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Senators Back Adding Marriage Equality To Democratic Party Platform

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 02.28.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Two of President Obama's national campaign co-chairs called on the Democratic Party to endorse marriage equality in its platform on Tues...

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Pelosi Supports Huge Step Forward For Marriage Equality

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 02.15.2012

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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is backing a push by the pro-LGBT rights organization Freedom to Marry to include marriage equality in t...

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Amanda Terkel

DNC Pushed To Incorporate Marriage Equality Into Party Platform

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 02.13.2012

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WASHINGTON -- An LGBT organization is calling on the Democratic Party to officially support marriage equality, launching a national campaign to get De...

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US Ambassador to the UN Susan Rice on Karen Kornbluh's Impact on Obama Land

Steve Clemons | Posted 05.25.2011

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Steve Clemons

Rice's comments were remarkable in what they conveyed about Kornbluh's impact on President Obama's policy course.

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Business-Friendly Democratic Party Platform Reflects Interests Of Party Leaders

Brad Parker | Posted 05.25.2011

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Brad Parker

In its successive drafts, the DNC party platform moved from progressive to liberal to conservative, offering clear evidence that the Democratic Leadership Council and its corporate cronies still control the Democratic Party apparatus.

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Obama Caint Choose Kaine

Gloria Feldt | Posted 05.25.2011

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Gloria Feldt

Obama should not choose Kaine because he opposes a woman's most fundamental human right to decide her own destiny by making her own childbearing decisions.

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Standing on Principle

Aubrey Sarvis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Aubrey Sarvis

Every four years the Democrats and Republicans name their platform committees, and every four years each party's committee produces, after much huffin...

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Gays And Lesbians Omitted From Draft Of Dem Party Platform

ABC News | Posted 05.25.2011

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The 2004 Democratic Party platform, page 42: "We support full inclusion of gay and lesbian families in the life of our nation and seek equal responsi...

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Dems Went Out Of Their Way To Put Clinton's Voice In DNC Platform

Marc Ambinder | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Obama campaign appointed Michael Yaki, a lawyer and former member of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, to be their national platform director. ...

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OTB Under The Hood>>The Democratic Party Platform Meetings: An Initial Report

Amanda Michel | Posted 05.25.2011

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Amanda Michel

More than 100 OffTheBus members reported on approximately 120 local Democratic Party Platform Meetings last week. What did they find out? Read their dispatches and our initial findings at our new project blog.

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Become A Citizen Reporter on the Obama Campaign

Amanda Michel | Posted 05.25.2011

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Amanda Michel

The Obama campaign is holding public Democratic Party platform meetings across the country over the next two weeks. Attend your local meeting and send us a report on the effectiveness of the campaign.

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Obama Lets Voters Add To DNC Platform

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The Democratic National Committee and Barack Obama's presidential campaign will hold meetings in all 50 states to get voters more i...

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