Vermont needs jobs, and the short term answer also applies in the long term: create jobs that position us more firmly in a global economy. Sustainable energy, education for a 21st C workforce, single payer and digital nets to aid small business.
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Pitz Quattrone Single payer now! Shut down yankee! No compromises!
Philip Baruth. State Senate. 2010. Wow, what an incredible relief: we were at 666 supporters for the last two days, and the number refused to budge. I started to think, you know, that someone was trying to tell us something. Some sort of Omen III/Damien sort of thing. In any event, many thanks to Catie, who turned out to be #667.
Philip Baruth. State Senate. 2010. Still stuck in my office, on the day before the day before Christmas. But God forbid I actually finish my work, so I'll take just a minute to thank all of you again for the help and encouragement over the second half of 2009. You've made this campaign a going proposition, and with nine months left until the Primary, ...I plan to come back loaded for bear in January. Have a wonderful holiday.
Philip Baruth. State Senate. 2010. Wouldn't you know it? Because Democrats have been so partisan as to overcome the GOP filibuster, the GOP has no choice but to launch more GOP filibusters. Dang it!
Vermont Daily Briefing » Senate Democrats So Mean And Despicable That Even That Wonderful Band of “S
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Politico often seems like one of those push-me pull-you political websites: they do enough straight up reporting occasionally that you tend to forget how consistently they spout the GOP line. And that’s aided the site in its quest for readers of both political stripes.
Judith Derancourt Good to read of your run for State Senate, Philip. To your comments which begin "Vermont needs jobs.." I would add only that for 35+ years many activists have been saying and continue to say "Conservation Creates Jobs," and it has never been more true. Best wishes in your campaign.
Philip Baruth. State Senate. 2010. The title says it all: "Okay Connecticut, We'll See Your One Conscience-Free Joe Lieberman And Raise You One Very Hacked Off Bernie Sanders."
Vermont Daily Briefing » Okay, Connecticut, We’ll See Your One Conscience-Free Joe Lieberman And Rai
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Sweet: Bernie comes out against the Liebermanized Senate Bill. Had we written the following sentences we might have added a few choice adjectives to describe the Senator from Connecticut, but otherwise Bernie said precisely what needed to be said, on the heels of Dean’s recent move:
Philip Baruth. State Senate. 2010. Has Joe Lieberman so befouled the Senate Health Care bill that it's now worse than nothing? I think we've finally crossed that line:
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Probably as good a time as any to lay VDB’s cards on the table, as regards the much-discussed health care bill currently shaping up in the Senate. At last report, Joe Lieberman had helped craft a ...
Christopher Hey there - nice to meet you last night at Winter Tales. Great story! Have you sent it to the guys at the Fairbanks? I go up there all the time for my work (NEK program officer for the Vermont Community Foundation) so your descriptions were particularly vivid.
Philip Baruth. State Senate. 2010. Early Christmas present: The Washington Post included The Brothers Boswell on its list of the Best Books of 2009.
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An early Christmas present: The Washington Post included The Brothers Boswell on its list of the Best Books of 2009. My old friend Andy Levy also shows up with his brilliant migraine memoir, A Brain Wider Than The Sky. ...
Philip Baruth. State Senate. 2010. A quick update on the state of the economy from the local level: the results of the Burlington School Board's efforts to lean up the budget in very tight times.
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Don’t ordinarily write much about life as a School Commissioner on the Burlington School Board. Because let’s face it: for most of VDB’s readership, it’s either patently irrelevant or painfully boring, or both at once. ...
James
I hope this was Vermont bottled water!
From Vermont Business Magazine - "Vermont state government spent $228,874 on bottled water in 2008, according to a new report Getting States Off the Bottle released today by Corporate Accountability International. The new report also documents state spending in three other Northeas...tern states, where the expenditures ranged between $205,833 (Connecticut) and $527,107 (Massachusetts) a year for bottled water, or the equivalent of the funding needed to purchase 270 to 693 water fountains equipped with glass fillers..."
Philip Baruth. State Senate. 2010. Rick Santorum is back, and he's positioning himself as the Candidate Who Can Beat Barack and Sarah, but gently:
Vermont Daily Briefing » Rick Santorum Finds That He’s Only Allowed To Inflate His Own Trial Balloon
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Ah, memories. Back in the day, when Rick Santorum and Katherine Harris had each lost a high-profile election by historic margins, we wrote a post speculating about a joint venture in irrelevancy. The post ...
Philip Baruth. State Senate. 2010. In a comment on the string below, Robert asked why voters in CT chose Lieberman over Ned Lamont. Which is, of course, the $64,000 question. But it reminded me of this moment coming back from the Democratic National Convention, when I met Lamont on my flight. That's right, Memory Lane:
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A snippet from the Convention I never found the chance to write up: coming back from Denver, as I was boarding the plane, I saw Ned Lamont sitting in first class, staring a little soulfully out the window. ...
Philip Baruth. State Senate. 2010. Joe Lieberman now getting just the sort of attention he deserves:
Vermont Daily Briefing » Poor Joe Lieberman Unfairly Targeted By Horrible Group Demanding That He Cu
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Given Joe Lieberman’s tenuous hold on his Senate seat back home in Connecticut, this new air assault can’t be good news. For Joe, that is. VDB, however, says play this ad every 30 seconds on every channel in every Connecticut household until the voters say Uncle. ...
Philip Baruth. State Senate. 2010. Uh, hard to describe this piece. You sort of have to read it:
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Not to bust anyone’s bubble, but it’s common practice for political campaigns and parties to try to manage the comment section beneath any online story key to their current objectives. Presidential campaigns have folks devoted to the practice full-time, on the down-low. ...
