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Born in 1960, Wes Boyd co-founded the public policy group and political action committee, MoveOn.org with his wife and business partner Joan Blades. Founded in September of 1998 as an[…]
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Everything depends on the war.

Wes Boyd: Well certainly the war has to be a huge issue for the election. If we don’t figure out a way to disengage from that debacle, there will be no successful Congress. There will be no successful Presidency. We can’t face the big challenges we need to face. So that’s first and foremost. But then once we get out of that mess, we have to face . . . for example the climate crisis is the most pressing thing. We have to be . . . we have to have a plan because it’s all front loaded. If you wait 10 years, the problem gets twice as hard. If you wait 15 years, the problem gets three times as hard.

Recorded on: 7/5/07

 


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