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Scott Goldstein

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Scott Goldstein is a 24-year-old political commentator and educator. Scott has published two books on youth involvement in the political process and has worked on local, state, and national political campaigns. A graduate from American University, Scott has a bachelor's in international studies and a master's in secondary education. Scott is also the founder of RunForOffice.org, a website dedicated to making it easier for young people to become candidates for public office and connect with more experienced mentors. Contact Scott at scottaudc@gmail.com.

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General Stanley McChrystal’s outrageous and offensive remarks profiled in Rolling Stone magazine have exploded into one of the fastest moving one-day political scandals of the year. By the time many of you read this President Obama may...

The White House's Primary Problem

There has been a lot made of revelations that the Obama administration offered administration positions to Senate candidates Joe Sestak and Andrew Romanoff in exchange for them dropping their primary challenges against more conservative sitting Democratic Senators. The right wants...

The White House's Primary Problem

There has been a lot made of revelations that the Obama administration offered administration positions to Senate candidates Joe Sestak and Andrew Romanoff in exchange for them dropping their primary challenges against more conservative sitting Democratic Senators. The right wants...

Shame on them

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As Jim Bunning spent the last few days holding up the unemployment benefits of hundreds of thousands of Americans with a one-man filibuster of a bill that enjoyed the widespread support of Republicans and Democrats, the question of the...

The public option comeback

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