It occurred to me after seeing the Senate runoff in Georgia and yesterdays Congressional elections in Louisiana that a critical role for Barack Obama and the team maintaining his grassroots network is to make sure that people keep voting. A high turnout of black, latino and young voters won this thing for Obama, but people [...]
Two quick stories. I freaked out about the Virginia Tech voter suppression, but a Nation reporter in Virginia had a different perspective. (Link soon.) “Re Virginia Tech,” he wrote me, “it encapsulates perfectly what’s going right. Yes the local election officials have done everything they can to suppress the student vote, but the response has [...]
So I voted in my local primary yesterday, thanks to a lot of pushy canvasers lambasting me while I was walking my dog. None of them seemed to know anything about the candiates dog related policies, but they complimented Baxter’s unique coloring, and asked me if I was going to vote. I lied and said [...]
No, we’re not talking about The Love Guru. Although, if we had the intestinal fortitude to sit through it I’m sure we’d have some gripes there as well. No, we’re talking about John McCain’s latest internet video. The video, which stoops lower then even the record breaking lows of the campaign ads that proceeded it, [...]
… to remind you that if for some reason you aren’t registered to vote, or if you MOVED and you need to change your registration that you should get it done. Just click here and do it! As for deadlines, New York is October 10th; Maryland is October 14th; Pennsylvania is October 6th; Illinois is [...]
“America’s Parents Try to Be Cool About Her New Boyfriend” “Black Man Brutally Beats Unarmed White Woman” “John McCain Just Crapped His Pants” Post yours below… Update: For the record, when Hillary Clinton comes in second place you know it’s a pretty damn good year for Democrats. Good job everybody. Let’s keep it poppin’ for [...]
Dean and Britta played Le Poisson Rouge here in New York this past weekend, and they’re headed to Philadelphia and DC in the days to come. To celebrate we’re reposting our classic interview with Britta in which we discuss her almost killing Demetri Martin, canvassing for Barack Obama and … a sequel to Satisfaction?
Besides the Presidential race, there are dozens of compelling stories about Congressional, Senate and local races where progressives and Democrats are competitive in places where they haven’t really competed for decades. Like, if I told you that this totally hot, extremely bang-tastic, very progressive 32-year old Yale educated rancher-stud was mere inches away from winning [...]
The pundits predicted Hillary would win Indiana and Obama would win North Carolina. They weren’t wrong. Obama did win N.C., and decisively, but the margin of victory in Indiana was so small that CNN refused to announce a winner until well after midnight. The final numbers have Hillary winning by less than 2%.
