Eulogy for a Lion
President Obama remembers the "Lion of the Senate" at the funeral mass of Senator Ted Kennedy:
President Obama remembers the "Lion of the Senate" at the funeral mass of Senator Ted Kennedy:
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Health Insurance Reformers Continue Coming out in Massive Numbers Saturday
Earlier tonight, OFA Deputy Director Jeremy Bird sent in this report from the road . . .
Milwaukee, WI – It is a cold, windy summer night here in downtown Milwaukee, and hundreds of health insurance reformers are filing into Meier Festival Park.
Earlier today, more than 3,000 reformers gathered in New York City with [...]
No Air Force One for the First Lady?
O.K., every now and then (and more now than then) I read something that is so absolutely absurd that it defies all human intellect. Well, today is one of those times. Every Sunday, the Dallas Morning News provides space for folks to ask a burning question. Sometimes the questions are valid and sometimes you get [...]
President Obama’s Eulogy of Senator Edward Kennedy
The President just finished his eulogy of his dear friend and colleague, Senator Edward M. Kenendy. The full remarks are below.
Mrs. Kennedy, Kara, Edward, Patrick, Curran, Caroline, members of the Kennedy family, distinguished guests, and fellow citizens:
Today we say goodbye to the youngest child of Rose and Joseph Kennedy. The world will long remember [...]
"They’re trying to scare seniors"
Connie, a senior and a volunteer with Organizing for America in Florida, sent out an email to fellow seniors yesterday to help set the record straight on some of the rumors and mistruths that have been circulating about health insurance reform:
Special interests and insurance companies are spreading lies and trying to scare seniors into opposing [...]
Afternoon News
From the Atlanta Journal Constitution:
[Brian] Conton didn’t expect to become a public advocate in the health care debate.
All the Conyers physical therapist wanted to do was vent his frustration with the current system.
But after writing a letter that appeared in two newspapers, Conton was contacted by Organizing for America, which is trying to build [...]
Afternoon News
From Arizona Central:
A bus sporting the familiar red, white and blue logo of President Barack Obama’s campaign debuted in central Phoenix on Wednesday evening on the vanguard of a Democratic counteroffensive in support of health-care reform.
Hundreds of supporters rallied at one of the earliest stops on the Democratic National Committee’s "Health Insurance Reform Now: [...]
Remembering Senator Ted Kennedy
"For all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives and the dream shall never die." — Senator Ted Kennedy, 1932-2009
Late last night, Senator Ted Kennedy passed away at his home in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, after a lengthy battle with cancer. In a statement earlier [...]
Remembering Senator Ted Kennedy
"For all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives and the dream shall never die." — Senator Ted Kennedy, 1932-2009
Late last night, Senator Ted Kennedy passed away at his home in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, after a lengthy battle with cancer. In a statement earlier [...]