I greatly admire and appreciate moving, memorable speeches, and former President Barack Obama has given many. Some of his most powerful have been when he stepped outside of his role as a politician.
The 2018 midterm elections are about to heat up. Much of the focus is on which of the two major parties will have control of Congress after November 6 -- are we looking at a blue wave or a red wave?
What gets less attention are the third party and independent candidates who are trying to break through the two-party duopoly and offer voters an alternative. Candidates like Gary Johnson, who arguably stands the best chance of being the first member of the Libertarian Party to be elected to the upper chamber of Congress.
San Diego, CA.- A new poll shows dramatic moves in the Governor and Senate races in California.
The early polls showed Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom and Senator Dianne Feinstein with comfortable leads in their respective races. Those leads are now all but gone.
Commissioners in several New Mexico counties have reportedly asked local clerks not to add the straight-ticket (straight-party) option that New Mexico Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver ordered for the 2018 midterm elections.
The rebuke of Toulouse Oliver's actions follows on the heels of a lawsuit challenging the legality of the decision -- which may make the commissioners' resolutions a mute point.
WASHINGTON DC - Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) made reference to Spartacus in day three of Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing for the Supreme Court. Booker professed, “This is about the closest I'll probably ever have in my life to an, I am Spartacus’ moment.”
Interestingly, the documents Booker was referring to had already been made public. The national GOP twitter page took the opportunity to hit Booker:
https://twitter.com/GOP/status/1037735984182517761
This year, millions of Americans have voted in congressional primaries and runoffs . These voters, who comprised just 15 percent of the eligible electorate in the last midterm election season, are wasting their time.
Thus far, only four incumbents running for re-election this year have lost their primaries, and 121 of those incumbents ran unchallenged.
"It's just gotten to a level that is out of control and something needs to be done." ~ District 2 Councilmember Lorie Zapf
San Diego, CA.- In an exclusive interview on IVN Beyond The Headlines, District 2 Councilmember Lorie Zapf called the current process of gathering signatures for referendums and ballot initiatives, "a process of deception, fraud and lies."
There were delays in day two of Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Protesters caused them in the audience and an hour was taken up by Democrats once again demanding the hearing be halted until they receive a trove of documents from Judge Kavanaugh's tenure as staff secretary for President George W. Bush.
San Diego, CA.- The online shopping giant Amazon announced Wednesday it is in plans to create 300 technology jobs in San Diego.
The company expects to hire workers in software development, machine learning, cloud computing, fraud prevention and digital entertainment.
Ranked choice voting, in the eyes of many reform advocates in Maine, was an important step to create an electoral system that better represents the people of Maine and hold lawmakers more accountable.