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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

On a Hillary Departure: Politics on the Runway this Season

Sunday, March 30th, 2008

Sometimes, these same patterns emerge in political races. But, at least on Project Runway, the final goodbye is saved for after the runway show. In the case of the contest between Hillary and Barack, the runway is still occupied and the show goes on, but, fantasy seeds of an already ...

CodyLyon’sblogolater: In Florida, Worth Breaking the Rules

Thursday, March 6th, 2008

Despite rules over when those votes were cast, any attempt to disenfranchise a voter, much less an entire state, regardless of what party officials point to as guidelines, is fundamentally wrong. Such a move threatens the very spirit of our democracy unless there is a tangible and workable solution that ...

Political Cortex: An Increasingly Smarmy Obama Campaign

Sunday, February 24th, 2008

Naturally, politicians in the heat of campaign are going to engage in slippery talk and a tendency to plant seeds of doubt aimed at potential voters that is often laden with fact challenged or questionable text and messages. But in the end, voters suffer because they are misled ...

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 ...