Issues

Here's My Take #3: Here's What I think The Next Administration Should Do In Its First 100 Days...

Jennifer Bogut | Posted 10.22.2008 | Home

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Jennifer Bogut

The results of the third in the "Here's My Take" series, where we pose a question and get YOUR take on it. The issue we worked on in this post was "Your Administration: The First 100 Days".

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Here's My Take #3: In The First 100 Days, What Should The Next President Do?

Jennifer Bogut | Posted 10.17.2008 | Home

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Jennifer Bogut

QUESTION: How would you shape the first 100 days of the next administration? What issues would you want tackled first and how would you want them handled?

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Here's My Take #2: The Top Three Issues for the Next Administration Are...

Jennifer Bogut | Posted 10.16.2008 | Home

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Jennifer Bogut

Here's My Take #2 - Your Top Three Issues...the results and comments

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Here's My Take: Your Top Three Issues

Jennifer Bogut | Posted 10.08.2008 | Home

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Jennifer Bogut

"Here's My Take" gives you an opportunity to present your view, opinion, or choice in a way that blog comment sections and op-eds don't permit. It's a new format!

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Anger After The Debate

Jane Devin | Posted 10.07.2008 | Home

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Jane Devin

I am angry. Disgusted. Disappointed. Nevertheless, I will vote for hope, even if scant and waning, because the alternative is just too frightening to consider.

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Before the Next Debate: Reach People Who Don't Know the Real McCain

Robert Greenwald | Posted 10.06.2008 | Politics

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Robert Greenwald

I was in a deep conversation with some Brave New Films supporters recently.  They were enthusiastic about the value of our videos in spreading th...

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It's the Democracy, Stupid: Campaigns of McCain and Palin Show How They Would Govern

Mitchell Bard | Posted 09.25.2008 | Politics

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Mitchell Bard

The disconnect between McCain's words and his actions, all in an effort to distort his record, is the central approach to his campaign. And it smells a lot like the last eight years of Bush.

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It's Singles Week - Someone Tell Newsweek There Are 100 Million of Us and We Vote

Bella DePaulo | Posted 09.22.2008 | Media

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Bella DePaulo

This week, September 21-27, is National Singles Week. If you think it is unnecessary to do a bit of consciousness-raising about people who are single ...

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Biden Travels to St. Louis

Cindy Letchworth | Posted 09.17.2008 | Home

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Cindy Letchworth

The ability to rationalize nearly kept me from meeting history in person. Luckily, I was able to overcome myself and in a flurry of activity made it just in time.

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"I Just Think I'm Gonna Barf."

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.03.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

"Oh, I just think I'm gonna barf...."-- Marge Gunderson (Francis McDormand), from Fargo   I open today with that Fargo quote for many reasons. T...

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Jim Webb On Winning Over Working Class Whites

Jackie Hammond | Posted 05.27.2008 | Home

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Jackie Hammond

"If this cultural group could get around the table with Black America, you would see populist American politics change forever. These two groups want the very same things from government."

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18 Questions *From* Congressional Republicans, Part II: The Back Nine

Ellis Weiner | Posted 05.13.2008 | Politics

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Ellis Weiner

For some reason I happen to be on the mailing list of the NRCC. Here, then, duly annotated, is the back nine of the 18 questions they just sent me.

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No Trivia Left Behind

William Fisher | Posted 03.04.2008 | Politics

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William Fisher

A few weeks ago, I ranted about the sleep-inducing irrelevance of the so-called "debates" among the presidential wannabees. The notion of laying out real policies in 90 seconds is patently absurd.

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I Have A Dream (A John Edwards Press Conference)

Susan Madrak | Posted 01.11.2008 | Media

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Susan Madrak

(At front of hotel ballroom, ELIZABETH EDWARDS taps the podium mike.) ELIZABETH: Is this thing on? Oh good. Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for comi...

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