Ed Kilgore is the managing editor of The Democratic Strategist. Previously, he was a federal-state relations liaison for three Governors of Georgia, and served as Communications Director and Legislative Counsel for U.S. Senator Sam Nunn.

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Monday, Aug 31, 2009 03:29 PDT

The return of the welfare queen

Healthcare reform has brought back the right's favorite wedge issue -- government handouts for the "undeserving"
Tuesday, Jul 29, 2008 04:30 PDT

No, let sleeping "Blue Dogs" lie

Activists are calling for the heads of conservative congressional Democrats. Wait till George Bush is history, and then decide.
Friday, Jul 11, 2008 16:30 PDT

Sorting out the dueling education coalitions

Richard Kahlenberg sorts out the two big new education coalitions recently formed, and explains why Barack Obama should listen to both.
Friday, Jul 11, 2008 11:42 PDT

Legal expert says McCain may not be eligible for White House

A major new constitutional study suggests that John McCain may not be a "natural born citizen" eligible for the presidency.
Friday, Jul 11, 2008 10:58 PDT

Wall Street joins the "whiners"

Worries over mortgages and oil plunge Wall Street deeper into a bear market today, as the Dow drops below 11,000 for the first time in two years.
Friday, Jul 11, 2008 09:37 PDT

More about McCain's 300 economists

Two HuffPo reporters dig deeper among the 300 economists touted as supporting McCain's economic "plan," and hear a lot of denials.
Friday, Jul 11, 2008 08:16 PDT

Learning to live with the "new" Obama

Amid the net-roots anger over Obama's vote for the FISA bill, some key activists are saying he has never been that progressive.
Friday, Jul 11, 2008 06:22 PDT

McKinney to join Barr on ballot?

Six years after they lost congressional seats in primaries, Bob Barr and Cynthia McKinney are national standard-bearers for marginal parties.
Thursday, Jul 10, 2008 16:06 PDT

More timetable talk from Iraq

The evidence is growing that the talk in Iraqi leadership circles about a timetable for U.S. withdrawal is real, not "just politics."
Thursday, Jul 10, 2008 14:56 PDT

McCain's unfortunate schedule today

John McCain was unlucky enough to be campainging in Michigan today when he had to deal with Phil Gramm's "mental recession" remarks. Video
Thursday, Jul 10, 2008 14:13 PDT

Obama's easy "Sister Souljah moment"

Poor Jesse Jackson once again serves up an opportunity for a Democratic presidential candidate to run against type.
Thursday, Jul 10, 2008 13:01 PDT

Conservatives worry about McCain backslide on immigration

Obama's not the only presidential candidate with "base issues" this week. Conservatives are getty antsy about McCain's renewed talk of comprehensive immigration reform.
Thursday, Jul 10, 2008 10:25 PDT

Republicans fear black voter surge in the South

Rep. Adam Putnam worries that black turnout could "swamp" Republicans in down-ballot races in the South. Is he right?
Thursday, Jul 10, 2008 08:47 PDT

McCain surrogate says Americans are "whiners"

Phil Gramm exposes the conservative id by denouncing economic concerns as "a mental recession" embraced by "a nation of whiners."
Thursday, Jul 10, 2008 07:52 PDT

A GOP plan for reclaiming the burbs

Two young conservatives famous for arguing that Republicans must consolidate their appeal to "Sam's Club" voters now offer a prescription for winning the Starbucks crowd.
Thursday, Jul 10, 2008 05:50 PDT

Was Obama's FISA vote "calculated"?

If Barack Obama's vote for FISA amendments was truly a political "calculation," he needs to check his math.
Wednesday, Jul 9, 2008 17:34 PDT

Relieving taxpayers of political consulting fees

Henry Waxman's proposal to ban overtly political White House staffers probably isn't going anywhere. But he makes a good point.
Wednesday, Jul 9, 2008 14:18 PDT

Jesse Jackson's Obama gaffe: Does it matter?

Fox News hypes off-mike negative comments by Jackson about Obama's attitude toward the responsibilities of black men. It's hard to imagine this hurts Obama.
Wednesday, Jul 9, 2008 13:39 PDT

Obama bites the bullet on FISA

As the Senate approves amendments to FISA, Barack Obama gets hammered from two different directions.
Wednesday, Jul 9, 2008 10:17 PDT

Progressives push healthcare

Remembering how they were outgunned in 1994, advocates for universal healthcare plan a lavishly financed post-election effort
Wednesday, Jul 9, 2008 09:43 PDT

"Vote for the Udall nearest you"

When the smoke clears on Nov. 4, odds are good that two new Democratic senators from the West will share a last name and a political legacy.
Wednesday, Jul 9, 2008 07:31 PDT

What did those 300 economists really endorse?

On Monday John McCain's campaign released a list of 300 economists who were endorsing his new economic "plan." Turns out they hadn't read it.
Wednesday, Jul 9, 2008 05:30 PDT

The unwelcome guest at the GOP convention

With John McCain trying desperately to separate himself from an unpopular incumbent, Republicans wonder what to do with George W. Bush at their convention.
Tuesday, Jul 8, 2008 19:01 PDT

Wielding the conservative veto pen

National Review's John J. Miller strikes four possibilities from McCain's potential veep list as ideologically unsound.
Tuesday, Jul 8, 2008 14:36 PDT

Quote of the day from Dan Balz

Dan Balz looks at John McCain's self-contradictory economic plan and concludes he's the "pure reflection of the Republican Party he seeks to lead."
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