From Gallup: Fifteen percent of registered voters nationwide have already cast their ballots in this year’s election, according to Gallup Daily tracking for the week ending Oct. 28. That is up sharply from 5% a week earlier. The overall percentage either having already voted or planning to vote before Election Day has also increased – [...]
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Why I’m Voting Green Party, by Joyce Arnold
As of tomorrow, there is one week remaining, and this round of politics as usual – with the largest amount of money ever spent, and no reason to think it won’t grow again in 2016 – will be over. Unless there’s a split in electoral and popular votes, and then it will be a while [...]
What People Are Saying About How You Should Vote: ‘The Progressive Case Against Obama,’ Matt Stoller
The fifth in an occasional series before November 6: At Salon Matt Stoller’s “The progressive case against Obama” is creating, shall we say, energetic conversation. I can only provide snippets, but strongly encourage you to go read the whole thing. Whether you agree or disagree with Stoller, he provides some information for thought and conversations. [...]
Queer Talk: ‘You Don’t Own Me’ Still a Needed Declaration by Women [VIDEO]
Yesterday Taylor wrote Lena Dunham Ad Upsets Mourdock Supporters, which I later saw paired with the video below, with a “I approve this message” from the singer, Leslie Gore. At Think Progress Alyssa Rosenberg writes: “Lena Dunham, Lesley Gore, And The Importance Of Voting On November 6.” “Whatever you think” of Dunham’s “playful voter turnout [...]
Missing Issues in the Duopoly Presidential Campaigns (VIDEO)
There’s been a lot of conversation about what’s missing from the Democratic / Republican presidential campaigns, usually with some analysis about why the identified issues are, if not completely left out, clearly not a primary focus of either Obama or Romney. The articles often focus on the presidential debates, but also point to the 2012 [...]
Queer Talk: Obama Campaign Issues Statement Supporting Marriage Equality in State Ballot Measures
The announcement was quickly and widely spread. From Freedom To Marry: President Obama supports marriage, opposes discrimination in ballot campaigns In May, President Barack Obama made history by becoming the first sitting U.S. president ever to support the freedom to marry for same-sex couples. Today, a spokesperson for the Obama campaign issued a statement about [...]
Alternative Presidential Debates: Johnson, Stein Advance in Free & Equal Debate, Nader Hosts DC Debate
Romney / Ryan and Obama / Biden are well past the Commission on Presidential Debates act of the Election 2012 production. For alternative party candidates, at least two more opportunities are scheduled. Although it’s probably safe to say that most people aren’t aware of the several “third party” debates provided this election year, it’s also [...]
The ‘Disposition Matrix’, the ‘Kill List’ Upgrade: Just How Much ‘Lesser Evil’ is Acceptable?
The Washington Post article from a couple of days ago continues to spark conversation. Plan for hunting terrorists signals U.S. intends to keep adding names to kill lists, by Greg Miller, begins: Over the past two years, the Obama administration has been secretly developing a new blueprint for pursuing terrorists, a next-generation targeting list called [...]
What People Are Saying About How You Should Vote: ‘The Purpose of Voting’ & The New Deal
Number four in this occasional series of “What People Are Saying About How You Should Vote,” today from Avedon Carol, The Purpose of Voting. (all emphasis mine) Something I think I’ve mentioned before, and that Stuart Zechman and I talk about privately, is that without the New Deal framework, social progress goes down the drain. [...]
Nine States Backing Constitutional Amendment to Overturn Citizens United
This story won’t gain any traction in the midst of the presidential campaign season that’s setting new records on money spent. I mean, where’s the entertainment in dull stuff like Citizens United when you can keep score (at least on the Democratic side of things) with Big Bird, binders, bayonets and horses? The thing is, [...]
Data Cookies Flag and Track Our Political Preferences
We all know we’re marked and flagged and tracked on the web. Visit a site about, for example, hiking, and very soon you’ll see ads about, say, hiking boots pop up on other sites. Propublica’s Lois Beckett has a piece about how this same kind of thing is happening related to our politics. Go check [...]
Queer Talk: Log Cabin Republicans Clarify a ‘Qualified’ Endorsement of Romney **UPDATED**
In an earlier post today I noted that the long in coming Log Cabin Republican endorsement of Romney was clearly not made easily, only two weeks before election day. I wondered about the headline of the announcement – “With Endorsement, Log Cabin Republicans Declare ‘We Are Americans First’ – not including Romney’s name. Since then [...]
Free & Equal’s Four Presidential Candidates Debate, Hosted by Larry King (VIDEO)
Free and Equal hosts a live, online debate, tonight, October 23, 2012, 8:00 pm CDT. The “top six candidates” were invited. Neither Obama nor Romney accepted, of course. Confirmed participants: Gary Johnson – Libertarian Party; Jill Stein – Green Party; Virgil Goode – Constitution Party; Rocky Anderson – Justice Party. Larry King will moderate. Ora [...]
State Ballot Measures to Watch
With the majority of media attention focused on the presidential race, it takes extra efforts, usually at state and local levels, to hear about other candidates and issues. At AlterNet, Steven Rosenfeld provides a list of state ballot measures, “11 Hot Topics in 2012′s Other Electoral Frontline.” From that article: There’s more at stake in [...]
Queer Talk: Log Cabin Endorses Romney
Log Cabin Republican’s decision on whether or not to endorse the Romney / Ryan ticket has been long in coming. Today’s announcement that they have, in fact, endorsed Romney comes about three weeks after hints that the announcement was likely coming in a matter of a couple of days. See here for some background. From [...]
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