Marco Rubio sent me a letter. Awkward?
Normally I appreciate interaction from my elected officials, but this just feels weird. That’s what I get for calling his office on a regular basis to complain.
Dave Aronberg running for Palm Beach County State Attorney
After laying low, spending the past several months working for Florida’s Attorney General Pam Bondi (R), Dave Aronberg announced earlier this week that he is running for Palm Beach County State Attorney.
Aronberg ran for Florida Attorney General in 2010, and lost the Democratic primary to Dan Gelber. Bondi beat Gelber in the general.
This seems pretty random to me… I think Aronberg is unsure of how to move his career forward, and State Attorney looked like an easy race to jump into.
[Source: Palm Beach Post]
—Andrew Sullivan, in his Newsweek article How Obama’s Long Game Will Outsmart His Critics
If you haven’t read this article yet, you really need to. I love that he describes Obama as “a president who has conducted himself with grace and calm under incredible pressure”.
Florida’s oldest, biggest cypress tree dies
Known as The Senator, this bald cypress was estimated to be 3,500 years old, 118 feet tall and 17 1/2 feet in circumference. It was probably the oldest tree of its kind in North America.
In Spring Hammock near Longwood, Florida, the Senator towered over surrounding trees. Early Monday morning, a resident called 911 to report a visible fire near Big Tree Park, where the infamous cypress was located.
By the time firefighters arrived, it was too late to save the tree. The Senator is now nothing more than a burnt stump. The picture shows two men posing with the tree in the 1920s. I didn’t even know this existed, and now I wish I had seen this tree before it burned down! What a sad end.
[Source: Tampa Bay Times]
Now that’s what I’m talking about! Yes We Must. Why? Because no one else can, and no one else will. To judge Obama solely on the bills he has passed in the last 3 1/2 years is not a complete judgement. Read his books, look at his history as an elected official, and you will realize he is a committed Democrat on all the issues. Rome wasn’t built in a day, and we can’t expect miracles from our President.
I trust that Obama will work as hard as he possibly can during his second term to drive through initiatives that matter. I especially hope for a focus on the issues that weren’t a main focus during the first term: energy policy, immigration reform, etc.
You can read the transcript from Andrew Sullivan’s live chat here.
Jonathan Gruber, an MIT economist, explains the basics of the Affordable Care Act, and the many benefits it brings to America.
—Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
1963 “I Have A Dream” speech in Washington, D.C. Read the full text of the speech here.
I decided to reread the speech today, and this paragraph stood out to me as especially powerful.
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Romney v Obama on “Cares about” variables … from The Monkey Cage
So basically, Obama cares about the people who need the government’s help the most, and Romney cares about the people who are doing just fine. And a majority of Americans are aware of that difference.
