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

Steve Clemons | Posted 10.16.2009 | Politics


Steve Clemons

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

Business-Friendly Democratic Party Platform Reflects Interests Of Party Leaders

Brad Parker | Posted 10.11.2008 | Home


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.

Obama Caint Choose Kaine

Gloria Feldt | Posted 09.17.2008 | Politics


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.

Standing on Principle

Aubrey Sarvis | Posted 09.13.2008 | Politics


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...

Gays And Lesbians Omitted From Draft Of Dem Party Platform

ABC News | Posted 09.10.2008 | Politics


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...

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

Marc Ambinder | Posted 09.08.2008 | Politics


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. ...

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

Amanda Michel | Posted 08.15.2008 | Home


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.

Become A Citizen Reporter on the Obama Campaign

Amanda Michel | Posted 07.25.2008 | Home


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.

Obama Lets Voters Add To DNC Platform

AP | Posted 07.16.2008 | Politics


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