After two earlier defeats in evangelically strong states like Iowa and South Carolina, Republican presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney is poised to claim a convincing victory Saturday in the Mormon stronghold of Nevada. According to the latest numbers from Public Policy Polling, Romney leads 50 percent to 25 percent over top challenger Newt Gingrich. Ron Paul [...]
Mitt Romney won Tuesday’s Florida primary, tying with second-place Newt Gingrich among evangelicals by receiving 37 percent of votes from evangelicals . The votes were a boost for Romney, who received far fewer votes among evangelicals in South Carolina. The Gingrich campaign likely saw the loss coming. In the final days of the Florida campaign, [...]
(CNSNews.com) ” The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF) held its first “Creating Change Lobby Day” on Capitol Hill on Thursday, where activists met with lawmakers to call for legislation to promote lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) issues.Other groups, including the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the American Federation of Labor and Congress [...]
Prior to the Roe decision, abortion was mostly absent from public political discussion. Though states were loosening abortion regulations, the issue was so far off the national radar that there is almost no polling on it before 1972. Since then, abortion has been included in perhaps more polls than any other policy of the last [...]
KAMPALA, Uganda-Labor unions initiated what local newspapers have called “an industrial action” against the Nigerian government over the removal of fuel subsidies earlier this month. Fueling public anger, President Goodluck Jonathan gave Nigerians only one week’s notice that the subsidies would be lifted-resulting in a 150 percent increase in fuel prices. Ending the subsidy, which [...]
WASHINGTON-Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius’ comment in August that not covering contraceptives “would be like not covering flu shots” should have been a clue to what was coming. On Friday the Obama administration announced it would not change the new healthcare law’s requirement that most religious groups provide their employees with coverage for [...]
Do you really think that conservatives are the only ones to make racist remarks? Or is it that liberals just get a pass? If you look at history, the Republicans wanted equality for African-Americans since the end of the Civil War, and it was the democrats who fought them tooth and nail to prevent that. [...]
e Mitt Romney. But social conservatives have yet to rally around a single candidate. In Iowa, however, Rick Santorum is gaining both endorsements and support in the polls just as his rivals’ campaigns fade.In a campaign season known for the rapid rise and fall of frontrunners, Santorum may prove to be the proverbial tortoise who [...]
Taxpayers lost money on another failed alternative energy company when an ethanol plant went on the auction block earlier this month, leaving the U.S. government and the state of Georgia holding the bag on $87 million in unpaid loans and wasted grants. Colorado-based Range Fuels’ plant in Soperton, Ga., which was supposed to turn wood [...]
At issue is whether the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has the constitutional authority to set rules governing what is permissible on the airwaves and to fine stations that cross the line. One example is the infamous Janet Jackson Super Bowl incident in 2004 and the FCC’s ensuing fine of CBS and CBS stations. Lower courts [...]
