Here’s the nitty-gritty on how we elect the President of the United States from Commoncraft.

I’ve been reading and listening to the fallout of last week’s California state appeals court ruling that stated that parents have no constitutional right in California to teach their own children. Only parents who are certificated teachers will be permitted to homeschool. It’s an astonishing, incredible, jaw-dropping ruling.
For Alaskans who have a very friendly, cooperative […]

Huffington Post has sifted through the presidential campaign finance forms and created this useful graphic tool, FUNDRACE2008, to see who donors are, how much they give, where they live and their occupation.
Some observations:

Actors and CEO’s give overwhelmingly and generously to Democrat candidates. So much for the stereotype of the fat cat Republican donor.
In my own […]

In a political season like we are in now the news cycle never really ends. Politico has an interesting article, ‘How the sausage gets made,’ that details Politico’s interaction with the Obama campaign over the senator’s problem winning Catholic voters this past weekend.
Among the items agitating the Obama campaign was the initial headline: […]

I attended a Romney for President meeting last night to hear Josh Romney talk about his dad and the campaign. I had actually made up my mind last fall that Romney’s the guy. But now it’s time to get a little more involved. The stakes for Alaska are high now that it’s a two-man race […]

The Alaska Republican caucuses are next Tuesday, Super Tuesday. The statewide Presidential Preference Vote will apportion the 26 pledged delegates to the national convention next summer in Minneapolis. On the ballot will be Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee, John McCain and Ron Paul. The vote will be followed in most districts by the District Convention the […]