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• Democrats Will Have A Strong Gubernatorial Candidate In Georgia

  

  (This image of Jason Carter, with his grandfather, is from Politico.com.) Democrats were already hoping to score a major victory in the red state of Georgia.... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Virginia Election Verifies Seniors Trending Away From GOP And Toward Democrats

  

  (This chart is from The National Memo.) On October 31st, I wrote a post about a recent Democracy Corps Poll. That poll said the seniors are moving away from... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Green Party Says "War on Drugs" Has Failed

  

  While the two major parties in the United States cling to the "War on Drugs" (and together have poured well over a trillion dollars to that failed effort), the... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Debating The Wrong Issues

  

  Mr Reich is absolutely right. The Republicans have been able to shift the debate in this country from the most important economic matters (vast wealth and incom... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Teabaggers Lose First Skirmish In GOP War

  

  (The cartoon above is by Paul Szep. More of his work can be found at www.szep.com.) When the congressional teabaggers orchestrated the government shutdown (and... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Mixed Results In Colorado Secession Fight

  

  One of the more interesting electoral fights from last Tuesday took place in Colorado. Eleven counties had a proposal on their ballot asking citizens whether... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Wendy Davis - "I Am Pro-Life"

  

  (This image of State Senator Wendy Davis is from Politico.) Wendy Davis became famous for filibustering an anti-woman bill in the Texas Senate that would have... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Economy Prospers More Under Democrats

  

  A graphic similar to this has been posted on this blog once or twice in the past, but it deserves repeating -- as much as possible. Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Fifteen And Counting In Fight For Equality

  

  (The image above was found at the Green Party site of Dr. Jill Stein.) This week the United States took another small step toward making equal rights for all... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2013 LGBTQ, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• New Poll Released On Texas Governor Race

  

  Yesterday, I posted about a couple of polls taken on the coming race for governor in Texas. A September Texas Lyceum Poll had shown Republican Greg Abbott with... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Media Coverage Of Obamacare Is Slanted

  

  The mainstream media's coverage of the rollout of Obamacare has been disappointing to say the least. Instead of fairly reporting on Obamacare, the media has... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Support For "Stop & Frisk" Law Is Very Low

  

  The chart above was made from information in a very recent Rasmussen Poll (done on November 1st and 2nd of 1,000 likely nationwide voters, with a 3 point... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• It's Still The Same

  

  It seems that little has changed since Roosevelt's time -- at least in the conservative's desire to limit government so their corporate masters can rule... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Part Of Obamacare No One's Talking About

  

  (This chart showing the different insurance plans under Obamacare is from HealthPocket.) The chart above shows the different plans insurance companies will be... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Democrats Have A Real Chance In The 2014 Texas Governor Race

  

  When State Senator Wendy Davis declared her candidacy for governor on the Democratic ticket a few weeks ago, the state Republican Party just laughed, and said... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Texas Teabaggers Want To Replace Cornyn With A Man Even Nuttier Than Ted Cruz

  

  This may surprise some of you who know the voting record of Senator John Cornyn (R-Texas). Cornyn has one of the most right-wing voting records of anyone in... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Right-Wing Predictions (That Were Wrong)

  

  Conservatives never want change. They are afraid of it -- convinced that if government does anything to make society or the economy a bit fairer and more... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Be Patient - It's Far Too Early For Hillary To Announce Anything About 2016

  

  (This caricature of Hillary Clinton is by DonkeyHotey.) Last Saturday, in a speech before Iowa Democrats, Senator Chuck Schumer (D-New York) endorsed Hillary... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Obamacare Opinions Remain Steady In 2013

  

  The Republicans were sure that they had an issue in Obamacare that they could ride to a victory in 2014. Unfortunately, it isn't working out for them. Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Small Businesses Finally Seeing The Truth

  

  For too long now, the Republicans have followed a policy of favoring the rich and the large corporations. They sold people, especially business men and women, o... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY