Tea Partiers, Do YOU Remember the 5th of November?

Remember, Remember, the 5th of November. In 2007, the Tea Party began. No Sarah Palin. No Newt Gingrich. A few Republicans. But there were a lot more independents, many Democrats, and a whole bunch of others who don't fit into any of the stereotypes.

Election 2012, the Lack of New Ideas, and Undecided Voters

The 2012 campaign started in 2008. Arguably, it became a personal battle between Obama and anyone else around the time Mitch McConnell argued that defeating the President was more important than governance. Since then, they’ve armed their tanks with fear of isms: communism, socialism, welfarism, marxism. Undecided voters have been stuck in the middle or out on the edges; we can't decide.

A War of Words Defines The 2012 Elections

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During the 2012 election cycle, Americans heard the use of such labels as the “culture war,” the “war on guns,” “the war on coal,” and the “war on the middle class.” Candidates and elected officials have been accused of “class warfare.” Anything that could be broken down to a partisan tit-for-tat became a war of words between two ideological points-of-view.

2012 Elections Defined by War of Words, Politics of Fear

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During the 2012 election cycle, Americans heard the use of such labels as the “culture war,” the “war on guns,” “the war on coal,” and the “war on the middle class.” Candidates and elected officials have been accused of “class warfare.” Anything that could be broken down to a partisan tit-for-tat became a war of words between two ideological points-of-view.

Ohio Voting Machines Under Fire

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Voting rights activists are concerned about new software installed on Ohio voting machines in 39 of 88 counties in the state. As a swing state that could will determine the election, activists are worried about the features and implications of the software. The precincts using the software cater to an estimated four million potential voters.