Peter Barbour - Independent Voter News

GOP Loss Reveals Demographic Trouble, Split within Party

Credit: LA Times The only silver lining for the GOP that can be gleaned from the November 6 elections is that it retained control of the House of Representatives. Otherwise,

By Peter Barbour

November 12, 2012

Public Outcry Over Detention of Marine Veteran Brandon Raub

Photo: facebook.com/IAmBrandonRaub Recently 26-year-old US Marine veteran and Virginia resident Brandon Raub, who served his country in Iraq and Afghanistan, was arrested by local authorities working

By Peter Barbour

August 23, 2012

Rand Paul Tweets About Federal Hollow Point Bullet Purchases

A hollow point bullet is an expanding bullet that has a pit or hollowed out shape in its tip, often intended to cause the bullet to expand upon entering a

By Peter Barbour

August 19, 2012

GOP Excludes Ron Paul From Speaking in Tampa

Photo: ABC News The son is in and the father out. Senator Rand Paul (KY) is scheduled to speak at the Republican National Convention later this month in Tampa while

By Peter Barbour

August 17, 2012

Mayor Bloomberg: Chick-fil-A View on Marriage is Free Speech

Photo: crooksandliars.com Recently Chick-fil-A President Dan Cathy made clear the company's support of traditional marriage. "We are very much supportive of the family — the

By Peter Barbour

July 30, 2012

National Debt Still Grows Whether or Not ACA Cuts Deficit

Photo: nationalconfidential.com The Congressional Budget Office recently said that President Obama's Affordable Health Care Act (aka "Obamacare") cuts the deficit. To those favoring the repeal

By Peter Barbour

July 27, 2012

Mitt Romney Faces Scrutiny From Own Party on Tax Returns

Photo: Gage Skidmore It is not easy running for public office, especially president of the United States. Once you become a candidate for president, you have alienated at least 40-

By Peter Barbour

July 20, 2012

Voters React to Mitt Romney's NAACP Speech

As we approach the November election less than four months away, Mitt Romney is being praised by some (his supporters) and criticized by others (President Obama's supporters ) for

By Peter Barbour

July 13, 2012

Obamacare and Washington's Unsustainable Taxing Spree

James Madison said in the Federalist Papers: "In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first

By Peter Barbour

July 9, 2012

Supreme Court Ruling on Obamacare: A Contribution to Open Debate

Not in their wildest imaginations could pundits have predicted this outcome from the Supreme Court on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (also known as Obamacare). Those who did,

By Peter Barbour

June 29, 2012

In The 2012 Elections, Abortion Remains A Divisive, But Peripheral Issue

Abuses of power and the establishment of tyranny against the 13 United colonies of America by the King of England were vast, and those abuses were documented in The Declaration

By Peter Barbour

June 21, 2012

Rand Paul Says Endorsement of Romney Doesn't Change His Independent Stance on Issues

Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) had to know his endorsement of former MA Governor and presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney for president would upset many supporters of the Senator'

By Peter Barbour

June 15, 2012