The 2014 midterm elections are less than a month away and the GOP is poised to seize a majority in the Senate, though that would require winning some close races. Some are expected to come down to just a proportionally small amount of votes. RealClearPolitics rates 10 Senate races as “toss-ups” and 7 of them involve Democratic incumbents. 

Yes, I really did do that -- used "founders" and "religion" in the same sentence. It seems in the current political landscape that this is a mistake that dooms one to attacks and character assassination from the left and right -- both sides seem very eager to "fight it out" on this issue.

Nonprofits have been in the news lately, and it isn’t necessarily because of the good they’re doing.

"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.