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Philadelphia Inquirer: Obama is the better man for the job

October 16, 2012 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2012 Election, Democrats, International, Media, Obama, Politics, Romney Leave a comment

Coming down hard on the Republican Party and its “Etch-A-Sketch” Presidential nominee Mitt Romney, the Philadelphia Inquirer calls President Obama the better man for

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Progressive Alan Grayson favored to win Florida seat

October 16, 2012 Madonna Gauding 2012 Election, Campaigns, Congress, States Leave a comment

When he was last in office, Alan Grayson was a hard working progressive Democrat. He campaigned as a progressive, and when he got elected, he delivered.

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Nickel-and-diming it: Surprising tidbits in Romney’s 2011 tax return

October 16, 2012 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2012 Election, Science, Taxes Leave a comment

Inequality.com took a microscopic look at Mitt Romney’s 2011 federal tax return –one of the only two he’s released—and found some surprising tidbits. It

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Sacramento Bee: Re-elect President Obama

October 15, 2012 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2012 Election, Cities, Obama, Politics One comment

Voters often say they want their elected leaders to keep their promises and, at crucial moments, show real political backbone. President Barack Obama deserves

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CEO tells employees: Defeat Obama or lose your job

October 15, 2012 Stacy Mergenthal 2012 Election, Business, Employment, Labor and unions, Politics, States, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

David Siegel, CEO of Florida’s Westgate Resorts, to employees: “I will cut off your nose to spite Obama’s face because I got mine. If

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Five bad reasons to intervene in Syria

October 15, 2012 Arthur Lieber 2012 Election, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, International, Violence One comment

Recentl,y Michael Doran and Max Boot wrote an op-ed in the New York Times entitled “5 Reasons to Intervene in Syria Now.”  While their

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Lincoln [Nebraska] Journal Star endorses Obama for re-election

October 14, 2012 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2012 Election, Civil Rights, Democrats, Economy, Government, Health care, Obama, Politics Leave a comment

Obama has been tested and found equal to the task of being president. We think the country is in better shape than it was

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San Francisco Examiner: Re-elect President Obama

October 13, 2012 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2012 Election, Cities, Obama, Politics, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

President Obama has moved the needle on many important topics. His aggressive support of stimulus spending helped the nation avoid another depression. He made

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The debate in 99 seconds

October 12, 2012 Arthur Lieber Campaigns, Media, Obama, Politics, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

If you dig deep enough into a CNN story called, “Obama and Romney: Middle class promises will be hard to keep,” you’ll run across

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Presidential debates: Bi-partisan, fraudulent, corporate controlled theater

October 12, 2012 Madonna Gauding 2012 Election, Campaigns, Democrats, Republicans, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

The presidential debates are part of the unconscionable fraud that our political campaigns have become. They should be charged with sabotaging the electoral process. Walter Cronkite

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