What’s crackin Dems, On an initial welcome, HEALTH CARE! Welcome back to school, and welcome back to Election Watch with Matt and Bridgit! Today we take a look at Missouri, where four-term Republican Senator Kit Bond is retiring. Missouri has become one of the most competitive states politically of late, with John McCain defeating Barack [...]

By James Downie Well, that whole health care thing is (basically) over. That didn’t take long, did it? Okay, fine, the whole process was a fourteen-month death march for many Democratic partisans. Still, there were still some valuable lessons to draw for the future. Nancy Pelosi Is A Brilliant Speaker: Many a Democrat seemed ready [...]

Dems, Welcome to Election Watch 2010: Spring Break edition! This is Freshman Rep Matt reporting from beautiful Southern California, where it is a balmy 81 degrees (go ahead and hate me). Today we will be examining the convoluted race for Arlen Specter’s seat in Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania, as of late, has been trending towards the Democratic [...]

by James Downie To be honest, in its eight year run in the White House, the Republican Party did not demonstrate the greatest grasp of truth (truthiness, on the other hand…). But hey, squeaking to 270 in presidential elections has made both parties claim bizarre things (on the Democratic side, see JFK’s use of the [...]

Yesterday during the marvelously warm afternoon, members of the Activist Council’s Students Advancing Marriage Equality (SAME) marched in the St. Pat’s for All parade in Sunnyside, Queens. The St. Pat’s for All parade was created as an all-inclusive alternative to New York City’s annual St. Patrick’s Day parade, which excludes LGBTQ groups from registering to [...]