Election 2008

 Senate candidate Al Franken with Peace Action West election organizer Dashielle Vawter As I write this blog post, I am sitting in a coffee shop in Portland waiting to meet with the State [...]

The media has been abuzz with reports that one of Barack Obama’s first major gestures of bipartisanship could be keeping Defense Secretary Robert Gates in his position for a year or two to help [...]

As we celebrate the astounding Obama victory, I wanted to point to some of the still-shifting pieces of the new congressional map, which is on its way to becoming another major win for [...]

  In order to lay the groundwork for serious changes in our foreign policy in 2009, Peace Action West is supporting pro-peace candidates throughout the western states. We have sent four of [...]

The media remains fascinated by that shrinking pool of voters still deciding between McCain and Obama. But there are no TV cameras in the living rooms of another brand of undecided voter. Do you [...]

Like a lot of you, I have been consumed by the election mania, anxiously watching  the polls and following everything from substantive issue debates on foreign policy to 24-hour cable news [...]

During the month of September, Peace Action West organizer Daniel Senecka worked to highlight the issue of nuclear weapons in the New Mexico races by asking candidates for Congress about their [...]

Add the definition of "preconditions" to the ever-growing list of things Sarah Palin does not know regarding foreign policy. She appears to believe that engaging in diplomacy without [...]

Regardless of who is president or what Congress looks like, Peace Action West is always working to communicate with our policymakers and push for a foreign policy based on human rights, nuclear [...]

In just a few short days, John McCain and Barack Obama will face each other and our country in the first presidential debate. Moderated by Jim Lehrer, this first debate will focus on foreign [...]