The Green Party is demanding that the Supreme Court declare the individual mandate included in President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul unconstitutional. (more)
No joke. Roseanne Barr is running for President of the United States. (more)
Actress Roseanne Barr announced Thursday that she will seek the Green Party’s nomination for president. (more)
The Occupy Wall Street protests have attracted significant support from Democratic Party politicians. But two of the country’s most significant third parties say that the message of the protests is that the two-party system is broken. (more)
Anthony Prowell, a special-ed teacher for the past 22 years, sparked outrage when he floated the idea of challenging Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in the 2012 Democratic primary. (more)
Most attendees The Daily Caller interviewed at Comedy Central political pundits Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert’s rally to “Restore Sanity and/or Fear” didn’t know for whom they are voting on November 2. They did, however, know they’re voting Democrat, down the line, because, they said, Republicans don’t fit their mold of “moving forward” in the country. (more)
Tom Clements, Green Party candidate challenging Sen. Jim DeMint encourages voters who vote for the first name on the ballot to “keep doing what you’re doing,” despite disagreeing with with their “methodology,” in a Web ad released Wednesday. (more)
Republican Mark Kirk has edged ahead in the race for President Obama’s former Senate seat. (more)
Republican Congressman Mark Kirk is now barely ahead of Democrat Alexi Giannoulias in Illinois’ up-and-down race for the U.S. Senate. (more)
Democratic New York gubernatorial candidate Andrew Cuomo was every bit the smooth politician he was expected to be at Monday’s nights gubernatorial debate. He highlighted his experience and did what every Democrat is doing these days: distanced himself from the progressive, Democrat agenda. (more)
CHICAGO (AP) – One letter can make a big difference – especially when it comes to a ballot in the Illinois governor’s race. (more)
The polling numbers coming out of Illinios in the race to take President Barack Obama’s former Senate seat are yet another indication that Democrats are facing an unfriendly electorate this year. (more)
Republican Mark Kirk and Democrat Alexi Giannoulias remain locked in a tight race for the U.S. Senate, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of likely voters in Illinois. (more)
As a result of the puzzling Senate nomination of Democrat Alvin Greene in South Carolina — an unemployed veteran who won his primary despite not spending a dime campaigning— the Green Party candidate in the race says he now has a unique shot to win over Democratic voters. (more)
If Antanas Mockus wins the Colombian elections – and polls indicate that he will – he won’t be your average president. Not only did he make his name when rector of the National University by dropping his pants and mooning a packed auditorium of rioting students, but he has recently been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. And then there’s his party. If the 58-year-old is elected, he will be the first Green head of state in the world. (more)
Any Chicagoan who thought the election of America’s first black president would inspire black opinion leaders to come up with something new to say probably had a miserable time last weekend. Especially if they were listening to Michael Eric Dyson. (more)
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