Mimi Kennedy, Chair of PDA, Progressive Democrats of America, is an actress best known as the hippie mother of Dharma in TV's sitcom "Dharma

Blog Entries by Mimi Kennedy

An Open Letter to Tom Daschle

Posted February 2, 2009 | 05:26 PM (EST)


Mr. Daschle, you are now exactly the wrong man for health care reform.

It is clear you will work for a solution that is a political compromise -- and now, any compromise you might attain will be lethally vulnerable. From all sides, your compromise will be attacked as the...

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Judging Hillary's Judgment

Posted March 15, 2007 | 07:26 PM (EST)


I heard something on NPR this morning that I'd rather not believe. But I'd better believe it.

I find it hard to listen to Morning Edition these days. It's so full of hints, audible to me as an actress, that the correspondents feel sorry for the Republican...

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Change, Victory and Discourse

Posted November 19, 2006 | 10:59 PM (EST)


Hearty congratulations to everyone who voted, who got out the vote, who educated themselves and others on the issues and candidates, who gave money, who worked to protect the vote. That last step was a crucial one this time around. And it worked. Election Defense Alliance statisticians, based on their...

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An Open Letter to Senator Lieberman

Posted November 3, 2006 | 06:55 PM (EST)


Dear Senator Lieberman,

The dwindling residue of your political leadership is unworthy of you.

I hope you can return to private life with a wisdom that I suspect is yours, but which has been achingly unapparent in your last years under this Administration.
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Lawless Elections: Sleepovers, Voter Vault and San Diego

Posted July 25, 2006 | 05:41 PM (EST)


On June 6, the first federal election regulated by HAVA - the Help America Vote Act - was held in San Diego, CA between Francine Busby (D) and Brian Bilbray(R) to decide which would take convicted Randy "Duke" Cunningham's (R) House seat in CA-50. The election drew nationwide scrutiny as...

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