Month: July 2010

Steele is Like a Zombie Chairman

Since they can’t fire Michael Steele they will just pretend he doesn’t exist and take away all his job responsibilities. “Everyone is basically working around him,” said former GOP Rep. Vin Weber of...

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Immigration Blog Roundup

Last week, President Obama delivered a major speech in which he called on Congress to pass comprehensive immigration reform. Reactions to the speech among progressive blogs are mixed: the speech was "everything we’ve...

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Fighting Global Malnutrition Locally

Cross posted from Worldwatch Institute’s Nourishing the Planet blog. Every year, 5 million children worldwide die from malnutrition-related causes, including immune-system deficiency, increased risk of infection, decreased...

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A Midterm Strategy

The simplest way to win an election cycle is to win the argument in the middle. If you can convince most persuadable people that you have better ideas, you can usually gain seats. Yet, sometimes that is not enough. In certain...

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A Midterm Strategy

The simplest way to win an election cycle is to win the argument in the middle. If you can convince most persuadable people that you have better ideas, you can usually gain seats. Yet, sometimes that is not enough. In certain...

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