A Record 43% of Americans Are Political Independents
Wednesday, January 07, 2015
Voter Identification As Democrats Or Republicans Drops To Historic Lows In a stunning new Gallup poll released today, a record 43% of Americans in 2014 identified themselves as independents. The number of people willing to identify with one of the two major political parties dropped, with Republicans having the lowest popularity since 1983 and Democrats
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Welcome To The Reform Party Of Virginia
Thursday, December 19, 2013
The Reform Party represents the interests of voters who are concerned with out-of-control spending, growing budget deficits, an unsustainable national debt, as well as gross mismanagement in government and unethical behavior from our elected representatives. It is our belief that the American public and the Reform Party share many of the same core principles when it
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Super Committee Is Super Disaster
Monday, November 21, 2011
Obama threatens veto as pre-determined cuts get triggered Is anyone really shocked that the Democrats and Republicans failed to agree on deficit reduction? In another round of partisan exchanges, President Obama blamed Republicans for the super committee’s failure to reach an agreement. The president said he also would veto any attempt to undo the automatic
- Published in Federal Budget
Meaningful Campaign Reform Starts At The Ballot
Friday, October 21, 2011
In The Hill a few days ago, there was a story about how money in politics (See “Sen. Sanders champions liberal charge against money’s influence in politics“) seemed to trump all other issues during the recent Take Back the American Dream conference held in Washington, DC. While Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) seemed to steal the
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What Steve Jobs Teaches Us. In Business. In Government. In Life.
Thursday, October 20, 2011
As a child of the 1980s, my first computer was CoCo3 (Tandy’s Color Computer 3). That was followed by an Apple IIe. And later, a loud box-shaped Mac that graced my dorm room desk at Andover. The innovation in computing and in technology that followed in the years since I was wide-eyed high school student
- Published in Government Reform
Debt Ceiling Debate Show True “Deficit” Is In Democratic And Republican Leadership
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
President Obama, as well as congressional Democrats and Republicans, are trying to show the American people they take the nation’s financial health seriously. So much so, they are scrambling to reach an agreement on raising the nation’s debt ceiling — the legal limit that Congress may owe — by August 2. Of course, let’s not
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President Obama’s Tweet-a-Thon Not an Example of Open or Good Government
Wednesday, July 06, 2011
Yesterday, President Obama’s first-ever presidential forum using Twitter generated substantial media buzz. However the event itself largely failed to deliver any tangible benefits, and ultimately was not an example of what social media can do to provide open and better government. Here are some observations: 1) Drew Cline of New Hampshire’s Union Leader, who helped
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