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To Obama From A Dying Friend

By Paul Loeb
July 6, 2009

I asked myself a question: if given the opportunity to write a letter to the President—a letter in which illness and impending death served a larger agenda—hat would I say to him? The answer was immediate and impassioned: “Please level with the people. Now."

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America: A Center-Left Nation

By Campaign for America's Future and Media Matters for America
May 27th, 2009
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America Is A Center-Left Nation

On a range of issues, from the role of government in the economy to universal health care, America continues to be more progressive than many people think, according to a new report jointly written with Media Matters for America. The report challenges the mainstream media to recognize reality rather than the erroneous conventional wisdom.

Read the report | Blog by report author Eric Lotke

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Beyond Crisis Management: Obama's Next 1,361 Days

By Christian Dorsey
April 30th, 2009

President Obama passed the first 100 day mark this week with generally positive, or at least patient, reviews from the media, which has focused largely on his decisive handling the country's economic crisis. more »

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The Obama Craze: Count Me Out

By Matt Gonzalez
From beyondchron.org
February 28th, 2008

beyondchron.org — Part of me shares the enthusiasm for Barack Obama. After all, how could someone calling himself a progressive not sense the importance of what it means to have an African-American so close to the presidency? But as his campaign has unfolded, and I heard that we are not red states or blue states for the 6th or 7th time, I realized I knew virtually nothing about him.

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Hometown: alameda, CA
Interests: America's Future Now, anti-war, democracy, progressive agenda
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