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Where are the students? Get on the Obama Bus! [VIDEO]

shelbinatorMTV — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:17:19 PDT

Video: "Mo" Ivory of Georgia's Campaign for Change says early polling data has showed an underwhelming turnout among students -- a crucial demographic for Barack Obama. Never fear, the Obama Bus is here, taking students to the polls during the final week of early voting. A few Georgia State students share why they got on board.

Whither a Divided America? [VIDEO]

shelbinatorMTV — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:17:54 PDT

Vlog commentary on the increasingly bitter division that the next president, no matter who he is, will have to heal.

Looking back at Street Team '08 [VIDEO]

shelbinatorMTV — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 22:27:27 PDT

Video overview of Street Team '08 as part of the changing media landscape of 2008, produced for the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation Speaker Series evening with Jeff Greenfield.

Jeff Greenfield talks "change" in Atlanta

shelbinatorMTV — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:11:05 PDT

Last Tuesday, CBS News senior political correspondent Jeff Greenfield addressed a packed house in Atlanta at the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation as part of its regular Speaker Series. With dozens of local college students -- largely from journalism and related departments -- in the audience by special invitation, Greenfield hoped to provide as fair an assessment of where the election has been, and where it was going, as can be hoped for in an age of spin and punditry.

Fighting for Life

shelbinatorMTV — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:08:40 PDT

Troy Anthony Davis was not yet 21 years old when he surrendered himself to Savannah police hoping to clear himself as a suspect in the fatal shooting of police officer Mark Allen MacPhail. Barring a dramatic change of course, Tuesday, September 23, he will be 39 years old when the state of Georgia kills him for that crime, even though the evidence against him has crumbled.

Where it began: MLK's 'hood [video]

shelbinatorMTV — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:06:36 PDT

Talk a walk with me through the childhood neighborhood of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Road Trip: Unity Express [VIDEO]

shelbinatorMTV — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 12:44:35 PDT

A gay British Obama volunteer hopes to survive a Texas gun range while an Atlanta Clinton delegate looks forward to lots of happy hours despite relying on a cramped chemical toilet. Sounds like a road trip to me. Here’s the video from the Unity Express send-off Sunday, as six Democrats packed into a wee RV and started the long, winding trip to Denver, registering voters and taking in the sights along the way.

Drilled From Both Sides

shelbinatorMTV — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:26:17 PDT

Sen. Saxby Chambliss is taking heat from both sides of the aisle now that he's got a Democratic challenger in Jim Martin, and his own Republican congressional delegation member Phil Gingrey is criticizing his compromise move on energy.

Political Pub Crawl [VIDEO]

shelbinatorMTV — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:23:43 PDT

The Young Democrats of Atlanta are no strangers to canvassing for votes, having taken on a contested but traditionally Republican state House district in the suburbs in 2006. This year, they're moving to friendlier territory as part of their GOTV efforts for November: bars! Check out their first political pub crawl as they canvass the entertainment-rich Virginia-Highland neighborhood.

[VIDEO] Courteous Mass follows police crackdown

shelbinatorMTV — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 12:24:10 PDT

Someone in City Hall must have been upset with the publicity given to law enforcement officers not enforcing the law and given stern orders to the contrary, because when Critical Mass rolled out on June 27, the police were waiting in force.

Twittergate: How I got caught between Speaker Pelosi and Leader Boehner

shelbinatorMTV — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:26:39 PDT

. On Thursday afternoon, I saw a tweet from Dave Witzel, "Speaker Pelosi reads @shelbinator!" Huh? Sure enough, when I checked my blog statistics for recent visitors, it looked like I was about to get a subpoena from Congress.

The Recruiter Pt. 3: One Way Out [VIDEO]

shelbinatorMTV — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:38:32 PDT

In this final video of three, Chris Raissi talks about his falling out with his recruiting chain of command, dealing with post-war stress, and one unceremonious way out of the Corps.

The Recruiter pt. 2: A Marine Loses Faith [VIDEO]

shelbinatorMTV — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:36:10 PDT

Former Marine sergeant Christopher Raissi thought it was important for him to speak out as part of Iraq Veterans Against the War, precisely because he does not fit the stereotype that conservative Georgians may have about anti-war protesters. In Part Two

The Recruiter [VIDEO]

shelbinatorMTV — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:57:57 PDT

Christopher Raissi isn't your typical anti-war protester. In fact, he isn't particularly anti-war at all; he's just against this war, in Iraq. Hear from a former Marine recruiter and Iraq veteran about the moral crisis of recruiting and coping with life

Young Dems Seek Electoral Revenge

shelbinatorMTV — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:51:21 PDT

The Young Democrats of Georgia helped Mike Jacobs get elected to the state House in 2004. Now, they are out to take him down.