Chris Matthews created a stir yesterday after an exchange with Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus on MSNBC's Morning Joe. Watch below for Chris Matthews vs Reince Priebus and let us know what you think. Was Matthews out of line? Did he have a point?
I had IVN's Republican National Convention Correspondent Tom Brown on the phone just now, and he reports from Tampa that the Pennsylvania delegation took a vote this morning to support the new RNC rules drafted by the RNC rules committee, which contain controversial measures to give the national party and winning presidential campaigns like Gov. Mitt Romney's power over which delegates each state party sends to the national convention every four years and how they can vote.
In a status update posted yesterday, Vice Presidential candidate Paul Ryan uses Facebook to thank his supporters for helping him grow his Facebook Page, which almost has 2 million followers. Using the application Tout, Ryan recored a short video that not only thanked his supporters, but updated them on the campaign and Convention.
Some might say a Vermont credit union is just another kind of bank. However, the State of Vermont says it is not and that credit unions calling themselves banks could be subject to civil penalties.
Virtually all of Iceland's power comes from geothermal and hydroelectric power. Both are clean sources of renewable energy. The UK wants to import some of that power.
The US has abundant geothermal resources, we just need to harness them.
Just who pays for party conventions? Taxpayers may be surprised to learn that at least in part, they do.
How we perceive voter fraud, how it is presented in the media, and the criminality of particular actions raise interesting issues in our debate. When we cry 'voter fraud' we need to look at the instance in particular and the intention of the parties involved.