Sep 25, 2016 – These numbers are a good sign not only for the Republican Party's hopes to maintain control of the House of Representatives, but also … is likely going to gain from the 2nd district (and possible additional two votes if he winds up winning the state) could swing the … Additionally, conservative Mainers who may not be fully on the Trump train just yet could be motivated to go vote to defeat a Bloomberg-backed…

Sep 22, 2016 – to register to vote. … Mandatory Voter Registration – Progressives want to sign up everyone automatically without affirming citizenship or an opt-out. … Here’s why it’s a bad idea: -- Not everyone wants to be registered to vote.…

Sep 20, 2016 – "Yeah, I think Maine will be a toss-up state this year," said nobody ever.* As if anyone needed proof that the 2016 election … Maine should not be a toss-up. Neither should Georgia. Yet, here we are, for precisely opposite reasons. … their allegiances to Clinton for the general elections, and I believe this poll is another sign that Maine is going to be a much tougher…

Sep 19, 2016 – Clinton has time to win these people back—and it’s dubious if these fall away Democrats are jaded enough to vote for Trump Over the … to younger voters who polls suggest are not warming up to Clinton. … So I will vote for Hillary Clinton and I strongly encourage others to vote for her as well.”…

Sep 18, 2016 – President Obama shames black voters to actually vote this election season. … The president’s hyper emotional plea for Democrats, especially nonwhite Democrats, to vote this November is just another sign that … In all, Obama ha sunk to say that not voting is an insult to him. Folks, these people need to work for your vote.…

Oct 5, 2016 – Gessler's office uncovered upwards of 12,000 noncitizens registered to vote. … citizenship documents from people who register to vote at motor vehicle offices. … they had never registered to vote in the first place, they were ignored.…

Oct 3, 2016 – The major parties have coughed up nominees so tainted that to vote for either one would amount to a betrayal. … A vote for a candidate as dishonorable as Trump or Clinton is a vote to trash that inheritance. … For Americans to elevate anyone so reprehensible to the presidency would be to humiliate themselves before the world.…

Apr 17, 2015 – adjust its attitudes, for two reasons I like to sum up as "math and manners." … to a 2015 CNN/ORC poll. … After the lecture one young woman came up to me and said: "I want to thank you. Last year, my younger brother came out.…

Apr 15, 2015 – If this is a sign of things to come, the next 18 months are going to be even more excruciating than expected.  … to random commenters on their social media posts: “And now to you, Senator Cruz. … You'll be happy to know that this "report" has since shot up to 27,000 Facebook shares, plus more than 1,200 retweets on Twitter.  …

Apr 15, 2015 – Obama would be willing to sign it. … Lawmakers would then be able to vote to approve or disapprove the deal or take no action. … Third, and most importantly, consider the whip-count dynamics of this:  Congress will have an opportunity to vote up-or-down on the…

Apr 14, 2015 – There wasn’t one goddamn vote in it, Carville shouted at me—a warning he had delivered, a little more respectfully, to his contrite … When James put up his famous sign in the war room—“It’s the economy, stupid!” … — it was not just an admonition to the strategists and to the staff, but to one very smart former Rhodes Scholar named Bill Clinton…

Apr 26, 2015 – ’s the weirdo) a majority of citizens must vote to approve any change to the foundational contract of that government: the state constitution … upset when people actually stand up, democratically, to assert that power. … While off seeing to the sick and needy, people continued to see the petitions in her office and sign them — including, for instance…

Apr 24, 2015 – It's hard to boil down the Times' deeply detailed account, but the broad brushstrokes are as follows: A Canadian business wanted to … Yes, Clinton Inc. needs money, but the money is likely seen more as tribute than bribery, a bit of coin offered up as a sign of loyalty … to the coming Ozarkian Restoration -- a restoration that may just have to wait for Chelsea.…

Apr 24, 2015 – I guess Obama didn't have anything on his schedule to occupy his day, so he flew down to Florida to grudgingly admit, "Yes, this winter … The vote is uncertain in the House where many GOP lawmakers are reluctant to give the president any more authority than he already … And they mean to bring it up for a vote before the 2016 elections as a sign of their determination to strengthen the U.S. economy,…

Apr 21, 2015 – In fact, spending went up. … In fact, his camp refuses to answer the question of whether he would even make a general verbal commitment promising not to sign a … Twice he was proven to be a liar. His refusal to sign the Taxpayer Protection Pledge now makes sense.…

May 10, 2015 – If American schools did a better job teaching about history and government, students most likely would grow up to be more engaged adults … affect the decisions they make at the polls -- or (whether) they think it's important enough to show up." … The very fact that Los Angeles is thinking of dangling a cash prize to entice citizens to vote says it all.…

May 5, 2015 – “He’s going to have to work around me and the caucus.” … He added that he will vote to break a filibuster on the fast-track bill. … Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) has yet to make up her mind. Still, Sen.…

May 2, 2015 – Last week, Hawaii became the first state to raise the smoking age to 21. … Let’s see, now, you can vote and go to war for your country but you can’t pick up a cigarette? … “You can sign up and be in the military and basically give your life for your country. You can vote,” she said.…

May 19, 2015 – While the Obama Administration has been clumsily stumbling from one negotiating deadline to the next, Iran has been working hard to … years of compliance would we ask Congress to vote to terminate sanctions, and only Congress can terminate legislative sanctions.” … When the time comes to sign an agreement, the President and Congress will face substantial pressure from those who argue that walking…

Aug 28, 2017 – "But someone has to speak up to defend our Constitution." … "No hablo Ingles," she said to me. The Spanish anti-nuclear-bomb woman read the ninjas' sign. … We have the right to stage revolutions. All we have to do is vote.…

Aug 25, 2017 – Last week we repeated the sound advice we've frequently given him but which he regularly refuses to take - know when to shut up and … It seems he's doing everything he can to get his base to vote Republicans out of power in 2018. He wants to get rid of Flake. … to be asking him not to sign legislation to help us, but to help us by vetoing it.…

Aug 24, 2017 – to Robert E. … Do they tally up the dead's good and bad behaviors to see if someone makes the 51 percent "good progressive" cutoff that exempts him … Or is it a sign of raw power and ego when activists force authorities to cave to their threats and remove images and names in the dead…

Sep 8, 2017 – likely to vote to re-elect a Member of Congress. … , 68% of Trump voters, and 66% of Republicans overall less likely to vote to re-elect a Member of Congress.Eighty-five percent of likely … The Trump phenomenon is not just a fluke, but is instead a sign that the sleeping giant of mainstream America is waking up and demanding…

Sep 7, 2017 – It was easy to get confused trying to guess what Donald Trump would do about the young people brought to this country illegally as … Whites who dislike interracial dating were no more likely to vote Republican than Democratic before Obama. … He has lived up to their expectations, and his order to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program didn't disappoint.…

Sep 7, 2017 – Back in January of 2016, I sent a letter to UNC-Wilmington President Jose Sartarelli, which was copied to all 16 members of the Board … Arguably, to the extent that UNCW had “disagreements” with FIRE, the university should have deferred to their judgment. … When the bill got to the higher education committee all the GOP had to do was show up and outvote the Democrat opponents.  …