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Monthly Archives: August 2009
What If We Ran This Town? Join Young Dems Across NYC For A Straw Poll
What is a Straw Poll? It’s an informal vote to gauge opinion within a group–not an endorsement. We want to see what our members think about the prospective 2009 Candidates for the city-wides. Voters between 18 and 36 make up 1/3 of the electorate. Experts have been trying to figure out this election for months and they’re still clueless. This poll will be the first real chance for these candidates to see how their messages are resonating with our generation. We’ll be gathering at locations in Manhattan (there are locations in Queens and Brooklyn too) at 7:30PM on Tuesday, Sept 1st and staying past 10PM. Tickets are $10 and will get you one vote each for Mayor, Comptroller, and Public … More >>
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The Work Goes On
“The work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die.” – Senator Ted Kennedy TAPPED: Ted Kennedy wasn’t a symbol of American liberalism. He was the executor of American liberalism, he was the real deal, he got it done. He couldn’t make the whole country fall in love with him. But centuries from now, when the sentimental attachment of those who can remember the older Kennedy brothers are gone, it is the youngest Kennedy sibling who will be remembered, warts and all, for having most shaped America’s path, and most exemplified its ideals. He is, in short, the only Kennedy who wasn’t overrated, the only one we saw for who he was, the … More >>
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Where’s The Green? Impressions from MYD’s PA Forum
As one Democratic insider supporting Mr. de Blasio put it, “You can’t attack what’s not there.” That may be true, but it’s also hard to vote for someone with less presence than a ghost. Last week’s Public Advocate Forum, hosted by MYD, allowed our members, students from co-host Pace University, and others from the community to hear from all of the non-Green candidates: Former ACLU chief Normal Seigel, Brooklyn Councilman Bill de Blasio, and Queens Councilman Eric Gioia. Former PA and most-recognized candidate Mark Green has been keeping a low profile and refusing to engage in public debates–kind of ironic for someone who wants to advocate on our behalf, no? Here are some initial impressions on the candidates’ opening remarks … More >>
Will TA For Public Good? Grad School Fair in NYC
If you’re looking for an easy way to meet recruiters from tons of graduate school programs all across the country, want that degree to be about making the world a better place, and are planning to be in town on Sep. 10th, look no further: Idealist.org Grad Fair At the fair, you will have an opportunity to meet graduate admissions representatives from various programs to discuss professional development through graduate education. You will also have a chance to attend a free information session offering advice on graduate degree options, the application process, financial aid, and deciding when to attend graduate school after spending time in the working world. September 10, 2009, 5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. (schedule) Metropolitan Pavilion, North … More >>
Opinions on Gay Rights: Ideological or Generational?
The debate over same-sex marriage tends to get defined in ideological terms based on religious conviction or conservative political leaning, but a new paper by Jeffrey Lax and Justin Phillips of Columbia shows that age may, in fact, be a more salient distinction when it comes to differences of opinion on gay rights. (See PDF of paper here) While figuring out there is a difference between the opinions of older and younger people isn’t rocket science, many of us don’t realize just how vast the difference is. The graphic below illustrates the views on same-sex marriage of people 65 and over (blue diamonds) and people 18-29 (red squares): Ryan Sager of True/Slant rightly points out that this chart tells us … More >>
Mr. President: Forget Bipartisanship On This One
Krugman on Friday: …there’s a growing sense among progressives that they have, as my New York Times colleague Frank Rich suggests, been punked. And that’s why the mixed signals [from the President] on the public option created such an uproar. Now, politics is the art of the possible. Obama was never going to get everything his supporters wanted. But there’s a point at which realism shades over into weakness. It seems as if there is nothing Republicans can do that will draw a rebuke: Sen. Charles Grassley feeds the death panel smear, warning that reform will “pull the plug on grandma,” and two days later the White House declares that it’s still committed to working with him. It’s hard to … More >>
