Thursday, May 8th, 2008
See the periodic table? [Mike Mertz / Flickr]
A group of scientists, educators, and business leaders is calling for Science Debate 2008, and thousands of people have signed on in support. The goal here is to convince the 08 candidates to debate big scientific issues -- issues that affect America's national ...
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Thursday, May 1st, 2008
[christopherl / Flickr]
The November voter-turnout rate for the under-30 crowd promises to approach the heights of the early 70s and the 1992 spike. The youth vote also continues its recent trend of tilting Democratic.
So how do engaged young voters think about Campaign 08? One "20ish year old" in Seattle, WA, ...
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Monday, March 3rd, 2008
Connecting the old-fashioned way [Jay Tamboli / Flickr]
Emmett O'Connell lives and blogs -- largely about politics -- in Olympia, WA. He was enthusiastically involved online in the Dean campaign in 2004; this time around, he helped set up a community site for Bill Richardson long before Richardson even declared his ...
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Friday, February 22nd, 2008
Washington-state blogger Joshua Longbrake writes about his experience at an overcrowded, spirited Obama rally in Seattle earlier this month. He has this gem of an observation:
It was really fascinating to see the Obama campaign team pass out two types of signs: the first set of signs were professionally made [...] ...
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