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There has been a plethora of polling data related to the upcoming mid-term elections released in the last few days--some confusing, some not so much. The confusing; this series of questions from a Washington Post/ABC News poll: Which party do you trust to do a better job on the problems facing the country? Democrats. Which party better represents your values? Democrats. Which party is more concerned with people like you? Democrats.  If the election were...

So the good pastor in Gainesville says he doesn't think their actions will directly provoke any problems in the Middle East for our troops if they have a Koran burning party at their little church.  I find it rather ironic that the name of his church is the Dove World Outreach Center. Doves are typically the symbol of peace, right? World outreach implies that they want to reach out and embrace others, right? It seems...

The Daily Hurricane has been in existence for around a year and we have heard all of the claims that this is an echo chamber for progressives. Funny thing, we've had more disagreements, arguments, and downright nasty brawls amongst ourselves in the past year than we ever had at the other sites we frequented. Naturally, I have been at the center of a lot of this, but at the same time I think this is...

Any of this sound familiar? "The U.S. economy has been crippled by a financial crisis. The president's policies have limited the damage, but they were too cautious, and unemployment remains disastrously high. More action is clearly needed. Yet the public has soured on government activism, and seems poised to deal Democrats a severe defeat in the midterm elections.[...]Gallup polling... [a]sked whether government spending should be increased to fight the slump, 63 percent of those polled...

After Wednesday night's debate debacle Arizona Governor Jan Brewer-Angle-Palin has decided she's not going to make that mistake again. She's taking her message to the people of Arizona "in a different venue" (presumably one where they don't ask questions, or only ask the ones Brewer wants to answer). Besides, she only did the first one for the money. From the Arizona Daily Star: "Incumbent Republican Jan Brewer said Thursday she has no intention of participating in...

I remember sitting in political science classes as a freshman and sophmore at TCU. It was then that I learned the most interesting and powerful fact in politics. Young people don't vote. This shocked me. I remember filling out my first vote for Bill Clinton as a high school senior. I grew up in a political household. My dad was a political science major and history teacher as well. It just seemed natural. Furthermore, I...

Watch as Arizona Governor Jan Brewer kind of .......uhhh, loses her place in her opening statement during last night's debate with Democratic challenger Terry Goddard:  But it got even weirder. During the debate Goddard asked Brewer to retract her ridiculous statement about the alleged beheadings in the Arizona desert. Brewer evaded the question. Afterwards, several reporters posed the same question to Governor Brewer. First she gave a non-answer, then did her best Sharron Angle impersonation and...

Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN) on the GOP's "first move" should they gain the majority in the mid-terms: "House Republicans' first move in the majority would be to extend tax cuts set to expire at the end of the year, House GOP Conference Chairman Mike Pence (Ind.) suggested Wednesday evening.  Pence, the third-ranking Republican in the House, said that House Republicans would look to extend the tax cuts they helped President George W. Bush pass in 2001...

Here is a posting offered up two nights ago by Harris County, Texas Judge Executive Ed Emmett on his campaign related Facebook page----"Early voting starts in just 9 weeks. Bev Kaufman, our County Clerk, and her staff are doing a great job responding to the disaster of losing our voting machines in a fire. Too bad some folks are trying to play politics with the situation." (I added the link for this blog post.)Here is the reply...

How did we get here? Given that Republican policies and practices led us to the brink of another Great Depression less than 2 years ago, how did we get to a world where the GOP polls ahead in every category dealing with the economy?How did Democrats go from a clear mandate for change, as evidenced by voters giving them the White House and once-in-a-generation majorities in both Houses of Congress, to the increasingly real prospect...