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Free America From GOP Hostage Takers in Wisconsin

Christine Pelosi | Posted 10.04.2011

Read More: Wisconsin, Tea Party, Progressives, President Obama, Pelosi, Scott Walker, Democrats, Emiliy's List, Elections, Karl Rove, Koch Brothers, Koch, Gotv, Arab Spring, Afscme, Recovery Act, Wall Street Reform, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Wisconsin Recall Elections 2011, Healthcare Reform, Politics News
Christine Pelosi

What happens in Wisconsin will not stay in Wisconsin -- it will spread across the country as a shining example or cautionary tale for President Obama.

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Can The DNC and Our President Break Their Establishment Ties?

Pearl Korn | Posted 07.23.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Russ Feingold, Bill Clinton, Dnc, Al Sharpton, Fair Elections Now Act, Dscc, Progressive Democrats of America, Obama for America, Aflcio, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Democracy for America, Citizens United, Bold Progressives, Barack Obama, Paul Ryan Budget, Osama Bin Laden, Congressional Progressive Caucus, U.N., Progressives United, Nancy Pelosi, Dccc, Gotv, Harry Reid, Hillary Clinton, National Action Network, Tea Party, People's Budget, Richard Trumka, Blue Dog Democrats, Politics News
Pearl Korn

For the DNC to become relevant again, it needs to truly embrace that spirit of "change" from 2008 and support some real Progressives for Congress in 2012.

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DTS Voters: A Return to Nonpartisan Normalcy?

Edward Headington | Posted 05.30.2011

Read More: Bill Clinton, Decline-to-State-Voters, Mark Paul, Normalcy, California, Warren Harding, Democrats, Los Angeles, California-Crackup, Politics, Independents, Dts, Voters, Coro CrossTalk, Orange County Register, Daily News, Gotv, Sacramento Bee, San Francisco, California Open Primaries, Republicans, Los Angeles News
Edward Headington

The average Angeleno does not live, eat and breathe politics. Partisanship is the last thing on their minds, and it is probably easy to understand why registration for independent voters is climbing.

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About That Latino Firewall...

Frank Sharry | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Immigration Reform, Latino Decisions, Midterm Elections, Latino Voters, DREAM Act, Sharron Angle, Matt Barreto, Immigration Enforcement, Harry Reid, Immigration Subcommittee, Immigration, Gotv, Lamar Smith, Politics News
Frank Sharry

Check out America's Voice’s new weekly resource, "Immigration Insider," which takes an in-depth look at immigration politics. SUBSCRIBE to recei...

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Immigration Insider | Election Day: Dirty Dozen, March to the Polls

Frank Sharry | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ban, Gary Segura, Latino Decisions, Latino Voters, Dhs, Detention, Sharron Angle, Joe Arpaio, Anti-Immigrant, Immigration, Jorge Ramos, Deportation, Immigration Reform, Hasbro, DREAM Act, Maricopa County, Janet Napolitano, Harry Reid, Gotv, Politics News
Frank Sharry

Check out America's Voice’s new weekly resource, "Immigration Insider," which takes an in-depth look at immigration politics. SUBSCRIBE to recei...

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No, Really: If You Don't Vote This Time, It Is Your Fault

Larry Womack | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: House, House of Representatives, 2010 Elections, Nancy Pelosi, Elections 2010, Get Out the Vote, Harry Reid, Michael Bennett, Gotv, Pat Toomey, Democrats, Sharron Angle, Tea Party, Barack Obama, Blue Dog Democrats, Joe Sestak, Midterm Elections, Politics News
Larry Womack

A three or four point swing or pollster miscalculation in either direction moves projected results from continued Democratic control of the House to an 80-seat Republican victory that it could take decades for Democrats to overcome.

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A Letter From a Progressive to President Obama

Stu Kreisman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Triangulation, Think Progress, Father Coughlin, John Boehner, Liberals, 2010 Elections, George W. Bush, Progressives, President Obama, Bernie Sanders, Media, Politics, Conservatives, CBS News, Gotv, Health Care, Tea Party, Nbc, Lindsay Lohan, Rush Limbaugh, New Deal, Jim Demint, Washington DC, British Petroleum, Federal Prosecutors, Gandhi, Franklin Roosevelt, Joe Mccarthy, House Energy and Commerce Committee, Clintonistas, Net Neutrality, Daily Kos, Enthusiasm Gap, Koch Brothers, Fcc, Media Matters, Cnn, Sarah Palin, Fox News, Judiciary, Max Baucus, Joe Lieberman, Joe Barton, Hillary Clinton, Glenn Beck, Chamber of Commerce, ABC News, Bipartisanship, Tim Kaine, Rupert Murdoch, Mel Gibson, Politics News
Stu Kreisman

Dear President Obama, I'll vote for you in 2012, but you're not making it easy to do so. Your administration's communication skills are, to be honest, horrible. And now we're in for two years of gridlock and hell.

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Game Tied: All Up To You

Ami Bera, MD | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gotv, Ami Bera, Voting, Elections 2010, Bera for Congress, Politics News
Ami Bera, MD

Tomorrow is Election Day. Tomorrow, we have a choice: we can continue with the status quo, or we can fight to save our broken government and restore t...

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Now, Here's How to REALLY Restore Sanity

Jeremy Bird | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rally to Restore Sanity, Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear, Jeremy Bird, Sanity Rally, President Obama, Get Out the Vote, Gotv, Democratic National Committee, Democratic Party, Organizing for America, Huffpost Sanity Bus, Politics News
Jeremy Bird

You came, you rallied, you restored sanity -- almost. There's still some crazy out there, and that's why grassroots volunteers with Organizing for America are stepping it up to get voters to the polls in the elections just three days from now.

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Why Voting Matters for the Climate Movement

Liz Butler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rggi, Politico, Right Wing, Henry Waxman, Citizens United, Gulf Oil Spill, Center for American Progress, Coal, Dirty Coal, Ed Markey, Proposition 23, votesmart.org, Conservatives, Big Oil, California Prop 23, John Kerry, Elections 2010, Oil, Gotv, Center for Responsive Politics, Climate Change, Global Warming, Voting, 1sky, Green News
Liz Butler

People in the climate movement -- or anyone who believes in what we're doing to avert a climate crisis and bring about an energy revolution -- can push back on Big Oil and Dirty Coal by exercising their right to vote.

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A Sacred Right

Javier Sierra | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Latinos, Harry Reid, Sierra Club, Robert De Posada, Dina Titus, Gotv, Hispanics, Sharron Angle, Politics News
Javier Sierra

Remember this fundamental fact of democracy: if you don't vote, you don't count. Your vote is your most powerful weapon to defend the health and prosperity of your family.

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Immigration Insider | One Week Out: Attacks Backfire, Latinos Energized; New GOTV Ads

Frank Sharry | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Latino Decisions, America's Voice, Univision, Campaign for Community Change, Nclr, Naleo, Sharron Angle, Immigration, Telemundo, Immigration Reform, Mark Kirk, Latino Voters, Matt Barreto, Harry Reid, Mi Familia Vota, Gotv, Dnc, Politics News
Frank Sharry

Check out America's Voice new weekly resource, "Immigration Insider," which takes an in-depth look at immigration politics, leading up to the Nov...

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Ready for Election Day? Take GOTV Campaign Boot Camp Quiz

Christine Pelosi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dnc, Election Protection, Campaign Boot Camp, Midterm Elections, Midterm Elections 2010, 2010 Elections, Voter Registration, 2010 Midterm Elections, Get Out the Vote, Gotv, Politics News
Christine Pelosi

Over the next 7 days, last-minute campaigning will separate winners from losers. To convince people to exercise our right to vote, you must flex your organizing muscle. Take the Campaign Boot Camp GOTV Quiz and make sure you're in top shape to succeed.

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Democrats Performing Surprisingly Well In Early Voting

AP | NANCY BENAC and LIZ SIDOTI | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ground Game, Gotv, Early Voting, Voting Efforts, 2010 Election, Facebook, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Election Day is already over for more than 3 million Americans, and a surprising number of them are Democrats. Republicans clearly a...

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Immigration Insider | 2 Weeks Out: With Interest In Voting Up, Ads Tell Nevada Latinos "Don't Vote"

Frank Sharry | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Walt Minnick, Immigration Reform, Latino Decisions, Immigration Politics, Univision, Latino Voters, 2010 Elections, Joe Miller, Sharron Angle, Joe Arpaio, Harry Reid, Immigration, Gotv, David Vitter, Elections 2010, Politics News
Frank Sharry

Check out America's Voice new weekly resource, "Immigration Insider," which takes an in-depth look at immigration politics, leading up to the Novemb...

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Immigration Insider | 4 Weeks Out: Whitman in Hot Seat, Murdoch For Reform, Latino Vote Rising

Frank Sharry | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Latino Decisions, Mi Familia Vota Civic Participation Campaign, Marco Rubio, Latino Voters, 2010 Elections, Michael Bloomberg, Sharron Angle, Immigration, Immigration Reform, Meg Whitman, Nicky Diaz Santillan, DREAM Act, Jerry Brown, Rupert Murdoch, Matt Barreto, Harry Reid, Ben Monterroso, Gotv, Elections 2010, Politics News
Frank Sharry

This week in immigration, the CA-Gov debate highlights Whitman's immigration hypocrisy, a poll shows the DREAM debate helped Dems with Latino voters, and Murdoch and Bloomberg lobby Congress for immigration reform.

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How to Buck Up: Mumble. Grumble. Complain. Wallow. Hope. Despair. Worry. Vote.

Christine Pelosi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women, Wisconsin, California, Youth, Youth Vote, Calaveras County, Jobs, Student Loans, Young Democrats of Amerca, Paul Wellstone, Veterans, Forest Fires, Vote, Deep Fried Oreos, Gold Rush, Buck Up, Speaker Pelosi, Gotv, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, New Business, Healthcare Reform, Rod Snyder, Yda, Oktoberfest, Russ Feingold, Lgbt, Steve Kagan, Ami Bera, Tom Barrett, Third World America, Mumble Grumble Complain Wallow Hope Despair Worry Vote, Politics News
Christine Pelosi

Democrats all across America are having an open tent discussion about our values and priorities. President Obama urges us to "buck up" -- and well we should. Let me tell you how I did.

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Forget the Generals, Americans are committed to Ending War

Josh Mull | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Civ-Mil, Intensity Gap, Cost of War, Petraeus, Anti-War, Longest War, Enthusiasm Gap, Pakistan, Propaganda, Obama, Congress, Civilian Control, Karzai, Elections, End War, Rethink Afghanistan, Volunteer, Afghanistan, Gotv, Senate, 2010 Midterms, Politics News
Josh Mull

I am the Afghanistan Blogging Fellow for The Seminal and Brave New Foundation. You can read my work on The Seminal or at Rethink Afghanistan. The view...

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Obama Can't Control His Generals -- Time for Congress to Step in

Josh Mull | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rogue Generals, Civ-Mil, Cost of War, General Kayani, Petraeus, Anti-War, Longest War, Pakistan, Propaganda, Congress, Civilian Control, Tommy Sowers, Elaine Marshall, Rethink Afghanistan, Stratcom, Stanley McChrystal, Matt Campbell, Spin, Afghanistan, Gotv, Civilians, 2010 Midterm Elections, July 2011, Politics News
Josh Mull

It's too bad that General Petraeus is attempting to suppress democratic opinion. But Congress, and the people running for Congress, understand full well that this is a fight the American people are ready to have.

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Rock the Vote

Elizabeth Nicholas | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New Voters, Gotv, Democratic Primary, 2008 Election, Ned Lamont, Connecticut, Politics News
Elizabeth Nicholas

In October of 2008, I stood in a line ten students deep at the Kennedy School of Government on a Wednesday morning, waiting to get my absentee ballot ...

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Rethink Afghanistan: How Long Is Now?

Josh Mull | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pressure, Cost of War, Anti-War, Longest War, Primary, 2010 Elections, Ca-36, Pakistan, Politics, Iraq, Marcy Winograd, Coalition Against War Spending, Long War, #Longestwar, End War, Rethink Afghanistan, Politico, Afghanistan, Gotv, Truemajority, Gotmfv, Elections 2010, Politics News
Josh Mull

The truth is that the situation isn't really all that depressing. The problems are complex, confusing, and paralyzing, but the solutions are actually quite simple.

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PdF: Forget the Internet, Think Mobile

Scott Goodstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mobile Marketing, Politics, Old Media vs. New Media, Grassroots, Mobile, Revolution Messaging, New Media, Gotv, Text Messaging, Technology News
Scott Goodstein

Mobile technology, while still in its infancy, has gone from simply distributing horoscopes and ring tones to helping political and social justice movements quickly alert and even engage millions of people.

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Campaigners Have Heavy Presence at Philly Polls

James Sanders | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: McCain Volunteers, Voter Intimidation, Black Panther, Election Day, Gotv, On the Ground 2008, Obama Volunteers, Get Out the Vote, Philadelphia, Election 2008, Obama Pennsylvania, Campaign 2008, Home News
James Sanders

Campaigners for both political parties are not lagging around with their vote, and they are making sure that you don't either with tables and chairs l...

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Every Morning Voting in Rural VA

Adrienne Birecree | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Election Day, Early Ballots, Get Out the Vote, Floyd Virginia, Obama Floyd County, Obama Volunteers, Rural Virginia, Obama Supporters, Virginia, Early Voting, Gotv, On the Ground 2008, November 4, Obama Campaign, Obama Virginia, Floyd County, Voting, Home News
Adrienne Birecree

My husband and I got up at 5am this morning so we would be at our polling place before it opened at 6am. We definitely knew where we were going. If w...

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Obama: "We Have A Lot Of Work To Do" (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Election Night, Barack Obama, Obama McCain, On the Ground 2008, Gotv, Obama Gotv, John McCain, Politics News

Via the Jed Report, Barack Obama's campaign sends out a Get Out The Vote video reminding supporters that there's still work to do: ...

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