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Former Gov. Mitt Romney won handily in Wisconsin, Maryland and DC primaries on Tuesday. There are a couple conclusions born out of results in Wisconsin, in particular. As the primary race drags on, challenges for each of the presidential hopefuls remain. The next test will come in Pennsylvania, seen as a must-win for home son Sen. Santorum if he intends on surviving as a viable GOP competitor. For the remaining candidates, Republican nomination rules work in their favor to hang on for the nation

The possibility that the Supreme Court will overturn portions, if not all, of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), has brought into sharp focus the entire rationale for health care reform and the need for alternative solutions. What the ACA aimed to accomplish was coverage for individuals who today are not covered because they do not have employer-provided insurance, because they have pre-existing conditions that make their coverage unaffordable, or because they simply can’t afford to purchase medical

If, as the saying goes, the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again but expecting different results, it would stand to reason that it is long past time to seek out alternatives to the forced choice between the Democratic and Republican parties. Independents\ pride themselves on their willingness to consider candidates regardless of their political affiliation. Given the general disapproval for President Obama and the Republican field of candidates, this year many may b

Yesterday, the closely watched "Obamacare" proceedings at the Supreme Court focused on the issue that most commentators are calling central to the debate over the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act: mandates. The campaign of Republican presidential candidate and 2012 frontrunner, Mitt Romney, probably hates that mandates are the key topic of discussion in this week's news cycle, and will be for the rest of the Republican Primary until the Supreme Court hands down a decision on what pun

It's the talk in all of Washington at the moment and all across the country.  Probably even moreso than it was back when it was passed... healthcare (otherwise known as "Obamacare").  The United States Supreme Court began the case this week that will once and for all decide if the law is constitutional or not.  But with the 2012 election taking shape the way it already is, I posted a question the other day on InDeclaration's Facebook Page that I wanted to go deeper into.  The main part of the de

In what will likely become a landmark decision, the Supreme Court of the United States has already commenced the three-day hearing on the constitutionality of the 2012 health care provision, or Affordable Care Act (ACA), that was signed into law two years ago by President Barack Obama. Most controversial is the law's "individual mandate", that requires every American be insured or face a monetary penalty. With 42% of Americans opposing the individual health insurance mandate, the Republican pre

Today the GOP Presidential Candidates head to the South for a pair of highly contested primaries in Alabama and Mississippi. In what has become an increasingly close race, Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum are competing for the Conservative vote, while Mitt Romney looks to the Deep South as a chance at sealing front-runner status. After his first victory in the Virgin Islands, Ron Paul has refrained from actively campaigning in the states. 119 delegates are at stake today: Alabama (50 delegates),

Republicans held their Super Tuesday election contests earlier this week and despite media build-up, it was a decidedly split decision. As IVN reported earlier, this split means the Republican primary season is likely to stretch much longer. With the results of 10 races, four facts were re-established. Ohio Primary Voters Reject Extremism Senator Santorum is losing because he has major and substantial on-going problems with Catholic voters – particularly Catholic women voters who are turned of

At a time in the presidential election cycle when Republican candidates traditionally draw stark distinctions between themselves and their Democratic rivals, Ron Paul is following a different tactic by highlighting a 'nearness of position' between himself and incumbent President Obama. Of course, no one has ever accused the dark horse hopeful of running a conventional campaign. Paul, when asked to respond to comments made by the president at Tuesday's White House press conference, told CNN that

Preparing for the last stop before Super Tuesday, the Republican presidential candidates head to Washington to campaign before Saturday's caucuses. The caucuses will be open, meaning anyone registered in the state can vote in tomorrow's caucuses. The Washington Post explains: Saturday’s GOP caucuses in Washington state are open to voters from either party, as are six of the 10 states that have contests on Super Tuesday: Alaska, Georgia, Massachusetts, Tennessee, Vermont and Virginia. On the ca