I've Seen the Future

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Saturday May 17, 2008 · 8:30 PM PDT

2008/05/17 · 20:30

Today I attended the Virginia 8th congressional Democratic caucus as a delegate for Obama. Our primary task was to select delegates to the National Convention in Denver. We were to select 2 male, and 2 female delegates as well as an alternate for Obama. There were approximately 15 men and 15 women on the ballot. All of them had done outstanding work on behalf of Obama, many travelling to other states, and many with a long history of involvement in Democratic politics.

Each of the delegate candidates gave a three minute speech. And truly they were all terrific. Many of them have been invoved in politics for decades, including a couple who cited their involvment in the '72 McGovern campaign.

After almost all the candidates had spoken, a young woman named Bridget Donnelly stepped up to the microphone and introduced herself in a shaky voice as a 19-year old college student

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Monday July 09, 2007 · 11:36 AM PDT

2007/07/09 · 11:36

July 4th has come and gone. And now the primary campaign is truly underway. For months now I've been torn between John Edwards and Barack Obama. And while I am not allied with either camp, I am beginning to conclude that it's time for progressives to get behind Obama.

Obama was an early opponent of the invasion of Iraq, and he has a solid history of progressivism. On the other hand, Edwards is the only candidate who speaks openly and honestly about the divisions of race and class in this country. Not since RFK has a candidate spoken so forcefully about poverty. And while Edwards did vote for the Iraq war resolution, he conceded long ago that he made a grievous error in doing so.

And then there's Hillary. Like Edwards, she voted for the Iraq war resolution. But unlike Edwards, she has never admitted her mistake. It seems that her position on Iraq changes on a daily basis, driven presumably by her advisors' reading of the polls. Whatever this is, it isn't leadership.

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