Take Back America 2007 Discussion
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What The Boos Were About
Jun 20, 2007 at 08:08 AM by Bill ScherSen. Hillary Clinton being booed during her remarks is likely to be the big story coming out of Day 3 of Take Back America. What the boos were actually about is likely to be misreported.
The TBA Interview: Digby
Jun 19, 2007 at 07:45 PM by Isaiah PooleA short, unassuming woman blended into the large audience that sat through a panel discussion I moderated on Tuesday, “The Blogosphere: From Ideas to Action.” It was not until the panel ended and I was rushing out of the room that I happened to ...
Edwards: 'No More Triangulating'
Jun 19, 2007 at 01:41 PM by Isaiah PooleFor an audience that was eager to hear a presidential candidate say that they would not compromise progressive principles for political expediency, former Sen. John Edwards knew what to say.
When it comes to ending the war in Iraq or issues such as ...
Obama, An Unabashed 'Hope-Mongerer'
Jun 19, 2007 at 12:44 PM by Isaiah PooleThe pundits have been saying that Sen. Barack Obama lost his stride at the most recent presidential debates, but there was no evidence of that Tuesday when he made a passionate, forceful speech at the Take Back America conference.
What a standing-ro...
Richardson Names Names
Jun 19, 2007 at 07:02 AM by Bill ScherPresidential hopeful Gov. Bill Richardson, D-N.M., addressed Take Back America earlier this hour, and as far as I know, this was the first time he criticized Sen. Hillary Clinton, Sen. Barack Obama and former Sen. John Edwards by name for not suppor...
Freshman Class Message: Don't Back Down
Jun 18, 2007 at 10:07 PM by Isaiah PooleThe three freshman progressive senators who participated in the "kitchen table" discussion at Take Back America Monday night all said they would support a strategy of not backing down from efforts to end the war in Iraq in the face of veto threats and ...
Borosage Plays Hardball On Iraq
Jun 18, 2007 at 08:55 PM by Isaiah Poole
Campaign for America's Future co-director Robert L. Borosage debated staunch Iraq war defender Rep. Phil Gingrey, R-Ga., on the MSNBC news talk show "Hardball with Chris Matthews."
Borosage o...
From Conservative Failure To Progressive Action
Jun 18, 2007 at 03:56 PM by Bill ScherThe session was titled "How Conservatism Has Failed," but with the strong desire for positive change, discussion quickly moved to how to turn that failure into progre...
