I didn’t vote for Joe Biden on Super Tuesday, March 3rd. Since the New Year I had been agonizing over whether to vote for Elizabeth Warren or Bernie Sanders at my Los Angeles polling place on that day. I am…
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Backyard Democracy
This appeared in the April 24, 2008 edition of CommonDreams.org and on Huffington Post. Sometimes the fiercest political competition can serve as a catalyst for political reconciliation. “The death of democracy is not likely to be an assassination from ambush,”…
Posted in 2008 Presidential Campaign
Where’s the Candidate That Represents Me?
This editorial appeared in the February 2, 2004 edition of AlterNet.org. Disenfranchised voters in more than 40 states lose the chance to not only influence the 2008 presidential election but also the course of history. “I’d rather vote for…
Posted in 2008 Presidential Campaign
For Progressives in 2008, Gore’s the One
This editorial appeared in the June 28, 2007 edition of Alternet.org. In recent days, the word used more and more frequently to describe Hillary Clinton’s march to the Democratic presidential nomination has been “inevitable.” She consistently leads public opinion…
Posted in 2008 Presidential Campaign
Bad-Ass Democrats
This article appeared November 16, 2006 on The Huffington Post. “I’d rather vote for what I want, and not get it,” said Eugene Debs, “than vote for what I don’t want, and get it.” Debs, of course, ran for…
Posted in Politics
Alternative Inaugural Presidential Address
Delivered By Tad Daley in January 2005 Before Southern California Americans for Democratic Action, University of Southern California College Democrats, Stanford University’s Bechtel International Center, and the University of California at Berkeley International House. It also appeared in the January…
Posted in Kucinich Campaign, Politics
Nuclear Proliferation: One Cheer for Kerry
This piece appeared the week before the November 2004 election on Progressive Democrats of America (http://www.pdamerica.org) and The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation. On the small nuclear questions, Kerry is far superior to Bush. On the big nuclear question, Kerry might…
Posted in Abolishing Nuclear Weapons, Politics
There is Only Us
This appeared in the March 11, 2004 edition of The National Interest Magazine. When desperate victims in far distant conflicts plead for U.S. help, can American forces ever be used for anything other than saving Americans? As the Bush Administration…
Posted in Kucinich Campaign
Top Ten Responses To “I Love Kucinich But He Can’t Win”
This appeared in the January 26, 2004 edition of
Posted in Kucinich Campaign
2001 Congressional Campaign: Platform
In a special election held during the spring of 2001, Tad Daley ran for the office of US Representative for California’s 32nd (later redistricted to the 33rd) Congressional District. Tad Daley for US Congress Building A Better World, One…
Posted in Congressional Campaign
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