The GOP's New Hope?
Reihan Salam is a fellow at the New America Foundation and the co-author of Grand New Party.
Forget Palin. How Tim Pawlenty, a (mostly) moderate, working-class guy from the frozen north could win over the GOP in 2012.
Why Democrats Are Smiling
Eric Alterman is a professor of English and journalism at Brooklyn College and a professor of journalism at CUNY Graduate School of Journalism. He is the author, most recently, of Why We're Liberals: A Handbook for Restoring America's Important Ideals.
The elections may have been a mixed bag for the White House, but they certainly didn't signal a Republican renaissance. Far from it-the party's "grassroots patriots" are now headed for war against the moderate apostates.
New Jersey's Obama Wannabe
Lee Siegel has written about culture and politics and is the author of three books: Falling Upwards: Essays in Defense of the Imagination; Not Remotely Controlled: Notes on Television; and, most recently, Against the Machine: Being Human in the Age of the Electronic Mob. In 2002, he received a National Magazine Award for reviews and criticism.
Chris Christie rode to victory in New Jersey by grabbing the president's change mantra. Lee Siegel on the GOP governor-elect's audacity of hope.
The GOP's Day of Gloating
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As Republicans emerge triumphant from Tuesday's elections, The Daily Beast's panel of experts looks at the anatomy of Christie's upset, why it's not Obama's fault, what happened in Maine-and how the right botched the New York House race.
The GOP Surge Isn't Obama's Fault
As vice chairman of Public Strategies and president of Maverick Media, Mark McKinnon has helped meet strategic challenges for candidates, corporations and causes, including George W. Bush, John McCain, Governor Ann Richards, Charlie Wilson, Lance Armstrong, and Bono. McKinnon is co-chair of Arts & Labs, a collaboration between technology and creative communities that have embraced today's rich Internet environment to deliver innovative and creative digital products to consumers.
The president suffered a bruising at the polls Tuesday. Bush strategist Mark McKinnon on how he lost his magic-and why he's not really to blame.
The Daily Beast checks out the hot campaigns around the country: the GOP's likely romp in Virginia, a crucial gay-marriage vote in Maine, and an historic moment in Atlanta.
Lloyd Grove is editor at large for The Daily Beast. He is also a frequent contributor to New York magazine and was a contributing editor for Condé Nast Portfolio. He wrote a gossip column for the New York Daily News from 2003 to 2006. Prior to that, he wrote the Reliable Source column for the Washington Post, where he spent 23 years covering politics, the media, and other subjects.
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Peter Beinart, senior political writer for The Daily Beast, is a professor of journalism and political science at City University of New York and a senior fellow at the New America Foundation.
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