Ben Adler is a writer for Newsweek and The Daily Beast covering politics and policy. Ben joined Newsweek in 2009 as national affairs editor of Newsweek.com. He was previously a staff writer at Politico. His writing has also appeared in The Atlantic, Columbia Journalism Review, The Nation, The American Prospect, Next American City and The Washington Monthly and his work has been reprinted in books such as Clued in to Politics and The Contemporary Reader. You can follow Ben on Twitter.
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Did the Tea Party Cost Republicans Three Seats in the Senate?
The Tea Party is being blamed for nominating weaker Republicans in Colorado, Nevada, and Delaware.... MORE
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How the Tea Party Plans to Put the Pressure on the GOP
Tea Party activists know that winning the election does not not mean they have achieved their goals.... MORE
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Candidates Who Spent Personal Fortunes, and Lost
Candidates who spent the biggest personal fortunes in midterm elections, but still lost MORE
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Tea Party Celebrates in Washington
Activists from across the country gathered in a Capitol Hill hotel on election night to revel in... MORE
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Manchin Wins, Likely Keeping Senate in Democratic Hands
That sound you heard a little while ago? That was Democrats nationwide sighing in relief at Gov.... MORE
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Early Signs Tuesday Night: West Virginia and Illinois
Republicans must win the West Virginia Senate race if they want to take control of the Senate.... MORE
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Latest Ky. Sen. Polls Show Rand Paul Up More Since 'Aqua Buddha' and Hippie Head-Stomping
Democrats and liberals have been unwilling to accept that Rand Paul is going to be in the U.S.... MORE
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Why Virginia's 11th District Race Is One to Watch
The outer ring of D.C. suburbs in northern Virginia is a crucial battleground.... MORE
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The GOP’s Marriage of Convenience
This election, the longtime Beltway insiders running FreedomWorks have seamlessly allied themselves... MORE
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Tea Party Battles 'Zombie Voters'
Conservative activists are organizing to prevent voter fraud, especially the specter of dead people... MORE
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This Year’s ‘Lipstick on a Pig’: The Rand Paul ‘Aqua Buddha’ Worship Controversy in Kentucky
It’s one of those massive brouhahas that are fundamentally about nothing and that the political... MORE
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A Look at Tea Party Election-Day Battle Plans
The Tea Party movement is an amalgam of local groups working in coalition.... MORE
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Is Obama’s Excuse for Not Repealing ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Legitimate?
President Obama claims he must defend and enforce the ban on gays serving in the military, even... MORE
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Why Are Democrats Down in Pennsylvania?
Democrats look likely to lose a Senate seat and congressional seats in Pennsylvania, even though it... MORE
