This weekend approximately 3,000 lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender activists descended upon Baltimore, Md., for a national advocacy conference, while a few miles away the Republican branch of Congress — which consistently resists pro-LGBT policies – gathered for a retreat. More …
President Obama’s call to increase domestic energy production More… Tuesday received a rosy reception from Colorado’s lefty lawmakers but was all but ignored by its conservative congressional delegation still smarting from the commander-in-chief’s recent blocking of the Keystone XL oil pipeline.
Popular Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels has been chosen to deliver the Republican response to President Obama’s State of the Union address tonight. Ideas about how best the government might respond to the limping economy and tackle the enormous federal budget deficit are sure to feature prominently in both speeches. Daniels comes to such a discussion with baggage, however, having headed the Office of Management and Budget under George W. Bush from 2001 to 2003, when the country’s projected budget surplus of $236 billion ran down a sink hole where it became a $400 billion deficit. More …
The 24th GOP presidential debate in Tampa, Fla., Monday night drove home what has become more clear in the past few weeks: The Republican Party, at this stage in time, is not united — at least when it comes to who they think should lead the country instead of Barack Obama. More …
Updated Feb. 1 with a clarification*
Rejecting both the Republican push for an accelerated Keystone XL oil pipeline More… and the GOP argument that he doesn’t care about jobs, President Barack Obama Wednesday touted his record of increased domestic oil and gas production.
As prominent tea partiers urge Republican lawmakers and presidential primary voters to move further to the right, President Obama appears to be leading in support from independent voters. Public Policy Polling, delivering results its first national poll (PDF) More…, reports that Obama leads GOP presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney by
In four days, Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum will face off frontrunner Mitt Romney and the dwindling pool of contenders in South Carolina’s primary — this time with the backing of the top leaders within America’s influential conservative Christian movement. By that time, Santorum is expected to have more cash in his war chest, as Christian leaders put their money where their endorsement is. But this time, will the Christian coalescence around a highly social conservative candidate pay off? More …
