Political Equinox

In wake of the presidential races it appears that we’ve had several big decisions with ballot measures that will likely bring court challenges.

Arizona has banned gay marriage.
Arkansas has banned gay couples from adopting children.
California appears to have banned gay marriage.
Florida has banned gay marriage.
Michigan now allows medical marijuana and stem cell research.
Nebraska has ended Affirmative Action.
Washington has allowed doctor-assisted suicide.

It will be interesting to see where these decisions take us in terms of court battles with gay marriage.

Tags: florida, michigan, president

The biggest variable in today’s election could swing the results and it has little to do with the positions of either candidate.

Will the newly registered voters brave the LONG lines to vote or will they give up after seeing the wait?

With wait times exceeding several hours in some places, some estimates in upwards of 3-4 hours, it will be interesting to see if some voters wait it out.

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Pork projects, discretionary spending, or whatever you want to call it, is capped at 1% of the total federal budget. Cutting 1% of the federal budget probably isn’t going to solve all our problems, so if John McCain is being elected for the purpose of cutting out pork projects that’s only going to save us $18 billion dollars.

For all the wrath pork projects receive, many of them are actually worthwhile endeavors. By cutting that spending we will be eliminating many of those grants, programs, and projects this money supports. While in the long run that probably would be a good thing for our country to cut it, I’m not convinced the problem has as large of an effect as it’s …

Tags: federal budget, John McCain, money, Pork Projects, spending

Over the past few weeks I’ve heard Barack Obama and other Democratic leaders speak out against “privatizing” Social Security. Now, I’m not sure if privatizing the program is the best way to go, I think we’ve got an awful lot more work to do with regards to that subject. But there is one thing I am sure of, these same people speaking out are railing that Republicans want to gamble with the future of Americans by putting this money into the stock market.

Investing in the stock market is absolutely not gambling. In fact, it’s not even close. Over the past one hundred years, every 10 year period in the stock market has made a positive return (even during the great …

Tags: America, Barack Obama, money, obama, republican, social security

I don’t often agree completely with the Republican National Committee. They are extremely partisan, which I cannot fault them for because that is the purpose of the committee. However, despite my support for Barack Obama in the election in just a few days, I realize the importance of the RNC’s recent campaign against electing 60 Democrats into the Senate. They have hit the nail on the head in regard to not electing 60 Democrats to the Senate, a House Majority, and a Democratic President.

For those that don’t know, 60 Democrats would mean the Republicans would no longer have the ability to block votes by refusing to end debate (of course, the flip side is true as well). Giving one party …

Tags: Barack Obama, Congress, Democrats, healthcare, obama, president, republican