Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage About To Get More Difficult
The battle for marriage equality has scored a number of victories in a short period of time, but that’s about to change.
Tea Party Senate Candidate In Mississippi Has Ties To Neo-Confederate/Secessionist Group
Several conservative groups have jumped on the bandwagon of what appears to be a controversial Mississippi politician.
Sane Republican Minority Prevails
Nearly two-thirds of House Republicans voted for default. They lost.
Time For A GOP/Tea Party Divorce? No, Time To Re-Open The ‘Big Tent’
Much like the Tea Party, David Frum wants to make the GOP tent smaller.
A New Conspiracy Theory: IRS Tea Party Targeting Helped Win The Election For Obama
A new theory circulating on the right asserts that IRS targeting of Tea Party groups had an impact on the 2012 elections by diminish the Tea Party’s effectiveness. It’s mostly nonsense.
Have Conservatives Surrendered In The Gay Marriage Wars?
To a large degree, the right seems to have backed down in the marriage wars.
Another Big Month Ahead For The Supreme Court
It’s going to be another eventful month for the Supreme Court.
Sales Taxes On Internet Purchases Seem To Be An Inevitability
The days of tax-free online shopping are coming to an end.
North Korea’s Bluster: How Should We Respond?
So what, exactly, is going on in North Korea? And how should we respond to Kim’s bluster?
Gingrich And Santorum Talked About “Stop Romney” Unity Ticket
Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum apparently talked about uniting to stop Romney during the 2012 Republican primaries.
Rise of the Megacommuter
About 8.1 percent of U.S. workers have commutes of 60 minutes or longer and nearly 600,000 have “megacommutes” of at least 90 minutes and 50 miles.
Obama Administration Urges SCOTUS To Strike Down Proposition 8
The Obama Administration has weighed in on the Supreme Court’s other high profile same-sex marriage case.
Same-Sex Marriage Wins At The Ballot Box
Voters in four states endorsed marriage equality yesterday.
GOP Unlikely To Grab Senate This Year, But They’ll Have Another Shot In Two Years
The GOP’s hopes of taking over the Senate in 2012 have all but slipped away, but there is another option.
Romney and Obama Work for Every Vote, Especially in Small States (Oh, Wait…)
No, the electoral college does not encourage the candidates to pay special attention to the small states.
A Pacific Time Convention in an Eastern Time Election
I question the timing of the Republican Convention.
Revenge Of The RINOs?: Moderate Republicans In Congress Starting To Rebel
Moderate Republicans in the House are starting to become more assertive in voicing their frustrations with how Congress is operating.
Voter ID and Attitudes about Race
Polling racial attitudes and its linkage to support fro voter ID laws.
Do High Taxes Chase Out The Rich?
A new study suggests that taxing millionaires sends millionaires to somewhere that doesn’t tax millionaires.
The Death Of Occupy Wall Street? It Sure Seems Like It
All the available evidence suggest that the Occupy movement has fizzled away into virtual nothingness.
