North Carolina asks the Supreme Court to set aside a recent appeals court ruling ending discriminatory practices by the state. North Carolina filed an emergency appeal seeking to apply several provisions of its 2013 election law to the November 2016 elections despite a blistering opinion delivered in July by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals […]
On his HBO show Real Time, Bill Maher asked the question, “Is America ready for a female president?” One of his guests, America Ferraro, a Clinton surrogate, commented that Maher’s question was boring. He insisted his question is a valid one and defended his position by pointing out the uptick in racist rhetoric and behavior […]
A new survey conducted by Data Targeting found that an Independent candidate would start off with 21% of the vote in the 2016 general election. This election season is one for the books. Donald Trump is the presumptive Republican nominee, and he represents the anti-establishment bloc of the GOP. Hillary Clinton is the Democratic front-runner, […]
It’s time to say goodbye to Grover Norquist and his “no new taxes” pledge. Grover Norquist has been putting his hooks into elections the last several cycles and is aggressively targeting Republican candidates this time around as well. Grover Norquist, founder and President of the lobbying group Americans for Tax Reform (ATR), famously came up […]
Can Republicans be trusted to run an honest convention this year? If the 2012 GOP Convention is any indication – most certainly not! As the odds of a brokered convention for Republicans becomes more likely, the operative question voters must ask themselves is: “Can the GOP be trusted to run an honest convention?” If the […]