Steve Novick for Senate
He’s not from my state, so I can’t vote for him, but this is a great ad. If you’re from Oregon, vote for Steve!
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Edwards on FISA
From his press release. Edwards Urges Senate Democrats To Filibuster FISA Bill Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Continue reading →John Edwards Gets a Letter
From Martin Luther King III. …You know as well as anyone that the 37 million people living in poverty have no voice in our system. They don’t have lobbyists in Washington and they don’t get to go to lunch with members of Congress. Speaking up for them is not politically convenient. But, it is the right thing to do. I am disturbed by how little attention the topic of economic justice has received during this campaign. I want to challenge all candidates to follow your lead, and speak up loudly and forcefully on the issue of economic justice in America. … Continue reading →
Martin Luther King, Jr. and LBJ
Bill Moyers speaks. You listen. There is no inevitability to history. Someone has to seize and turn it.
Continue reading →Counting Down
One more long year to go. This last, disastrous seven years has felt endless.
Continue reading →What About John?
John Edwards’ campaign asks a pertinent question.
Continue reading →I love Al Franken
And I miss his radio show a lot. But having him in the Senate wouldn’t be bad, either.
Continue reading →Romney, Too Emotional to be President?
I don’t suppose the networks will play clips of this over and over endlessly, and speculate about his fitness and his obvious calculation. Will they? Earlier in the day, after hearing from a voter who recalled his father, Mr. Romney choked up momentarily, according to a pool reporter who was present.
Continue reading →Edwards will stay in the race
And I’m very glad of it. I still hope that he will take the nomination before the end, but even if he doesn’t, he’s had a positive effect on the race by pushing the other candidates to engage with sincerely progressive, populist ideas.
Continue reading →Tracking Delegate Totals
Courtesy of MyDD, delegate count widgets. UPDATE: The other question in the delegate picture is “How will the superdelegates vote?” 2008 Convention Watch has a superdelegate list, where they are tracking the voting commitments of these important party officials.
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