I’m so proud. Arizona currently has the top two news stories on the social news site Reddit. Arizona’s GOP is doing its level best to ensure Arizona is famous for our plutocratic Senator, who is running for President at the moment, and for our McCarthyistic and overtly racist politics. The bill introduced by Arizona Republican … Read more
by David Safier Another day at the storefront at Allegheny and Kennsington (Those are the cross streets, for anyone familiar with Philly). The place was packed in the morning, and when we returned at noon, we couldn’t get in the door, for all the SEIU Union folks who came in to pick up door hangers … Read more
by David Safier Sunday morning we drove to the campaign headquarters we were sent to, a storefront that had just been opened Saturday morning to cover a lower/lower middle class neighborhood. Driving down the almost-empty streets in a strange city, where most of the stores were shuttered for Sunday with heavy metal grates (all local … Read more
by David Safier It’s revealing to see how ads are written for different states. On television and in his fliers, Obama is featuring the hard working, middle American man and woman. A television ad has salt-of-the-earth types at gas stations complaining about gas prices. Toward the end of the ad, a few say, “That’s why … Read more
by David Safier Here’s a next-morning post about Friday. 11:30: Went to downtown headquarters and picked up a stack of fliers about the big Independence Mall rally along with a handful of posters. We walked the mean streets of Philadelphia’s Center City (OK, it was 70 degrees and the streets were very friendly, but where’s … Read more