From Gallup: The percentage of Americans identifying as political independents increased in 2011, as is common in a non-election year, although the 40% who did so is the highest Gallup has measured, by one percentage point. More Americans continue to identify as Democrats than as Republicans, 31% to 27%. This year will be even more […]

As if we need anymore of a reason to get the war drums beating against Iran: An Iranian court has convicted an American man of working for the CIA and sentenced him to death, state radio reported Monday, in a case adding to the accelerating tension between the United States and Iran. Iran charges that […]

The right is up in arms over last night’s debate: ABC News commentator George Stephanopoulos directed pointed, hard-edged questions to Republican presidential candidates during Saturday night’s New Hampshire debate, often attacking without providing evidence to justify his broadsides. When questioning former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, Stephanopoulos, a former senior advisor in the administration of Democratic […]

Hear it for yourself! Now of course this was just McCain misspeaking when endorsing Mitt Romney and you can hear the entire speech and even see when Mitt informs him of what he said here, but remember this ad? That was a video put out by Mitt Romney totally taking what President Obama said out […]

The bill being considered in both chambers of Congress that will fundamentally change the internet and make it a felony if you even share a video from a friend of a friend of a friend (etc., etc.,) that might have copyright material in it is really pissing people off. How pissed you ask? Well so […]

I guess we should declare Rick Santorum now on suicide watch: While addressing America’s entitlement crisis at his first New Hampshire event since his stunning near-victory in the Iowa caucuses on Tuesday, Santorum said Reagan contributed to the entitlement crisis by pushing Social Security’s sustainability issues down the road instead of dealing with them head-on […]

Things are heating up in Wisconsin: Three individuals – including a former top aide to Gov. Scott Walker – were charged Thursday with felonies as part of the ongoing John Doe investigation into Walker staffers. Tim Russell, a longtime Walker campaign and county staffer, was charged with two felony and one misdemeanor count of embezzlement. […]

Face it, with the meaning of his last name this is just screaming for a caption! Have at it!!!

Let’s hope this keeps up: The news is all good for the jobs market so far in 2012: Separate reports Thursday showed a surge in private-sector job creation, a sharp drop in weekly unemployment claims and planned layoffs at their lowest level in six months. Though the December data flowing in is sensitive to seasonal […]

The media jumped the gun this morning reporting that Rick Perry was suspending his campaign, but it turns out he is on his way to South Carolina to carry on. But can Perry afford it? Here’s a breakdown of how much each candidate spent per vote in Iowa (via The Atlantic): I guess money doesn’t […]