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Credit: E. Jason Wambsgans / Chicago TribuneGovernor Pat Quinn recently vetoed a casino expansion bill in Illinois, which was heavily supported by Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel. Quinn's reasoning: there is already too much corruption in Chicago politics and not enough regulation present in the casino plan.Proponents of the bill claim the plan would have generated millions in revenue and thousands of jobs. Illinois is currently the fifth-ranked state in the country with the biggest debt, trailing Ca

Here are full videos of notable speakers delivering 2012 Republican National Convention speeches on the gathering's first official day of activities. Among those who spoke were Saratoga Springs, Utah Mayor Mia Love, Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, Rick Santorum, Senate Republican Candidate Ted Cruz of Texas, Artur Davis, South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, Ann Romney, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. Who had the best speech? Watch below and let us know! Saratoga Springs,

Credit: washingtontimes.com The essence of the mostly unreported story is simple enough. When Mitt Romney was having difficulty raising money to start Bain Capital in 1984, he ended up raising a major share of his company’s initial $37 million investment from Salvadoran millionaires with indirect links to death squads in El Salvador. But how credible is the accusation? The story appeared in muted form in the Los Angeles Times on July 19 this year, with the rest of the mainstream media appearin

Credit: csmonitor.com The roundly decried "legitimate rape comment" by Missouri US Senate hopeful Todd Akin, may have given incumbent Sen. Claire McCaskill an early Christmas present. The national newswire is humming over Akin’s gaffe about how female victims of "legitimate rape" are evidently the benefactors of some mysterious physiological process that “shuts” down pregnancy. The reality is, each year tens of thousands of women who are raped become pregnant. A 1996 study on rape-related preg

Photo: sfcitizen.com The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, expected to be an important swing state in 2012, has made headlines all week for a controversial voter ID law backed by the state's Republicans. Critics are calling it a partisan ploy to restrict ballot access and fix the results of November's general election in favor of Republican candidates, including presumptive presidential nominee, Governor Mitt Romney. But on the same day that a judge ruled in favor of Pennsylvania's voter ID law, a

Credit: csmonitor.com Across the media, the headlines got it wrong when they claimed “Judge Upholds Voter ID Law in Pennsylvania,” or some variation of that assertion. Even though it took Commonwealth Court Judge Robert Simpson some 70 pages to explain his decision, the decision did not “uphold” the law. The decision only denied the plaintiffs’ application for a preliminary injunction. The grounds were as simple as they were legalistic: Judge Simpson found no basis for suspending the law at on

Following a tax vote to support the elimination of a corporate tax break, California Republican Assemblyman Brian Nestande has stepped down from his position as Republican caucus chairman in a move largely interpreted to be a rebuff of his party's staunch opposition to taxes. "With my vote yesterday I decided to take the side of my constituents and California businesses," Nestande said in a statement. The Riverside County lawmaker voted Monday with Democrats on AB 1500, sponsored by Assembly S

Credit: topics.lingospot.com Both lawyers running for Vermont Attorney General in the Democratic primary August 28, incumbent Bill Sorrell and challenger TJ Donovan, have accepted campaign donations from people who are or have been their adversaries in court.  Both say the contributions are too small to influence them.  The Vermont Bar Association has no policy that covers such apparent conflicts of interest. Then there’s the $99,000 TV ad campaign for the incumbent, paid for by an out-of-stat

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 have no idea what the candidates on their ballots look like, especially for State, county, and local offices. To get those pictures, many voters turn to the Internet. Recently, I had several shocking experiences regarding the pictures I found, or didn’t find, of candidates. The first incident was whe

Photo: James Harris The battle raging between proponents of gay marriage and those in opposition to it have missed the mark entirely. This is not to dismiss the concerns of either side, but rather to illustrate that both are missing the forest for the trees. The issue being discussed should not be one of determining whose views win out and which politicians get to decide, but why politicians are given such power in the first place. While countless Americans stormed into Chic-fil-A restaurants