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Should We Do Away With the Senate?
February 10, 2010With the election of Scott Brown to Ted Kennedy's former Senate seat, Democrats in DC seemed to give up on getting any major legislation passed. 59 votes (well, 58 and Joe Lieberman) was just not good enough. The blame has been flying--it's Obama's fault, Rahm Emanuel's, Harry Reid's--but what if the problem simply is the Senate?Abolish the Senate, Joe Sacco and Lisa Graves
February 9, 2010With the election of Scott Brown to Ted Kennedy's former Senate seat, Democrats in DC seemed to give up on getting any major legislation passed. 59 votes (well, 58 and Joe Lieberman) was just not good enough. The blame has been flying--it's Obama's fault, Rahm Emanuel's, Harry Reid's--but what if the problem simply is the Senate?What Happened to the Grassroots Obama Movement?
January 7, 2010The Obama campaign was a massive grassroots mobilization, but a year later, has the organization that grew out of it failed to keep up the momentum? Micah Sifry of Personal Democracy Forum says yes and furthermore that the campaign was never as grassroots as billed; Karoli of the blog Odd Time Signatures says no, Organizing for America is keeping up the good work. We’ll also be speaking to Geoff Berman, New York Deputy Field Director for OFA.LIVE AT NOON: What Happened to the Grassroots Obama Movement?
January 6, 2010The Obama campaign was a massive grassroots mobilization, but a year later, has the organization that grew out of it failed to keep up the momentum? Micah Sifry of Personal Democracy Forum says yes and furthermore that the campaign was never as grassroots as billed; Karoli of the blog Odd Time Signatures says no, Organizing for America is keeping up the good work. We'll also be speaking to Geoff Berman, New York Deputy Field Director for OFA.
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