Kyle Bell

Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) will chair the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. Prior to his passing, Senator Ted Kennedy was the chairman of this same committee in charge of overseeing the nation’s healthcare system. It was a lifelong goal of Kennedy to pass universal healthcare coverage. Harkin is a strong proponent of universal coverage, [...]

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As many of you have undoubtedly heard, the California Supreme Court has ruled in favor of Proposition 8. This divisive and unconstitutional act by the voters of California should not go without notice. Voters in the state (along with in many other states) have decided that they are going to put our rights as citizens [...]

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In a recent interview with Christianity Today, a leading voice for the Republican Party not only disavowed gay marriage, he also went so far as to say that he would not allow gay people around his children. Joe the Plumber (aka Samuel Wurzelbacher) spoke out on the topic when asked what he thought about the [...]

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It’s August 4, 2008, nearly four years and a month to the day that John Kerry picked John Edwards as his running mate for vice president in 2004. What does that mean to the race in 2008? That it’s nearing time (actually, past due) for Obama to pick his VP choice. Word has it that [...]

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As I said yesterday, history would be in the making today. The state of Iowa has handed the first win to a black presidential candidate in United States history. Hillary Clinton, long touted as the so-called “front-runner” lost decisively as a distant third. As John Edwards so eloquently said, “the status quo lost and change [...]

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Tomorrow, voters go to the polls in the state of Iowa to decide who will lead America post-Bush. After millions of dollars on ads, dozens of debates, hundreds of town hall meetings by all of the candidates and nearly a full year of campaigning, including a frantic push these past two weeks during the holiday [...]

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