Recent Votes

• The Most Polarizing President Ever

  Source: contentions

  Jeffrey Jones of the Gallup organization writes, “The historically high gap between partisans’ job approval ratings of Barack Obama continued during Obama’s third year in office, with an average of 80 percent of Democrats and 12 percent of Republicans approvin …

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• Atheist teen forces school to remove prayer from wall after 49 years

  Source: msnbc.com
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• Obama-Brewer friction on display on tarmac tiff

  Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer says she meant no disrespect when she pointed a finger at President Barack Obama during an intense discussion on an airport tarmac. But the Republican governor says the Democratic president showed disrespect for her by abruptly ending their conversation.

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• Why Evangelicals Don't Care When Rich White Conservatives Defile Marriage

  Source: AlterNet.org

  Newt Gingrich’s win in the South Carolina primary looks like it may not be an outlier; Gingrich’s poll numbers are rising rapidly in Florida, and he has a good chance of beating Romney there as well. Gingrich is doing well in no small part because he has s …

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• BREAKING FULL TEXT: State of the Union — 2012 — Transcript - NYTimes.com

  Source: The New York Times

  On the day I took office, our auto industry was on the verge of collapse.  Some even said we should let it die.  With a million jobs at stake, I refused to let that happen.  In exchange for help, we demanded responsibility.  We got workers and automakers to se …

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