A White House Twitter town hall may have the advantage of limiting comments to succinct 40 word questions, and add another first for the 44th President. After tweeting with the American people, the President’s Weekly, turns to the Congress to get the job done. Ideology seems to keep everyone in lock step. Republicans will not [...]
Before We are Democrats or Republicans, We are Americans. If anyone has been paying attention (and that’s somehow rare these days), it’s quite clear President Obama has been consistent in his message about unity and a civil discourse as part of a flourishing democracy. In his remarks at the memorial service in Tuscon last week, [...]
I usually do my tearing up before I meet the public. My family and I are going to an inauguraation watch party at Station 9 on U Street hosted by the DC for Obama volunteers. DC for Obama paddled my sanity canoe to safe shores when we were going down the rapids of the campaign. [...]
There appears to be a general apprehension in the country about the future. That apprehension undermines our faith in each other and our faith in ourselves — undermines that confidence. The idea that America today will be better tomorrow has become destabilized. It has become destabilized because of the recession and the sluggishness of the [...]
Is St. Paul, Minnesota gearing up for another Chicago ’68 or NYC ’04? During the weekend, members of the St. Paul and Ramsey County sheriff’s office conducted pre-convention raids on citizens supsected of anti-war protests during the Republican Convnention. Video and story are available on CommonDreams.org via Salon.com. Apparently, these preemptive strikes haven’t deterred anti-war [...]
Home again — after an all-nighter to guarantee I arrive at the Denver International Airport at 3:30 a.m. for a 6:15 a.m. flight. Last night completed a week I will never forget. This ticket to the INVESCO field for Barack Obama’s acceptance speech was my final goal for the non-stop DNC convention. All is forgiven [...]
Yesterday, I had to be queen of the hustle. I was determined this was going to be a make-or-break day. The goal was to get that “credential” to get into the Pepsi Center and see the hall of delegates, state signs, the funny hats. And YES! I got in. Somehow, on this mission, I got [...]
“There’s no news here.” That’s what I heard from a local television producer while I was hydrating myself at the Starbucks counter in downtown Denver. For me, that’s true. I haven’t watched any TV, radio or even read much news online or on the page since arriving in Denver for the DNC convention. “What do [...]
