Obama Wins More Time to Repair, Lead America Forward
Solid Victories for Progressive, Liberal Candidates, Reforms
[ cross-posted at Daily Kos ]
“The task of perfecting our union moves forward”
“I have never been more hopeful about America. . . . I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all ...
Election Hotline: In New York, Dialing Ohio
[ cross-posted at Daily Kos ]
In our last installment of Fun with Volunteering, we told about taking a bus ride to Philadelphia. Last night and this morning, on the eve and the early hours of Election Day, we went to Obama for America–New York headquarters on Eighth Avenue in Manhattan to ...
The Strategy Behind “Voter Fraud”
Conservative “founding father” Paul Weyrich explains long lines in Ohio, Florida, etc.
“Now many of our Christians have what I call the ‘goo-goo syndrome.’ Good government. They want everybody to vote. I don’t want everybody to vote. Elections are not won by a majority of people. They never ...
Ask Not “Why Live There?”—Ask “How Can I Help?”
[ cross-posted at Daily Kos ]
Please Give to Red Cross
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When Seawater Occupies Wall Street
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A security guard walks through a flooded street in the financial district of Manhattan early on Tuesday, Oct. 29. Photo by Adrees Latif/Reuters.
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Knee-deep thought of the day:
When seawater occupies Wall Street, perhaps Nature itself is telling Big Business and elected officials—and ...
Gov. Cuomo cites “dramatic change in weather patterns”
Sees Evidence of Climate Change, Need for Upgraded Infrastructure
In his 11:30 a.m. briefing the day after Hurricane Sandy, New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo made a clear reference to climate change, or global warming, about 30 minutes into his remarks: “Anyone who thinks that there is not a ...
Hurricane Watch in New York City
Extreme Weather Coming Soon to an Eastern Seaboard Near You
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“We have a tropical hurricane merging, or folding in, with a mid-latitude weather system, one of those low pressure systems that track across the country. The two systems’ dynamics are very different and when they occasionally ...
Fun in Philly: Getting Out the Vote, Door to Door
Volunteering Relieves Election Anxiety
[cross-posted at Daily Kos]
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Everyone knows the best cure for blues or worries is work. In the same way, the best antidote for election anxiety is volunteering and going door to door, making phone calls from a roomful of other volunteers. Yes-We-Can ...
Our Barack Is Back—and We’ve Got His Back
Clearly Obama
President Obama listens as the human Etch A Sketch changes positions yet again during the second presidential debate at Hofstra University, Oct. 16, 2012.
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. . . when [Romney] said behind closed doors that 47 percent of the country considers themselves victims who refuse ...
Republicans Against Medicare: A Long, Mean History
“. . . let’s be brutally honest here. The Romney-Ryan position on health care is that many millions of Americans must be denied health insurance, and millions more deprived of the security Medicare now provides, in order to save money. At the same time, of course, Mr. Romney and Mr. Ryan are ...
No Core Beliefs: “The Most Dangerous Opponent”
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPgfzknYd20
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“His legendary flip-flops aren’t the lies of a bumbling opportunist—they’re the confident prevarications of a man untroubled by misleading the nonbeliever in pursuit of a single, all-consuming goal. Romney has a vision, and he’s trying for ...
Reserved Professor Obama Misses Opportunities, and Slippery Romney Takes ’Em
Is President Overconfident? (He Shouldn’t Be.)
We want to put down a few first impressions about last night’s first presidential debate before we look at what anyone else has said.
Mitt Romney performed with more energy and desire to win than did President Obama. Romney dissembled, evaded, ...