Posts Tagged ‘Working Families Party’

Why New Yorkers should vote Obama on the Working Family “line.”

(With some help from my friend Matthew) … The Working Families Party in New York is a decade old alternative to casting a simple vote of Yes or No, Left or Right. In New York, we have something called  ”fusion voting.” It allows one candidate to run as the nominee of more than one party in an election. It [...]

This bailout just doesn’t look right.

The Treasury Secretary went on the morning shows on Sunday to dance around a pretty obvious question: Why are banks getting bailed out for giving subprime mortgages but the people who got the mortgages aren’t getting any help at all? There is also some serious speculation that Republicans are going to force Democrats to take [...]

Non-profit tactic of the month: (invited)

Today I got an invitation to an event featuring my all-time favorite tactic in non-profit communications: the probably-not-really-coming turnout-boosting-phantom guest. The event is a reception at the Democratic National Convention promoting a campaign for a single-payer health care system. The guest? Michael Moore.
The probably-not-really-coming turnout-boosting-phantom guest works like this: You do your invite and include [...]