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October 11, 2018 By Susan C. Strong

GOTV Plus: Revisiting How to frame it “American” Now

If you are doing GOTV this fall, you will be given a party script, of course. But it’s always good to have some more ideas about what else to say, if you get into a real conversation. So here is some review on how to “speak American” now. These days the political framing challenge we […]

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Filed Under: American Politics Tagged With: #election, economy, framing, GOTV, guns, healthcare, ICE, ideals, metaphors, midterms, organizing, rules, taxes, voters, wages

September 7, 2016 By Susan C. Strong

The Hope: Grass Roots Bipartisans at Work Right Now

Labor Day weekend is over, and the Election 2016 countdown is going into overdrive. We’re all going to work hard for our chosen candidates of course, but is there any realistic hope that after November 8 our national political life will move beyond the bitter, paralyzed disagreement we have now?  Today the scene looks nothing […]

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Filed Under: American Politics Tagged With: 2016 election, American, bipartisan, citizens, collaboration, democracy, framing, grass roots, hyperpartisan, Mark Gerzon, metaphors, rebirth, reinvention, renewal, solutions, towns, transpartisan

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