Jan 13, 2015 | Elections, Elections - Other, Elections - Presidential (2012), General Advice, History, mic
Published: Good Men Project (January 13, 2015)
Matthew Rozsa looks for lessons in the lives and legacies of the presidential ‘Also Rans.’
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I have looked by the way at what happens to anybody in this country who loses as the nominee of their party. They become a loser for life, alright?... Read Original Article
Jun 16, 2014 | Autobiographical, Elections, Elections - Other, mic, Pennsylvania
Published: The Morning Call (June 16, 2014)
After more than two years as a political columnist for PolicyMic and other publications, I made the decision last month to undertake a career hiatus and work as the Northampton County field organizer for Tom Wolf’s gubernatorial campaign.
Although I knew this would probably be a temporary position, I embraced it not only to help the Democrats nominate the strongest possible candidate for governor but also to learn more about what it’s like to work at politics at the ground level — locally, where our elected leaders have the most immediate and direct impact on our lives.... Read Original Article
Feb 14, 2014 | Class Issues, Conservativism, Elections, Elections - Other, Libertarianism, mic, Plutocracy, Political Ideologies
Published: mic (February 14, 2014)
Billionaire Tom Perkins, who once compared the Occupy movement with Nazism, is again at the center of a storm of controversy. His comment?
“The Tom Perkins system is: You don’t get to vote unless you pay a dollar of taxes… You pay a million dollars in taxes, you get a million votes.”... Read Original Article
Dec 4, 2013 | Conservativism, Elections, Elections - Other, Gender and Sexism, Health Care Reform, mic, Political Ideologies, Political Parties, President Obama, Republicans
Published: mic (December 4, 2013)
I’m not sure which prospect is more frightening: That Obamacare’s opponents are deliberately lying or that they believe their own bullshit.
This isn’t to say that the Affordable Care Act hasn’t had its hiccups. Certainly there is no excuse for the technical incompetence that has plagued the website since its launch or for the president’s dishonesty regarding whether Americans who preferred their current health insurance plans would be able to keep them.... Read Original Article
Sep 30, 2013 | Democrats, Elections, Elections - Other, mic, Pennsylvania, Political Parties
Published: mic (September 30, 2013)
While it’s easy enough to talk about politics in terms of any given immediate cycle, Democrats should always try to keep the big picture in mind by asking themselves the most important question: How can we win the next election, the election after that, and other elections into the future?... Read Original Article
Jun 17, 2013 | Elections, Elections - Other, mic, Political Parties, Race and Racism, Republicans
Published: mic (June 17, 2013)
First the good news: Champions of civil liberties should celebrate the Supreme Court’s ruling Monday overturning an Arizona law requiring proof of citizenship to vote.
By empowering county registrars to “reject any application for registration that is not accompanied by satisfactory evidence of United States citizenship,” the “proof of citizenship” provision of Proposition 200 resulted in a disproportionately high number of voter registration rejections for Latino, other minority, and poor applicants, thereby discriminating against (to say nothing of discouraging) potential low income and/or non-white voters.
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