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Let's not be fooled that the 2010 midterm election was a preview of the rise of the Republican Party. As we've all witnessed the Republican primary season taking numerous twists and turns, they still have a few problems. These include but are not limited to, the decline of the Tea Party, the current leadership within the Republican National Committee, and conflicting groups of Republicans, in terms of ideology. Since the Tea Party came into the political scene many people has said that they wou

Characterized by uncertainty and indecision, we’re all getting a little weary of the Republican Primary this election. Yesterday, IVN gave you 3 reasons why, despite the prolonged election season, the Illinois primary matters: 1. Rick Santorum’s Electability 2. Mitt Romney’s Momentum 3. Obama’s stomping ground So here are the results - Romney wins by a 10%+ margin. Does this make Santorum irrelevant? Will this give Romney the momentum he needs to close the race before the August Convention?

For the first time since the 1988 primary between George Bush Sr. and Bob Dole, the GOP primary in Illinois matters. And while 54 of the state's 69 delegates are at stake, GOP candidates will be fighting for much more than delegates today. In the midst of a prolonged and at times agonizing 2012 Republican primary season, here are three reasons why the Illinois Primary matters: 1. Rick Santorum's Electability: While Rick Santorum has positioned himself as a viable threat to frontrunner Mitt Romn

With the Puerto Rico primary behind them, GOP candidates embark on a final campaign blitz across the state of Illinois. With Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum making their final attempts at appealing to the Land of Lincoln voters, both argue that a victory in the state could seal the GOP nomination.  Meanwhile, Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul continue on in the race with no signs of backing down. And while Paul is still without a win, his campaign continues to vie for stray delegates in states that have

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 movie Game Change, all stated that other than possibly Dr. Ron Paul no campaign is in complete command of “its” delegates. One of the basic tenets of being a viable candidate for President is to have a competent delegate whip structure, which in turn leads to delegate vetting. In the Democratic Party, the

While most Republicans, according to recent polls, are adamantly opposed to a brokered convention, given the new party nominating rules it is highly unlikely that the primary process will be wrapped up quickly. Newt Gingrich predicted at this weekend's California Republican Convention that the presidential primary season may well extend to California, putting the state's 172 delegates into play in June. 2012 could host an unusually prolonged primary season for a presidential race in recent his

Congress failed to renew wind power tax credits last week. The effects on the fast-growing wind energy industry are expected to be devastating, including major layoffs and delayed or cancelled projects.  The current income tax credit of 2.2 cents per kilowatt hour of wind power will now expire at the end of 2012. Wind power proponents tried to get an extension added to the payroll tax cut bill but failed. They could try again but another attempt probably won’t happen until after the November ele

California State University-Fresno was awarded a $3 million, two-year contract by the USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service to train U.S. marines and government officials how to promote agricultural self-sufficiency and food security in Afghanistan. The Agricultural Development for the Afghanistan Pre-deployment Training (ADAPT) program provides instruction on the main crop and livestock components that make up farming environments in Afghanistan and discusses ways to improve them, according to a

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says it wants to broaden its regulatory powers over agriculture in the name of “sustainable development”. In response, agricultural leaders are pleading with Congress to protect farmers from the possibility of being regulated out of business. The EPA’s new policy approach is the product of a National Academies of Science (NAS) study, “Sustainability and the U.S. EPA” – conducted last year and published in August. The study suggests that the EPA should a

themodernhistory: Abraham Lincoln is elected the 16th president of the United States over a deeply divided Democratic Party, becoming the first Republican to win the presidency. Lincoln received only 40 percent of the popular vote but handily defeated the three other candidates: Southern Democrat John C. Breckinridge, Constitutional Union candidate John Bell, and Northern Democrat Stephen Douglas, a U.S. senator for Illinois. (Image courtesy of http://www.lincoln-institute.org/)