Our Troops, Our Responsibility
Another week, another story on the AP about how we are letting down our brave men and women in the military. This week, the story is that our troops are committing suicide at record rates.Ninety-nine...
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Barack the Vote: PA 2007
This weekend marked the beginning of Philadelphia for Obama's Get Out the Vote project for this year's State and Local election on November 6th. Even though Barack Obama is not on that ballot, and...
View ArticleCheering for Obama Outside the Debate
For most on you the most exciting part of last Tuesday night's Democratic Debate here in Philadelphia was what was said by the candidates inside the debate. For me it was all the people outside the...
View ArticleNo Permanent Bases
I heard a statement from Barack Obama in his Meet the Press Interview on Sunday that is very important to me. He said "there will be no permanent bases." Personally, I think that this is the most...
View ArticleRepublicans refuse to accept funding for the troops
The Democrats proposed a bill that would fund the troops, and help to bring this war to a close. The Republicans in the House voted against it and the Republicans in the Senate did not allow it to go...
View ArticleCharacter Matters
Pure and simple all the policy ideas in the world don't matter if I don't trust you to do what you say, don't think you have the leadership abilities to do what you plan, or think that you have the...
View ArticleI am thankful to have rights to defend
Thanksgiving is the most American of holidays. It is rooted in our founding myths, in the struggle of European immigrants to understand and survive in a new land. In the triumph of perseverance and...
View ArticleWill John Edwards run for Senate?
I know that right now he is focused on his campaign for the Presidency, but he will probably know whether or not he is in position to win the Democratic nomination sometime between January 3rd and...
View ArticleExamining the Money Primary
I was looking over stats at Open Secrets trying to see if I could find out patterns of donations within an industry. Turns out that isn't easy to do, but I did get distracted by looking into the state...
View ArticleIf you Stab, Stab Deep
I don't think that it surprised anyone that Hilary Clinton decided to go negative now that it looks like her position as front runner is threatened. Indeed I don't think that very many of us are...
View ArticleChampion our Champions!
It is easy to get upset and frustrated when we lose important fights in Congress, especially after working so hard in 2006 to win us a Democratic majority in the House and the Senate. We shouldn't...
View ArticleFrom Blogger to Delegate in Four Years
Four years ago, while watching the Democratic Convention in my living room in England, I joined DailyKos so I could talk about the speeches and our candidate with other Americans interested in...
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