George Zimmerman supporter decided to show his support for the man charged with second degree murder in the death of Trayvon Martin by selling gun range targets meant to represent the slain teen. The Orlando, Florida “businessman,” (aka: ASSHOLE) says he has sold out of the targets, which feature a silhouetted character with a black [...]
Former Bush pollster Jan van Lohuizen warns Republicans in a new memo they are increasingly on the wrong side of the gay marriage issue: “The increase in support is taking place among all partisan groups. While more Democrats support gay marriage than Republicans, support levels among Republicans are increasing over time. The same is true of age: [...]
US Marine Corps aviators Major Joseph “OD” Bachmann and Lt Col Matt “Squirt” Kelly flew a pair of Lockheed Martin F-35B short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) production jets to Eglin Air Force Base, according to the DEW Line. The aircraft were the ninth and tenth B-model jets built for the USMC. At Eglin, the two aircraft will serve [...]
David Graham captions: Both before and after the vote to ban gay marriage in North Carolina, much of the focus has been on racial demographics. In the Tar Heel State, there was tension between black groups, which supported a constitutional amendment banning unions, and gay ones, which did not. (Nationwide, blacks have tended to oppose gay [...]
Two days after President Obama told ABC News he supported gay marriage, the debate rages: Josh Barro insists that marriage is a federal issue: Some portion of marriage policy can be left up to the states. But gay marriage is also very much a federal issue requiring federal policy solutions. In the coming months, Barack Obama will [...]
Former State Senator Dan Gelber has a blog post worth a click of your time: Lugar’s loss is what is so wrong with politics today. Because of Dick Lugar, America has far fewer nuclear weapons to worry about; and unquestionably we are better prepared for the new terrorism threats that continue to emerge. There are [...]
This is very, very, very late in the game to consider, but does Charlotte, North Carolina deserve to host the 2012 Democratic National Convention if the state passes a proposed constitutional amendment banning gay marriage and civil unions? Logistically, it is past the point of no return to suggest that the 2012 DNC be moved to [...]
Kevin Cate Communications (KCC) today released an infographic showing that 81.1% of Florida legislative aides believe that an in-person visit from a constituent is a “very effective” advocacy strategy compared with 27.3% for a visit from a lobbyist. KCC polled 52 legislative staff members securely through the internet for the report titled Communicating with the Florida Legislature. [...]
In a weekend Washington Post piece (via the News Service of Florida), there’s an interesting mention of something going on in Florida that would be important in the upcoming election: according to the Post, there’s a marked decline in voter registration among Hispanics, including a 10 percent dropoff in Florida. There’s little about what might [...]
“The number of black and Hispanic registered voters has fallen sharply since 2008, posing a serious challenge to the Obama campaign in an election that could turn on the participation of minority voters,” the Washington Post reports. “Voter rolls typically shrink in non-presidential election years, but this is the first time in nearly four decades that the [...]
