It’s not every day I get to watch the Republican Party — nay, the only true keeper of the sanctity of the vote — utterly flummoxed by the process of counting votes. Here’s what Wikipedia says about the 2012 Iowa caucus today. The 2012 Iowa caucuses took place on Tuesday, January 3, starting at...
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Election 2012
What to make of Iowa
What is the Tea Party?
The Tea Party is a product. It’s a product that was rolled out during tax time in early 2009. It was created to showcase the extreme right wing of the Republican Party. The Tea Party does this by providing a focal point to stare at while it appears that these particular Republicans elected in...
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Democrat Wins NY-26
If you were paying attention to New York state politics last year, you might remember a fellow named Carl Paladino. He was running for governor of New York against Andrew Cuomo on the Republican ticket. He won the GOP nomination. He’s the same guy that threatened to “take out” a New York Post reporter....
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Making Politics Fun
Too often people get bogged down in what’s not going their way politically and they fixate on the negative aspects of the democratic process. You’ll never always get everything that you want and that’s OK. In her Sister Citizen column, Melissa Harris-Perry, wrote that progressives should put the negativity away and just have some...
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Sarah Palin’s Opening Political Ad for the 2012 Campaign Season
It seems like it was just Tuesday when we voted in the 2010 election. It was, but guess what? The 2012 campaign season is already underway. Sarah Palin has released an ad, which “some” are calling the first political ad of the 2012 presidential election, and it has a bear in it. And by...
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