The Return of Big Tobacco
by Dan Croak
The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act will authorize the FDA to regulate tobacco. However, it will not help "prevent smoking" nor it will "control tobacco" favorably for public health. Phillip Morris strongly supports the legislation and the head of the FDA opposes it. Something is wrong here.
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Mike Gravel, Fiery Unknown
by Dan Croak
05.01.07 | The only Democratic candidate to receive much media attention after the South Carolina debates was former Senator Mike Gravel. In this video, he talks about political courage and excoriates current Senators and Congressmen, particularly Harry Reid for not doing enough to end the war in Iraq.
2008 House Prospects Encouraging for Democrats
by Anna O'Leary
04.30.07 | Private House Democratic polls of the 50 most competitive congressional districts project a gain of 9 to 11 seats in the 2008 elections that would be an unprecedented further surge by the party after its 2006 gain of 30 seats to win control of the House.
The Right to Work
by Dan Croak
04.29.07 | How are 17 states, 276 cities and towns (including the District of Columbia) and 433 companies of the Fortune 500 more advanced - daresay, more civilized - than the federal government? They all prohibit employment discrimination based on sexual orientation. It's about time Congress allowed the nation to catch up - and maybe it will, now that the Employment Non-Discrimination Act has been reintroduced in the House.
It's not the uninsured, Stupid
by Dan Croak
04.27.07 | Today marks the beginning of Cover the Uninsured Week. Funded by a conglomeration of unions corporations and foundations the goal of this campaign is to provide health insurance to all of the estimated 47 million Americans who lack it.
Politicians and the Web: New Medium, Old School Tactics
by Erin Teeling
10.09.06 | Our recent study on the use of the Internet by Senate campaigns makes it clear that candidates perceive the Web as a necessary component to their campaigns, as 97 percent (all but two) of this year’s Senate candidates have active websites. Despite an increase in Web activity by politicians, however, our research shows that candidates are failing to use the Web to engage in conversations with voters. Instead, they are using it to hand out orders.
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John Edwards will win the Democratic nomination