Category: Politics and Government

Today is the Day, America

It’s all over except the remaining voters still in line across the country and the final vote counts. It is possible, but unlikely, that we will know who won by late tonight. More likely, it will take a few days.

There is nothing left to say at this point. Every American has the information they need to decide – now we are doing just that.

Both Chose Their Final Messaging

In so many ways, the closing arguments of both campaigns really did say it all.

One chose – not by coincidence,

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Character Counts. Courage May be the Most Important Component Today

So, I Had This Idea

 I decided a couple of weeks ago that the subject of Courage would be a suitable topic for this posting, the last one before election day. As you will see shortly, my focus was to be, and still partly is, on courage by election officials and judges.

But things happen. Last week, the billionaire owners of two of the country’s largest newspapers, the LA Times and the Washington Post, interfered with editorial autonomy at the very last minute and cancelled endorsements by both papers for VP Harris.

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Helping People See How Mislead They Have Been

The Campaign Overview

By now, it should be obvious to just about everyone that the Harris- Walz lead is not just a honeymoon bubble. This level of interest, engagement, commitment, and enthusiasm is something rarely seen in national politics. A new coalition is forming, building around parts of the Biden and Obama coalitions that could be really strong. Especially encouraging is the patterns being witnessed among youth, minorities, and Hispanics. Impressive stuff.

But we still have 83 days to go, and that is forever in politics.

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