More than 31 percent of Latino eligible voters are between the ages of 18 and 29. A little more than 17 percent of those voters went to the polls in the midterms.
They came to power promising to solve America's problems, but in the early going they've focused on firing up their hard-right base with frivolous bills.
Jodi L. Jacobson, RH Reality Check. November 5, 2010.
The next election that matters: the battle for who will lead House Democrats. The outcome will show just how far to the right Democrats are willing to move.
Vermont's new governor pledged to shut its leaking nuclear site. And the town closest to that reactor has voted to take it by eminent domain if necessary.
Obama's No. 1 mission must be to speak for the anxious and the marginalized and to lead us in the task of putting Americans to work rebuilding our future.
Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch.com. November 2, 2010.
However breathlessly reported as a Republican triumph or Democratic save or Tea Party miracle (or anything else), the election will result in more political gridlock.
Dan Bischoff, AlterNet/The Investigative Fund at The Nation Institute. October 29, 2010.
Rand Paul came to to the GOP table as an outsider, but there's no way to win without holding hands with the ultimate insider -- the Senate minority leader. So he is.
Mark Ames, Yasha Levine, AlterNet. October 26, 2010.
Former CEO Whitman's record of gross incompetence, massive waste and personal enrichment is breathtaking. That the media isn't talking about it is incredible.
