Not long after the president’s inauguration Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader of the Senate, told the National Journal’s Major Garrett his principal objective was to make Barack Obama
In Virginia, only two candidates have qualified for the VA GOP primary election: Mitt Romney and Ron Paul. Why? Because the restrictions for ballot access make it nearly impossible for
joshsternberg:
As we close the books on 2011, here, in totality, are five underreported stories (as put together by me) for Current.com:
* More troops commit suicide than die in
shortformblog:
* women Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has seized the top spot in Gallup’s “most admired” list for 2011, for the second consecutive year. Other notables: Michelle Obama (2nd)
We really ought to let campaigns raise the money they need and just get rid of these super PACs.
GOP presidential contender Mitt Romney, trying to distance himself from a
1 In 3 Facebook Users Swayed By Friends’ Political Posts
votizen:
Some 51 percent of social media users have posted political messages on their Facebook wall, yet only about one-
Let’s take a look at the numbers…
Number of independents increased by 3.4%, or 254,310 voters
Number of Democratic registration decreased by 5.4%, or 825,708
…instead of plugging in the headphones, entering an Internet-induced fugue state and quietly giving in to hopelessness, they used the Internet to find one another and take to the
