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On opting out of Public Financing: Pennies for Votes | The Agonist

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

excerpt: (Opinion) Until we as a nation begin to aggressively address the growing influence that money has had in politics, we will continue to witness the political pollution that money buys on an increasingly grand scale. http://agonist.org/cody_lyon/20080621/on_opting_out_of_public_financing_pennies_for_votesRead the full story

Political Cortex: Don’t Cry For Me Puerto Rico

Monday, June 2nd, 2008

Instead, they dutifully watched as the hip young "it" girls and boys sporting those Pepsi looking Obama pins would anticipate the next Obama rally as if it were a rock concert, where, when they happened, the reporters on TV would convey to viewers that the "energy here is infectious" while ...

Political Cortex: Gym Pundits Worry About Obama Nomination

Monday, May 19th, 2008

When seeking to challenge his Obama friend, he asked him about the lopsided Clinton victory in West Virginia and the other wins in Pennsylvania and places like Ohio, places in America where progressives have work to do and trust to win, where aggressive attempts to prove to ...

The ABC News’ Debate’s Missed Opportunity for a Real Hit Job

Sunday, April 20th, 2008

What many appeared to be most miffed about was the unusual barrage of seemingly un-important salvos leveled by moderators Charles Gibson and George Stephanopoulos at Senator Barack Obama. The truth is, voters should be upset, because if the moderators were looking to perform some sort of hit job on Senator Obama, ...

NYC Gym Pundits Frustrated Over Hillary Hate

Saturday, April 5th, 2008

Politics was flowing from mouths faster than the sweat from brows at New York City's Crunch Gym on Lafayette this past Wednesday as a group of amateur pundits gathered within the downtown house of body worship engaging in more chit and chat than arms on curls.Read the full story

Why Democrats Should Not Neglect the Deep South

Tuesday, March 11th, 2008

Still, during national elections, the more progressive party, the Democrats, basically write off the South as un-winnable during national elections which in turn, further fuels a sense that parts of this nation have been truly left behind.Read the full story

Political Cortex: Is Barack Obama a True Agent of Change?

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008

The Obama camp has yet to be fully vetted by the majority of the press that seems almost shy about interrupting what many have called a movement. Those that have done their homework and posed legitimate questions about policy, relationships and other issues have often been met with arrogant, ...

Gym Pundrity Urges “Go Girl” Approach in Hillary Campaign

Wednesday, January 9th, 2008

While all four claimed to identify with Senator Barack Obama’s message of hope and change, the loyalty was obviously with Clinton. They worried aloud that Obama’s lack of experience and failure to articulate a clear and specific agenda were he to be elected. They agreed with President Bill Clinton, that ...