Everyone expected Chris Christie to bulldoze over Democratic challenger Barbara Buono in his re-election bid last night: After all, outside of New Jersey, did anyone even know her name? Buono received no support from the national Democratic party, and aside from...
Five years ago, Barack Obama won the Presidency in a landslide – thanks to record turnout of minorities, young people and women. These are groups that tend to vote Democratic, and Democrats won large majorities in both the Senate and the House, where Speaker...
Now that the government shutdown is over, it’s back to business as usual, right? Let’s hope not. Oh, the right wing Tea Party Republican House members who threw this economic disaster of a temper tantrum are still defiantly insisting they were in the right...
Residents of Los Angeles will be voting for a new Mayor in a runoff election next Tuesday between two Democrats: City Council member Eric Garcetti and City Controller Wendy Greuel. If Greuel is elected, she would be the first female to head the nation’s...
by Senator Kirsten Gillibrand – reprinted with permission. Despite being 51% of the population (and 53% of the voting population,) women currently make up just 17% of Congress, 23.6% of state legislatures and women hold just 6 governorships. Shockingly, the...
