by Annilow [courtesy of Blog for America]

C-SPAN's Washington Journal did a segment on the new Newseum in Washington this morning. They have moved their headquarters to what looks like palatial digs right in the heart of Washington. Admission for adults is $20. They have newspapers from most American cities outside with the front page. They have an exhibit dedicated to the Berlin Wall with more 'wall' than exists anywhere today outside of Berlin. I cried when they showed the exhibit dedicated to journalists and photojournalists who died or were injured in the line of duty. They have Dan Pearl's computer and his last US Passport. They have a pillowcase on which a dying journalist scribbled "Tell my family I love them," just before he died.

The Newseum is located at Pennsylvania Avenue and Sixth Street, N.W., Washington, DC (from their website) and the map shows it just a few blocks from the Capitol building.

http://www.newseum.org/plan_visit/about.aspx?item=plan_directions&style=d

I recall from the broadcast the building cost something like 400 million dollars and I'm not clear on where they got the money, but they did say from multiple sources. I think it will be a great place for us to put on our agendas when we visit DC for our DemFest in August.

by DFA Staff [courtesy of Blog for America]

This past Wednesday, DNC Chairman Gov. Howard Dean spoke at Georgetown University's Black History Month Student Forum.  He covered a wide range of topics from John McCain's hypocrisy to the inclusiveness of the Democratic Party to the new technologies the Democratic Party will be using to turn out the vote.  It is a great speech and afterward he takes questions from a panel of student leaders.  Here is a link to a RealPlayer file from C-SPAN of the event.

Danny
Communications Director

Hat-tip to audrey.nc in the comments for letting us know that Gov. Dean was on C-SPAN. 

[courtesy of The California Majority Report]

The pollsters are just as split as the electorate in the run-up to the hotly contested February 5 California primary. Four new polls are out.

In the latest Field Poll, Senator Hillary Clinton is up by a narrow 36-34 margin, with 18 percent undecided. She was up 12 points on January 22. But in the latest McClatchy/MSNBC poll, Clinton has more breathing room, holding on to a 45-36 lead.

Meanwhile, the latest Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby has Senator Barack Obama up by 4 points, at 45-41. Rasmussen has the race at a near tie, with Obama holding a narrow 45-44 lead over Clinton.

by Ronald Cloud [courtesy of Blog for America]

Macon, GA 31210

November 14, 2007

The Honorable Tim Ryan
The Honorable Debbie Wasserman Schultz
The Honorable Christopher Murphy
United States House of Representatives

Regards: Energy Bill Surrender

Dear Representatives Ryan, Wasserman Schultz, and Murphy:

It was a great pleasure to view the exchanges among the three of you on the House floor
during C-SPAN coverage one evening last June.  A discerning listener might detect partisanship and scripting in your remarks.  That's fine with me.  Having tuned in to the opposing partisans' radio jockeys during their 24-hour domination of talk radio over the public's airwaves, I found myself wishing that same audience and medium would devote equal time to the intellectually stimulating, well reasoned, arguments that each of you made in turn. 

The central theme that I followed in your arguments was the case that what Congress does matters. 
It makes a difference in:
how well the majority of our citizens can make a living,
whether, or not, we are able to engage in "the pursuit of happiness" that is our birthright,
and whether, or not, our children and grandchildren will live better or worse than those of us responsible for today's decisions.  

by Sheri Divers [courtesy of Blog for America]

Video of and interview with Vice President Cheney in 1994 saying that invading Iraq would create a quagmire. (This video aired on C-Span)