The Republican Part in an effort to block President Obama and the Democrats from passing any legislation have used the Senate rules to essentially require a two-thirds majority to pass any bill. This graph show the phenomenon from (roughly) 1950 onward. Blocking action in the Senate has only increased bi-partisan rancor and made the important [...]
The long run of ever increasing partisanship in the country is reflected by how the different groups identify themselves. Democrats, who have prided themselves on their ‘big tent’ philosophy, are becoming more liberal. The number of independents has grown and and is becoming more conservative and the Republicans have fewer moderates and more conservatives. It [...]
Public support for open service of gays in the military seems strong.
While it is true that unemployment remains high, employment is better in most cases than it was in 2007 as this graph shows.
