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Poll Shows Sen. John McCain Might Lose Arizona Senate SeatJohn McCain may have been the Republican Party's national standard bearer last year, but now it looks like he may have a hard time just hanging on to his Senate seat.
Paranoids are Always With UsIn 1964, historian Richard Hofstadter published an influential essay in Harper's Magazine titled "The Paranoid Style in American Politics." It came to mind recently in the context of the hysteria and hyperbole of the health care debate. Parts could have been written today.
In my humble opinion I believe that political parties should be banned. As far as I can tell, getting rid of them would do this country an enormous amount of good. Assume there were no parties.
For a long time now, I have espoused the fact that I am neither a democrat, nor a republican. I am more conservative than liberal, but I am not militant about these things.
A power grab by the federal government to control health benefits, treatments and Doctors under private or public plans which will guarantee a communized, health care, government delivery system within 5 years from y1.
Argentine FM calls for more international pressure on Honduras_English_XinhuaThe Argentine foreign minister on Thursday called for more international pressure on the Honduran de facto government to force it into a deal with ousted President Manuel Zelaya.
Anyone who has spent time on Newsvine is aware of the Code of Honor and is familiar with rants involving harsh invective and political vitriol.
Opinion Everyone keeps looking for a leader in the Republican Party.
I am a life long registered Democrat. My father and both grandfather's were hard working Union members. I grew up a typical blue collared life. Not in poverty but still went without certain things many times in my life.
The upcoming European Elections are just a few weeks away. And when it comes to saving the climate this EU election is one of the more important ones.
I just stopped by the official website of The White House. It's a really cool site, very easy to use, with quite a bit of information available. But really struck me as odd was the drop down menu which is part of the tab "the Administration".
What If They Threw a Party and No One Came?Is it time to end the partisan Party system and just elect those we feel will do the best job?
Specter Says Moderate or DiePublicly, GOP leaders and operatives are slamming Republican Sen.
We Didn't Have to Lose Arlen SpecterIt was as though beginning with Senator Jeffords's decision, Republicans turned a blind eye to the iceberg under the surface, failing to undertake the re-evaluation of our inclusiveness as a party that could have forestalled many of the losses we have suffered.
Damian McBride, Damien Green and ballot box tampering: seven days that shook Labour Even without more emails, the damage to Mr Brown and the government has been great, not least because the existing document have reopened the split between supporters of Mr Brown and those of Mr Blair which was supposed to have been symbolically healed by the return of Lord Mande …
Mama weer all crazee nowWelcome to America 2009, boys and girls, where March Madness has given way to April Insanity which, no doubt, will be overshadowed by May Moronism and, then, June Jerk-offery.
Polarization We Can Believe InKarl Rove, the former president's senior political adviser, recently noted that while the country has been getting progressively more polarized over the years, Obama has only made a bad thing worse: "Rather than end or ameliorate that trend, Mr.
Permanent Democratic Majority: New Study Says YesA growing number of political scientists, analysts and strategists are making the case for a realignment of political power in the U.S.
Why is it one side of PoliticoSocial discourse can always get-away with couching or hiding their 'digs' in the soft underbelly of old sofa weighted criticism; while the other is nastily jeered at while making major common-sense remarks for the good of the country? While one is b …
I'm a registered independent. Sure I have mostly liberal views, but why feel obligated to back your political party when you think they're wrong? Here's my problem with political parties - they rob you of your true feelings on an issue.
Anyone who has been following the contemporary populist Medium(s), know by now who speaks for those right-wing Mayors, Governors, House members, Senators, W. Bush, Steele and Religious Right Grass-Roots Republicans. Here we go..One, two, three--It's Rush Limbaugh... !
The Third-Party Delusion and the Need for a Mass Movement for Progressive ChangeI can't count how many people have bombarded me with criticisms, usually laced with insults and often obscenities, when I have written articles calling for pressure on Democratic politicians to do the right thing, whether that is impeaching the last president and vice president f …
A Black Chairman Isn't Enough Sure, "historical resonance" is interesting, as far as it goes, but the notion that an African-American chairman "could prove helpful" is much harder to believe.
Sex flirts with politics Laurie Nowell writes that the Australian sex industry is launching a new political party to counter the increasing influence of religious groups in politics and government.
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