The Brady Campaign has released their annual scorecard on state gun laws. The five states with the strongest gun laws from top to bottom are California, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Maryland. Those with the worst are from bottom to top Oklahoma, Louisiana, Kentucky, West Virginia, and Utah. You can see the full list...
Paul Jenkins has a good opinion piece about the all white almost all male Republican party on The Huffington Post. My favorite part is when he writes about the lack of new culturally diverse GOP politicians. And so the GOP trots out the same sad losers, Michael Steele of Maryland, and Ken Blackwell of...
Several days ago I wrote about comments made by deputy chairmain Kevin DeWine that may signal a return to a more open Republican Party. This angered some conservatives who questioned whether DeWine should be the state party chair. It appears he has weathered the storm. Despite an intraparty furor caused by the deputy chairman’s...
Two articles caught my eye today regarding social conservatives. One called Giving Up on God by usually conservative Washington Post columnist Kathleen Parker. The second an article at The Other Paper by Lyndsey Teter called Gay Old Party?. Parker’s article suggests the Republicans need to loosen the grip Christian evangelicals have on the the...
Just a quick thought. Two stories regarding lawsuits and ballot challenges caught my eye today. Minnesota Democrat Al Franken has sued for access to data on voters who had their absentee ballots rejected. In other words, he is trying to make sure someone was not denied their right to vote. On the other hand,...
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