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Elrod, who joined the HRC this fall, is still processing the implications of her vote, including her feelings toward the controversial choice of Palin as McCain’s running mate. When I ask her to speak about Palin as we complete a round of canvassing earlier this month, Elrod...
Some argue that I should vote because if everybody did not vote, democracy would not work. But this is a deeply silly argument. One does not control everybody’s vote, but only one’s own. Besides, if we imagined that everybody else would act the same...
Some argue that I should vote to send a message. But not voting sends perhaps the strongest message of all. It expresses discontent with the entire slate of candidates and with the current state of democracy. Perhaps more importantly, unlike a “lesser of two evils?...
Brad A. Berenson’s memories from his time at Harvard Law School are cloudy, but the former classmate of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama still vividly recalls one evening in the fall of 1990.
“We watched the midterm election returns in his apartment, and Barack was rooting very hard for Harvey Gantt, an African-American Senate candidate in North Carolina running against Jesse Helms,” Berenson said. “I remember that [Barack] was wearing a Harvey Gantt...