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more about #campaigns more comments → Trai_Dep: I'm confused. Didn't Republicans get their pink panties in a bunch when Gore de-conceded his informal concession to Bush over the phone (minutes after... more » sarrible: But wasn't Owens actually sworn in? I could be wrong, but I think he's a sitting member of Congress right now. If they find that Hoffman (gag) got mor... more » unclevanya: I'd love to see Glenn Beck jump off a bridge, if only to see who follows him. #electionday more » Baroness: Disconcessions, unconcessions, anti-concessions.. it all sings "sore loser" to me. Also, can we all go back to the reality that NY-23 is a tiny backw... more » MissNormaDesmond: Wait, Pareene. This isn't fair. It was Coleman who initially won, and Franken who demanded a recount, and ultimately won. Which makes this sauce fo... more » Beau Nerd: The next step for a personality of Glen Beck's caliber, is to go international. Might I suggest Moscow's Cannibal Grotto for starters? #electionday more » Urbania: This post needs to use more accurate and efficient language to describe her book, and almost anything she says. To do otherwise is to give her room t... more » gawkimo: Is it possible for Sarah Palin to say or write something that doesn't ooze with smug condescension? She's definitely borrowing from Anne Coulter's st... more » heywhat: She actually went through a vetting process? That's rich. And where is all of this going? Is she just going to continue to take jabs at everyone and h... more » se7a7n7: I liked how her FB update uses BIG, smart-sounding words... "subsequent", "erroneously". You should see the responses she got to that, they were hila... more » Aatom: This woman is the Julia Allison of politics. I'm not sure who should be more offended by that. #sarahpalin more » TheUptightMidwesterner: The only money they shelled out on vetting her was the 25 cent charge to print out her Wikipedia entry at the Wasilla library computer. #sarahpalin more » flossy: She was vetted?! #sarahpalin more » HenryLovesFonzie: I'm sure all those women who had to pay for their own rape kits feel sorry for her. #sarahpalin more » misslinda: Wondering if this could somehow lead to a libel suit by the RNC against Palin, which would cause her to accumulate more legal bills, so she would have... more » -
#campaigns
Heroic Loser Conservative To Become Upstate New York's Norm Coleman
Fantastic news, New Yorkers: Doug Hoffman, the Conservative Party candidate who won the endorsement of real Republicans and then lost the race for Congress because he did not live in the district or know much about it? He has unconceded. More » -
#money
Sarah Palin: Mean John McCain Made Me Pay My Own Legal Bills (Also, You Betcha, Etc)
Today in "what on earth is Sarah Palin talking about": is John McCain responsible for all those legal debts she accrued that forced her to stop governing Alaska and instead write a steamy political romance-thriller? More » -
#predictions
2010 Preview: GOP to Be Teabagged
It's basically a given that the president's party will lose seats after his first midterm (except when 9/11 happens). So let's not get our hopes up. But Republicans really wanna try to prove that bit of conventional wisdom wrong. More » -
#2012
Mike Huckabee: I Was the Fat, Unattractive Sarah Palin That No One Liked
In 2008, a charismatic right-wing populist Republican governor won the heart of the party's base despite being forced to take a backseat to a more respectable "moderate" Republican. He was Mike Huckabee, and he is sad, and mad. More » -
#campaigns
DNC Failed to Tell Anyone How to Vote For Gay Marriage
This should surprise no one but Obama's campaign organization, which has swallowed the DNC, failed to do any organizing for the Maine gay marriage vote, though it did email Maine volunteers asking them to make calls for Jon Corzine. More » -
#already
Introducing the David Paterson 2010 Campaign
Oh boy. Clinton campaign strategist and avowed Mark Penn-enemy Harold Ickes is running David Paterson's reelection campaign, apparently, so let's all pray for a divisive and lengthy primary battle. (Maybe it can be racially charged, too!) More » -
#pagans
Pagan Wins Council Seat!
Hah, the Republican pagan won in Queens. Breaking! What does that say about the mood of the electorate, exactly? (That they dislike Asians, maybe?) More » -
#winners
What Yesterday's Elections Actually Mean For Barack Obama
We told you about Mike, and about The Gays, but there were a couple other elections that news people are talking about today. These were, obviously, early referenda on Barack Obama, and he lost. More » -
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#losers
Whoops, Barack Obama Forgot to Care About the Gays Again
Congratulations to the National Organization For Marriage, a group dedicated to making sure a large segment of the population cannot get married, on their successful campaign to scare people in Maine. More » -
#winners
Mike Bloomberg Wins!
Brilliant executive, richest man in town, and beloved mayor-for-life Mike Bloomberg joins Ed Koch, Fiorello LaGuardia, and Robert Wagner (not the actor) in the third-termers massive failure lame duck mayor club! More » -
#elections
Your Off-Year Election Guide
The only race tomorrow that will have anything to do with national political trends is a tiny congressional district in upstate New York. But there are other races that everyone will talk about as if they mean something. More » -
#endorsements
Gawker Endorsement: Don't Vote for Bloomberg
Tomorrow is Election Day! You will probably not vote, because there are no contested races for anything important in 90% of the nation. But if you are a New Yorker, we have one message: don't vote for Michael Bloomberg.
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#campaigns
Newt Gingrich Still Running For President
A grown man who is currently reenacting the Battle of Trenton on Twitter thinks he could be president in 2012. More » -
#badman
Rudy Is Something-Baiting
Rudy Giuliani is trying to stoke paranoid fears of something here, in this talk before some ultra-Orthodox Jews, with Mike Bloomberg, but... what? "You know exactly what I'm talking about," Rudy said. More » -
#politics
Hillary Not Running For President, Unless You're Asking Tina Brown
Gosh, will Hillary run for president again or what? Anyone know? Has anyone asked her? She really wanted to be president, didn't she? Someone should probably ask her if she still wants to be president. Oh, Ann Curry? More » -
#elections
New Yorkers: Go Vote
New York City's primary election is today! As in, right now! And for most offices in this town, this is the de facto general election. Polls close at 9pm, so you even have time to hit happy hour beforehand. More » -
#abdullahabullah09
The Afghanistan Elections for People Who Aren't Paying Attention
With 10% of the votes counted, the presidential election race between Hamid Karzai and Abdullah Abdullah is too close to call. Karzai leads by about 10,000 votes. But what should you think about it? More » -
#2012
Gay Marriage Activists Will Repeal Prop 8 Just In Time For Mayan Apocalypse
Are you a gay Californian looking to get married? You could do it right now! To someone of the opposite sex. But if you want to get gay married, you will have to wait until activists get their shit together. More » -
#campaigns
Bloomberg Promises Free Buses, To Be Driven By Magical Elves
Even though no one knows that there's anyone running against him, Mike Bloomberg's numbers are falling. So yesterday, in a campaign speech, he promised to make all the trains run on time. More » -
#columnists
Faced With Palin, MoDo Suddenly Finds Hillary Likable
Maureen Dowd has discovered that Sarah Palin actually embodies most of the misogynist stereotypes that Maureen Dowd has traditionally attributed to Hillary Clinton. More »
