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• Nearly 3 Out Of 4 Oppose A New Government Shutdown

  

  The federal government's fiscal year ends on September 30th. That means Congress has two weeks to pass a new budget, or the government will once again be shut... Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Hillary Is NOT In Trouble & Maintains A Huge National Lead

  

  The mainstream media is doing a poor job of covering this election in my opinion. They want both parties to have a close primary election -- because a close... Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Question For "The Donald" - Where's The Beef?

  

  (Caricature of Donald Trump is by DonkeyHotey.) Back in the mid-eighties, a hamburger chain ran a series of ads with an elderly woman demanding to know... Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Senate GOP Stages Some Silly Political Theater

  

  (Cartoon image is by Tom Toles in The Washington Post.) Last Thursday, Senate Democrats defeated a cloture motion (which would have brought the anit Iran... Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Hillary Clinton Is The Clear Favorite Of Florida Democrats

  

  Yesterday, I brought you the results of new state polls in New Hampshire, Iowa, and South Carolina. They showed Sanders leading in New Hampshire and Iowa,... Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• GOP Presidential Preference From July To The Present

  

  This chart was made from a new CBS News / New York Times Poll -- done between September 9th and 13th of a national sample of 376 Republican primary voters, and... Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Hillary Clinton Speaks At Iowa College About Women's Issues

  

  (This image Of Clinton in Iowa, found at MSNBC, is by photographer Scott Olson.) On Monday, Hillary Clinton spoke to students at the University of Northern Iowa. Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• No Groundswell Of Support For A Biden Candidacy

  

  Chart was made from the results of a new Rasmussen Poll -- done between September 10th and 13th of a random national sample of 1,000 likely Democratic voters,... Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Sanders Leads 2 Of 3 Early States - Clinton Leads Nationally

  

  The top chart was made from information contained in the new CBS News / YouGov Battleground Poll of the three early-voting states (Iowa, New Hampshire, and Sout... Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Trump & Carson Still Only GOP Candidates In Double-Digits

  

  This is from the new ABC News / Washington Post Poll of registered voters nationwide. It was done between September 7th and 10th, But no margin of error was... Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Davis Gives In And Will Allow Licenses To Be Issued

  

  This is certainly not going to make the bigots happy who were celebrating Kentucky County Clerk, Kim Davis, as some kind of hero. Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Children Born To Undocumented Immigrants Are Decreasing

  

  The Republicans can see the demographic change that is happening in the United States. They know that Hispanics are the fasted growing segment of the United... Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Congress Is Still Far More Unpopular Than The President

  

  Regular readers of this blog will know that I like to keep track of the polls, and I post a lot of them on this blog. I think polls, while not always right,... Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Kim Davis Is NOT Supported By Rowan County Officials

  

  (This photo of Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis is from Slate.com.) After viewing the crowds cheering Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis on her release from jail last... Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 43% Of GOP Say They Could Support A U.S. Military Coup

  

  The United States has one of the most stable governments in the world. There has never been a military coup (a takeover of the government by the military) -- an... Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Davis To Return To Work - Will She Continue Her Bigotry?

  

  (This cartoon image is by Kevin Siers in the Charlotte Observer.) County Clerk Kim Davis is out of jail, and will return to work on Monday. The question on... Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• In Defense Of "Militant Atheism"

  

  (This cartoon image of "militants" was found at the blog of the Friendly Atheist.) Christians, especially those of the fundamentalist variety, have no problem... Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• New National Poll Shows Clinton With A 10-Point Lead

  

  Yesterday, I showed you the results of the new CNN/ORC Poll concerning GOP national preferences. Now the CNN/ORC Poll has released their results on the... Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Rick Perry Recognizes The Obvious And Drops Out

  

  Rick Perry finally admitted to himself that he has no chance of becoming the Republican presidential nominee in 2016 -- and on Friday he officially suspended hi... Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Is There A Glimmer Of Hope For Texas Democrats ?

  

  (I found this graphic on Texas politics at the excellent Texas blog Eye On Williamson.) It would be an understatement to say that the Texas Democratic Party is... Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY