The Fierce Urgency of Now
The defining character of the 2008 election is what Barack Obama has called "the fierce urgency of now." We simply cannot drift through another four years of aimless "staying the course."
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Jared Bernstein: The Most Important Piece of Paper in America
People deride the Republican candidate as "McSame," implying a continuation of Bushonomics as well as the president's foreign policy. But from the perspective of domestic policy, it's much worse. His tax plan reveals nothing less than McCain's secret plan to diminish the US government beyond recognition. If he gets his way, conservatives will finally be able to say they've achieved the goal set out by Grover Norquist: to get government "down to the size where we can drown it in the bathtub."
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Thoughts on Yesterday's Rebel Attempt to Topple Khartoum
When the best hope for peace in Darfur ultimately lies at a conference table, it is dispiriting but not surprising that government officials are refusing to negotiate with the rebel group JEM.
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Your failure to pledge now risks returning those passionate, first-time voters to a political landscape that caused them to maintain such distance from the Democratic Party before.
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He could defy conventional wisdom by treating rural white voters like adults, helping them plan a real path to economic health and sustainability rather than telling them fairy tales about coal.
Reading The Pictures: John and Cindy's 2000 Vote: The Matter Of The Children
Cindy McCain's pain in this interview makes it that much harder to believe that the attacks against her daughter and her 2000 vote could be that exclusive of one another.
Beirut Is Burning
If there were ever a perfect example of the Bush administration's utterly bankrupt foreign policy, it would have to be the State Department's reaction to events in Beirut over the last few days.
ID-Less in Indiana
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Forget Obama vs. Clinton...Are You for Dogs or Cats? Tuesday or Wednesday?
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Recognizing the Race Chasm
As all of this racism oozes out of the political establishment for all to see, we can recognize just how bigoted American culture is -- and recognition is the first step towards addressing a problem.
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A vote for McCain is a vote against a viable Republican Party. It's a vote for the poisonous lunatic fringe that's taken over the heart of the Party and driven people like Arianna and me out.
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