Shahien Nasiripour

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Shahien Nasiripour

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Barney Frank: Elizabeth Warren Should Head CFPB, By Recess Appointment If Necessary

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Shahien Nasiripour   |   May 25, 2011

If President Obama fears Elizabeth Warren won't be confirmed by the Senate to head the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, he should just appoint her...
Sam Stein

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DCCC Director: We Haven't Written Off Seats Yet, But 'Tough Choices' Coming

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Sam Stein   |   May 25, 2011

A top official at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee stressed on Friday that the Party had not begun to pare down the number of elections...
Sam Stein

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Sen. Cardin: Dems, Obama Never Connected BP Spill To The Need For Climate Change Legislation

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Sam Stein   |   May 25, 2011

The apparent death of comprehensive climate change legislation in the Senate is prompting the expected round of finger-pointing. At the heart of the critique is...
Jason Linkins

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2010 Campaign: How Are The Self-Funders Doing?

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Jason Linkins   |   May 25, 2011

As we've discussed before, one of the unique features of the 2010 election season is that despite the fact that America is mired in any...
Lucia Graves

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Inhofe Still Insists 'We're In A Cold Spell': Is The Heat Getting To The Senator? (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Lucia Graves   |   May 25, 2011

Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) reiterated his skepticism of climate change science during an outdoor interview at the Capitol this week, in the midst of the...
Sam Stein

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Alvin Greene Nomination 'Breaks My Heart': DSCC Director

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Sam Stein   |   May 25, 2011

While the political world has been largely amused by the trials and tribulations of mercurial South Carolina Democratic Senate candidate Alvin Greene, party operatives are...
Sam Stein

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John Thune Worries DNC Executive The Most Among 2012 Prospects

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Sam Stein   |   May 25, 2011

Offering an earnest assessment of the 2012 landscape, DNC Executive Director Jennifer O'Malley Dillon acknowledged on Friday that among a field of generally flawed (in...
Mark Blumenthal

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Gallup's Democratic Surge?

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Mark Blumenthal   |   May 25, 2011

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On Monday, Gallup released the latest update in its weekly tracking of “generic” ballot preferences for the 2010 Congressional elections. The generic ballot asks voters...
Shahien Nasiripour

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Pay Czar Criticizes 17 Bailed-Out Banks For Huge Pay Packages -- But Won't Go After Money Already Paid

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Shahien Nasiripour   |   May 25, 2011

The federal overseer entrusted with investigating Wall Street pay has declined to take action, arguing that the public wouldn't be served by going after $1.6...
Lucia Graves

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Lindsey Graham Blasts Jobs Bill, We 'Just Write Checks Without Ever Having To Give Anything Up'

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Lucia Graves   |   May 25, 2011

Before Barack Obama had even signed the unemployment insurance extension into law, Sen. Lindsay Graham was already railing against renewing benefits for the long-term jobless,...
Jason Linkins

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Fox News' Shirley Sherrod Mediagasm (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Jason Linkins   |   May 25, 2011

When it came to rushing to judgment on the Shirley Sherrod affair, no one ran further afield than Fox News.
Lucia Graves

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Dems Demand That Salazar Stop Dragging His Heels And Investigate BP Whistleblower Allegations

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Lucia Graves   |   May 25, 2011

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar still has yet to conduct a formal interview with Ken Abbott, a whistleblower from BP's Atlantis rig where operators are allegedly...
Ryan Grim

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Paul Dobson, Phoenix Cop Who Opposes Arizona Immigration Law, Is Now Under Investigation

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Ryan Grim   |   May 25, 2011

An Arizona police officer who spoke out against the state's new draconian immigration law is under investigation related to his statement, Officer Paul Dobson told...
Jason Linkins

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Politico's 'Age Of Rage': More Evidence That It Still Hasn't Figured Out Journalism

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Jason Linkins   |   May 25, 2011

Let's recall: the rickety bandwagon that provides the peg for Politico's whole "Age Of Rage" item is Andrew Breitbart's calculatedly deceptive smear of Shirley Sherrod, which resulted in a massive rush-to-judgment orgasm from the media that sprinted ahead of common sense. John Harris and Jim VandeHei have essentially cast themselves in the role of Tiresias, and they are warning us today that if you do not want to see the coming Rage Age, tear out your eyes now! It's getting really weird to hear an organization that's cast itself as a "new-media" leader constantly admit that it doesn't understand the first thing about it.
Jason Linkins

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Rockies Gone Wild: Colorado Races Devolve Into All-Out War

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Jason Linkins   |   May 25, 2011

The last time I was in Colorado, it was for the 2008 Democratic National Convention, and the city of Denver struck me as a pretty...
Lucia Graves

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Republicans Threaten Repeals, Subpoenas If They Take Back The House

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Lucia Graves   |   May 25, 2011

House Tea Party Caucus leader Rep. Michelle Bachmann (R-Minn.) and House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) agree: If Republicans win back control the House in...
Arthur Delaney

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Long-Term Unemployment: Lost Income, Lost Friends, Loss Of Self Respect

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Arthur Delaney   |   May 25, 2011

Long-term unemployment has a disproportionate impact on layoff victims compared with shorter spells of joblessness. According to a new Pew Research Center survey, 44 percent...
Lucia Graves

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Steny Hoyer Mocks 'Speaker Boehner' And His Agenda: It's 'Not Going To Happen'

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Lucia Graves   |   May 25, 2011

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said Thursday of House Minority Leader John Boehner's aspirations to be the next speaker of the House: It's "not...
Laura Bassett

Disappearing Middle Class: Bilingual Ph.D. Accepts Rent Money From Church

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Laura Bassett   |   May 25, 2011

Until 18 months ago, Maria Ortiz says she never had to search for a job in her life. As a highly skilled bilingual Ph.D. and...
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