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Fired Up, Ready to Go
The day has come, people. If you haven’t already done so, go to a polling place and get yourself one of those charming little ‘I Voted!’ stickers. All you have to do is vote. After today, there will be no … Continue reading
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Tagged edith childs, election 2012, election day, fired up ready to go, Obama
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That’s What The World Said
If the rest of the world could vote in the U.S. Presidential Election, who would win? Well, let’s just take a look at a recent GlobeScan/PIPA poll.
Debatable: Part IV
Monday’s third and final presidential debate on foreign policy (with quite a bit of domestic issues sneaked in) demonstrated the difference between someone studied, practised in international affairs, and someone just trying to sound like they are. CBS News correspondent … Continue reading
The Third Presidential Debate: Romney Says ‘Ditto’ on Foreign Policy, Touts Funding Cuts
By Sarah Jost Last night’s presidential debate made two things perfectly clear: Mitt Romney is not qualified to control U.S. foreign policy and President Obama has done everything exactly as he should have regarding international affairs over the past four … Continue reading
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Tagged debate, ditto, foreign affairs, funding cuts, inexperienced, Obama, presidential debate, Romney, romney unqualified
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Debatable
Wednesday’s presidential debate covered everything from the economy to health care to the role of government. We provided an overall analysis, as well as some fact-checking fun, yesterday, but with so much said, and as Geo discusses, unsaid, there’s was … Continue reading
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Tagged health insurance, Obama, obamacare, presidential debate, Romney, Romney 47%, small business
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The First Presidential Debate: Progression vs Regression, Unification vs Division
By Sarah Jost While some may criticize journalist Jim Lehrer’s performance as the host of last night’s first presidential debate, the fact is that he made a concerted effort to highlight the candidates’ differing views and opposing policies. And the … Continue reading
Posted in Politics & Global Issues, Sarah
Tagged aggressive, Bank of China, biofuels, bipartisanship, Bloomberg healthiest countries, China trade, coal, differences, division, education, entitled, Environment, george w. bush, jim lehrer, Obama, offshore drilling, oil, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, pipeline, political polarization, presidential debate, preventable deaths, progression, regression, renewable resources, Romney, Romney's investments in China, solar, student loans, unification, US health records, WHO, wind
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That’s What He Said
If I had a vote, I would be voting for Obama. It’s the worst situation to be in because you’re watching the madness, not able to do anything about it. In Britain, there’s a basic understanding that we have a … Continue reading
Our Favourite Things Obama Has Done in the Past Four Years
With election season getting into full swing, it’s time for us here at the Urchin Movement to get political(er.) To kick things off, we’ve each picked our favourite thing President Obama has done while in office. He was able to … Continue reading
That’s What He Said
Exploiting people’s emotions of fear, envy and anxiety is not hope, it’s not change, it’s partisanship. We don’t need partisanship. We don’t need demagoguery, we need solutions. – Paul Ryan
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Tagged 2012 presidential campaign, Mitt Romney, Obama, paul ryan
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That’s What He Said
This is not amnesty. This is not immunity. This is not a path to citizenship. It’s not a permanent fix. This is a temporary, stopgap measure that lets us focus our resources wisely while giving a degree of relief and … Continue reading
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Tagged dream act, immigration, Obama
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