The Giving Garden
Judging by the almost 80 volunteers who came out to build a garden in Downtown Tacoma, I would have to say there are a lot of Americans out there just waiting for an opportunity to give back!
Judging by the almost 80 volunteers who came out to build a garden in Downtown Tacoma, I would have to say there are a lot of Americans out there just waiting for an opportunity to give back!
Nancy Leo | Posted 02.18.2009 | Politics
Every day I checked the mail. No inaugural ball invitation. My anxiety rose. When were they going to send them out? Didn't they know that I needed time to shop for a gown, and really go on a diet?
Mike Smith | Posted 01.07.2009 | Politics
Like many, I am sitting by the telephone waiting for Barack Obama to call me in recognition of all of my sweat equity over the last 16 months on this revolutionary campaign.
Christian Science Monitor | Posted 12.03.2008 | Politics
There has been a lot of speculation that Barack Obama might win the election due to his better "ground game" and superior campaign organization. I ha...
Marc Cooper | Posted 12.03.2008 | Home
Daly was drafted by the country's largest labor union, as part of its celebrity-centered "Guess Who's Knocking" campaign to directly involve high-profile entertainers in its get-out-the-vote efforts.
Brian Ross | Posted 11.29.2008 | Home
When the dust settles Tuesday, the lunatic fringe on both sides of the aisle will crawl back into their burrows, and the rest of us will be left to repair the damage done by the Bush Administration.
Mark Meier | Posted 11.23.2008 | Home
Jennifer Johnson and Sarah Johnson, friends since college rather than relatives, meet me at one of three Obama offices in Charlottesville. A reliabl...
Jeff Dorchen | Posted 11.21.2008 | Chicago
The offending gentleman claims to have asked Takehara to leave several times before escorting her away by the scruff of the neck.
Jeff Dorchen | Posted 11.20.2008 | Chicago
It isn't hard to imagine what Sarah Palin's reaction would be to a McCain/Palin volunteer being assaulted.
Claire Bidwell Smith | Posted 11.20.2008 | Home
After Bush was re-elected, we vowed to do more, to not just talk about everything. But until yesterday, walking door-to-door in a low-income neighborhood in Indiana, it seemed that's all we'd been up to.
Jeff Dorchen | Posted 11.20.2008 | Chicago
A woman canvassing for Obama in Wisconsin was punched in the face by a man ranting about ACORN. The woman was part of a canvassing effort organized by friends of mine.
Erik Lundegaard | Posted 11.13.2008 | Home
A McCain supporter thanked me for coming out from Seattle. It was those sorts of conversations that make me realize we are not as divided as the media portrays us. I got a lot out of Ohio.
Rusel DeMaria | Posted 11.06.2008 | Home
We were talking to regular people, and they understood exactly what we were saying, because they feel it in their lives. I don't think any undecided voter we talked to was leaning toward McCain after we left.
James Camner | Posted 11.06.2008 | Home
The most effective response to an undecided voter, the response that always gets an "I think I'm leaning toward Obama," is to mention Governor Sarah Palin. She's the magic bullet.
Bridget Mason and Kayomi Wada | Posted 02.21.2009 | Living