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On Winning the West

(Proudly cross-posted at C4O: Part 1 & Part 2)

I know you’ve heard this. I have, too. “The battleground has moved West.” To a large extent, this is true. And while we probably will may plenty of attention to traditional swing states like Florida & Ohio this fall, we probably also will be spending much more time analyzing developments in places like Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico, and Montana.

But you know what? The Presidential Race isn’t the only interesting race out west. Let’s take a look at some extra goodies that we can look forward to.

Change We Can’t Afford

(Proudly cross-posted at C4O)

On Monday, I talked a little about what’s at stake in this election. And today, I’d like to expand on that some more. Now that the stupid scandals are gone and we’re all focusing again on the economy, now’s the perfect time.

When John McCain talk about “change”, he talks about some supposedly high-minded concept of “reform”. Now of course, McCain has never actually supported any effort to regulate the financial sector and curb the runaway “laissez-faire” madness that threw us into this nmess in the first place. He’s never supported reforming our trade agreements to make them fairer for our workers. He’s never taken real action to help us working people afford good health care or avoid losing our homes to foreclosure. But now that his poll numbers are dropping like Lehman Brothers’ stock price on Monday, he’s now embracing the “reform” mantle. But no matter how much McCain talks “reform”, we can’t believe it.

What Can We Buy for Obama?

(Proudly cross-posted at C4O)

I mean it. What can we buy to help him? I was thinking about that last week as I was worrying over ugly poll numbers. But even though it looks like there’s light at the end of our tunnel, I know we can’t get complacent.

So what can we do to help Obama win?

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