Most Americans aspire to the values as codified within the Democratic Platform. Why? Because they speak to all of our personal realities.
Democrats regain the lead over Republicans in Party Affiliation. Why?
The President once said that eventually good policies become good politics. One hopes this Party Affiliation poll is the new genesis of that realization.
Jon Stewart has some fun with Democratic & Republican ‘Presidential Candidates’
Jon Stewart has some fun with a few undeclared 2016 Presidential Candidates. There is some interesting news worth taking heed of in his comedic skit.
Senator Tom Coburn, ‘Godfather of the Tea Party’ had a love fest with President Obama on 60 Minutes
The Godfather of the Tea Party appeared on 60 Minutes professing his love for President Obama. It may have tempered much vitriol and hate if done earlier.
Watch Jon Stewart mock Democrats for losing by ignoring Obama’s successes as GOP wins on Hope & Change
The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart and Jordan Klepper use this ingenious skit to mock Democrats for losing to the GOP by ignoring Obama’s successes.
Texas is not a Red State. It’s a nonvoting state waiting for a reason to vote
There has been much talk about Texas becoming a purple state or even a blue state. Texas will be neither if most of its citizens are not voting.
Railroad Commissioner Candidate Steve Brown releases water conservation plan
Democratic Railroad Commissioner Candidate Steve Brown attended the 2014 Harris Democrats County Conference last Saturday. There he promised to release a proposal to use recycled water for fracking. True to form, he released the proposal this week. Brown Proposes Water Conservation Plan to Eliminate Freshwater Fracking and Reduce Water Contamination by 2020 FORT WORTH, TX. […]
FiveThirtyEight Nate Silver says GOP takes Senate – Hell no says Princeton Election Consortium
According to FiveThirtyEight Nate Silver. Summing the probabilities of each race yields an estimate of 51 seats3 for Republicans. That makes them very slight favorites — perhaps somewhere in the neighborhood of 60-40 — to take control of the Senate, but also doesn’t leave them much room for error. This bottom line is not much […]
“I’ll vote for Jesus” A message that everyone must read
I met Charlotte Vaughan Coyle at the Texas Democratic Convention in Dallas earlier this summer. I was in the hotel’s Starbuck’s coffee shop. Charlotte was sitting in the chair next to me. We started some small talk that evolved into the politics of the day. I abruptly stopped the conversation because I wanted to get […]
College Republican chairman Evan Alvarez tells why he is now a Democrat
College Republican chairman Evan Alvarez resigned and became a Democrat Last week Evan Alvarez, Chairman of the Mississippi Federation of College Republicans, resigned from the organization. His letter of resignation was striking. In the letter he made the following statements. … When I ran for Chairman in the spring, I ran to be Chairman of […]