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!
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?
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.
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...
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.
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.
Jennifer Johnson and Sarah Johnson, friends since college rather than relatives, meet me at one of three Obama offices in Charlottesville. A reliabl...
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.