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Marriage Equality: A Cup Half Full

Gautam Dutta | Posted 11.06.2008 | Politics

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Gautam Dutta

Marriage should be sacred, not a political prop. We need to put another initiative on the ballot -- this time to undo Prop 8.

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White Voters and Obama

Jon Wiener | Posted 11.04.2008 | Home

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Jon Wiener

When Reagan won reelection in 1984, the electorate was 86 per cent white; by 2004, the white percentage had dropped to 77. That's one reason why an interracial coalition is likely to elect America's first black president today.

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Deer Hunting With Democrats

Nick Penniman | Posted 10.30.2008 | Politics

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Nick Penniman

McCain is inarticulate about the economy, and the Republican brand is more tarnished than it has been in decades.

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Frank Rich: In Defense Of White Americans

New York Times | Frank Rich | Posted 10.26.2008 | Politics

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IT seems like a century ago now, but it was only in 2005 that a National Journal poll of Beltway insiders predicted that George Allen, then a popular ...

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Jesse's Obama Hit -- A Blessing in Disguise

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 10.16.2008 | Politics

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Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Obama is a moderate centrist Democrat who has gotten to the threshold of snatching the White House by being everything that Jackson isn't.

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Interview With Brook Lundy, Co-Founder Of Someecards.com, Voting Advocate, And Fairly Decent Kisser

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 10.06.2008 | Media

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Brook Lundy is the co-founder and president of someecards.com, the wildly successful and acerbically hilarious online greeting card service.

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Surge Of New Voters and Obama Campaign Efforts Tipping Virginia

Diane Tucker | Posted 10.06.2008 | Home

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Diane Tucker

During the primaries Obama got trounced in southwestern Virginia. "Presence really matters," Gov. Kaine told Obama. "Go and show 'em you're really interested."

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Stop Whining, Get Busy

Karen Russell | Posted 09.21.2008 | Politics

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Karen Russell

The democrats need to stop whining about Senator Obama, get off our butts and help him win. Enough with the all the hand wringing, with all the "what ...

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Howard Zinn's Advice to Obama

Rob Kall | Posted 08.29.2008 | Politics

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Rob Kall

Zinn: I think he has to talk more about class issues -- more about how this government and McCain as part of it, and has been funneling all the wealth of this country into the rich.

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Michelle Obama Bends Over Backwards

Brad Listi | Posted 08.26.2008 | Home

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Brad Listi

It's depressing to think that so many American adults need to be spoon-fed like this in order to feel comfortable with a brown family in the White House. As far we've come, Monday night's message was that we have a long way to go.

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Is Biden Ready For The Big Game?

Tom Douglas | Posted 08.25.2008 | Home

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Tom Douglas

Tim Kaine seemed like a no-brainer, but Obama is the Jordan on this team. He needs role players. It remains to be seen whether Biden is more like a Luc Longley or a Steve Kerr.

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Vote for Obama Because He's Black

Michelle Haimoff | Posted 08.20.2008 | Politics

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Michelle Haimoff

Here's the thing - people are going to vote against Obama because he's black. This is the country we live in. And I know, he's only half black, yadda...

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McCain's Problem with White Voters

Paul Jenkins | Posted 08.04.2008 | Politics

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Paul Jenkins

It is McCain who needs to score exceptionally well among white voters, better in fact than any other Republican presidential candidate in the past 20 years, including George H. W. Bush.

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The Real Problem with the New York Times Article on Racial Divide

David Moore | Posted 07.21.2008 | Politics

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David Moore

What is truly amazing at this point in U.S. history is that white voters now view a black candidate about as positively as a white candidate on most issues, and in some cases much more positively.

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The Changing Times and the Equinox Voter

John Zogby | Posted 07.02.2008 | Politics

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John Zogby

Can Obama win the white working-class voters in battleground states? Well, he didn't this spring, so that's our first clue. Another is the fact that neither Al Gore nor John Kerry won their support.

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Nader Talks Black

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 06.30.2008 | Politics

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Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Nader asked rhetorically "Is it because he wants to talk white" as to why Obama supposedly doesn't take hard stances on issues, but he didn't say how he thinks he should talk to avoid sounding white.

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McCain: Representing The Fading Graying Demographic

Kelly Nuxoll | Posted 06.27.2008 | Home

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Kelly Nuxoll

The population of the U.S. and the world is changing. White people are old. Young people who turn on the TV and see a President Obama will be seeing someone who looks like them or their relatives.

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Hidden Wound: Understanding Working Class Votes

Jackie Hammond | Posted 05.30.2008 | Home

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Jackie Hammond

Now-obscure and critically dismissed author W.J. Cash provides important keys to understanding Obama's troubles connecting with white working voters in the South and Appalachia and elsewhere.

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Jim Webb On Winning Over Working Class Whites

Jackie Hammond | Posted 05.27.2008 | Home

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Jackie Hammond

"If this cultural group could get around the table with Black America, you would see populist American politics change forever. These two groups want the very same things from government."

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Barack Obama and the Unmaking of the Democratic Party

Sean Wilentz | Posted 05.23.2008 | Politics

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Sean Wilentz

The Obama campaign and its sympathizers have begun to articulate what they mean by their vague slogan of "change" -- nothing less than usurping the historic Democratic Party, by rejecting its historic electoral core.

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It's Over. But Let's Just Hope We're Only Talking About the Democratic Nomination

Andy Ostroy | Posted 05.21.2008 | Politics

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Andy Ostroy

The simple truth is that America is still quite a racist country. I'm not so sure Obama can overturn centuries of deep-rooted racism in just five months.

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The Media of Choice In Appalachia

Charles Warner | Posted 05.19.2008 | Media

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Charles Warner

I think the "whiter, poorer, older, more rural and less educated" people of Appalachia are anxious about the future and about change, and thus, stick with old ideas and old media.

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Edwards' Endorsement Frees Obama In Picking Running Mate

M.S. Bellows, Jr. | Posted 05.14.2008 | Home

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M.S. Bellows, Jr.

Clinton doesn't help Obama with his electoral map in November. He needs someone who has both pull in the states he wants to win and who can help repair rifts with rural white voters. Two names immediately come to mind.

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Not The Time To Celebrate Clinton As Brawler

Tom Hayden | Posted 05.13.2008 | Politics

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Tom Hayden

It's one thing to recognize that the idealism of social movements has to be complemented by a tough realism in contests for political power. It's another to celebrate brawling.

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SNL's Brilliant "Sore Loser" Sketch Illuminates Senator Clinton's Shadows

David Quigg | Posted 05.12.2008 | Media

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David Quigg

Senator Clinton will get the last word on this. Once she officially loses the nomination, she can make the Poehler sketch look ridiculous. Or she can make it look like prophecy.

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