(In the first half of this essay, Gerrymandering 101, I explained how gerrymandering works and why it’s so ubiquitous. Here in the exciting conclusion I name and shame the ten most gerrymandered districts of the current 111th Congress — plus 20 bizarre bonus districts not mentioned in the title.) (10.) North Carolina-12 This is what most people imagine when they think of a gerrymandered district... 

The Tea Party movement is not a party and in theory it does not have a candidate. Yet it has had more impact than the official Republican Party From the UK Daily Mail… Populism is an important part of the American political tradition, in a way it has not been in England since the mid-19th Century, with the Chartist demand for a more democratic constitution. The Tea Party movement, which has... 

While Republicans and Democrats fight for control of Congress, a behind-the-scenes budget fight is brewing over an omnibus appropriations bill that lawmakers may need to consider quickly upon their return after the midterm election. Lobbyists and congressional aides say Democratic appropriators are mulling a 12-bill omnibus to fund the government in 2011 after the current stopgap measure expires... 

The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Congressman Frank’s latest installment of awful legislation is the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act – co authored by retiring Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT) who is Mr. Frank’s counterpart in the Senate. ABOUT CHRIS DODD: Before the housing crisis, Senator Dodd received Sweetheart mortgage deals from... 

ETHICALLY CHALLENGED: Several “incidents” throughout his 3 decades in the House of Representatives have demonstrated the fact that Mr. Frank is indeed”ethically challenged.” Frank, who is the First Openly Gay member of Congress, once knowingly allowed a boyfriend to run a gay prostitution ring out of his Washington D.C. apartment and several other locations. Frank was... 

Only in Illinois…. There are typos and then there are complete and utter catastrophes. The Chicago Sun-Times reports that the name of Green Party gubernatorial candidate Rich Whitney is misspelled “Rich Whitey” on electronic-voting machines in 23 wards — “about half in predominantly African-American areas.” The error only occurs on screens voters would see when they... 

The 567 organizations and groups that turned out several hundred thousand people for the “One Nation” march in Washington on Oct. 2 will try to stay together to work on each other’s causes after the Nov. 2 election, a top union participant says. In an interview with Press Associates during the march, new Service Employees International Union secretary-treasurer Eliseo Medina added... 

Ummmm, OK Lawrence… Lawrence O’Donnell: Even Alvin Greene Would Be Better Than Sen. Jim DeMint - Watch more Videos at Vodpod. Lawrence O’Donnell: Even Alvin Greene Would Be Better Than Sen. Jim DeMint Video.  Read More →

Source: Warner Todd Huston, Gateway Pundit Service Employees International Union (SEIU) member Steve Caddle of Houston, Texas has been caught registering 23,207 fake voters in Harris County alone due to the hard detective work of Catherine Engelbrecht and her “True the Vote” project… Catherine Engelbrecht was sick and tired of the vote fraud perpetrated by unions and Democrats and... 

At this point, it actually surprises me that I am still surprised at ANYTHING that the Democrats do, but this (from LauraIngraham.com) is ESPECIALLY DISGUSTING.  I hope EVERYONE in the states affected by the oil spill reads this so they can see that their personal tragedy is being exploited by President Obama, Organizing for America and the DNC… So they will know WHOSE ASS TO KICK (out of office) Did...