Election May Bring On Wave of Lawsuits
By: Candice Lanier (Diary) | November 6th at 07:30 AM |
The U.S. presidential election has already spurred a couple dozen lawsuits over the past six months. These particular lawsuits have revolved around photo ID requirements and limited poll hours. However, a new torrent of litigation, beginning on election day, is looming over who gets to vote and which ballots will be counted. Voter rights advocates and attorneys may initially head to court to try to | Read More »
Who Will Control The Senate? A Look at the 7 Most Hotly Contested Races
By: Candice Lanier (Diary) | November 1st at 08:13 PM |
Updated – 11/2/2012 According to Rasmussen tracking, conducted through telephone surveys, seven of the 33 Senate races are hotly contested and too close to call at this time. Toss Up Races Connecticut Democratic Congressman Chris Murphy now holds his biggest lead yet over Republican Linda McMahon–Murphy with 48% of the vote to McMahon’s 47%. One percent (1%) prefer some other candidate, and three percent (3%) | Read More »
Committed: Romney Sacrificed $2 Billion in His Run for the Presidency
By: Candice Lanier (Diary) | October 31st at 02:16 PM |
Nathan Vardi’s Forbes magazine article, “Mitt Romney: The Most Expensive Political Career in American History” makes the observation that, “lots of people pay a high price for getting into politics, but no one has likely given up more, at least financially, than Mitt Romney.” Forbes has estimated that Romney would be worth approximately $2 billion had he remained at Bain Capital instead of running for | Read More »
Obama’s Second-Term Agenda Recycles Failed First-Term Policies
By: Candice Lanier (Diary) | October 24th at 12:35 PM |
On Tuesday, the Obama campaign released a 20 page pamphlet which outlines President Obama’s second-term agenda–which is essentially the same as his first-term agenda. Mike Allen, of Politico writes: “This is a re-packaging of the plans the president has previously announced of manufacturing, education, energy.” And, CNN’s Jessica Yellin commented that “there’s not anything significantly new in here.” Yellin went on to say: “He’s just | Read More »