Facebook Caption Contest: The Results

Over the weekend, we posted this picture of House Speaker John Boehner and President Obama on our Facebook, and asked our followers to add their own caption. The original AP caption for this photo was: "These guys don't trust each other," but I think it's safe to say that our Facebook audience was a little more creative than that.

Evaluating the Supreme Court Leak

In an article published on July 1, CBS described the process of how John Roberts flipped from his expected position to supporting the individual mandate and the Supreme Court campaign to bring him back into the conservative camp. The Court is notoriously tight-lipped. Even in their deliberations, clerks and secretaries are kept waiting outside while the nine justices argue the outcome of each case.

Is the Individual Mandate a Tax?

On Thursday, the Supreme Court ruled that the central component to Obama's healthcare reform, the individual mandate, is constitutional because the payment is a tax. There has been much confusion following the ruling over whether or not the "shared responsibility payment" is actually a tax. The language of the statute clearly distinguishes the payment from a tax by labeling it a penalty that someone must pay if he or she refuses to buy insurance.

Gallup: Half of Hispanic Voters Consider Themselves Independent

Gallup released a survey today which indicates that half of hispanic voters considers themselves independent.  At a time when Republicans and Democrats are increasingly targeting this growing and large portion of the electorate, these numbers are not welcome news to the parties.