While I applaud the intent of the National Alliance on Mental Illness’s effort to “grade” the 50 states in the U.S. on their mental health care, the problem with such reports is that they are out-of-date and virtually useless from the moment they are published. The problem with the...

Obama didn't build the greatest online political network. Howard Dean did. Obama just copied it exactly; I might add, not as well. Obama's web team was subpar compared to the Dean team. But they had the benefit of a better candidate who inspired the populace. In Obama they had a well spoken Dean. Fu...

SoapBlox is one of the more important but less heralded platforms in the progressive blogosphere’s infrastructure. Or, it was. If you visit the main SoapBlox website today, you will see this post at the very top: SoapBlox is Dead by: pacified January 07, 2009 at 08:15:46 MST It was a good ride...

Daniel Seddiqui, age 23, is on a mission to work 50 jobs in 50 states in 50 weeks. A gamechanger identifies and plays a productive game. Focuses on preparation more than planning. Is more concerned with getting results than in producing specific outcomes. Seddiqui could not be playing this game if h...

We've heard a lot of blather about how the changing electoral dynamic favors Obama playing ball in the once-upon-a-time GOP strongholds: Virginia, North Carolina, Colorado, Nevada, etc. It's the rebirth, the redemption of Howard Dean's old 50 State Strategy. I like the notion of Barry throwing money...

How Obama Won: 50 State Strategy Hillary Clinton to Katie Couric: It will be over February 5th. When you heard Hillary Clinton become the champion of ' counting all the votes'; ' don't let them push me out until all the voters have been heard from', remember what she said to Katie Couric. It will be...

How Obama Won: 50 State Strategy Hillary Clinton to Katie Couric: It will be over February 5th. When you heard Hillary Clinton become the champion of ' counting all the votes'; ' don't let them push me out until all the voters have been heard from', remember what she said to Katie Couric. It will be...

From DailyKos: As Obama moves to unify the Democratic Party, he is sending his strategist Paul Tewes to join the DNC. But Howard Dean will remain. Obama campaign spokesperson Bill Burton: "Senator Obama appreciates the hard work that Chairman Dean has done to grow our party at the grassroots level a...

From DailyKos: As Obama moves to unify the Democratic Party, he is sending his strategist Paul Tewes to join the DNC. But Howard Dean will remain. Obama campaign spokesperson Bill Burton: "Senator Obama appreciates the hard work that Chairman Dean has done to grow our party at the grassroots level a...

From DailyKos: Clinton big dollar donors threaten Pelosi and the DCCCby kosWed Mar 26, 2008 at 02:52:01 PM PDT Certain people still think they can bully politicians by waving their checkbooks in their faces. The Honorable Nancy PelosiSpeaker of the US House of Representatives Office of the SpeakerH-...