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For those of you so inclined, there is a HUGE Tea Party going on this weekend in Fargo. If you’re thinking to yourself (self, there’s something else going on this weekend in Fargo), you’re right. The Democrat State Convention is being held in Fargo this weekend. Coincidence? Nope. If you [...]

There’s been an amazing amount of focus on the race to fill Senator Ted Kennedy’s seat in the U.S. Senate. As I type this, the polls are open and everyone is reporting a large turnout of voters.
Part of the reason for both of those things is what hangs in the balance. [...]

In the grand political spectrum, we have the Democrat party (Liberals) at the left and the Republican party (Conservatives) at the right. In between, and at the extremes, we have parties like the Socialist party, the Constitutional party, the Libertarian party, and even a few fantastical parties like the Ninja party and the Pirate [...]

To explain the title, I give you a quote by one of the Founding Fathers of this great country.
God forbid we should ever be twenty years without such a rebellion.  The people cannot be all, and always, well informed. The part which is wrong will be discontented, in proportion to the importance of the facts [...]

Leave it to the Republicans to jump in and ruin a good thing.  Much like the parents that listen to rap music and go emo to be “cool” with their kids, the GOP has tried to adopt the recent tea party movement as their own and use it for their own means.
I’m all for the [...]

In his acceptance speech, Obama mentioned twice President Lincoln.  And mentioned also, the Republican party.  It brought the following question to mind:
Based on the current party situation wherein the Republican party is becoming more liberal, is the mention of Lincoln and the Republican party the beginning of an eminent merging of the Democrat and Republican [...]