"Claim victory" just means that the goal of the campaign was achieved. It doesn't mean "and me and my friends were the only people who did anything." It's a safe bet that if you're campaigning for something big, and no-one else is campaigning for it, you're not winning.
On Sun, Sep 15, 2013 at 5:51 PM, Julio Huato <[email protected]> wrote: > There's credit to go around. This is from PEN-L (perhaps) youngest > member, which I haven't yet finished reading (but it's upcoming in my > reading list): > > http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2013/09/larry-summers-versus-dodd-frank.html > > > On Sun, Sep 15, 2013 at 6:23 PM, Robert Naiman < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> >> The world is definitely improving. I get to claim victory on a MoveOn >> petition three weeks in a row. >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: POLITICO Breaking News <[email protected]> >> Date: Sun, Sep 15, 2013 at 3:55 PM >> Subject: POLITICO Breaking News >> To: [email protected] >> >> >> President Barack Obama announced that Lawrence Summers has withdrawn his >> name from consideration as the next chairman of Federal Reserve. >> >> Here is the full statement: "Earlier today, I spoke with Larry Summers >> and accepted his decision to withdraw his name from consideration for >> Chairman of the Federal Reserve. Larry was a critical member of my team as >> we faced down the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, and it >> was in no small part because of his expertise, wisdom, and leadership that >> we wrestled the economy back to growth and made the kind of progress we are >> seeing today. I will always be grateful to Larry for his tireless work and >> service on behalf of his country, and I look forward to continuing to seek >> his guidance and counsel in the future." >> >> For more information... http://www.politico.com >> >> ================================= >> To unsubscribe, >> http://dyn.politico.com/[email protected]&uuid=5D15AD6F-DD06-7365-CB154587BA7AFFB2&alertID=1 >> ================================= >> >> >> >> -- >> Robert Naiman >> Policy Director >> Just Foreign Policy >> www.justforeignpolicy.org >> [email protected] >> >> _______________________________________________ >> pen-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > > -- Robert Naiman Policy Director Just Foreign Policy www.justforeignpolicy.org [email protected]
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