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Of California, Fairgrounds and Things I Can't Afford to Buy Given the Current Budget Situation

Rose Hayden-Smith | Posted 06.18.2009 | Green

Read More: California Department of Food and Agriculture, Progressive Era, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ventura County, Agricultural Policy, California, Green News
Rose Hayden-Smith

Talk about selling fairgrounds? If we value the future of agriculture in California, this is not a dare any of us should be willing to take.

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Obama and the Revival of Responsibility

Robert Creamer | Posted 03.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Breaking News, Progressive Values, Progressive Era, Barack Obama, Fiscal Responsilibty, Responsibility, 100 Days, Obama Speech, Obama Administration, Obama State of the Union, State of the Union, Politics News
Robert Creamer

Last night Barack Obama spoke to Americans as adults. He told America that responsibility for others is not just a stupid value for chumps -- but the definition of begin a grown-up.

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The First Lesson of the Obama Victory: To Bring Fundamental Change You Have to Have More than a Campaign Organization, You Need a Movement

Robert Creamer | Posted 12.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama Inspiration, Political Change, Campaign Organization, Progressive Era, Political Movement, 2008 Presidential Campaign, Inspiration, Volnteer Recruitment, Barack Obama, Politics News
Robert Creamer

To win, Obama needed a movement. The same will be true in order to enact Obama's agenda for change in the months ahead.

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Two Thoughts Must Obsess Every Progressive for the Next Six Days To Assure Victory on Tuesday

Robert Creamer | Posted 11.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Progressive Era, John McCain, Progressive Values, Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, 2008 Presidential Election, Politics News
Robert Creamer

Undecided voters may very well break for John McCain and Sarah Palin. The other side will not go quietly. They will continue to smear. They will use every tool at their disposal.

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Advice for Obama: Listen to Mark Twain

Sanford D. Horwitt | Posted 10.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Progressive Era, John McCain, Teddy Roosevelt, Dan Balz, Reform, Mark Twain, Wall Street Journal, Barack Obama, Change, Obama Change, Tocqueville, Politics News
Sanford D. Horwitt

The problem with the word "change" is that it's soft and vague -- and that's how too many blue collar and undecided voters perceive Obama.

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