Thomas Kraemer (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
PHOTO: (click on photo to enlarge) arrow points to the head of George McGovern speaking as the 1972 Democratic Party nominee for President at a rally in front of the Northrop Memorial Auditorium on the University of Minnesota campus in 1972. George McGovern ran as an ultra-liberal peace candidate who promised to end the Vietnam War , but he lost the 1972 presidential election in a landslide to the...
Obama HQ (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
As the House begins a series of votes on the health insurance reform bill, we've just broken the 500,000 mark for OFA supporter calls to Congress in support of reform since October 20th.
Obama HQ (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
An update from President Obama : There are only a few hours left to contact your representative before the historic House vote on health reform.
Obama HQ (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
Shortly after meeting with House Democrats on Capitol Hill in advance of the health reform vote, President Obama delivered the following remarks from the ground of the White House: Good afternoon, everybody. I just want to say a few words about the landmark vote that the House of Representatives is poised to take today -- a vote that can bring us one step closer to making real the promise of quality,...
Obama HQ (Free subscription) | yesterday
The deadline to vote on your favorite videos in the OFA Health Reform Video Challenge is tonight at midnight. The winning video will air as part of a national television ad buy as we enter the final stages of the health reform fight:
Marc Ambinder (Free subscription) | yesterday
Harnessing the power of Internet was a coup for the Obama campaign last year, and now the White House and Democrats in Congress are attempting to drum up support for the House health care bill in a similar manner. Except that all the tech-savviness in the world can't find votes where there are none. In a mass e-mail that went out to supporters this morning, Organizing for America (the Democratic National...
Open Left (Free subscription) | yesterday
This is a second piece of analysis on what happened in Maine, organizing by the campaign and progressive allies, and where the LGBT movement goes from here. For Part 1, click here. There is a great deal of soul-searching and strategy questions that have come out in the wake of the loss in Maine on Tuesday. I have some thoughts on them all: 1. The LGBT movement is powerless and handcuffed on marriage...
Hullabaloo (Free subscription) | yesterday
Satisfied With Bernie by digby Where do you suppose Democratic voters got the ridiculous idea that the new administration was going to take on the malefactors of great wealth if they got elected? And why do you suppose they aren't enthusiastic about the Democratic majority right now? James Lieber in the Village Voice has written a piece that I believe goes some way to explain it, called: "We've...
Obama HQ (Free subscription) | yesterday
From Mitch Stewart: This is it -- the House of Representatives will vote on health insurance reform tomorrow. All signs point to it being incredibly close, possibly even coming down to a single vote. With the clock ticking, insurance company lobbyists are going all out to stop reform. Please call your represenative now. President Obama is visiting the House tomorrow to call for reform, and I hope...
Obama HQ (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
The American Medical Association (AMA) and AARP, the nation's largest and most influential association of Americans over 50, endorsed the House's health reform legislation today, in advance of the historic vote scheduled for Saturday. In a briefing to the press, President Obama said: …I am extraordinarily pleased and grateful to learn that the AARP and the American Medical Association are both...
NewsBusters (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Dede Scozzafava's exit from a major campaign gave readers a perfect glimpse into the double standard applied by the media when it comes to women in politics. The World Newser, official blog of ABC's World News Tonight, ran an article November 2 lamenting Scozzafava suspending her campaign curtly titled "Message to the GOP - 'Moderates Need Not Apply.'" The piece quoted three people sympathetic...
Obama HQ (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
A special message from Obama for America Campaign Manager David Plouffe: One year ago today, you made history. We all knew that electing Barack Obama President was only the opportunity to bring about change; that we would all have to keep working to fulfill the promise our victory offered. And you've come through -- by making hundreds of thousands of calls to Congress to push health reform forward,...
Obama HQ (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
From Chuck C. in Lancaster, PA Our group of volunteers worked from 7:00 a.m. til after 8:00 p.m. on Election Day 2008, then sat down to watch returns. Volunteers came straggling in from knocking on doors until after dark, and our phone bank was making calls equally late. We watched the early returns at the home of our host family, than moved to the home of another volunteer to watch for another hour...
Obama HQ (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
It's been 44 years since Hoosiers elected a Democrat president, but in 2008 we defied tradition by turning Indiana blue for President Obama. One year later in living rooms, restaurants and diners across the state, we're keeping with that trend -- organizing Hoosiers around health insurance reform and bringing our movement one step closer to real reform this year. Tonight supporters of President Obama...
Obama HQ (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
From Caroline W., Baldwin, New York: During GOTV in rural Indiana, I was canvassing in a public housing development. A mother answered one of my doorbell rings, with a child on her hip and another four inside the tiny co-op. When I asked her if she was planning to vote, she said "my husband takes care of that." I then asked her what she was concerned about. We talked for maybe five minutes,...
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saamneric | 11/25/2008
As President-elect Barack Obama prepares to take office on January 20, 2009, he is facing a severe economic crisis and two wars. President-elect Obama's campaign theme of changing the way Washington works has been taken over by getting down to work. Read what they are! http://www.usavotes2008.com/challenges.php
saamneric | 11/25/2008
As President-elect Barack Obama prepares to take office on January 20, 2009, he is facing a severe economic crisis and two wars. President-elect Obama's campaign theme of changing the way Washington works has been taken over by getting down to work. Read what they are!
cv10 | 11/06/2008
Barack Obama has marked history by becoming the first black man to be elected as the president of the United States. Obama created a wave of hope and change that led him to a historical victory. The new president proves that the ‘American Dream’ is real and that even a black man can achieve great things in America. Many times...
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