AOL News has a new home! The Huffington Post.
Click here to visit the new home of Politics Daily!Hot on HuffPost:
Controversial Book On Obama Appears To Have Lifted Key Quote
Walker Recall Effort Struggles To Gain Momentum
Politico
Breaking the Sarah Palin Trademark Story: A Lesson in Journalism Ethics
By Suzi Parker - Politics DailySometimes a light bulb goes off. One night at 2 a.m. I was reading a story by Matt Lewis about Herman Cain, a possible 2012 presidential candidate from Georgia. Pursuing the Cain story further, I discovered that he had trademarked the phrase "The Hermanator Experience." Trademark? Hmm. I wondered if Sarah Palin had trademarked something with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. It seemed like something she would do. A quick search and voila! Indeed, her longtime family attorney, Thomas Van Flein, had filed two applications with the office for the names Sarah Palin and Bristol ...
State of the Union Drinking Game: The 5 Most Creative Options
By Mary Phillips-Sandy - AOL NewsLooking for a way to make tonight's State of the Union proceedings a little more lively? If so, you're in luck. Surge Desk has scoured the Internet for the best SOTU drinking games, so gather some shot glasses, round up some friends (of whatever political persuasion) and play along. Here are the top five: Related Stories State of the Union Address [LIVE FEED] 1. The game for people who hope there will be fights The gentlemen at Esquire have a remarkably thorough game planned, with drinking options for ordinary events (one gulp of beer for a "close-up of angry ...
'O: A Presidential Novel' -- By Anonymous, Starring Obama and 'Self-Obsessive' D.C.
By Jill Lawrence - Politics DailyA new story of O has arrived on some capital doorsteps, including mine. "O: A Presidential Novel," is a fictional – or is it non-fiction? – account of the Obama White House and the upcoming 2012 campaign by an author named "Anonymous." Yes, it's another who-wrote-it mystery. "What can I tell you about the author of O? Very little," teases Simon & Schuster Executive Vice President and Publisher Jonathan Karp in a letter to readers. "The author is someone who has been in the room with Barack Obama and knows this world intimately." Whether Karp's "room" is the Oval Office or a vast ...
Joe Scarborough: Palin's Presidential Aspirations Are a 'Dopey Dream'
By Steven Hoffer - AOL News(Nov. 30) -- How about a little tough love with your "Morning Joe"? MSNBC personality Joe Scarborough used his latest Politico column to unload criticism on presumed presidential aspirant Sarah Palin, in the process telling conservatives that it's high time to "man up" against the Alaskan mama grizzly and her "dopey dream" of making it to the White House. "Republicans have a problem," Scarborough writes. "The most-talked-about figure in the GOP is a reality show star who cannot be elected. And yet the same leaders who fret that Sarah Palin could devastate their party in 2012 are too scared ...
WikiLeaks 3: Diplomatic Disaster or Snoozefest?
By Steven Hoffer - AOL News(Nov. 29) -- How bad is it? Julian Assange's international media organization, WikiLeaks, stirred up controversy once again on Sunday by making public nearly a quarter-million previously confidential American diplomatic documents. The latest release raises concerns over the breadth of American diplomatic efforts and the Arab world, as well as critical philosophical issues surrounding the role of media and protection of government documents. WikiLeaks released the classified documents -- a collection of correspondences between the State Department and diplomatic outposts around the world -- ...
Opinion: What's So Bad About Earmarks?
By not in system - AOL News
(Nov. 16) -- Few words are dirtier in Washington than "earmark." Soon-to-be House Speaker John Boehner has vowed to ban them. President Barack Obama has called for earmark reform. The chairmen of the president's debt commission say the practice should be eliminated. And on Monday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., reversed himself and says he now backs an earmarks moratorium. Meanwhile, Rep. Darrell Issa, the California Republican expected to chair the House Oversight Committee next year, called Obama "one of the most corrupt presidents in modern times." He later scaled back his ...
Why the GOP Should Insist on New Debate Rules for 2012
By Matt Lewis - Politics DailyIt was recently announced that Politico and NBC News would co-host the first 2012 debate at the Ronald Reagan Library. I happen to like NBC News and Politico, but this announcement got me thinking about a topic that has bothered me for a while. The fact is, Republicans should have some say into who hosts their debates. In the past, Republicans had little choice but to allow the mainstream media to set much of the ground rules for debates. After all, they controlled the means of production and dissemination. And while I do not ascribe to the notion that conservatives should avoid the media, ...
Sarah Palin Agrees That Some in GOP Are Out to Get Her
By David Knowles - AOL News(Nov. 2) -- A day after she accused Politico of "yellow journalism" for publishing a piece that cited Republican sources who wanted to stop her from becoming the party's presidential nominee in 2012, Sarah Palin appears to have reached the piece's conclusions herself. On Monday, Palin lashed out at Politico reporters Mike Allen and Jim VandeHei for quoting unnamed sources in their piece titled, "Next for GOP leaders: Stopping Sarah Palin." "That's why I don't talk to some of these reporters who are a part of this yellow journalism world, of not using named sources I think it's very ...
Sarah Palin vs. the World: Who's on Her Side?
By David Knowles - AOL News
(Nov. 1) -- On the eve of the 2010 midterm elections and potentially historic Republican gains, one former GOP politician who isn't even running is sure managing to attract a whole lot of attention, and not necessarily of the most flattering kind. So what happened to Sarah Palin? In fact, if one were to believe recent accounts in what Palin terms the "lamestream media," the former governor of Alaska would seem to have an enemies list as long as a Manhattan phone book. Surge Desk has a look at who is hating on the "mama grizzly" this time: Establishment Republicans On Sunday night, Politico ...
Contrary to Politico, Social Security Benefits Aren't Pegged to Growth
By Paul Wachter - AOL News(Oct. 14) -- Social Security turned 75 this year. How's it doing these days? On Wednesday, Politico's Simmi Aujla reported on some gloomy news regarding the federal benefits program. He wrote, "On Friday, Social Security recipients will learn that they won't receive higher benefits for the second year in a row because the economy isn't growing fast enough." There's just one problem with this: Social Security benefits aren't pegged to growth, they're tied to inflation. Indispensable economist and media gadfly Dean Baker pounces: The cost of living adjustment for Social Security has nothing ...
Follow Politics Daily
POPULAR
- Nancy Pelosi Confirms House May Skip Up or Down Vote on Senate Health Bill
- Debrahlee Lorenzana: A Double Take on Those Double D's
- Campbell Brown Quits CNN With Shockingly Frank Farewell
- Palin Earnings Estimated at $12 Million
- The Five Most Racist Obama Cartoons?
- Soraya M., Stoned to Death for Being an "Inconvenient Wife''
- Jimmy Carter Leaves Church Over Treatment of Women
- No posts are available.
News From Our Partners
- Dragon arrives at space station in historic 1st
- Picking new leader, Egyptians search for superman
- Egyptians vote in first free presidential vote
- Moon chips from Vegas casino mogul sent to NASA
- Egyptians vote to rid nation of autocratic rule
- More Stories »
- 'Masters of the Universe' Sure Have Fragile Egos
- Romney: My Mistakes 'Haunt Me'
- Newt Lauds Romney: He's Like Eisenhower
- Irked Senate Panel Votes 30-0 to Cut Pakistan Aid
- GSA Bash Organizer Steps Down
- More Stories »
- Know Your Enemy
- Obama’s Challenge in Egypt
- The Edwards Waiting Game
- Are Doctors Doing Too Much?
- The Pagan Cult of Reagan
- More Stories »
- Ambition Counteracting Ambition
- Robert Blagojevich Speaks Out
- In Iowa, Obama Calls Romney's Words 'A Cow Pie of Distortion'
- In Iowa, Obama Calls On Congress to Act on Clean Energy Tax Credits
- Romney Has Interesting Morning in Inner-City Philly
- More Stories »
Top News
More News
More on Aol
Local News
More Blog/Sites
Sites and Services
HuffPost Politics