AOL News has a new home! The Huffington Post.
Click here to visit the new home of Politics Daily!Hot on HuffPost:
Walker Recall Effort Struggles To Gain Momentum
Controversial Book On Obama Appears To Have Lifted Key Quote
Ross Perot
Sarah Palin: Could She Run as an Independent or Third Party Candidate?
By Suzi Parker - Politics DailySarah Palin talks a lot about the tea party. On Fox News last week, she said, "I find inspiration in tea party patriots [and] those with common sense who aren't playing a lot of games." She could be considered the tea party's godmother. With her Sarah PAC and support for 2010 tea party candidates, Palin has generated a lot of good will, not to mention publicity, for a movement that began only two years ago. She also isn't afraid to attack popular Republicans such as New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. Related Stories Sarah Palin's India Trip: Bill Clinton, Nelson Mandela ...
Opinion: The Third-Party Mirage
By not in system - AOL News
(Sept. 22) -- The astonishing success of tea party candidates against Republican incumbents, coupled with widely perceived voter anger, has led once again to talk of a third-party movement. A recent Gallup poll found that 58 percent of voters want a third party. Thanks to revolutionary changes in campaigning, such as the explosive growth of Internet fundraising and the use of social media outlets, some may think this is finally the year for the third-party movement to bloom. Don't believe it. Any possible third party has the same nonexistent chance of success as all the ones that went ...
Jan Brewer's Bad Night Conjures Up Other Memorable Debate Moments
By Carl M. Cannon - Politics DailyArizona Gov. Jan Brewer's long and awkward pause in her gubernatorial debate was the talk of political junkies this week. Why she froze was anybody's guess. The governor compounded her problems by preceding her uncomfortable interlude with an inaccurate claim (that she balanced the state's budget) and by following it with an ungrammatical sentence: "We have did what was right for Arizona." The governor's lapse immediately took its place in the pantheon of memorable moments in political debates, a category full of gaffes, one-liners, whoppers, ill-advised gestures, zingers, and the occasional ...
A Reminder: Larry King Once Ruled Cable News
By Steve Pendlebury - AOL News(June 30) -- His ratings aren't what they used to be and many critics dismiss him as a dinosaur in the new-media age, but there's no denying Larry King's remarkable broadcasting legacy. He's been on the air so long that much of his audience might not remember when an appearance on King's program could -- and did -- change the course of American politics. King, 76, announced Tuesday night he'll soon leave the nightly CNN talk show he's hosted for a quarter of a century. When it began, "Larry King Live" offered a unique cable news platform for office-holders and office-seekers. Fox News and ...
British Elections: Why Labour and Tories Are Declining, and 9 Other Trends
By Delia Lloyd - Politics DailyIf you followed the press coverage of this month's general elections in the United Kingdom, you're likely to come away with the sense that we just witnessed a watershed moment in this country's political history. But were these elections really historic? And if so, why? There's no question that there was a lot of drama packed into the brief, four-week election period that ended on May 6. It saw the first-ever televised political debates between the three main party leaders. Nick Clegg became a household name. And in the end, because no one party secured a majority, two political parties ...
Lou Dobbs to Enter Race?
By David Knowles - Politics DailyFirebrand populist television host Lou Dobbs is rumored to be considering a run for the presidency. The nightly purveyor of common sense when it comes to dollars and cents, Mr. Dobbs portrays himself as centrist and a champion of the middle class. His signature topics (and the ones that generate the highest ratings) are illegal immigration, and what he considers bogus free trade agreements. So who is the source for the presidential rumors? Mr. Dobbs himself, of course. As the Wall Street Journal reports:Dobbs posted a commentary on his Web site last week predicting a surprise new candidate in ...
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