Election night marks the end of one phase of campaign 2020 – and the start of another

August 5th blog entry ' Kashmir... again '   Source: Kashmir: Background, Recent Developments, and U.S. Policy (15-pg CRS P...

  Source: The Revolution Has Been Digitized: Explore the Oldest Archive of Radical Posters

  Source: Your Surgeon Is Probably a Republican, Your Psychiatrist Probably a Democrat "... New data show that, in certain med...

Source: Evidence of 'Liberal Academe' " The study , published online by Econ Journal Watch, considered voter registratio...

  Source: Political Polarization & Media Habits "When it comes to getting news about politics and government, liberals and...

    Source: The Politics of Financial Insecurity: A Democratic Tilt, Undercut by Low Participation   "When it comes to choo...

  Source: Women in the United States Congress: Historical Overview, Tables, and Discussion (25-page CRS PDF) Click to enlarge ...

One press conference, two takes...

“It’s unacceptable for Iran to have a nuclear weapon. And …Syria is their key ally. It’s their only ally in the Arab world. It is also thei...

Headline from earlier this week (see above) - ' Santorum Sweeps Alabama and Miss. ' with the subheading ' Gingrich takes 2nd; R...

Source: Financial wealth distribution as a percentage of Congress and Senate

Source: Congress’ approval problem in one chart Hugo Chavez??

Source: Americans Give GOP Edge in Handling Nation's Problems

"Let's say that she's 90 percent [recovered]... Well, we've had congressmen in Arizona who didn't even have a brain. S...

Sarah Palin targets Giffords (amongst others): DailyKos put a bulls-eye on Gifford (on a "target list", amongst others): A DailyK...

Source: Breaking the filibuster in one graph

Source: Who owns Congress? Mother Jones thought experiment: "... What if members of Congress were seated not by party but according to ...

Hmm, comments on VisibleVote concerning Senator George Voinoivich, made by user "Ohio" worried about his/her bennefits... (sic)...

The "Bush tax cuts"... surely no right-thinking Democrat would ever have voted 'yea'.... Senate roll-call votes on the 1) ...