If Conditions Were Right, Would You Vote Third Party?

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Tuesday April 12, 2011 · 11:44 AM PDT

2011/04/12 · 11:44

I know this is a site for Democrats, but changing election rules to allow instant runoff voting could pressure democrats to act like Democrats, for starters.

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The question is, if you could vote with this kind of system, would you vote for a third party contender, knowing you had a back-up choice?

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The question is, if you could vote with this kind of system, would you vote for a third party contender, knowing you had a back-up choice?

Yes, I'd vote third party for my first choice

83 votes

No. I'd vote for a Democrat or Republican even the lesser of two evils

21 votes

not sure

6 votes

Time to Primary Obama #2, w/Poll

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Monday December 06, 2010 · 4:05 PM PST

2010/12/06 · 16:05

Last month, I ran a poll, which over 500 people responded to, asking whether Obama should be primaried. Many commenters got nasty, but 27% said they wanted to primary Obama. 70% opposed primarying Obama.

I decided I'd re-visit the question periodically. Today, Obama caved, breaking his campaign promises to tax the wealthy.

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Should Obama be Primaried?

797 votes Vote Now!

Should Obama be Primaried?

Yes Primary him.

539 votes

No Don't primary him.

221 votes

Not Sure

37 votes

Poll; What's your Take on Wikileaks Assange-- Hero, Villain or other?

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Thursday December 02, 2010 · 9:04 AM PST

2010/12/02 · 09:04

The mainstream media seems to be mostly villifying Julian Assange of wikileaks.
S for his execution.

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Is Wikileaks' Julian Assange a Hero or Villain?

274 votes Vote Now!

Is Wikileaks' Julian Assange a Hero or Villain?

Villain

52 votes

Hero

151 votes

Other

53 votes

Not sure

18 votes

Is It Time to Primary Obama? Poll

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Friday November 05, 2010 · 11:40 AM PDT

2010/11/05 · 11:40

A simple though controversial question. Should Obama face primary challengers. Some blame Obama for Tuesday's bloodbath. Some blame progressives. It's getting nasty. Just wondering how the community here feels about it.

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Should Obama be Primaried

536 votes Vote Now!

Should Obama be Primaried

Yes primary him

159 votes

No Don't primary him

363 votes

not sure

14 votes

Senator Evan Bayh Screwed Indiana Democrats, Sidestepped Democracy

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Tuesday February 16, 2010 · 7:21 AM PST

2010/02/16 · 07:21

crossposted from OpEdNEws.com, a technorati top 100 overall blog.

Evan Bayh's last minute decision not to run for the senate again was intentional and aimed at side-stepping democracy.

Indiana's citizens were screwed by Bayh. By waiting until the last minute, he made impossible for a real candidate to decide to run, get petitions signed and get on the ballot. That handed the decision over to state Democratic party leaders, who will undoubtedly be instructed who to appoint to run by DSCC leaders. I don't think this was an accident. It was planned-- a conspiracy to take the Democratic process away from Indiana Democrats.

Sadly, it's not that big a deal. In most states, a few powerful Democrats decide, with input and influence from DSCC leaders, who will be the chosen and endorsed candidate.

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Was the timing of Bayh's Decision Announcement Planned to allow Dem Leaders to select his replacement and sidestep the primary process?

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Was the timing of Bayh's Decision Announcement Planned to allow Dem Leaders to select his replacement and sidestep the primary process?

Yes.

112 votes

19 votes

Not sure

25 votes

Obama's Newest Strategy Will Fail; Here's How to Turn The Tide Against the GOP

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Monday February 15, 2010 · 8:01 PM PST

2010/02/15 · 20:01

Crossposted from OpEdNEws.com and Huffingtonpost.com

The new White House strategy is to show how Republicans are the party of no, by showcasing their answers and comments on poll-friendly issues.

This is not going to work. They may feel good, making republicans look bad, but the main strategy that this tactic is based upon is a loser.

The American people are justifiably furious that they gave their trust to Obama and the congressional democrats and that confidence was betrayed. Obama and Reid in particular failed to keep promises, failed to wield the power they were entrusted to make real change happen.

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Poll Are You Happy With Obama's Health Care Efforts?

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Poll Are You Happy With Obama's Health Care Efforts?

I'm happy with the job Obama and his team have done, not thrilled but a beginning.

30 votes

Obama's doing a great job.

25 votes

Not happy. I don't want my health care tampered with.

11 votes

Not happy. Obama and team sold us out. We need real reform-- single payer

70 votes

Not happy. Obama's not being tough on GOP & Bluedogs, should pass current bill.

33 votes

Why Holder and Obama have not fired the Rove-Vetted DOJ Attorneys

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Wednesday August 19, 2009 · 4:06 AM PDT

2009/08/19 · 04:06

crossposted from www.OpEdNews.com

It's an unprecedented outrage. There are scores of attorneys-- partisan, engaging in serial prosecutorial misconduct, like the cases of Gov. Don Siegelman and Cyril Wecht, and these Bush-appointees are still on the job, doing damage to the US, to justice and innocent victims.

I offer a theory explaining this breach of trust by Obama, why he has failed to do what every president before him has done.

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Wednesday May 13, 2009 · 7:59 AM PDT

2009/05/13 · 07:59

A family member's brutal beating by a gang has me extra pissed. Time to get out in the streets to demand universal health insurance like every other first world nation has. There are too many horror stories affecting too many Americans.

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Are You Ready to Go to the streets

38 votes Vote Now!

Are You Ready to Go to the streets

Yes, even though I'm insured.

17 votes

Yes, it's the only way to make REAL Change happen. Shove it down the congress's throats.

17 votes

No. I have insurance and don't give a shit about people who don't, and anyway, allowing single payer to fail is another way to move us further toward banana republic status, making us riper pickings for corporations

0 votes

no for other reasons, like I'm too lazy to get off my ass, or I'm one of those who settle for less, like the Public option, even though that still leaves us behind every other first world nation.

4 votes

Secret Service Issues New Policy: Bloggers to Go Shoeless

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Tuesday December 16, 2008 · 11:41 AM PST

2008/12/16 · 11:41

The Secret Service has ruled that bloggers must go shoeless when attending political events.

After the flack raised by Secret Service critics who questioned why President Bush found himself at the mercy of an Iraqi journalist's size tens, the security org took a preemptive position, requiring that all bloggers, journalists and hosts from Air America, PBS, NPR and MSNBC would be required to remove their shoes before entering secure zones when the president, vice president James Dobson, and the CEOs of Blackwater and Haliburton are present

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Others have suggested that Bush be sent a message-- tens of thousands of shoes. Where should they be sent?

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Others have suggested that Bush be sent a message-- tens of thousands of shoes. Where should they be sent?

Whitehouse

4 votes

Salvation Army

8 votes

www.soles4souls.org

10 votes

The Obama-Clinton Cabinet? We Voted for CHANGE, Not Recycling

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Thursday November 06, 2008 · 3:33 PM PST

2008/11/06 · 15:33

Please, president-elect Obama, keep your promise, starting with your cabinet and bring change to this nation, not re-cycling.

It's been a long time since Democrats have worked in the Whitehouse or have had cabinet positions. Maybe it makes some sense that to start things off, Obama would consider bringing in some democrats with Whitehouse experience. That, almost by necessity, means Clinton people, or pretty old Carter people.

Personally, when it came time to choose between Obama and Hillary, there was no question in my mind. I did NOT want another Clinton in the Whitehouse. And I don't want the Obama cabinet or administration to look like a Clinton one.

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Should Build His Cabinet From Recycled Clinton Staffers?

392 votes Vote Now!

Should Build His Cabinet From Recycled Clinton Staffers?

yes as many as he likes

97 votes

79 votes

not sure

7 votes

a few are okay but we voted for change

209 votes

The Mailer That Put the Final Nail in the McCain Campaign Coffin

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Sunday October 12, 2008 · 12:08 PM PDT

2008/10/12 · 12:08

Close to 100 million Americans received mailers last week, or will receive them next week that will put the last nail in the coffin of the McCain Pailin campaign.

They weren't sent by Obama, nor by 527 group, not by any non-profit or even a political organization.

They didn't mention McCain or Pailin, Obama or Biden. Didn't mention taxes or Iraq, Gay Marriage or Abortion or any other campaign hot button topic.

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Did you or a family member get one of the mailers?

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Did you or a family member get one of the mailers?

yes

139 votes

49 votes

Meet Neel Kashkari, The $700 Billion Bailout Czar

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Monday October 06, 2008 · 9:08 AM PDT

2008/10/06 · 09:08

There is a new Czar in America-- the man who will be running the $700 billion budget bailout/rescue program-- assistant secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs, Neel Kashkari.

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