Half of Americans say drug use should be treated more like a disease than a crime, but they are divided on whether states should eliminate mandatory sentences for nonviolent drug offenders
The Public, the Budget and Plain Speaking
A trillion-dollar deficit is scary. So is a possible second Great Depression. But scarier still would be trying to solve these problems without real input from the public.
Team Obama, Technology & Public Engagement
Although Barack Obama's community organizing past was the object of derision at the Republican convention, it's easy to make the argument that it was this very experience that enabled him to build such an effective political machine, especially online. I think giving his supporters such an unprecedented ability to make themselves heard led to a lot of the enthusiasm for Obama. And now that he's the President-elect, the Obama team is in the process of transitioning that online strength into an effective component of his governing operation.
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