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The economy is the focus of media attention at the moment, with its post-election emphasis on the looming fiscal cliff. However, the Keystone XL pipeline has also made a resurgence lately, as the center of an environmental policy controversy. The administration's response to the dispute would be a test of Obama's relationship with the oil and gas industry. On Wednesday, American Petroleum Institue (API) President Jack N. Gerard said, "If [President Obama] denies the application , it will show c

Since Obama won reelection a week ago, the White House website has been flooded with petitions from citizens in various states wanting their states to secede from the union.  It is important to note that these are not official petitions by the state governments but rather petitions started by individual citizens. The threat of secession is nothing new in the United States.  It seems that after any election, people want their states to secede so that they don't have to live under a leader they d

Every two years approximately one-third of the US Senate is up for re-election. The following 13 Republican US senators face re-election in 2014. Click here to read about the 20 Democratic US Senators who also face re-election in 2014. 1. Lamar Alexander (Tennessee) Before election to the Senate in 2002, Alexander was governor of Tennessee, US Secretary of Education, and a two-time presidential candidate. Alexander resigned from his position as chairman of the Senate Republican Conference in

[Update 8:18 PM PST] IVN.us announces Barack Obama has been re-elected to a second term. [Update 8:17 PM PST] CNN projects President Barack Obama will win re-election by taking the state of Ohio. [Update 8:15 PM PST] With the projection of Oregon going to Obama, statistically speaking it is very unlikely Romney will be able to pull off a victory because one more state will put the president over the top. CNN also projects Missouri to be carried by Mitt Romney. -- [Update 8:10 PM PST] Th

Photo Credit: boston.com With the election less than a week away, Democrat Bob Kerrey gains on Deb Fischer in the race for Nebraska's open Senate seat. Nebraska, previously categorized as "strong Republican," has now been described as a "lean Republican" race, indicating a recent shift in the political attitude there. The most recent polling from Omaha World-Herald places Democrat Bob Kerrey "within striking distance" of Republican Deb Fischer. Trailing by only three percentage points, Kerrey

Credit: http://factsnotfantasy.blogspot.com/2012/03/religion-and-2012-election.html A survey released by the Pew Institute on Tuesday shows that the number of nonreligious people in the US is on the rise, reaching a record high of 20 percent. However, this trend has yet to be reflected in the political arena. Credit:http://www.pewforum.org/Unaffiliated/nones-on-the-rise.aspx Today, 1 out of 5 Americans (1 out of 3 for those under 30), consider themselves to be non-religiously affiliated. The n

With early balloting beginning on 11 October, a new independent poll finds the Arizona Top 2, Open Primary initiative likely to pass. No recent, independent polling data has been available apart from those supporting or opposing the initiative that would create a non-partisan top-two open primary. The survey of 1,065 Arizona residents found 45% are inclined to vote for the open primary initiative and 31% against it, with 9% undecided and 15% not planning to vote. Looking only at likely voters,

(Photo: sbdpolitics.com) In the Golden State, an interesting scene is playing out that reveals the consequences of the state's first all-party primary, top two open primary, or "Jungle Primary," as many media outlets have called it. According to new California election laws that took effect for the first time this year, the top two vote getters in a primary, regardless of party affiliation, face each other in the general election. In California's 31st congressional district, the new primary ha

Credit: wggb.com There is no denying the rise of independent voters as a major voting bloc. Some polls now show registered independent voters outnumbering either Republicans or Democrats. Those numbers, however, translate into very limited power or influence. The conventional wisdom is that, come election time, independent voters will end up splitting down the middle between the established parties. Only a small number – 10% or less – actually remain undecided to the end, and those can usually

After a confusion, voluntary of not, over medical terminology, Arizona became the most restrictive state with a ban of abortion after 18 weeks of pregnancy. The last version of the "Women Health and Safety Act" signed by Arizona Governor provides a de facto ban of abortion after 18 weeks of pregnancy, except for medical emergency. Arizona is thus joining the fast growing club of states that have in the past two years been trying to limit access to abortion by limiting the number of weeks during