Obama for Reelection

Alright guys this is kind of old news, but it's been a while and I figured I would fill you in. President Obama announced last week that he would be running for reelection in the upcoming election of 2012. This has been expected for a while, but now it's official. This move will allow him to begin raising funds twenty months before the election, and money is important. Not really much to say right now, but we know who the Democratic candidate is and we'll see how this election turns out.

Bill Clinton Butts Into Chicago Mayoral Race

Bill Clinton decided to put his support behind ex-Obama Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel for the Chicago mayoral face. Democratic Representative Danny Davis, a former supporter of Clinton, told the former president to leave the race alone. Davis is an African-American and said that Clinton would fracture his relationship with the entire black community of Chicago should he decide to continue to push for the other candidate. While I agree that Clinton has no place in supporting one candidate over another in Chicago's mayoral race, I also don't see why Davis had to bring race into the argument. Clinton shouldn't be supporting anybody for this campaign regardless of race, but I don't think the former president took race into consideration when choosing to support Emanuel. It was inconsiderate and pretty egotistic of Clinton to insert himself into this campaign, but pretty ignorant on Davis' part to even mention race.

Dem warns Bill Clinton: Back off

Few Aware of Election Results

A poll announced yesterday shows an alarmingly low rate of Americans actually know that the Republicans control the House after the election. According to a poll done by Pew, 46 percent of 1,001 adults surveyed knew Republicans were victorious, while the others were incorrect or unsure. The numbers aren't quite as bad as they sound though, since the poll at least indicated that 75 percent of those surveyed knew that Republicans did better than the Democrats. Still, these numbers are sad. Democracy is all about citizen participation and awareness, and it seems this country is losing sight of that. Are we really all that lazy and self-centered that we don't care enough about the country to even know its leadership? We're lucky to even get 40 percent of registered voters go the poll. As a citizen and someone interested in politics, I get disappointed when reading these kinds of articles. How is democracy going to survive with this lack of participation?

Poll: Less than half know GOP won the House

House Picks Leaders

Representatives in the House voted today on who their leaders are to be. The Democrats, met with some objection from moderates, once again chose Pelosi and the Republicans unanimously chose John Boehner, who, because the Republicans have the majority, will likely be the next House Speaker. Pelosi was challenged for party leadership by Heath Shuler and, although Pelosi won the majority of the votes pretty easily, the Democratic party seems to be moving in a different direction. Shuler wants to make sure moderate Democrats are heard over the voice of stubborn liberals, and I would have to side with him on that. Pelosi has led the close-minded, hard-headed liberals for years and that isn't necessarily a good representation of the Democratic party. Pelosi won her position back authoritatively, but that may not be the case for long.

Pelosi wins Democratic leadership fight