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Ambitious politicians don't need a draft to run for higher office, but as "draft" sites become a campaign essential, genuine netroots activists will pay the price.

If Barack Obama is to secure critical grassroots support for his presidential bid, he must be less about celebrity and more about policy.

Democrats are on the verge of a fundamental shift in the regional balance of political power.

Resolutions for liberals.

The fall and rise of Joe Lieberman was one of the major political events of 2006. But in 2007, Beltway and netroots pundits agree, he will be as irrelevant as George W. Bush.

While most politicians win by appealing to the lowest common
denominator, Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson takes a decidedly
higher road.

Let Justice Roll deserves credit for mobilizing values voters around minimum wage initiatives.

The Congressman from Cleveland explains an urgent need for human unity, human security and peace motivated him to run for President.

There's little evidence so far that Democrats will push for reconstruction in New Orleans.

Latino voters walked away from the GOP in the midterm elections, a
payback for the party's ruthlessly anti-immigrant stance.