Stephen C Rose

Plouffe Heads The DNC -- That's Best Way Forward

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 05.25.2011

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Stephen C. Rose

Plouffe would be a guarantee of smarts, a no-drama hand on the tiller, a likely tranformer of the Obama Movememt into a Democratic Party on steroids.

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The War in Afghanistan Is A No-Win Situation

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 05.25.2011

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The situation in Afghanistan weighs more and more heavily on us. I took it up in a Huffington Post piece a while back titled Could Barack Obama Suffer...

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Why Most Transportation Should Be Public and How That Could Help Private Enterprise

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 05.25.2011

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We presently allow our public rights of way to be filled with private automobiles. This pattern is being emulated globally. Public rights of way should belong to the public.

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Could Barack Obama Suffer The Fate of LBJ?

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 05.25.2011

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By Stephen C. Rose Oddly, no one has thought to compare the situations of Barack Obama and LBJ, but there are similarities. And, happily, redemptive ...

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David Gergen Is Wrong About Early Voting Being Light

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 05.25.2011

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On a late show on CNN Thursday, David Gergen casually suggests that early voting has been light and hearts sink. Is he right?

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The Big Lie At The Heart Of McCain's Ayers Campaign

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 05.25.2011

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In a deep sense, this election really is about turning the page on the thinking that would divide us by whether we have regrets about Vietnam. Or Iraq. Or war period.

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Barack Obama's End Game Will Be On The Ground

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 05.25.2011

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By Stephen C. Rose If Barack Obama becomes president, it will be because of grass roots organization. The people who will make the difference on Nove...

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Fourteen Changes Barack Obama Could Make in His First 30 Days

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 05.25.2011

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If he can infuse the huge federal engine with bite-sized, doable tasks that all link together somehow, he will be a mystery reformer -- a relatively low-key, undramatic force that renews and redirects an ineffective establishment.

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