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Rep. Keith Ellison, 06/11/12

Co-chair, Congressional Progressive Caucus; U.S. Representative for Minnesota's 5th District

The Wisconsin election shows that we will not have a government of, by and for the people as long as we have politicians who are bought and paid for by special interests.

Ananda Rose, 06/11/12

Author, 'Showdown in the Sonoran Desert: Religion, Law, and the Immigration Controversy'

Christian groups across denominational lines have backed humane immigration reform, while also condemning anti-immigrant laws. But is this position truly substantiated in the Bible?

Eric Boehlert, 06/11/12

Senior Fellow, Media Matters for America

Today's conservative movement in America is first and foremost a media one. Therefore, ignoring the media isn't an option.

Jeff Danziger, 06/11/12

Political cartoonist syndicated by the NYTimes worldwide

Stewart J. Lawrence, 06/11/12

Founder and managing director, Puentes & Associates, Inc.; journalist and public policy analyst

How "pro-business" a president has Obama turned out to be?

Eli Lehrer, 06/11/12

President, R Street

There are plenty of places that bigger government actually harms the environment. Romney can get environmentalists to vote for him without sacrificing conservative principles. He should do it.

Andy Ostroy, 06/11/12

Political & pop culture analyst

Obama needs to think like a brand marketer and act like a Republican. As such, he needs to immediately rename his Jobs Act the "Jobs Creation Bill." Sounds like a minor change? Hardly.

Jason Stanford, 06/10/12

Democratic consultant and writer

Turnout in the Wisconsin recall was 56 percent, more than the regularly scheduled 2010 elections. But don't expect the myth that negative campaigns suppress voters to die in Wisconsin. This false notion is one of the most widely held misconceptions about American politics.

HuffPost Radio, 06/10/12

Eliot Spitzer and ex-Rummy aide Torie Clarke debate whether the DOD will absorb another $600 billion cut (out of $7 trillion) over the decade. They weigh Walker's big recall win and Ed Gillespie's gaffe acquitting Obama for W's job losses.

James Moore, 06/11/12

Author, 'Adios Mofo: Why Rick Perry Will Make America Miss George W. Bush'

There has been a political meme making the rounds for decades that Texas also has undue influence over the policies and economy of the rest of the nation, which begs the question: How can we be such bumpkins and also control America's destiny?

Michael Jinkins, 06/11/12

President, Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary

One of the best ways to dismiss the ideas of others, without ever having to think about them, is to label them as quickly as they are uttered. Some roads to hell may be paved with good intentions, but others are made smooth by a flippant bigotry that avoids truth by stereotyping.

Wendell Potter, 06/11/12

Analyst at the Center for Public Integrity

Because of a provision in the Affordable Care Act allowing parents to keep children on their family policies until they turn 26, 6.6 million young adults are now insured. But beneficial as the reform law has been to millions of families, it hasn't been of help to young people in families with uninsured parents.

Dylan Ratigan, 06/10/12

Host, MSNBC's 'The Dylan Ratigan Show'; Author, 'Greedy Bastards'; Founder, Get Money Out Foundation

While it may seem unconventional to leave a rapidly growing political cable show on the eve of a presidential election, to me, the timing couldn't be better.

Thomas de Zengotita, 06/10/12

Contributing Editor, Harper's Magazine

The "take back our country" theme is just getting under way in American politics. That's why voter registration vs. voter suppression is the most important practical political issue on the table -- in 2012, and beyond.

Sue Wilson, 06/10/12

Emmy-winning director, 'Broadcast Blues'

As owners of the air -- our public airwaves, to be precise -- there is plenty we can do to combat the corrosive effect of big money on our elections, by holding our partners in broadcasting, local TV and radio stations, accountable.

Christine Pelosi, 06/10/12

Author, Campaign Boot Camp 2.0

No matter how easy some people make it look, this path is a not an escalator: it is a steep and circuitous staircase.You will pause, breathless, along the way. And get tired but keep climbing.

Glen Browder, 06/10/12

Former Congressman, Alabama; Professor Emeritus, Jacksonville State University

What would I tell Martin Luther King and George Wallace about the South if somehow I could communicate with them today? Sadly, I would have to admit to them that racism extends into the new century. But I also would relate an intriguing story of evolving race relations in this region.