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Category: Voting/Elections

David Brooks mocks Mitt Romney?

August 30, 2012 Madonna Gauding Campaigns, Humor, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

It’s a good sign for Democrats and President Obama when conservative New York Times columnist David Brooks devotes an entire Op Ed piece to

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New idea to prevent voter suppression

August 24, 2012 Arthur Lieber Campaigns, Civil Rights, Courts, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

Washington Post opinion writer, Katrina vanden Heuvel suggests that the best way to protect voting rights and eliminate voter suppression is through a constitutional

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GOP middle class bamboozlement may be over

August 16, 2012 Madonna Gauding Campaigns, Economy, Taxes, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

Instead of offering real solutions to social and economic problems, the GOP has used flag waving, gay bashing, abortion, prayer in schools, death panels,

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Democratic Party to take moral stand in support of gay marriage

August 13, 2012 Madonna Gauding LGBT, Obama, Politics, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

In unanimous decision on July 29, the drafting committee for the Democratic National Convention embraced marriage equality as part of the platform for the

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Hating Bush vs. Hating Obama

August 8, 2012 Frank Kovarik Ideas, Missouri region, Obama, Poverty, Voting/Elections 8 comments

During the administration of George W. Bush, I remember feeling a more or less chronic sense of despair and incredulity at the state my

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Wealth doesn’t trickle down when it’s parked in off shore tax havens

August 1, 2012 Madonna Gauding Economy, Government, Politics, Taxes, Voting/Elections One comment

A new study by the Tax Justice Network “The Price of Offshore Revisited” shines a light on the size of the global offshore economy—the amount of

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Disney, Obama and the American dream

July 24, 2012 Frank Kovarik Charity & Justice, Civil Rights, History, Ideas, Obama, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

Visiting Disney World with my family last week, I took in the show at the Hall of Presidents in the Magic Kingdom’s Liberty Square.

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How refreshing: David Frum goes from conservative to semi-liberal

July 23, 2012 Arthur Lieber Campaigns, Courts, Ideas, Politics, Voting/Elections 2 comments

On his HBO show, Bill Maher usually arranges for one of his three guests to be a conservative. In one sense, he wants to

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The message battle in Missouri

July 16, 2012 Arthur Lieber Campaigns, Civil Rights, Education, Labor and unions, Missouri region, Obama, Religion in Politics, Sports, States, Voting/Elections One comment

Republicans seem to own a combination of political phenomena which are extremely injurious to the country. They have the worst of ideas, largely insensitive

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So, this is how pollsters get their information

July 11, 2012 Gloria Shur Bilchik Campaigns, Missouri region, Politics, Voting/Elections 3 comments

They had me at caller ID. The screen said, “Opinionology ,” but it was the location that made me pick up for what was

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A new book by Arthur Lieber. Political Introverts: How Empathetic Voters Can Help Save American Politics.  Buy it here.

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