Bang the Drum

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Entries Tagged ‘election’

Organizing for Obama: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Resolve

Four years ago I was sure there wasn’t another Democrat living in this city. It wasn’t an unreasonable thing to believe, given that our representative is a 5-term Republican who voted for the war, thinks we should wiretap whoever we want, and consistently votes for Bush policies with full confidence that he’ll be sent [...]

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The Facts about Puerto Rico

No matter what you might hear, the Puerto Rico popular vote does not count, particularly when applied to the specious argument that one candidate or the other is ‘winning the general election’ that we haven’t had yet.

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Iowa: Where it all began

After a weekend of sometimes cynical, sometimes negative, and most often, contentious discussion around the Internet, an invitation to visit Iowa on January 3, 2008. This is where the journey began. Look at the faces; listen to the enthusiasm, and for a few minutes, forget about the wrangling over straw men and stalking horses.
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