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Sen. Menendez Named Head Of DSCC

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.25.2008 | Politics

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Sen. Bob Menendez was named the next chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Tuesday morning, taking the reigns from his wildly succe...

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Schumer Stepping Down From Campaign Post

AP | DEVLIN BARRETT | Posted 11.24.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Sen. Charles Schumer said Monday he is giving up his job running the Senate Democrats' national campaign efforts after two successf...

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What Centrist Huh? Beyond Obama's 2.5 Million Jobs

Beau Friedlander | Posted 11.23.2008 | Politics

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Beau Friedlander

Obama may well assume a fairly radical solution to the economic problems facing the nation, one that eclipses the craziest notions dreamt up by the progressive fringe.

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Dems: Congress Could Back Stimulus Plan Up To $700 Billion (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 11.23.2008 | Politics

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UPDATE: President-elect Obama urged swift passage by Congress of a massive two-year spending and tax-cutting recovery program which significantly exce...

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What Makes For a Great Secretary of State?

Matt Littman | Posted 11.19.2008 | Politics

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Matt Littman

Here's what you need to be a great Secretary of State: a massive ego. Would Hillary Clinton have the potential to be a great Secretary of State? Absolutely.

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Durbin Re-Elected As Majority Whip

Posted 11.19.2008 | Chicago

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Senator Dick Durbin was re-elected as Majority Whip, the Senate's second-highest leadership post. Read the release from his office: U.S. Sen. Dick Du...

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Seth Colter Walls

Schumer, DSCC Predict Victory In Tight Oregon Race

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 11.05.2008 | Politics

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On Wednesday, Sen. Chuck Schumer predicted to several Democratic insiders that Jeff Merkley will unseat incumbent Sen. Gordon Smith in Oregon, multipl...

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Thomas B. Edsall

The Notoriously Cheap Democratic Senate

HuffingtonPost.com | Thomas B. Edsall | Posted 10.29.2008 | Politics

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On the cusp of winning a filibuster-proof 60 vote majority, Democratic Senators are hoarding their personal campaign chests, demonstrating more self i...

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Sam Stein

Schumer And Ensign Spar On Palin, Robocalls, Senate Races

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.21.2008 | Politics

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The respective leaders of the Republican and Democrat Senatorial campaign committees clashed on a wide variety of topics Tuesday morning, but perhaps ...

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Hank and the Swedish Model

Howard A. Rodman | Posted 10.12.2008 | Business

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Howard A. Rodman

Can Hank have seen the light? Is he going to do what must be done? Is he going to take his Big Pile of Cash and buy us some banks?

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Chuck Schumer: "Tell Sen. McCain To Get Out Of Town"

MSNBC | Posted 09.26.2008 | Politics

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During a speech on the Senate floor this morning, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D) urged President Bush to "respectfully tell Sen. McCain to get out of town. He...

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Sam Stein

Schumer's Bailout Proposal Divides Economists, Interests Obama

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.23.2008 | Politics

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One of the more interesting moments of this morning's Senate Banking Committee hearing with Hank Paulson and Ben Bernanke came when Sen. Chuck Schumer...

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Financial Bailout = Patriot Act Redux: Under Cover of Crisis, the Republic is Lost

Pete Cenedella | Posted 09.22.2008 | Business

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Pete Cenedella

Forgive me if I smell a similar attempt by the Republicans to ram a lopsided, ready-made and offensive prescription down the throats of the American people under the cover of crisis.

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Seth Colter Walls

McCain Medical Records, Cancer History, Raised By Top Dems

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 09.17.2008 | Politics

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With three prominent Democratic senators now on record raising the issue of John McCain's health, and an independent group set to make a push for the ...

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The New Bush

Logan Nakyanzi Pollard | Posted 09.12.2008 | Politics

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Logan Nakyanzi Pollard

We knew Bush wasn't "smart." And now we know Palin isn't either. But can Dems find a way to show why all these sorted facts matter?

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Schumer: Obama Should "Hit Back Hard"

Politico | Posted 08.07.2008 | Politics

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One of the Democratic Party's leading electoral street fighters, New York Sen. Chuck Schumer, said that Barack Obama should respond to John McCain's p...

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Sam Stein

Shoeless Chuck Schumer Gives Obama And Dems Some Stern Advice

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.04.2008 | Politics

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Chuck Schumer was not expecting an in-person interview. Towards the end of a quintessentially boiling Washington D.C. day, the affable and intense New...

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Sam Stein

Schumer: A 60-Seat Majority Is Possible

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.23.2008 | Politics

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Senator Chuck Schumer whetted the palate of many Democrats today when he suggested, for the first time of the election cycle, that their dream of a 60...

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Did Sen. Charles Schumer Cause The IndyMac Failure? He Says No

CNNMoney.com | Posted 07.15.2008 | Business

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NEW YORK (CNN) -- Sen. Charles Schumer said Sunday the Bush administration is trying to "blame the fire on the person who calls 9-1-1" by suggesting h...

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To Control the Endgame, Obama Should Announce a Date-Certain in June to Name his VP

Paul Abrams | Posted 05.24.2008 | Politics

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Paul Abrams

If Barack Obama states a date -- certain by which he will choose a vice president, then a minimum of one week earlier is the date by which Hillary withdraws or is not considered for vice president.

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Chuck Schumer and Ed Rendell: Only You Can Prevent the Nuclear Option, and Mutually Assured Destruction

Paul Abrams | Posted 05.06.2008 | Politics

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Paul Abrams

If the Clintons do not withdraw (and I do not expect them to do so), the only way for Schumer and Rendell to make their point is to switch their super-duper delegate votes to Obama.

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RTCA Dinner: Pics and Nuggets

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 04.18.2008 | Media

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We're chiming with coverage of Wednesday's Radio and Television Correspondent's Dinner in D.C. — check out our exclusive interview with featured...

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Chuck Schumer Is Playing Dangerous Games In North Carolina and Kentucky

Howie Klein | Posted 04.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Dccc, Jim Neal, Mitch McConnell, Greg Fischer, Kentucky, Elizabeth Dole, Dscc, Chuck Schumer, Bruce Lunsford, North Carolina, Democratic Party, Politics News
Howie Klein

Insiders like Schumer never learn. You can't beat a Republican with a Democrat who acts like a Republican.

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McCain Credit Crisis Proposals Are "Dubious"

John Tepper Marlin | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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John Tepper Marlin

Senator McCain's approach to the credit crisis was today described by the LA Times as "dubious". He was speaking In Santa Ana, Orange County - home co...

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Eliot Spitzer: The Short Goodbye

Nora Ephron | Posted 03.11.2008 | Politics

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Nora Ephron

Eliot Spitzer, who a year ago had a shot at national office, is today a laughingstock because of his reckless involvement in... what? Let's just say this right out: in nothing.

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