I always call it the HoPuff--seems more accurate that way

Peter, Three Bridges, USA

Three cheers for Arianna.
A hot, blonde Greek with brains who has stirred up the blogosphere.
Who can gainsay that?

IncredulousGeezer, Long Island, NY, USA

Compared to Huff and puff po, Limbaugh and Coulter are middle-of-the road moderates.

JCIll, moline, usa

I agree with lisab of AZ..this woman is an attention seeking hack and if she's a "close" friend of Obama, what does that say about HIM???

danag, San Antonio, TX,

Arianna Huffington sounds just like Eva Gabor on the old TV series "Green Acres". How can anyone take her seriously

Henry, Charleston, SC, USA

Comparing this thing to Rush is like comparing a rock concert ro a jet taking off just because they are both loud, so stop it. Rush actually has some values and believes in them, win or lose. Furthermore, Rush is always correct in his analasys, like it or not.

DaveR, Indianapolis, USA

It's no journey from right to left. When she was married to an oil billionaire, she was a republican. What a hypocrite.

ahmed barki, georgetown,

Arianna IS NOT DUMB, just unfortunate enough to be a flaming liberal, who can cross party lines swiftly when it comes to sweeping in money. She knows how to make power plays, a la Cleopatra. Her books are incredibly boring and frivolous. I can write too, how about the fox in the hen house?

Lucy, Reno,

Here's the real story: Inept US news media declines further as ever more Americans flock to foreign sites in search of news.

Ashley, Georgia, USA

Arianna's husband was a homosexual so she left him. Republicans in power turned out to be fascists and nativists attacking Mexicanos with unmerciful ferocity as well as gays while supporting the stubborn Bush II at every juncture on Iraq, Gitmo and profligate spending which left no monuments.

John Walsh, Ft Lauderdale, Florida

The money will be put into "more investigative journalism".  Now there's an oximoron if I have ever heard of one.  How could you possibly put out an unbiased article on the president elect Obama when you are his BFF.  What a bunch of whoey!!!  Ultra liberal live to lie another day.

Pattieb, Redding, USA

Her husband left her in 1994 for another man, which tells you something, doesn't it?

Jim, Hartford, USA

This article implies that Arianna Huffington is a serious journalist in the US and is held in some regard. She has long been thought of as an attention-seeking hack. This is too funny! Please, all you European journalist out there, when you write about American Heros, vet your subjects a bit more

lisab, tucson, USA

An appoint ment in a unemployment line would have helped her broaden herhorizons ...alas there are no beautiful people there.

robert, millis, u.s.

Soloman: Care to share the comments that were deemed "inappropriate"? The majority of the sanctioned content on HffPst is centrist-left; not radical-left [although there is some of that and none from the radical-right]. HffPst certainly leans left.

Feelix, D.C., USA

I hope someone can help me understand what posters mean when they call people "liberal" [inferring that it is a bad thing]. I looked he term up in the dictionary and found the following: "free from prejudice or bigotry; open-minded and tolerant". Why is being this a bad thing?

Feelix, D.C., USA

There is nothing 'goofy' about Sarah Palin. She has been reported as saying things such as 'like' every other sentence, when the truth is that the words 'like' have been inserted qwhere they were NEVER said! SHE is not goofy. It was and is the so-called 'reporters' who have lied about her.

Iris, Palominas, USA

The HuffPo is a lefty screed like MoveOn.org. It is amazing that people will throw money at such a work of propaganda. But then, there are sufficient socialists in this country who will support anything that demeans America and who long for its total conversion to a socialist state not unlike France

Wil, Chattanooga,

Hmm.... First she was a "conservative," then she was a "liberal." One thing's for sure: She was ALWAYS a globalist! What a phony!! The woman is completely devoid of principle and is a FRAUD. Just another New World Order shill.

John, Tucson, AZ, USA

Yet another purely liberal "news" agency.

I've blogged on "huffpo" for about a year. Twice I've had my access blocked for "inappropriate" remarks.

on "huffpo" if a non-paid blogger states *facts* that put Obama in a bad light, access denied!

However, slander against the right - no problem!

Soloman Picoult, Phoenix, AZ, USA

Using only one site for news is bad. Take Drudgereport for example: it's moved from objective reporting a few years ago to being a hack vehicle for the Republican Party. It was sickening to read it before the elections. It colours its reporting; and, in fact, gave outright false poll results.

riviera, Toronto, Canada

The article makes her sound like an American hero. That's funny because 99.9% of Americans have never even heard of her...

Javier, Chicago, IL, USA

Ariana Huffington, the most amazing woman in America? What a silly thing to say!

ken, Ohio,

Any woman who strives for success is often looked down upon and called a 'social climber' or some other slanderous adjective. I find huffington post a great site with great presentation (article + blog + comments).

either way if you go to one site for your news, you're selling yourself short.

Joe, Harvard, USA

Hmmm. Suddenly old Arianna doesn't look so...well, Greek, like she used to.

She actually now looks more...well, Californian.

What a country.

Andrea , Lake Elsinore, US

She is the most amazing woman in America and will eventually dwarf Madam Secretary Clinton.

jon
North Carolina

Jon Crabtree, Marshall NC , usa

They (libs) just dont get it..They keep throwing money(other peoples money ) at things that dont work.

kim, austin, USA

Another episode of "Wealthy Gone Wild."

Mike, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA

To Steve in Panama City, you're wrong about us leftists despising Palin, actually we love her a bunch. She's the reason we have Obama in the white house. The country was mesmerized by her goofiness, and caused the fence sitters to take their eyes off the McCain message.

Mark , Fresno, United States

Who ever (in an above post )said that running an online web site was very reasonable is correct. It is obvious and a business fact that no left wing commentator can get enough subscriptions or advertising dollars to be successful. Why is that? Rush, Hannity, Beck and all others do. What is the prob?

Stephen D., Mansfield,OH, USA

This article makes going broke look like a triumph.

Charlie, Fort Pierce, FL, USA

Just what we need, another Obama mouthpiece spreading propaganda at the local level. Was the investor George Soros?

Paulie, Alexandria, VA, USA

Arianna Huffington is the liberal version of Rush Limbaugh, except not as smart and as successful as Rush. I don't remember Rush needing donations to keep his show going or growing. I just remember him getting millions to keep doing what he is doing because more people listen the more fans he gets.

Jason, Nashville, United States

I really do wonder what she and Rosie have in common!

Bert Lasagna, Charlotte, NC, USA

Huffington wrote the best selling book "Pigs in the Trough" outlining republican govt policy which basically shows why she went from right to left. I'm glad to see the money she's raised will go towards investigative journalism. Her blog is good but a bit biased. (though not as bad as Fox News!)

Rick, Atlanta,

Huffington is no Rush Limbaugh. He is a funny, smart, and entertaining. She is just another 60's liberal with a annoying accent.

bill, exton, pa

For Tom in Pleasanton: ".. it took her 6 different colleges to finish her degree by the way..."

Yet, she finished college and got elected Governor. What have you done with your life?

Tom, Lexington, TN,

Modestly put by Arianna -- modesty does not seem to be one of her qualities. But I like her fire and I can understand her when she's on TV, although she has bounced around the political spectrum so what does she really stand for?
She must have been a beauty in her youth...

João, São Paulo, BRASIL

I am more curious about the business prospects of the Huffington Post (named after her former now Gay Oil Billionaire Heir husband who is a complete non-entity) . The ad copy which is usually not for profit is unfocused and not accurately targeted to clientele. I don't know how it is going to do.

Rufus , New London , USA

Her accent and voice octave grate on me to the degree that I race to find the remote. Thankfully, I have always found it quickly and haven't heard an entire sentence uttered by Arianna in years.

When I read Arianna, I usually think that I am reading Marx (either Karl or Groucho).

Kruschev won.

Dee Gogh, NoIL, USSA

Great, another hippie millionaire.

RS, Somewhere, USA

She's doing it with private capital. Good for her. I don't care what she says, she has a right to say it. If she says it without taxpayer support, I'm all for it. Marketplace of ideas, right?

Frasnk St. Clair, Lexington, KY , USA

Arianna HUFF's paper has little credibility in the content area. We need to put an end to biased media. She is so UNIMPORTANT in the scheme of things. People like her are using OBAMA as a figurehead.

bpower, philadelphia, pa

Hard to understand her when she speaks, maybe she should print more!
I'm not complaining, she probably speaks more languishes than I do!

Lynton Dittmar, st .louis, mo

I enjoy the Huffington Post. Her website has very informative articles that are not covered in the mainstream media.

J, tampa, USA

Hey,
She got 0.6 % of the vote for governor in liberal California. That is more than ....oh forget it.

adam gibson, flint,

Another rich liberal telling the rest of us poor slobs how to lead our lives. I'll pass.

jeremy, san diego , USA

Is this the official rebirth of Vichy Journalism, or did that start after the Iowa primary?

Andy, Phoenix, USA

How does a person go from being a champion of Newt Gingrich and the "Contract with America" to an extreme liberal, and best friend of, and Obama supporter?

She evidently has no core values other than her quest for money and power.

Elmer, Baltimore, MD,

I admire her blog and read it, daily. Wealth is irrelevant - it's intellect and ability which count. Thatcher was 'despised' because of her confrontational policies; Palin because of her lack of knowledge and seeming naivety and stupidity. Nothing to do with anyone's gender.

Perdita, Melbourne, Australia

Does this mean that when the "Fairness Doctrine" is implemented that Arianna will have to give equal time to Newt Gingrich?

Michele, Spokane, USA

The Saints spare us, please. Sarah is no Maggie, and Maggie is no Sarah...but they are excellent examples of Iron Ladies....self-made but nurturing, and credits both to humanity. Hello to Franlin, Tennessee, my mom was born in Estill Springs Tennessee.

David Christian Newton, Mission, Texas, USA

Huggington is complete nonsense. She is on the level of Al Franken. I am amazed at who decides who is brilliant in this country. Hopefully, journalism will one day return to unbiased opinion and reporting.

D. Williams, Memphis, United States

AND when is she going to drop the Huffington surname!? She's been divorced for how long now?

Ramon , San Francisco, USA

$15 million for what? You can serve millions of visitors for a few hundred dollars in bandwidth per month. A couple web designers and community managers might run $25k/mo. So there's $300k. What's the other $14.7m for?! IT IS NOT THAT EXPENSIVE TO RUN WEB BASED SERVICES.

no, Denver,

all I can say is SHARE THE WEALTH BABY I want my share of the wealth that your president promised me. Do I collect now or in January?

Your Liberal Friend

Denni, cleveland, USA

What has this got to do with Sarah Palin? She may have gone to 6 colleges but without the biased coverage of the newpapers of the lower 48 she has an 80% approval rating in her own state. She is in the process of signing a $7,000,000 book deal. I would like to be that dumb! Get a life.

Robert, Greenville,

This makes what Matt Drudge has done all the more remarkable. Starting with a few hits a day 10 years ago he now has over 20 million hits a day and doesn't need to raise money-ever.

Natalie, San Rafael, CA, USA

This must be a case of British humor that we Americans just don't 'get'. ".. it will ensure that Ms Huffington's influence continues to spread across the US political scene."

Continue? CONTINUE??? Ms. Huffingington is about as relevant as Jon Stewart. The PuffingtonHost is a JOKE!

Randy, Atlanta, USA

You get what you get and you don't get upset!

Frank, fayetville, usa

I'm just glad that she found something to do after
"Green Acres" went off the air. She looks great for
her age!

Marshall, Powell, USA

Tom from Pleasanton, if Sarah were your neighbor, you would marvel at how this woman balances her extreme job with her responsibilities as a mother. Why do you leftists hate her so?
Little Trig must have really did a number on the left's collective concience, what little is left.

Steve Lominac, Panama City, USA

Huffington comes to this country, marries money, divorces, changes politics, makes all her money in America and then, as is typical of her ilk, bad mouths,and does everything she can to destroy our American way of life. She is such a hypocrite, oh please that she would leave America, GET OUT,LEAVE!!

L. Lane, Indian Wells, USA

Great. More perversion of the media for ideological gains. Anyone who thinks Ms. Huffington is serious about journalism is either naive or stupid.

Ms. Huffington is the Rush Limbaugh of the left.

ryan, ann arbor,

Beautifully done...nothing to add. I share your amazement.

Anthony Howe, Mooresville, USA

At least she came around and saw the light, meanwhile Sarah Palin is still living in the dark ages. And it took her 6 different colleges to finish her degree by the way. Genuis she is not, even if she can gut a moose.

Tom, Pleasanton, USA

It's unfair to reduce the success of Arianna Huffington or Hillary Clinton to "spending considerable time on their backs with powerful men". These two women just happen to be brilliant and brilliant women tend to attract and be attracted to brilliant men. And Sarah Palin is no Margaret Thatcher

J. Mitchell, Portland, United States

She is one of the reasons that the Press is so hated now. Her blog is so biased and she and others use it as a forum not for news but for editorials. They put a hit on people they don't like and spin the truth to suit them. Let her fail, we don't need that kind of junethical journalism.

Devvie, Washington, D.C., USA

The Huff n' Puff Post. Arianna is the ultimate political social climber.

Chuck , Sacramento, USA

"Her marriage ended in 1994."
Heh. The really crunchy story is why!

Toto, Los Angeles,

Why is this woman of any importance? Inherited wealth, married wealth, all that makes her a celebrity like Britney Spears, and about as important. Great writers and orators, like great religions, inspire people to copy their thinking and conclusions. Thinking for oneself is too much work these days.

Ray Walker, Franklin, TN, USA

This woman and her site are disgusting. As if we needed an expansion of the liberal dominated media, the same media who elected Obama through biased reporting.

Jordan, Michigan, US,

Yet another unbiased new source! Hooray !!

Being a billionaire, she really has a pulse on the commoners.

JackT, Woodside, America

Arianna the Living definition of a Limosine Liberal; aka a
Super Rich (I have no problem with that) who hoards her own money but is Elite enough to presume to know how to spend Your Money more wisely??? than you are.

John DeGroot, San Francisco, USA

I call it the Puffington Host.

vlscpa, Duluth,

Arianna is one of the finest women in media. Thank You Girton.

beau pritchard, Youngstown, USA

A woman who makes it entirely on her own, like say Maggie Thatcher and Sarah Palin, is despised by the cultural left and feminists. Ones who make it by spending considerable time on their backs with powerful men, say Hillary Clinton or Miss. Huffington, are the darlings of society. Please.

S Claudius, New York City, United States