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• It's Official - Wendy Is Running For Governor

  

  State Senator Wendy Davis made it official yesterday. She is going to put her pink running shoes to good use in the next year or so, as she criss-crosses the... Read more

  Posted on 04 October 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Public Not On GOP's Side With Shutdown

  

  These numbers are from a new CBS News Poll conducted after the government shutdown (on October 1st and 2nd of 1,021 adults nationwide, with a 3 point margin of... Read more

  Posted on 04 October 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Green Party's Jill Stein Talks About The Government Shutdown

  

  We've heard a lot about the Republican shutdown of the federal government from the two major parties, but they aren't the only political parties in the United... Read more

  Posted on 04 October 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Public Thinks Top Priority Of The GOP Is To Make Trouble For President Obama

  

  It is no secret to those who stay abreast of politics that the Republican leaders met after the election of President Obama, and decided to oppose, obstruct,... Read more

  Posted on 04 October 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Bernie On Speaker Boehner

  

  Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) has a valid point here. Speaker Boehner has not acted in the best interests of the House of Representatives, the government,... Read more

  Posted on 04 October 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Insanity Of Texas Republicans

  

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  Posted on 03 October 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• GOP Turns Victory Into Humiliating Defeat

  

  (The cartoon above is by John Cole in the Scranton Times-Tribune.) A few days ago, it looked like the congressional Democrats had once again come near a deadlin... Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Presidential Preferences For 2016

  

  There's not a lot to say about these numbers, since it's still very early for these kind of polls and a lot could change before we get to the primary season in... Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Health Care Reform We Really Need

  

  Regular readers of this blog will know what I think about health care in the United States. I believe the system is badly broken. Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Poll Shows Democrats May Have A Real Opportunity In Texas In 2014

  

  Attorney General Greg Abbott is the presumptive GOP nominee for governor in the 2014 election. And today, State Senator Wendy Davis is expected to announce she... Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Public Opposes More Abortion Restrictions

  

  In the last few years, the Republicans have tried to impose hundreds of new restrictions on a woman's right to control her own body (including making her own... Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Public Opposes GOP Government Shutdown

  

  Once again, the Republican Party is spitting in the face of the American public. After repeated attempts to repeal, defund, or delay the Affordable Care Act... Read more

  Posted on 02 October 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Warren Blasts GOP Government Shutdown

  

  The Republican Party in the House of Representatives, bowing to the wishes of a small group of House teabaggers, have shut down the United States government. Read more

  Posted on 02 October 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Poll Has Record Low Approval Of Congress

  

  These results are from the latest CNN/ORC Poll (done between September 27th and 29th of 803 nationwide adults, with a 3.5 point margin of error). Read more

  Posted on 02 October 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Public Doesn't See Race Relations Improving

  

  It would be nice to think we have solved our racial problems in this country. But the truth is that passing a few laws, like the voting rights, civil rights, an... Read more

  Posted on 02 October 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• House GOP Shuts Down The Government

  

  As I write this post, midnight is approaching, and the Republican Party still wants to follow the lead of a small band of suicidal teabaggers in their caucus an... Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• GOP Wrong About Public Opinion Of A.C.A.

  

  After watching hours of the current congressional debate on C-SPAN, I have to say I'm getting a little irritated about one thing -- the Republican claim (lie? Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Green Party - TPP Is Bad Deal For Workers

  

  American workers are already in a bad situation -- with the median income falling and companies shipping good American jobs to other countries. Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The GOP Has The Least Public Approval

  

  While the Republicans have gerrymandered the House districts, allowing them to keep most of them, they still trail both the president and the Democrats in publi... Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Another Year Has Passed

  

  I have tried and tried to convince my children that I no longer have birthdays -- that I have chosen to remain young (at least in my mind). But they simply do... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY