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The Road to 270 Electoral Votes in 2012
Credit: realclearpolitics.comThe presidential race is won by obtaining 270 of the 538 votes in the Electoral College. President Barack Obama and Republican candidate Mitt Romney are campaigning relen...
In-State Tuition For the Undocumented Transcends Politics
Credit: LA TimesThe Republican platform committee pushed a number of anti-illegal immigration platform planks on Tuesday. On top of advocating a completed border fence along the U.S.-Mexico border an...
In-State Tuition for Illegal Immigrants Transcends Partisan Politics
Credit: LA TimesThe Republican platform committee pushed a number of anti-illegal immigration platform planks on Tuesday. On top of advocating a completed border fence along the U.S.-Mexico border an...
Food Stamp Debate Slows Passage of Comprehensive Farm Bill
Photo: organicconnectmag.comRepublican Missouri Senate candidate Todd Akin recently told reporters that he opposes the Senate version of the 2012 Farm Bill due to the legislation’s spending on the Na...
Running to Win: Independent Q&A with Bill Hillsman, Part 1
Independents are poised to make an impact on multiple races this fall, on national, state and local levels. Americans identifying as independents are at a 70-year high.But what comes next?In a new boo...
Partisanship Distorts Everything, Including Equality
A candle light vigil is held following a July attack against a woman in Lincoln, Nebraska. Credit: TED KIRK/Lincoln Journal StarIn America today, we often consider ourselves to be politically divided...
Are Voters Getting the Picture?
It is said that a picture is worth a thousand words. Certainly pictures of candidates can be very important information in a voter’s decision process. But, unfortunately, a vast majority of voters hav...
Drought Worsens as Congress Moves to Pass Relief Measure
Credit: usnews.comThe drought that has been plaguing vast areas of the nation this summer, has intensified dramatically over the past week according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. The unrelenting heat ...
The New Mandate
After every election, we always manage to hear the winning side say that they have a mandate from the American people. The people have spoken, and they want their plan over their opponent's plan...
Electoral College
As the primary season for the 2012 election has ended, all sides are now focused on the general election and the march to Election Day in November. On that day, millions of Americans will go to ...