It's doubtful that "birthers" are wallowing in embarassment today over the president's release of his long-form birth certificate. They never really cared about the piece of paper. It was the man they were after. And the man, to their dismay, remains our president, our first black president.
Are Independents “a confused and clueless horde,” who are “more myopic than moderate” and characterized above all else by their “thoughtlessness”? These are just a few of the claims put forward in an anti-Independent hit piece published this week in The New Republic.
Based on a report by Claremont McKenna College's Rose Institute of State and Local Government, it appears that the rise in decline-to-state voters in the typically Republican-dominated Orange County spells trouble for the GOP's stronghold in the region.
The new California law mandating 33% renewable energy by 2020 from all California utilities has troubling, if not downright bizarre aspects, some of which will definitely raise the cost of electricity substantially. Yet, this doesn't need to happen.
The big story this weekend is skyrocketing gas prices and their effect on America's economic outlook, which is at its lowest level since President Obama took office.
