Shira Toeplitz (politics writer, Roll Call), Marc Morial (president, National Urban League, and former mayor of New Orleans), P.J. Crowley (former assistant secretary of state for public affairs), Jennifer Granholm (host of Current TV’s “The War Room”) and Charles Pierce (contributing writer, Esquire, and author of “Idiot America”).
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2 challenges Joe Biden might face in the vice presidential debate
“I think what Biden does is say, ‘All right, so once in a while I get my words wrong — but almost every time, you guys get your policy wrong.” —Jennifer Granholm watch video
The case for affirmative action
“Considering race as one of a number of factors — in addition to test scores, in addition to grades — I think is an important option.” —Marc Morial watch video
Eliot Spitzer to Westgate Resorts CEO David Siegel: You didn’t build it all by yourself
Eliot Spitzer reminds David Siegel that without the Great Smoky Mountains National Park — the first national park for which the federal government spent its own money to buy land — people wouldn’t pay for staying at Siegel’s big resort. watch video
Despite the rhetoric, we’re abandoning children
Government has been neglecting children more and more, and these kinds of spending cuts have disastrous consequences. read post
