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Category: Campaigns

Empathy for Tea Partiers

April 2, 2010 Madonna Gauding Campaigns, Politics 10 comments

When I watch Tea Partiers’ faces twisted in anger, and hear their blatantly racist remarks and threats of violence, I have to admit, empathy

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A solution for hyper-partisanship

March 28, 2010 Gloria Shur Bilchik Campaigns, Politics Leave a comment

Intransigent, political polarization has become the ugly, non-productive norm in American politics. For an example, look no further than the virulent, partisan fight over

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Corporation runs for Congress

March 16, 2010 Gloria Shur Bilchik Campaigns, Congress, Humor Leave a comment

Taking the recent Supreme Court ruling on campaign finance to its logical extreme, a corporation–Murray Hill, Inc.,–has filed as a Republican candidate for Congress

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A progressive supporting the Tea Baggers

March 11, 2010 Arthur Lieber Campaigns, Obama, Politics 6 comments

An honest Tea Bagger would ask of a government employee to spend his or her time focused on his or her job. Barack Obama has a day job; it’s called being president of the United States. Claire McCaskill has a day job; it’s called being a U.S. Senator.

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Campaign ethics 101

March 10, 2010 Gloria Shur Bilchik Campaigns, Politics One comment

If you’re not sure how to be ethical in a Missouri election campaign, you can find out by watching a new, on-line tutorial posted

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Why I’m not organizing for America

February 23, 2010 Gloria Shur Bilchik Campaigns, Obama 13 comments

As a former Obama campaign staffer, I’ve been asked repeatedly to get on board with Organizing for America [OFA], the successor to the original—and

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McCaskill vs. Hawley: What the pollster asked

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American Community Survey: Is it useful? Is it safe?

I filled out the U.S. Department of Commerce’s American Community Survey today,

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Brexit, Colombia, Trump, and the threat of the unexpected

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Inane questions undermine poll results

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