Voter Wants to Find The Right Candidate for You
With the field of presidential hopefuls stretching far and wide, picking the right candidate feels like a daunting task. Sorting through the abundance of information about each one is time-consuming and intimidating. And can we even trust the barrage of sound bites? Like many successful apps in the marketplace, Voter was born out of a…
5 Reasons Why Millennials Need to Vote
Guest Post by Ryan Schoenike Earlier this year a poll by the Harvard University Institute of Politics found that less than 1 in 4 Millennials under 30 “definitely” plans to vote in this year’s midterm elections. It’s crazy, especially when you consider all the issues facing our generation. Of those issues, none seems to be…
Collaborative Millennial Leaders: Common Sense Action
If you’re like me, when you hear the word collaboration, the first thing that springs to mind is the American political system. Okay, maybe not. But if Andrew Kaplan and Sam Gilman have anything to say about it, someday that might actually be true. These collaborative Millennial leaders formed Common Sense Action (CSA) as sophomores at…
Millennials Rising: Forward-Thinking Policy Options
Common Sense Action (CSA) is a Millennial grass-roots organization passionate about addressing important policies that really matter in the years and decades ahead. In working with many colleges around the United States and the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC), CSA just released the Agenda for Generational Equity (AGE), a comprehensive policy document with a menu of options on…
The Snowball Effect of Life & Politics
Life gets cluttered. We accumulate things. When I moved from South Dakota to Washington, DC, everything I owned fit into a 1984 Chevy Cavalier. Seven plus years later, I needed one-fourth of a moving truck. Five years ago when we moved, I needed a whole moving truck. It is a snowball of things we gather….
Leading by Running Away – Right Example?
Most of us have read and followed the Wisconsin story and debates on how they should or should not handle their budget challenges. Embedded in this story was the fact that the Democratic legislators left the state in order to try to prevent certain actions from taking place. Today, in the papers, I read about…
What Is the Best Way to Brand the Middle?
If a third party was to be a real force in U.S. politics, then it has to start with the basics. What is its brand? An interesting question which needs to be answered if a real independent or third party can be successful in American politics.
Tilted Moderates – Danger in the Political Middle
Being a moderate politician is a dangerous place to be. Surviving primary elections is a challenge, yet the political middle play an essential role in American politics. Tilted moderates need to get passionate, and No Labels is one way to do this.
Why I Joined the No Labels Movement
No Labels is a citizen movement to hold public officials accountable in holding civil debates in solving our nation’s challenges ahead. Join No Labels.
The Political Wave and Divide
There are two interesting things about the 2010 election. First, change is happening very quickly today – the waves are quickly washing away majorities and creating new ones. Second, misjudging majorities or the divide between two groups is a big mistake. There are key leadership lessons for us all to learn.
Applying Election Rhetoric to Our Every Day Life
Can the 2010 campaign phrases be applied to our every day lives in a meaningful way? There are a few which work. The bottom line is that we need to begin to solve our problems rather than just them on to the next generation. Good advice for us and our families as well as for our country.
The Great Leadership Hope
Do you ever wonder what happened to the good leaders? Today, on one end of the spectrum, we hear “leaders” try to parse words so they don’t make anyone too mad at them. On the opposite end, we hear “leaders” say outrageous things to stand out, make political points, or get a spot on some talking head show. There is hope – Governor Christie and Chancellor Rhee are exhibiting solid leadership capabilities.