Christine Pelosi
Christine Pelosi
Christine Paule Pelosiis the daughter of Nancy Pelosi, and is an American Democratic Party political strategist from California; she is the author of Campaign Boot Camp, a guide to successful campaigning...
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retired term
'Man up' is a sexist term that should be retired along with all the other gender-based imperious imperatives.
background believe freedom ownership responsibility
Most Americans believe that with freedom comes responsibility - and that one measure of responsible gun ownership is a background check. There must be an app for that.
candidates common ground higher politics separates volunteers voters
In politics, all candidates and volunteers are ambassadors to voters who expect better than parroting the politics of personal destruction. Being able to find common ground at the higher ground is what separates the stateswoman from the stuntwoman.
advice aspire belief best decide firm people public run whether
My firm belief is that people who aspire to public service should have the best advice up front, as they decide whether to run and the people decide whether to support them.
fans needed performance side
Baseball fans are collectively the '10th man' and needed most when team performance is shaky. When mistakes are made, there's no need to heckle your team - that's what the other side is for!
call family growing home inspirational
Growing up, in church we had the homily; at home it's what I call the 'momily' - the inspirational and instructive mom-isms that every family has.
supreme voices
With Citizens United, the Supreme Court's declaration that corporations are people, the whims of one can silence the voices of millions.
courts leading
We should go forward in courts and Congress with investigations into post-9/11 interrogations and the decisions leading to them.
jocks shock rant
The free market allowed shock jocks to flourish, and millions of listeners apparently enjoyed the rant.
jobs moving home
President Obama and Democrats won a mandate to move us forward with jobs, healthcare reform, equality, and nation building here at home.
effort president ambassadors
After President Obama's election, efforts at othering Obama quickly became about smearing his non-partisan allies and ambassadors.
government liberty want
Americans cherish our liberty and don't want government or corporations to take away our freedoms.
citizens demand sake
For the sake of public discourse, for the demands of the free market, and for the value we place in citizen advocacy, Rush Limbaugh must go.
running hard-work color
Fault lines run along color lines in American public life, and the women's movement is no exception. Over the years, feminism has become more inclusive but there is still hard work to be done to include LGBT women and communities of color.