hedgehog, Robert Kennedy, Entertainment News

Stone assembled a game cast to play the characters who've wrought destruction upon the world in these past seven years. Except for two or three, they are bland and vague versions of the real.

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