Bang the Drum

rants and ramblings of a political junkie

Organizing for Obama: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Resolve

By Karoli June 18, 2008 Barack Obama, Election 2008 No Comments

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…

The Facts about Puerto Rico

By Karoli May 31, 2008 Election 2008 No Comments

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…

Iowa: Where it all began

By Karoli May 27, 2008 Barack Obama, Election 2008 No Comments

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…