$#*! We Missed
The previous entries in this occasional post were called Bits and Pieces. Frankly, that title didn’t fully suit the content. Truth is, even the most […]
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Sanchez on Hardball Updated w/Video
UPDATED: Rep. Loretta Sanchez talked with Chris Matthews on Hardball tonight on MSNBC. She talked about a decision by Anthem Blue Cross, Aetna, and other big health insurers’ decision to stop selling policies to children rather than comply with the new health care law that bars them from denying coverage to kids with preexisting conditions.
President appoints Elizabeth Warren “Watchdog for the American Consumer”
Long before this crisis hit, she had written eloquently, passionately, forcefully, about the growing financial pressures on working families and the need to put in place stronger consumer protections. And three years ago she came up with an idea for a new independent agency that would have one simple overriding mission: standing up for consumers and middle-class families.
New CBS/NY Times Poll: Public Trusts Democrats More
This exceptional opinion column in today’s New York Times is well worth reading and should serve as a reminder that the leadership demonstrated by President […]
Obama Weekly Address: GOP Leadership Blocking Fixes for the Citizens United Decision
After the Supreme Court overturned decades of law and precedent in the Citizens United decision, the administration tried to fix the new loopholes in the campaign finance system with a common sense law. But, the GOP leadership has blocked a vote on the law in the Senate in hopes that the special interests will reward them by funding attack ads against their opponents.
What Good Is Government — And the Power of One
We all know about Candy Lightner who started Mothers Against Drunk Driving. Right? She started the organization after losing a child in a traffic collision […]
President’s message to school kids
Here are the text and video of President Obama’s address to school kids this year. I’m happy IUSD sent a note to school principals encouraging […]
Doug Arseneault Named OCYD Executive Director
 hot off the press release email list: Santa Ana, CA – 9/13/10 – Orange County Young Democrats today hired Doug Arseneault to serve as […]
50 Years Ago Today And Not Much Has Changed
On September 12, 1960 Senator John Kennedy of Massachusetts gave a speech to the Houston Ministerial Association at the Rice Hotel in Houston, Texas. He […]