"Hey Glenn..." begins one of many emails received from President Obama during the 2012 presidential campaign.

Once again, Election Day is around the corner. Everywhere we turn, we see the smiling faces of candidates surrounded by their families. We hear their appeals for our votes and pleas to open our wallets. And we are subjected to an enormous volume of television and online advertising, and postcards overflowing our mailboxes.

On September 23, IVN published an article about the same-party race in California's 25th Congressional District. The race, between Republicans Tony Strickland and Steve Knight, is just one of 25 same-party races in California in 2014, and one of five races between two Republicans.

Republican Governor Nathan Deal and Democratic State Senator Jason Carter are in a dead heat to become the Peach State's next governor.

Informed voters are a dying breed. In an era of mass media consumption where partisan demagoguery rules the airwaves, it is tough to have a discussion on an issue without it devolving into talking points the average politico can repeat ad nauseam. This inevitably seeps into and devolves the American political process, a process once lauded for its malleability (as there can be different “flavors” of Democrats and Republicans for each individual), but is now as rigid and divided as ever.

Problem solving and uncompromising virtues are mutually exclusive, but in politics they lead to a new level of dysfunction. That was a reason why moderate Republican Senator Olympia Snowe of Maine, and other lawmakers that came before and after her, resigned.

On Monday, October 6, candidates Ro Khanna and U.S. Rep. Mike Honda both participated in the first (and only) televised debate in the race for Congressional District 17. The 75-minute long debate, which aired on NBC affiliate KNTV, focused heavily on the issues of immigration, education, and partisanship in our government.

The Associated Press reports that the Supreme Court on Monday rejected to hear the appeals of 5 states in an effort to keep their bans on same-sex marriage. Marriage rights will immediately be extended to gay and lesbian couples in Indiana, Oklahoma, Utah, Virginia, and Wisconsin.

At first glance, the prospect of a Jeb Bush presidential candidacy might appear far-fetched, but a number of historical factors suggest it is a plausibility.

With the 2014 midterm elections less than a month away, Republican candidates around the country are continuing to use repealing Obamacare as a major reason why voters should support them and why the GOP needs to take full control over the Legislative Branch once again.

According to the North American Association of State and Provincial Lotteries (NASPL), lotteries drew in $78 billion and doled out $19 billion in 2012. Lotteries have not slowed down in recent years, but when consumers have a chance to become an instant millionaire that really is not shocking.