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Birch Bayh: What Leadership Ought to Look Like

Steve Clemons | Posted 08.07.2008 | Politics

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Steve Clemons

Here's why I like Bayh the father so much and why he sets a standard for leadership that we should be comparing others to.

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A Transformational Moment

Jim Wallis | Posted 06.05.2008 | Politics

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Jim Wallis

Young people see Obama's success as natural -- he's an inspirational leader who happens to be black. For my generation, this is a moment that we didn't think would come in our lifetimes.

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Clinton, Obama, and the Lessons of the Past

Lawrence Alexander | Posted 03.19.2008 | Politics

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Obama has said that the way to get things done in Washington is to lead a movement. But something more than sheer numbers is required when change is to be lasting and accepted by the other side.

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MLK and LBJ: Movements and Politicians

Jim Wallis | Posted 01.16.2008 | Politics

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Jim Wallis

The great practitioners of social change understood that you don't change a society by merely replacing one politician with another.

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Johnson Did Help Give Life to King's Dream

Michael Fauntroy | Posted 01.12.2008 | Politics

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Michael Fauntroy

Clinton was factually right and, after seeing the video of the comment, I am convinced that she met no disrespect to King's legacy.

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