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Rick Santorum: Ron Paul "Looking for a Platform Fight"
Rick Santorum: Ron Paul "Looking for a Platform Fight"
In light of former Senator Rick Santorum's recent comments on ABC's This Week, it is clear GOP social conservatives are becoming increasingly worried about the presence, and power, of Dr. Ron Paul at ...
12 Jun, 2012
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Radical Activism: Q&A with Organizer Carl Davidson
Radical Activism: Q&A with Organizer Carl Davidson
The following is an interview with Carl Davidson. Davidson is a long time activist who started back in the 1960s. Since then Davidson has been involved with many organizations, including currently ser ...
11 Jun, 2012
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3 min read
Alternative Candidates in Majority of Gov, Senate & House Races
Alternative Candidates in Majority of Gov, Senate & House Races
One of the most enduring myths in US politics is the assertion that there are no alternatives to the candidates of the Democratic and Republican parties. Many would-be voters who are fed up with the f ...
28 May, 2012
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3 min read
Q&A: Green Party Ballot Access Co-Chair Phil Huckelberry
Q&A: Green Party Ballot Access Co-Chair Phil Huckelberry
 Phil Huckelberry is the Co-chair of Green Party US Ballot Access Committee. IVN contributor AJ Segneri recently chatted with him about ballot access issues facing third parties.AJ: Provide for t ...
03 May, 2012
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9 min read
San Diego’s Next Mayor: Does it Matter?
San Diego’s Next Mayor: Does it Matter?
Candidates for San Diego mayor appear in an April KPBS debate. Credit: Los Angeles TimesThere are four candidates for mayor of San Diego – City Councilman Carl DeMaio, District Attorney Bonnie Dumani ...
30 Apr, 2012
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7 min read
Rocky Anderson: the Justice Party Alternative
Rocky Anderson: the Justice Party Alternative
 Given the public's deep disapproval of the Democratic and Republican parties, there are likely a great many Americans who have already come to the conclusion that this year's race for president ...
16 Apr, 2012
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3 min read
Obama Leads With Independent Voters, Especially Women
Obama Leads With Independent Voters, Especially Women
A new USA Today/Gallup poll shows President Obama has a solid lead among independent voters in key swing states over presumptive Republican presidential candidate former Gov. Mitt Romney. He now polli ...
04 Apr, 2012
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Affordable Care Act & Women's Health: The End of Gender Rating?
Affordable Care Act & Women's Health: The End of Gender Rating?
[Update - US Department of Health and Human Services website is now healthcare.gov]The Affordable Care Act, before the Supreme Court this week, includes partial elimination for “gender rating”, a prac ...
27 Mar, 2012
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2 min read
Supreme Court Hearings on Health Care Reform Kick Off
Supreme Court Hearings on Health Care Reform Kick Off
The US Supreme Court will hold hearings this week on a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Obama’s health care plan. The lawsuit was filed by twenty six states, four small business owners, an ...
26 Mar, 2012
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2 min read
Do GOP Candidates Control Their Delegates?
Do GOP Candidates Control Their Delegates?
 On Lawrence O’Donnell's MSNBC show last week, spokespersons for Gingrich's Super PAC, the Santorum Campaign, and MSNBC Analyst Steve Schmidt, most recently portrayed by Woody Harrelson in HBO's ...
15 Mar, 2012
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9 min read