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Coming Soon: Media May Project Election Winners Days before Voting
Ever since the Chicago Daily Tribune's iconic blunder of projecting Thomas Dewey as the victor in the 1948 election, polling has evolved into a more precise science, one so accurate that scoffers and ...
Spousal Consent for Viagra Proposed to Make a Point
It's become an all too common strategy in politics, to taunt absurd laws by either passing or submitting a bill that mocks the current law, or by over-enforcement of the law or putting into place drac...
BREAKING: Rand Paul Brings 2016 Presidential Campaign To An End
Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul announced Wednesday morning that he is suspending his 2016 presidential campaign.Paul released a statement saying that he intends to end his campaign where he began,“ready...
Rand Paul, Carly Fiorina Booted from Fox’s Main GOP Debate
Fox News released its lineup for Thursday’s GOP debate on Monday night, announcing that the stage will hold seven candidates, cutting Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul and former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiori...
Rand Paul's Audit the Fed Bill Gets a Vote, But May End Up Helping a Primary Opponent
After introducing legislation to audit the Federal Reserve System, one lawmaker looks to be finally getting a vote this week.Over the weekend, U.S. Sen. Rand Paul announced on Facebook that when the S...
How Ballot Access Requirements for President Compare State to State
In recent news, Ohio state officials told Democratic presidential candidate Martin O’Malley that he could not be on the Democratic primary ballot. The petition to be on the ballot required 1,000 ...
Rep. Thomas Massie: State Department is Threatening First Amendment Rights on the Internet
A small group within the U.S. House has filed an amicus brief in a court case that may affect what can be posted and distributed on the web.Led by Kentucky U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie, 15 House ...
5 Politicians Standing Firm Against More Surveillance After Paris
Since the Paris terrorist attacks on November 13, various mainstream news outlets have noted that the politics of surveillance have shifted. A shift would indicate that instead of rolling back surveil...
Kentucky Governor Restores Voting Rights to Over 170,000 Non-Violent Felons
Democratic Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear, who is set to leave office and hand over the governorship to Republican Matt Bevin next month, signed an executive order on Tuesday which will grant vo...
Polls Don't Work, So Why Do We Let Them Decide Which Candidates Are 'Viable'?
A consensus has formed around the proposition that polling, especially in multi-candidate presidential races, has become inaccurate and unreliable.This judgment, rendered by respected experts, exposes...