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Barack Obama Belt Buckle - One Badass Mother
$19.95
Barack Obama Belt Buckle - One Badass Mother

Listen to Your Mother: Stand Up Straight: How Progressives Can Win
$23.95
Based on four decades of hands-on experience, this book shows how, for political progressives, being right on the issues is less important than being the winner.

A campaign should concentrate their attention on two types of voters: persuadables, or swing voters, and mobilizables, supporters who need to be motivated to go to the polls. If a campaign can peel off the occasional GOP voter or two, that's great, but do not spend a lot of time or money on it. A campaign needs to find, and address, people's self interests: physical needs, need for structure, intellectual stimulation, control over your life, etc.

These days, it is tempting to base a campaign around new media, like blogs, Facebook and Twitter. Do not, for any reason, abandon old-fashioned Get Out the Vote methods, like phone banks, calling people several times during the campaign, and knocking on doors. People like to be asked for their vote.

All the effort in the world will be worthless if the candidate is boring or wishy-washy on the issues. People like to feel that the candidate is on their side, that they aren't afraid to stick to their values, that they have visionj and integrity, and that the candidate respects the voters. Next in importance after having a good candidate is having good organizers and a field operation that can cover the whole area (town, district, state).

It's tempting to think that the election of President Obama, and the current unpopularity of the national Republican Party makes this book not necessary or obsolete. Nothing could be farther from the truth. It's easy, in relative terms, to win one election, whether on the local, state or national level. The hard part is to continue the day-to-day work to get voters to realize that Progressivism can become the dominant American political philosophy. Besides, the Republicans will not stay unpopular forever. They will be back, perhaps in 2010, perhaps in 2012, and Progressives cannot wait for them to return before they start fighting for the future of America. They should be doing everything possible to change the playing field, now.

This book is an excellent place to start. It is full of information for people planning any sort of political campaign, and is extremely highly recommended.

Mother Lied - Hilarious Cartoon Halloween Greeting Card
$2.95
These cards are part of a long tradition of humorous greeting cards published by NobleWorks Inc., originators of the Talk Bubble card line. NobleWorks offers outrageously wild, hysterically funny, and sometimes unbelievably naughty greeted and blank cards. We feature such properties as Tim Whyatt, Dan Collins, Leo Cullum, Glenn McCoy, Gary McCoy, Tom Cheney, Liberace, Sign Language, Bitter With Baggage, Bad Cat, Bad Dog, Bad Baby, Bush Mania, Mortal Sins, A Cry For Help, Hot Betty, and Chrismukkah, just to name a few!

ABC News This Week Senator Barack Obama, Brooke Shields
$19.95
Senator Barack Obama, D-Ill., the senator and presidential candidate in his first Sunday morning interview since announcing his 2008 presidential run. Also, a "This Week" classic roundtable: ABC News' Sam Donaldson, Cokie Roberts and George Will join me to debate the week's politics. Plus, actress Brooke Shields talks about her personal battle with postpartum depression and her support for the MOTHERS Act, legislation that would initiate new federal investment in postpartum depression education and treatment programs for new mothers. Airdate: May 13, 2007