With record-breaking turnout across the map, young people have made this year the Young Vo
With record-breaking turnout across the map, young people have made this year the Young Voter Revolution. What's now clear is that the youth are a sizable and active voting bloc, and, even more, they are overwhelmingly voting Democrat. Young Democrats of America (YDA) are launching the whYDA project to give voice to this movement. Young people making themselves heard at the polls, and now they have a place to do so online, as well. We're asking a simple question: Why are you voting Democrat? You have to answer. Users submit videos and written testimonials to the site to be shared with the world. It's an easy process with potentially dramatic effects: We are growing the Young Voter Revolution.
Our Goals
* To attract voters and members to engage in the political process
* To spark peer-to-peer constructive discourse
* To bring together dedicated young people accross the country
* To spread the Democratic values, agenda and vision.
* To educate young voters about the scope of problems that affect the country.
* To empower organizers with materials and information to motivate people in their communities.
Now it's your turn. Get involved. Submit a video or tell your story. whYDA is yours.
www.whYDA.org
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YDA members and Disney Hotel workers from UNITE HERE protest Disney hotels to ensure a fai
YDA members and Disney Hotel workers from UNITE HERE protest Disney hotels to ensure a fair contract.
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YDAers and Disney Hotel workers from UNITE HERE protest outside Disney hotels in Anaheim,
YDAers and Disney Hotel workers from UNITE HERE protest outside Disney hotels in Anaheim, CA to fight for a fair contract.
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Speaker Pelosi spoke this afternoon at an enrollment ceremony in the Capitol, in which she
Speaker Pelosi spoke this afternoon at an enrollment ceremony in the Capitol, in which she signed the College Cost Reduction and Access Act, the largest investment in college financial aid since the GI Bill in 1944. After the bill was enrolled, it was sent today to President Bush for his signature into law. Also speaking are Chairman George Miller and Chairman Ted Kennedy. Learn more about the College Cost Reduction and Access Act: http://www.speaker.gov/legislation?id=0085
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Rick Sanchez and Kiran Chetry appear not to expect the answer they got from a Republican c
Rick Sanchez and Kiran Chetry appear not to expect the answer they got from a Republican college student on a special "College Week" edition of CNN's American Morning.
Laura Elizabeth Morales, a Republican and a junior at the University of Texas appears with Rachel Moore, Democrat and a senior at Lebanon Valley College in Pennsylvania.
On being asked who she thinks the GOP candidate will be for the 2008 Presidential election, Morales puts her support behind Texas Congressman Ron Paul.
"I really think he's a sound traditional conservative," says Morales. "I really think he really sticks to the Constitution, and really stands for what conservatives believe in."
A surprised Sanchez asks: "What are you trying to say?"
Chetry follows up to ask if there is any, as she puts it, 'top tier' GOP candidate that Morales would support because, she says, "if I was a betting woman I'd say Ron Paul doesn't have a chance, unfortunately for you."
Chetry asks if there is a "lack of enthusiasm" over the 'top tier' GOP candidate.
"Having been the idealistic betting candidate," says Morales, "I'd say Ron Paul's got the chance. Idealistically. As far as the 'top tier' candidates, I don't really think they stand for what traditional conservatives believe in.
You've got Giuliani out there, who's really an anti-gun Republican who's going to lose a strong base, especially here in the South. And then Mitt Romney kind of flip-flops on his issues. John McCain, I think, is pretty much just 'out,' but we really need a strong, solid conservative..."
Democrat Rachel Moore weighs in for her side: "It doesn't really matter who gets the ticket because anybody could be a better president than President Bush at this point, and let's focus on just a Democrat winning in 2008, and put aside everything pre-primary politics."
"That's not the question," interjects Sanchez. "If you had to pick somebody, who would you pick?"
"I'd pick a Democrat," responds Moore, to the hosts' amazement. "Let's face it..."
"You're going to make a great senator one day," quips Sanchez.
"All of the College Democrats," says Moore, "we're so behind just winning a Democrat in 2008. If you look at all the Republican candidates -- the Democrats are such a diverse group, and all the Republican candidates -- every one of them, they've said they'd commute Scooter Libby, they said they would stay in Iraq and turn it into the next Korea..."
Sanchz follows up: "If it was Porky Pig, would you vote for him just because he's a Democrat?"
"Now, that's taking it a little far," says Moore.
Sanchez: "So you do consider who the person is, right?"
"I didn't say that, sir," says Moore.
"It's time for a Democrat to win. Let's focus on that first."
Moving on to the "most important issue," Morales brings up Social Security, saying that her generation stands to be robbed of funds currently being put into the government, and that the issue needs to be at the forefront of the 2008 election.
Moore says she stands with the Democrats on the environment, student aid, and universal health care, "among other things."
"We really can't be pegged to one issue at this point. We're so educated and ready to go."
"You can't nail her down this morning," says Chetry of Moore, citing "interesting perspectives" from the guests.
The following video is from CNN's American Morning, broadcast on August 24.
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Yearly Kos Panel: Building the Progressive Youth Movement
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