Month: August 2012

The Senate Doesn’t Work Anymore

In 2010, if the Tea Party had not prevailed in Republican primaries for senate in Alaska, Nevada, Colorado, and Delaware, the GOP might already be in control of the upper chamber of Congress. This year, the Tea Party is going...

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Virgil Goode Is My Name…

and I just might swing the Commonwealth of Virginia’s 13 electoral votes to Barack Obama on Election Night. That’s according to Elizabeth Dias’ article* in Time, which notes “Goode is pulling fully 9% of...

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The Expiration Date of the Modern GOP

A Daily Kos diarist did a pretty cool demographic analysis of Texas this week and discovered that the Lone Star State is going to be a purple swing state by 2024 and will have a Democratic lean by 2028 at the latest. You can...

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More Stupid from Republicans

A Republican State Legislator in Tennessee emailed constituents warning of a “fake” assassination plot by the Obama administration so Obama can declare martial law and refuse to hold this year’s elections....

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