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• Dems Have Good Chance To Win Georgia Senate Race

  

  A year ago, few people would have given the Democratic Party much chance of winning the open U.S. Senate seat in Georgia. Georgia is a very red state, and most... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Early Presidential Preferences In Iowa

  

  A year and a half from now the next presidential contest will kick into high gear, as the Iowa caucuses get underway. Those caucuses are important in deciding... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• About 78% Of Americans Don't Want Abortion Banned

  

  The Gallup Poll has just released their newest survey on the issue of abortion -- taken between May 8th and 11th of a random national sample of 1,028 adults,... Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Green Party Says DEA Administrator Should Be Terminated

  

  Green Party Shadow Cabinet member Clifford Thornton (pictured) wrote the following post on May 20th. He lays out the Green Party position that the current DEA... Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Election Is NOT About Obama - It's About A Dysfunctional Congress

  

  I continue to hear from the New York and Washington Political pundits that this coming election will favor the Republicans because it is a referendum on... Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The False "War" Among Republicans

  

  The charts above are from a series of surveys taken by the CBS News Poll -- with the most recent being done between May 16th and 19th of a national random sampl... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• My 4 Nominees For "Dumbest Member Of Congress"

  

  Anyone who pays attention to politics will know that there are a plethora of elected officials in the 113th Congress that qualify as dumb beyond belief... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Poll Shows Record Support For Legal Same-Sex Marriage

  

  The Gallup Poll has just released a new survey on the public's attitude toward the legalization of same-sex marriage. The survey was done between May 8th and... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Same-Sex Marriages Are Legal In 19 States Now

  

  On Monday, a federal judge threw out Oregon's ban on same-sex marriages. Oregon state officials are not appealing the decision (even though the National... Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Bank Is Fined For Helping The Rich Evade Paying Taxes

  

  (This image was found on the website Veterans Today.) It's bad enough that the rich don't have to pay the earned income tax rate (the rate paid by most... Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Generic Congressional Ballot Favors Democrats

  

  The chart above shows the weekly results of a congressional generic ballot (showing party, but not specific candidates) for 2014. Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Public Is Split On Whether Being A Governor Or Member Of Congress Is Better...

  

  All of the charts in this post were made with information from a recent Pew Research Center survey -- conducted between April 23rd and 27th of a national... Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 37% Of Young Households Now Have Student Debt

  

  Young people who get a college education are normally an asset to their families and their country. That education helps to increase the family's income and... Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Numbers For New Hampshire & Kentucky Senate Races

  

  Two new polls have been released that show it's going to be very tough for the Republicans to win a majority of seats in the U.S. Senate. The first is the Vox... Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Gerrymandered House Districts

  

  The map above is from Christopher Ingraham in the Washington Post. It shows the most gerrymandered House Districts in the United States. The most obvious... Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Why Texas (And Other States) Should Expand Medicaid

  

  (The Medicaid image above is from the website of Doctors for America.) As you probably know by now, the Republican elected officials in about half of the... Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Kinky Is The Best Choice For Texas Ag Commissioner

  

  Today marks the start of early voting in the Texas primary run-off election (with primary election day being May 27th -- next Tuesday) -- and Texas Democrats... Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Alameel Is Clearly The Best Choice For U.S. Senate

  

  It is primary run-off time for Texas Democrats, and one of the two important races they must decide on is who they want as their candidate for the United... Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Justice Thomas Willing To Trash Constitutional Rights

  

  Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has long been, along with Justice Antonin Scalia, the most extreme right-winger on the Court. Read more

  Posted on 18 May 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Right-Wing's "American Spring" Demonstration Fizzles

  

  (These two photos are from the "massive" American Spring demonstration in Washington. The top photo is from rightwingwatch.org, and the bottom is from dcist.com. Read more

  Posted on 18 May 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY