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Category: 2012 Election

Seattle Times endorses President Obama for re-election

October 11, 2012 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2012 Election, Economy, Education, Foreign Policy, Health care, Media, Obama, States Leave a comment

In an editorial laced with expressions of disappointment about President Obama’s first term, the Seattle Times has, nonetheless, called for the re-election of the

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Finally, a political ad that’s fun to watch

October 10, 2012 Bill Kesler 2012 Election, Campaigns, Children, Humor, Literature/Arts/Film, Politics Leave a comment

A lot of creativity is absent from the current crop of national political ads. According to Studio360’s Kurt Anderson, The real problem with campaign

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Dick Morris—yeah, that Dick Morris—called today

October 8, 2012 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2012 Election, Campaigns, Obama, Republicans Leave a comment

According to Dick Morris—the Republican political consultant and Fox News contributor who was the recorded voice on my phone a few minutes ago– “Barack

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch endorses President Obama for re-election

October 8, 2012 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2012 Election, Media, Obama, Politics Leave a comment

In a very thoughtful, eloquent and balanced editorial published on Sunday, October 7, 2012, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch called for voters to re-elect President

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Clinton remembers poor as well as middle class

October 5, 2012 Arthur Lieber 2012 Election, Campaigns, Charity & Justice, Consumer issues, Democrats, Employment, Good government, Health care, Human Rights, Politics, Poverty, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

The official poverty rate for the United States in 2010 was 15.1 percent. There were 46.2 million individuals who were poor, defined as a

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Marriage equality on the ballot in four states this November

October 4, 2012 Madonna Gauding 2012 Election, Civil Rights, LGBT, States Leave a comment

Four states—Maine, Maryland, Minnesota and Washington—will vote on marriage equality this November. New Left Media is creating a four part series on the experiences

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Two journalists who pass the Lippman test

October 3, 2012 Renee Shur 2012 Election, Media Leave a comment

“Tell the truth.”  “Shame the devil.” Leave it to one of America’s most respected and incisive journalists, Walter Lippman, to sum up in a

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Why you should consider waking up at 4 am on Nov. 6

October 2, 2012 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2012 Election, Civil Rights, Good government, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

There’s still time to join the tens of thousands of civic-minded Americans who’ll be setting their alarms for 4 am on Election Day. Why

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Thomas Friedman: Obama vs. Romney on foreign policy

October 1, 2012 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2012 Election, Foreign Policy, International Leave a comment

Republicans have traditionally claimed the high ground on national security [rightly or wrongly], and have repeatedly criticized Democratic presidents for being too soft on

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Study debunks Romney myth of makers and takers

September 28, 2012 Madonna Gauding 2012 Election, Campaigns, Government, Ideas, Republicans Leave a comment

Political scientists Suzanne Mettler and John Sides provide the numbers that debunk the Romney view that 53% of the population are hardworking, independent, and

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