Things are looking pretty rough if this is what they’re running

By now many of you have undoubtedly seen this ad: Rep. Sam Graves (R-MO) attacks Kay Barnes, accusing her of supporting “San Francisco-style values” Now, I am not a political scientist, but I can think of several reasons why this ad bodes very, very, very poorly for Rep. Graves’s re-election campaign. The ad talks about [...]

Majority thinks same-sex marriage a “private decision”?

USA Today just published results of a poll showing widespread opposition to government regulation of same-sex marriages. 63% of respondents in this poll called same-sex marriage a “private decision”, and only 33% think the government should be able to pass laws against same-sex marriage. This majority holds in all age groups except 65+ (and even [...]