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Credit: Erik M. Lunsford The environment and climate change were not only discussed in a limited manner during the election season, but the current Doha Climate Change Conference, hosted by the United Nations (UN) until December 7, is not making headlines either. Will the imminent economic disaster resulting from Mississippi's record low-water mark shift the focus to this issue? In 2012, the United States experienced the worst drought in at least 50 years and its consequences on the US agricul

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

Claire McCaskill won the controversial Missouri senate race against Senator Todd Akin. The race for the Missouri Senate seat pitted incumbent Democrat Claire McCaskill against the Republican Congressman. McCaskill currently holds 55 percent of the vote. Her opponent Republican Todd Akin currently has just 34 percent of the vote. Todd Akin is known to most of the country as the guy who said "legitimate rape." That's about all most people learned about him. Akin may be known for a singular statem

[Update 5:20 PM PST] Independent candidate Angus King is projected, by CNN, to win the Senate seat in Maine. -- [Update 5:15 PM PST] In Ohio, 1.8 million voters cast their ballot early or by absentee ballot. It could still be some time before we know a victory. CNN projects Georgia will go to Mitt Romney. In Florida, over half of the precincts are reporting a very slight lead for Romney now. This is the first time the GOP candidate has taken the lead tonight. His lead is 52-47. -- [Updat

[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: AP Just days before voters head to the polls, Missouri Congressman Todd Akin has launched a nearly two million dollar ad campaign in his race for US Senate. This is the first time since his controversial comments about “legitimate rape” in August that the Republican has made an ad buy that comes close in funding to his opponent, Democratic incumbent Senator Claire McCaskill. This last minute funding for Akin is the final push to get the controversial congressman reelected. The Washingto

Credit: Kfoxtv.com Election day is right around the corner. Campaigns across the country are coming down to the wire. Both Democrats and Republicans are keeping a close eye on the U.S. Senate race in Missouri. Weeks after Republican challenger, Rep. Todd Akin, made controversial comments about “legitimate rape,” he is now in a statistical dead heat with incumbent Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill in the MO senate race. According to the latest survey of likely voters by Mason-Dixon Polling & Res

Current projections are that the Democrats will retain control of the Senate by a narrow margin. But that could change, particularly if Romney continues to surge and carry GOP Senate candidates along with him. Energy and environmental policy are areas where this really matters. The House of Representatives has passed numerous bills relating to energy and environmental issue over the past two years. These bills have died in the Senate, but that could change with a new Senate. Republicans in almo

(Photo: ABC News) While there is no mathematical formula for calculating partisanship, both party-line voting and ideology were considered in finding the ten most partisan members of Congress. In determining a Republican's partisanship, his score from the American Conservative Union (ACU) and the percentage of the time that he voted with his party, according to OpenCongress.org, were factored. For example, an ACU annual score of 95% or higher and voting with the party at least 96% of the time

Credit: fitsnews.com US Senator Rand Paul, through his political action committee, RANDPAC, is distributing ads against Democratic incumbent Joe Manchin of West Virginia, Bill Nelson of Florida, and Sherrod Brown of Ohio over their support for foreign aid to countries that are hostile to the United States. Featuring harrowing images of rioters and burning fires from the Middle East, the narrator says: "While they tear down and burn the American flag in Egypt and shout 'Death to America,' Joe