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I Am a Former Staffer of the President's and I Want Him To Fight Like He Promised Us

By Mike Elk
September 4, 2009

I just joined thousands of others, including several hundred former staffers from the campaign, in signing a petition to President Obama, telling him that health care reform without a public option is not "change we can believe in." read more »

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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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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. read more »

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Obama's Grade at 100? What About Our Grade?

By Robert Borosage
April 29, 2009

100-Days-Forward-75.gifRather than just grading the president, I suggest we might profitably assess our own 100 days. Obama has stormed the national and world stages in his first weeks. But how have we done—particularly the progressives who have such a large stake in the success of this president—in relation to Obama? He has demonstrated remarkable mastery of the powers of the presidency to lead the country. Have we mastered the power of the citizenry to empower the president?

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What A Difference Ten Days Make

By Isaiah J. Poole
January 30, 2009

Consider how far we've come since January 20. read more »

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Obama's Summons

By Robert Borosage
January 22, 2009

Obama's inaugural speech was a pointed critique of the "failed dogmas" of the last 30 years of conservative misrule and a summons to a new and bold, progressive era of activist government; regulated markets and shared prosperity at home; and a foreign policy that reflects our values.

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Leaders and Experts Agree that a Public Insurance Option is Critical to the Success of Obama’s Health Reform Proposals

12/19/2008
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Leaders and Experts Agree that a Public Insurance Option is Critical to the Success of Obama’s Health Reform Proposals.

Here are quotes from leaders calling for the choice of a public insurance plan. And below that, National Journal published a variety of views, including attacks. read more »

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ECONOMIC CRISIS MAKES “RUBINOMICS” IRRELEVANT

11/23/2008

Responding to concerns that President-elect Obama’s new economic leadership team is dominated by people who played a role in creating the current crisis, Campaign for America’s Future co-director Robert Borosage said that deepening economic emergency makes “Rubinomics” irrelevant. Borosage said that today’s announcement is a key step toward enacting a bold economic recovery plan.

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Sexism, Racism: What Lies Beneath

By Pam Spaulding
From openleft.com
July 15th, 2008

openleft.com — The New Yorker's editor, David Remnick, has come under quite a bit of fire for the decision to run Barry Blitt's illustration of Barack and Michelle Obama. Underneath the polite discourse is our continuing difficulty in having a frank, but constructive dialogue about the third-rail topic of race.

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