Political Parties

As reported in many publications all new and returning Democratic Senators have signed a letter pledging to have filibuster reform. Is it time to make a change, the first since 1975? What is the Planet's POV?

Loads of people are in high-gear whine mode about the deal cut in Washington by the President with the Republicans last week. One of...

When it comes to the Bush Tax Cuts, the Devil is in the details...and the bargaining room.

I'm giving up officially. On politics. Specifically, American politics. I was raised in what my mother regularly called "a Democratic kitchen" in the South, by...

Thank you for signing on to the obstructionist dog and pony show contrived by your Republican colleagues in the Senate. Have you signed the “secret” letter being circulated in the hallways of the Senate Building, akin to passing notes in study hall?

What is meant by "The Will of the People" that we hear daily from the noise machines? And what "people" are they listening too? 98% or 2%?

Two years ago, the American people delivered their mandate. They chose an intelligent, intellectual, well-spoken and inspirational African American man to lead their country...

Let us take it for given that the second amendment guarantees all Americans the right to bear arms... Question: how many armless bears can the...

At great risk to their personal safety and careers, GOP insiders smuggled out an early draft of the Republican Tea Party's Pledge to America...

I guess campaign season's started in earnest now. Congress has returned from its summer hiatus. (If you think they have too long a holiday,...