Looking Back, Looking Forward

However any of us may have voted, few can deny that Barack Obama is a phenomenal and inspirational public speaker; his acceptance speech on Tuesday night took millions of people on a wild ride from somber reflection to unbridled optimism, along the way taking in patriotism, the love of family, and the willingness to reach [...]

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Post-game analysis, of sorts.

The dust is finally settling. Democrats now have the White House, and majorities in both Houses of Congress. If you’re bothering to read this, you undoubtedly know what happened in your neck of the woods, so I’m not going to re-hash the results themselves.
Nor am I going to talk at length about the crucial factors [...]

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Democracy calls!

So here we are. Super Tuesday is just hours away, and all Americans who haven’t already taken advantage of early voting systems are called upon to do their civic duty.
The vast majority of pundits, bloggers and party insiders believe that Obama has this election in the bag, and the only remaining question is how big [...]

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