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Bipartisan Policy Center Follows Path of JFK for Greater Unity
"Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer."John F. Kennedy spoke these words in 1958 regarding the political challenges faced in America. Kennedy called for ...
27 Mar, 2014
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Why Citizen-Funded, Independent Campaigns Are Important Now
For the past decade we have seen a steady erosion of representative democracy. The modern day arms race among powerful interests, which accelerated when poorly designed campaign finance reform was ove ...
25 Mar, 2014
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Falchuk: Massachusetts Election Reform Bill Won't Improve Voting
Massachusetts election reform bill, HB 3788, is currently being considered by the state House after passing the Senate, 37-1. At this point, the bill offers many reforms to Massachusetts voting w ...
20 Mar, 2014
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Learning to Dance: Making Good Political Leaders and Followers
To some, dancing comes naturally and can be self-taught; most of us require lessons. Dancing becomes a lifelong passion for many. Politics, in many ways, is also a dance, and understanding how to part ...
12 Mar, 2014
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Mass. Independent Candidate to Launch 1,000-Mile “Walk for Democracy”
“Changing the way we think about politics will be a long journey,” says Bruce Skarin, an independent candidate out to challenge incumbent Senator Ed Markey in November. This week, Bruce released detai ...
10 Mar, 2014
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Ailing Economy Needs Independent Solutions to Become Healthy Again
Democratic strategist James Carville may be wrong about a great deal, but he did have it right when he started the popular phrase, “It's the economy, stupid.”The health of the U.S. economy drives the ...
26 Feb, 2014
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LGBT Equality: The Final Civil Rights Fight
There are many politicians that have come to support gay rights in recent years, but in most cases “support” is a nebulous concept that is more often used as political cover from both sides of a heate ...
21 Feb, 2014
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Why Corruption in Washington is the First Issue
One week after announcing my entry into the Massachusetts race for U.S. Senate, many people have asked where I stand on the issues followed by a list of the usual suspects that are important to them. ...
20 Feb, 2014
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A More Inclusive Presidential Primary Would Motivate Voters to Participate
It seems that in every cycle there is debate about which states should hold the first presidential primary elections. Some state always seems to try to jump ahead of Iowa and New Hampshire. Since 1972 ...
13 Feb, 2014
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Evan Falchuk: We're On The Right Track to Improving Politics in Mass.
Month 8 in Evan Falchuk’s diary of his Independent campaign for Governor of MassachusettsAny campaign for public office is busy, I’d guess, but I didn’t realize quite how busy until I began running as ...
11 Feb, 2014
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