The New Republic

The New Republic

“Michelle [Obama] should run to be Bloomberg’s successor. New York Democrats have been casting about for a candidate to run for City Hall when Bloomberg leaves office in 2013. Who better than the First Lady? She already has experience in city government, having worked in Chicago in the early 1990s as an Assistant to the Mayor and an Assistant Commissioner of Housing and Development. Politically, the transition would promise to be smooth: Michelle obviously shares the Mayor’s passion for public health issues; and Bloomberg has generally seen eye-to-eye with the Obama White House when it comes to education policy. And one could fairly expect that a Mayor Obama would be an improvement when it comes to matters of poverty and affordable housing. (Plus, more community gardens!)” - Cameron Abadi, Michelle Obama For Mayor Photo courtesy of Times Square Gossip
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“Michelle [Obama] should run to be Bloomberg’s successor. New York Democrats have been casting about for a candidate to run for City Hall when Bloomberg leaves office in 2013. Who better than the First Lady? She already has experience in city government, having worked in Chicago in the early 1990s as an Assistant to the Mayor and an Assistant Commissioner of Housing and Development. Politically, the transition would promise to be smooth: Michelle obviously shares the Mayor’s passion for public health issues; and Bloomberg has generally seen eye-to-eye with the Obama White House when it comes to education policy. And one could fairly expect that a Mayor Obama would be an improvement when it comes to matters of poverty and affordable housing. (Plus, more community gardens!)”

- Cameron Abadi, Michelle Obama For Mayor

Photo courtesy of Times Square Gossip

24-year old Marine veteran Scott Olsen is improving Thursday morning after his skull was fractured by a police projectile during an Occupy Oakland protest Tuesday. U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., who said she supports the movement, issued a statement Thursday commenting on the violent tactics police used against the peaceful protest: “I shared my outrage and grave concern about the police brutality in Oakland directly with the mayor,” Lee said. “My thoughts go out to the injured and especially Scott Olsen.” Amid recent clashes with police turning violent, will ‘Occupy’ protesters need to revise their tactics? Photo courtesy of NBC Bay Area.
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24-year old Marine veteran Scott Olsen is improving Thursday morning after his skull was fractured by a police projectile during an Occupy Oakland protest Tuesday.

U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., who said she supports the movement, issued a statement Thursday commenting on the violent tactics police used against the peaceful protest:

“I shared my outrage and grave concern about the police brutality in Oakland directly with the mayor,” Lee said. “My thoughts go out to the injured and especially Scott Olsen.”

Amid recent clashes with police turning violent, will ‘Occupy’ protesters need to revise their tactics?

Photo courtesy of NBC Bay Area.