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Obamacare: Better to Be Shot than Stabbed?

“You’re lucky you were shot. You could have been stabbed.”

This seems to be the spin that proponents of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) are putting on the latest information released by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO). As is obvious from their statements during the past few years, conservatives and liberals have vastly different opinions about the financial ramifications of the Affordable Care Act. However, the latest CBO update has become fuel for rhetoric that takes the conversation to an entirely new level.

Executive Orders Used to Highlight Congressional Dysfunction, Experts Say

President Obama

promised to take action on issues ranging from minimum wage to the environment during his recent State of the Union address.

Where Do Voters Turn When The Parties Have Left Them Nowhere to Go?

The late, great comedian

George Carlin once said “if you vote, you have no right to complain .” There are two problems with that: voter disenfranchisement and ballot access for political parties. Nothing will change if not enough people vote, but if the options in the voting booths are also limited, the problem gets worse.

What the Commission on Presidential Debates Can Learn from the Nye-Ham Debate

It was clear from the very beginning of the debate that Bill Nye was not completely comfortable with the environment he was in. Nye is a scientist, he is intelligent, but like many scientists he is used to just discussing science topics in an educational way and not the very different format of a debate.

Republican Party Wastes Big Dollars on "Expert" Online Consultants

Caught in the middle of San Diego’s most recent political scandal is Ravneet “Ravi” Singh, the owner of ElectionMall Inc., who is being charged with funneling over $500,000 in illegal foreign money to San Diego candidates.

Ravi Singh has become a familiar face at political events, working on digital strategies for political campaigns throughout the nation.

His largest client has been, and remains to be, the California Republican Party (CRP), who hired him in 2012 to host their first “Social Media Training Workshop” at the party’s state convention.

Current Mail System a Hindrance on Overseas Voting, Says Federal Official

In quiet acknowledgement of the ongoing problems with both their mail system and absentee voting, the defense department announced last month that a revamp was underway to ensure that absentee voting materials reached service members and could be returned to their home states as quickly and accurately as possible.

Karen Mathews Davis: Death Threats Won't Keep Me from Running for Congress

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJ6XEIgnrZQ

"Creation vs Evolution" Is Not a Debate -- It's Two

My hat is off to the Science Guy. Even though most of his fellow scientists

told him not to debate the merits of evolution with the noted young-earth creationist, Ken Ham, Bill Nye went ahead and did it. Not only that, he did it in the belly of the beast: Ham’s own Creation Museum in Petersburg, Kentucky.

No Response from California SOS Regarding Presidential Primary

In January 2014, the Independent Voter Project (IVP) withdrew an initiative for the general election ballot that would have required California to conduct nonpartisan elections for its presidential primary. IVP is the same organization that authored California's current nonpartisan "top-two" primary system, which already applies to elections conducted for congressional and state offices.

Murray Sabrin: Time is Ripe for Libertarian Movement in New Jersey

Last year, former Newark Mayor Cory Booker was elected to the United States Senate following a special election that pitted the Twitter superstar -- among the most recognizable politicians in the state -- against ultra-conservative Republican Steve Lonegan. It was a polarizing race, and though most considered the competition to be a near-guaranteed win for the Democrats, the Republican nominee came closer to victory than any other GOP candidate in recent memory.