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DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN TIM KAINE ISSUES STATEMENT ABOUT NOBEL PRIZE COMMITTEE’S AWARDING OF 2009 PEACE PRIZE TO PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA Washington, D.C. - President Obama was awarded the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday morning for his “extraordinary efforts to streng...

Today, the Democratic National Committee honors the life of civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer. Born ninety-two years ago today in the Mississippi Delta, Hamer, the daughter of sharecroppers, demanded that all people be given a voice in American politics.

By Howard Martin(howmartin@msn.com) Washington Whispers (U.S. News & World Report):Howard Dean, former Democratic National Committee chairman, minced no words about Sen. Max Baucus's healthcare proposal, unveiled to the public this morning. "The Baucus bill is the worst piece of healthcare legislation I've seen in 3...

At a moment like this, all Democrats need to step up and join the President in this historic fight for reform. I hope you can join us. What: Organizing for America National Health Care Forum Click here to RSVP and submit a question for President Obama: Chairman Democratic National Committee

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 DC Creigh Deeds has claimed the Democratic nomination for governor in Virginia tonight in convincing fashion, using his low-key demeanor and late burst of momentum to sprint past former Democratic National Committee Chairman Terry mcauliffe and former ...

 PA Howard Dean, the former Democratic National Committee boss, tells Cybercast News Service that Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor's "Latina women" comment was taken out of context. But he also says he doesn't know what the right context is because he ...

“Today, on behalf of Democrats across our nation, the Democratic National Committee pays recognition to PRIDE month – a time to join together in celebrating the contributions that lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Americans and their families make to our society. We also take th...

Obama, ACORN & the truth  PA But I have obtained the lists -- not only of Obama donors but also lists of Democratic National Committee, Hillary Clinton and John Kerry contributors. The records include small donors to the Obama campaign, who are not disclosed in public campaign ...

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 NY President Barack Obama speaks at a Democratic National Committee fundraising event at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles, May 27, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) Photos, major events and key personalities in the Obama administration. ...

Last Sunday, Governor Kaine had a chance to go head-to-head with Republican Chairman Michael Steele on NBC's "Meet the Press." He took the opportunity to discuss some of the important issues facing America, and to show folks what the President and our party have to offer.

Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine, the Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, has jumped into the fray. Let me make clear that I understand the comments from Mr. Kaine to be a press release, and Ben Smith of Politico just posted it.

Good Wednesday morning. The 111th Congress is now in session. The highlight of the day yesterday -- besides the Burris show -- may have been Vice President-elect Biden being sworn in for his seventh Senate term (which will last only several days) by outgoing VP Dick Cheney.

By Brad Robert Stacy McCain, a two-decade newspaper reporter/editor-turned-blogger, provided campaign reporting on the road from Hillary in Harrisburg, Pa., and in Shepherdstown, W.Va., to the Libertarian convention in Denver, to John McCain in Pennsylvania, back to Denver for the DNC, and...

While Republicans are set to choose their new leader at the end of the month, President-elect Obama will name Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine as the DNC chair-in-waiting, the Washington Post's Michael D. Shear reports.. Kaine's gubernatorial term ends in January 2010, when Kaine will take over ful...

By Julie Fanselow I suggested to Ned that he ask people to go to ActBlue and find the page for the Democratic Party in their home state, whether it's Idaho, Kentucky, Utah, Montana, Oklahoma, Mississippi or what have you. "Ask them to take the $10, $20, or whatever a month they donated to Barack Obama and make a...

By The Huffington Post News Team There is a perception that we are a regional party and that we are a party from the South because that's the region we're consistently winning today," Anuzis told Politico. "I do think we need to have our version of the 50-state program that [Democratic National Committee Chair Howard] Dea...

A week after the election, David Plouffe, the head of Obama for America, wrote: "We've been reviewing the books, and the DNC went into considerable debt to secure victory for Barack and Joe. ... Please make a donation of $250 or more today and receive your Obama Victory T-shirt."

By Stephen C. Rose We elected Barack to change America. The biggest change Barack proposed was that we do things bottom up. The only way to keep doing that without going bananas is to complete the program and receive from the competent hands of Howard Dean the COCOON of the future Democrats for America, an inte...

And finally, in a bit of unsurprising news, Howard Dean is stepping down as DNC Chair. Washingtonpost.com’s Chris Cillizza takes a look at his tenure and writes “Dean was not as well received among members of the permanent political class in Washington, many of whom dismissed him as a light...

By Denny Howard Dean to Step Down as DNC Chairman Texas Democrats Lament Minority Status in State’s Legislative Delegation Republican Congressman Warns of Obama Dictatorship Romney to Help Sen. Saxby Chamliss’ Campaign in Runoff Against Radical Democrat comedian Al Franken

By Seth 9. He acted as a senior advisor in the Clinton regime from 1993 to 1998, but was demoted one year after Clinton took office. After the '96 election, he planned on quitting, but Clinton gave him George Stephanopoulos's post as senior advisor for policy and strategy.

By Denny I believe that John McCain is a Bob Dole-type Republican who decided to nominate a great American who is beloved by millions (including myself!) who is just not ready to be Commander in Chief at a moment’s notice, like Gov. Mitt Romney IS!

By Bil Browning Official Statements The first organization to respond was the Democratic National Committee (DNC). In a statement to PageOneQ.com editor Mike Rogers, the DNC rejected the campaign material while reminding voters of Barack Obama's differences with Schemenaur. Rogers is a former contr...

By kos That’s when Karl Rove was building a permanent Republican majority, and when President George W. Bush was going to save Social Security by privatizing it. In 2005, Howard Dean, the former governor of Vermont, campaigned among grass-roots activists to become chairman of the Democratic N...

By dweigel@reason.com (David Weigel) And yet Republican moderates are convinced that Obama is the more sensible choice than Maverick John McCain. This is striking: Obama may be the most liberal Democratic candidate in 36 years, but no prominent Democrats have endorsed McCain. Joe Lieberman? You can write off his endorsemen...

By Liz Mair I can only assume this is a DNC blogger’s attempt at humor.  We all need a little giggle to perk us up towards the end of these long days, and I presume this is his, because I cannot imagine that the DNC, tasked with playing defense for Barack Obama and Joe Biden, is unaware of the following: Last...

By mglucas CNN: Prominent Clinton backer and DNC member to endorse McCain Lynn Forester de Rothschild, a prominent Hillary Clinton supporter and member of the Democratic National Committee’s Platform Committee, will endorse John McCain for president on Wednesday, her spokesman tells CNN. NYT...

By Tom Blumer Opponents on both sides of the aisle often alter Wikipedia entries of political figures, but the timing of the changes raises questions about whether anyone at the Obama campaign or the Democratic National Committee (DNC) had anything to do with it.

» Thanks to his lead in elected delegates and superdelegates, Obama is expected to receive the nomination. Democratic Representative Loretta Sanchez, however, predicted that half of the Democrats in the House could cast their votes for Obama's former rival for the nomination, Senato...

By The Huffington Post News Team WASHINGTON — Democrat Barack Obama raised $52 million last month for his presidential campaign, more than twice as much as Republican rival John McCain in... Obama reported $72 million cash on hand and the DNC $20.3 million. But the Democrats still lag Republican John McCain's presidential...

By Al Giordano Congratulations. The Democratic Convention staff has completed its review of blog credential applications and I'm writing to let you know that your blog will be credentialed at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver...

David Bender, political guru, discusses how Obama is putting his stamp on the DNC.

By Carpetbagger Democratic National Committee rules require that the two states lose at least half of their convention delegates for holding elections too early, the party’s legal experts wrote in a 38-page memo. How this is supposed to help the Democratic Party win the White House in November is unclea...

By Carpetbagger As part of its nearly-hysterical push-back against the Democratic National Committee’s “100 years” ad targeting John McCain, the Republican National Committee has decided to focus on where the DNC found its war images for the commercial. It’s not only an odd argument, it’s actually co...

By The Huffington Post News Team WASHINGTON — Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Sunday brushed aside a challenge from Hillary Rodham Clinton to debate before the May 6 primaries in... WASHINGTON — Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Sunday brushed aside a challenge from Hillary Rodham C...

By Carpetbagger Which is precisely why Terry McAuliffe, chairman of Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign and a former chairman of the Democratic National Committee, shouldn’t praise Fox News while appearing on the network. How proud of it? Now, the Republican network is using the words of Clinton...

By Terry Trippany This is what passes as investigative journalism nowadays. You'd have to be stupid to pass this off as a story. What's worse, that Sam Stein is waiting for e-mails from the DNC to write such a moronic story or that neither of them can separate fact from fantasy when ignoring the fact that other g...

By Carpetbagger CNN: “CNN has learned that John McCain will travel to Texas, most likely next week, to accept the endorsement of former President George H. W. Bush. The campaign is working on the scheduling with the former president’s office but the goal is for an event in Texas next week, according to two Rep...

The facts are that Al Qaeda terrorists killed Americans on 9/11, they’re fighting us in Iraq and across the world and they are plotting to kill Americans here at home again. Those who justify withdrawing our troops from Iraq by denying the threat of Al Qaeda in Iraq and its ties to Osama bin La...

By The Huffington Post News Editors Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and John Edwards may not want to participate in debates sponsored by FOX News, but they like taking cash from officials of the company considered an arm of the conservative movement by many liberal Democrats.

By dpulliam Even in the real world, a pro-choice Republican nominee would be a gift to the Democrats, because the Republican Party wins over so many swing voters on abortion alone. Which is why Fred Thompson, who is against abortion rights, is getting so much grateful attention from his party now. And w...

By kos Meanwhile, the gap between the two national committees — the Democratic National Committee and the Republican National Committee — remained sizeable and in the Republicans’ favor, with the RNC bringing in $7.4 million in April to the DNC’s $4 million.

By Taylor Marsh However, FreeRepublic.com and XM radio just got slapped by Howard Dean. They tangled with the wrong man, who's shown before that he's a different kind of Democrat. The fighting back kind. The Democratic National Committee filed two cease-and-desist letters Thursday with a conservative w...

HANNITY: And she basically politicizes the tornado and ties it into Iraq. But you're saying that this was connected or orchestrated from the top from Howard Dean. HANNITY: Yeah. HANNITY: -- and we need to demand that Howard Dean be removed from the DNC.

By Cory Doctorow The press-release about Engebretsen's appointment isn't online yet, but here's the relevant material: Washington, DC –Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean today announced the six members of the senior leadership team for the 2008 Democratic National Convention Co...

By Matt Browner Hamlin Last month I attended the Democratic National Committee's winter meeting. I saw every presidential candidate speak about their vision for America and what they would do if elected president, including Senator Hillary Clinton. Clinton made two major statements about Iraq in her DNC spe...

Chad Hurley, co-founder of YouTube, the video sharing service where an East Indian-American attending a rally for Sen. George Allen (R-Virginia) took cell phone "footage" of Allen saying "macaca" and then uploaded it to the service.

Vice President 'Five Deferments" Cheney does not make trip. Bush rejects comparisons between Vietnam War and Iraq War. More than 55,000 American soldiers died in Vietnam for nothing. Only fewer than 3,000 American soldiers have died in Iraq for nothing.

The more the story balloons in the media, embarrassing Republicans and distracting them from trying to confirm more judges, the more right-wing activists savage Hatch, the man they hold responsible for it. To them, the Utah Republican has done something "acutely damaging to the strugg...