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Why Republican Voters Don’t Like Mitt Romney and Their Presidential Candidates

Why Republican Voters Don’t Like Mitt Romney and Their Presidential Candidates

As the Florida Primary nears, it looks like the Republican Party may finally be having its “come to Jesus” moment: the presumptive nominee Mitt Romney has again pulled ahead in polls, leading Newt Gingrich now by nine percentage points (40% to 31%, with Rick Santorum and Ron Paul each around 10%).  A victory in [...]

The Super PAC and 2012 Election: Why Only Stephen Colbert Can Save Our Democracy

The Super PAC and 2012 Election: Why Only Stephen Colbert Can Save Our Democracy

Stephen Colbert has announced his (ironic) bid for the Presidency, stating last week that he would be running for the “President of the United States of South Carolina.” Colbert’s move came after handing over control of his super PAC to friend and fellow comedian Jon Stewart and renaming it The Definitely Not Coordinating With [...]

Rick Perry and the 5 Worst Political Gaffes

Rick Perry and the 5 Worst Political Gaffes

Gaffes are certainly nothing new to politics, and they have sunk many a campaign before.  Rick Perry now joins the stage with the worst in a long list of political gaffes, featuring many would-be candidates among his colleagues.  Though Perry’s gaffe has its own tragic flavor to it, because the Texan came out swinging [...]

The Main Weakness of Each Republican Candidate for President

The Main Weakness of Each Republican Candidate for President

As the Republican candidates for President of the U.S. hold yet another debate (which are now well into the teens), the voting public is churning through yet another frontrunner.  So, this seemed like a good time to highlight the candidates’ weaknesses–maybe then we can rule out the trouble-makers and get to business. Mitt Romney If [...]

Death of Gaddafi Vindicates Obama’s Foreign Policy

Death of Gaddafi Vindicates Obama’s Foreign Policy

Now ruling America is a black man from our continent, an African from Arab descent, from Muslim descent, and this is something we never imagined – that from Reagan we would get to Barakeh Obama. He is someone I consider a friend. He knows he is a son of Africa. Regardless of his [...]

Five Goals for the Occupy Wall Street Protests

Five Goals for the Occupy Wall Street Protests

As the Occupy Wall Street protests have grown, so too has the media response grown, from at first ignoring the protests, to exploiting them for their 15 minutes of fame, to recognizing that there are some legitimate grievances being expressed on Wall Street.  The only problem is, no one seems to be able to [...]

Corporate Profits Up, Slow Job Growth and American Democracy

Corporate Profits Up, Slow Job Growth and American Democracy

Corporate profits reached new highs this past quarter, leading many to inquire why, if American corporations are so profitable, are there no more jobs?  Mother Jones recently answered this question by looking at productivity growth in connection with wealth inequality.  Their below comparison shows how the rise in worker productivity over the past 30 years [...]

U.S. Job Growth and Prospects for the Economic Recovery

U.S. Job Growth and Prospects for the Economic Recovery

The month of May has released its job figures, and the press is already jumping to dire and skewed conclusions about U.S. job growth, with the AP reporting on “the brutal month of May” under the headline “To keep his job, Obama needs more jobs” and Bloomberg/Businessweek opening its piece on the jobs data [...]

Are Obama, Democrats Tougher on Terror?

Are Obama, Democrats Tougher on Terror?

The successful  military operation against Osama bin Laden on May 1 has had a profound effect on the Presidency of Barack Obama, transforming  a man that many had portrayed as an effete intellectual into a “bad-ass black president.”  Obama has in deed proven that he is tough on terror.  The victory has also led [...]