What I can’t understand is the hoopla surrounding the latest big cabinet question: will Hillary Clinton be the next Secretary of State or not? Hillary haters can’t seem to find a reason to support her ascension to a post she clearly has … [Continue Reading]...... [Show More]
He currently serves as a state senator, wants to broaden his opportunities and represent Alabama’s entire 5th congressional district in Washington, DC. Griffin puts his money where his mouth is when it comes to supporting the community. … [Continue Reading]...... [Show More]
Over at this great little website I found, “The Back Forty” , is a comprehensive summary of Randy Kuhl’ ;s rating by Veteran’s groups and voting record on Veteran’s Issues. (I used the “Pal inism̶ 1; in the title to convey Randy’s depth of understanding of Veteran’s Issues.)  We have certainly covered many of Randy’s votes on ...... [Show More]
538’s Battlegrounds as of Mid-October
Reactions to Last Night’s Debate
Anger Mismanagement - The Jed Report
Obama’s ‘Dip lomacy&rsq uo; Wins a Republican Endorsement
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Karl Marx and the World Financial Crisis
Interest rate cuts won’t work
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So much of the focus this political season is on the horse-race - endless analysis of the daily trackers, swing state polls, trends, and demographic groups. In terms of issues, the economy and American security tend to drown out specific concerns in the national din of election coverage. But there are signs out there that the long-awaited micro-targeting of local - or sub-section demographic and e...... [Show More]
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The general consensus seems to be that Hillary Clinton delivered party unity in her convention speech . Here’s some blogjuice about other aspects of the speech.
Kyle E. Moore is “vehemently partisan, proudly democratic, and unapologetically liberal,” and he felt Clinton met every “ast ronomical& #8221; expectation — she stared down ...... [Show More]
The week that should have ended McCain’s presidential hopes During this past week: McCain called the most import entitlement program in the U.S. a disgrace, his top economic adviser called the American people whiners, McCain released an economic plan that no one thought was serious, he flip flopped on Iraq, joked about the deaths of Iranian citizens, and denied making comments that he cle...... [Show More]
This is a “blogger inside baseball” story, so if you think such things are trivial, feel free to skip.
Long time progressive writer Al Giordano ended up writing a new blog this year, quickly building traffic based on his astute coverage of the Democratic primary battle. He parked this blog at the site of a fledgling organization called Rural Votes run by Deb Kozikowski, a vice ch...... [Show More]
This post originally appeared at The Back Forty . In a world where technology is changing the way we work and play, changing the way we connect and communicate and fundamentally altering our boundaries - how can a person who doesn’t know how to operate a computer be the kind of leader we need to move us forward and fulfill the potential all of our tomorrows hold? It’s a question that’s b...... [Show More]
Earlier today, I wrote about how Tracy Russo took on a John McCain surrogate at the Personal Democracy Forum yesterday. Here’s Micah Sifry’s take of what happened, which includes a video of the exchange, and he linked to this post by Tracy (pre-PDf conference) about why it’s so critical that our CIC understand technology now and as it evolves.
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The Boston Globe seems to have the verbal switchbacking correct:
Democrats are incessantly hammering John McCain over a Texas money man, Clayton Williams, who notoriously compared rape to bad weather in an off-color quip during a 1990 campaign against Governor Ann Richards.
According to various media reports, McCain’s campaign initially cancelled the fund-raising event, scheduled for to...... [Show More]
...) but also pick up votes in the hinterlands. He’s already indicated that he knows this. Going forward, the fight for rural votes may be one of the most exciting stories of this election.
www.ruralv otes.com/t hebackfort y/?p=108.. .... [Show More]
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