Does our election process no longer produce Congresspeople who understand and adequately represent majority views? If so, how did we get to that point? One part of the answer may lie in how congressional districts are created.
Turnstyle | Posted 08.13.2011
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Dave Johnson | Posted 07.12.2011
If a deficit commission with 100 members had the diversity of the American population "at the table" it would look like this.
Roger Hickey | Posted 07.09.2011
An unholy alliance of pundits, politicians and even reporters is insisting on the need to slash Federal spending over the next few months. But one voice is missing from this discussion: that of the American Majority.
Jim Worth | Posted 05.25.2011
Republicans have officially gained majority in the House. And if you think the House of Representatives was bad this past four years, wait until you see what's coming.
Jim Worth | Posted 05.25.2011
As an unrepresented Independent voter, I feel betrayed by the Democratic Majority.
Karl Frisch | Posted 05.25.2011
In 1994, the GOP bestowed upon its cheerleader Rush Limbaugh the unique title of honorary member of Congress. So, if past is prologue, who will Republicans credit with such accolades this time around?
Karl Frisch | Posted 05.25.2011
Fox News did more than just about anyone to weaken President Obama, peel off Senate seats and wrestle control of the House from Democrats.
Karl Frisch | Posted 05.25.2011
The Republican Party could regain control of the U.S. House of Representatives in next Tuesday's midterm elections for the first time since losing pow...
Roll Call | Eileen McMenamin | Posted 05.25.2011
Sixty is the new 50 when it comes to American politics. No longer is it sufficient to have a legislative majority in the Senate -- because of near-con...
Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011
Let's look at the poker hand we've been dealt on health care reform. Democrats have now officially gone from "pot committed" to "all in." The stakes, to be blunt, have been raised until they are as high as they can go.
Bill Scher | Posted 05.25.2011
The combined percentage of voters of who deem Obama's agenda "just about right" or "not liberal enough" is 58% -- roughly parallel to Obama's overall approval rating of 54%. That's the center-left governing majority.
AP | BETH FOUHY | Posted 05.25.2011
NEW YORK — Despite sweeping Democratic successes in the past two national elections, continuing job losses and President Barack Obama's slipping...
Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011
Pelosi can be defended for being in an impossible situation at the time. Even if she disagreed with the policy, there simply wasn't much for her to do about it.
Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011
I'm not worried about whether checks and balances will disappear if Republicans don't have more than 40 seats in the Senate. True checks and balances are more fundamental than party affiliation.
Andrew Sargus Klein | Posted 05.25.2011
"While the Democrats have been ascendant in recent years, they have entered into a Faustian bargain. They're gaining seats, but in doing so they've made compromises."
Roger Hernandez | Posted 05.25.2011
Our national confusion about Hispanics begins with the system of classification taken for granted, which incorrectly classifies "Hispanics" into a race apart, exclusive with whites, blacks, Asians or Native Americans.
Marty Kaplan | Posted 05.25.2011
Nancy Pelosi, Stenny Hoyer and the blue dogs they lie down with have been rewarded with the same herpetic embrace that is turning John McCain into a Republican cootie incubator.
Terry Newell | Posted 10.30.2011