tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10918292067795541492011-06-29T22:09:07.378-07:00Common Sense QuotientJust Practical Politics and Policy DiscussionsLaura Walkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11910455742217238157noreply@blogger.comBlogger81100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1091829206779554149.post-23779740739566876532008-06-01T19:45:00.000-07:002008-06-01T19:45:01.376-07:00My Blog Has MovedIf you've arrived here from some other place, please visit my NEW blog here:Common Sense QuotientYou'll find a new layout, new content, updated national and international news and - more important - news about the Democratic nomination process. Once a nominee has been determined, we'll switch gears and publish content relevant to the 2008 General Election.My site is a proud Pro-Hillary Clinton Laura Walkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11910455742217238157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1091829206779554149.post-4295416205733238352008-05-25T05:00:00.002-07:002008-05-25T05:00:03.331-07:00Pennsylvania Poll: Clinton Clobbers McCainAccording to RASMUSSEN:Hillary does far better against John McCain in Pennsylvania:CLINTON - 50%McCain - 39%[snip]"... she leads McCain in Pennsylvania by eleven percentage points, 50% to 39%. The former First Lady is viewed favorably by 52% of voters in the state. A separate national survey found that the number of Democrats who want Clinton to drop out of the race has declined over the last tenLaura Walkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11910455742217238157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1091829206779554149.post-55918290218861078682008-05-25T05:00:00.001-07:002008-05-25T05:00:01.923-07:00Last Brown v. Board plaintiff diesThe end of another era - hopefully one we won't have to revisit:TOPEKA, Kan. - The last surviving plaintiff in Topeka's Brown v. Board of Education case, which led to the historic 1954 Supreme Court ruling outlawing segregation in public schools, has died at 88.Zelma Henderson died Tuesday in Topeka, six weeks after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.[snip]In 1950, Henderson signed onto the Laura Walkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11910455742217238157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1091829206779554149.post-37236129953821063252008-05-25T05:00:00.000-07:002008-05-25T05:00:00.387-07:00A Reminder...NEW BLOG ----- NEW LOCATION! Just want to take a minute to remind readers: NEW BLOG @ NEW LOCATION Recreate '68... Seriously? This is no joke. According to Jeff Brady at NPR's "All Things Considered", there is a group that is planning to "recreate '68" at the Democratic National Convention in Denver this August. Who in their right minds would want to "recreate '68"? It was the WORST politicalLaura Walkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11910455742217238157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1091829206779554149.post-19278428440622844602008-05-20T14:15:00.002-07:002008-05-20T14:15:00.175-07:00BREAKING NEWS, KY/OR PollsBREAKING NEWS:Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA) was rushed to a Massachusetts hospital earlier today after he suffered a "seizure" at the Kennedy family compound in Hyannisport:(CBS/AP) "Sen. Edward M. Kennedy was airlifted to a hospital Saturday after suffering a seizure at his home, and did not appear to have had a stroke as initially suspected, his spokeswoman said. The 76-year-old Kennedy, a liberal Laura Walkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11910455742217238157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1091829206779554149.post-77407879698523276182008-05-20T14:15:00.001-07:002008-05-20T14:15:01.661-07:00Draining The Ocean, A Teaspoon at a TimeThe difference between racism and sexismI believe we have reached an important turning point in our culture. We realize that racism is wrong. It damages all of us as human beings. It demeans the values and ideals we - as a country and certainly as progressives - strive for: fairness, equality, justice.We can thank the many individuals and groups that have lifted us to a higher plane when it comesLaura Walkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11910455742217238157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1091829206779554149.post-38646818145879629002008-05-20T14:15:00.000-07:002008-05-20T14:15:03.399-07:00Mama's Got A BRAND NEW BLOG!I have a BRAND NEW BLOG location at TypePad! TP is a far more user-friendly site and allows me to customize the look and feel of my blog very easily. I've enjoyed using Blogger for CSQ, but I found that it was very aggravating at times to maintain a unified appearance of text and graphics. So, I switched.I will continue to post "mini" updates here at Blogger for the next week until everybody has Laura Walkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11910455742217238157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1091829206779554149.post-22471982443460256172008-05-05T07:00:00.000-07:002008-05-05T07:00:01.328-07:00Health Care On Our MindsSobering Realities On Health CareTwo separate New York Times reports show that health care tops the list of concerns as the economy moves into recession.The first points to how unemployment increases the burden on federal and state health insurance programs "low-income uninsured" at the same time that state and local revenues decrease :"The study projected that each rise in unemployment of one Laura Walkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11910455742217238157noreply@blogger.com0