This story is a repost from RawStory.com A US House representative from Alabama took voter registration information from Democratic Party offices before defecting to the GOP, the Alabama branch of the Democratic Party says. Rep. Parker Griffith announced his switch to the Republican Party on Tuesday, telling the press he can “no longer align [him]self [...]

This story is a repost from WashingtonPost.com Tea parties — they aren’t just for conservatives anymore. Liberals are turning against President Obama with an energy that until now has been reserved for Fox News viewers who wear tri-corner hats and wave yellow “Don’t Tread on Me” flags: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), in a news [...]

This story is a repost from RawStory.com MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow caught Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on Tuesday seemingly arguing that his state’s 31 percent African-American population puts him at a disadvantage — and that it’s a good reason not to support healthcare reform. What? Maddow explains. Sen. “Lindsey Graham is a Republican which means in [...]

This story is a repost from AtlerNet Earlier this month, conservative gay rights group GOProud announced that it would be a co-sponsor of this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). But the group’s inclusion as a co-sponsor has led to a backlash from the anti-gay right, some of whom are threatening to boycott CPAC if [...]

This story is a repost from Yahoo.com Til death do us part? The vow would really hold true in California if a Sacramento Web designer gets his way. In a movement that seems ripped from the pages of Comedy Channel writers, John Marcotte wants to put a measure on the ballot next year to ban [...]

This story is a repost from MSNBC.com Excellent! Fictional cartoon millionaire Charles Montgomery Burns scored the most write-in votes for mayor of New York, collecting 25, according to Board of Elections data. But that obviously wasn’t enough for victory. D’oh! The Springfield mogul from “The Simpsons” was just one of the silly write-ins New Yorkers [...]

This story is a repost from AJC.com It’s a little easier to understand why a Houston man who claimed to have thwarted a potential terrorist attack on a flight leaving Atlanta has not answered repeated requests to tell his story. He was not on the plane, AirTran Airways says. “After conducting additional research into this [...]

This story is a repost from RawStory.com If excerpts from Lisa Baron’s upcoming book are anything to go on, it’s sure to be a scandalous read. My Burning Bush, Baron’s memoir of her days as the spokeswoman for Ralph Reed — the former Christian Coalition leader and the man Time called “The Right Hand of [...]

This story is a repost from NewsJunkiePost.com The Tea Party movement has reconnected the cooperation between conservatives and libertarians that harks back to their mutual opposition to FDR’s big government days. But a host of these newly forged alliances have failed to take hold. There is an undercurrent of ill-fitting philosophies and anti-intellectual clashes that [...]

This story is a repost from TalkingPointsMemo.com The Politico reports that Senate Republicans are outraged at Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) due to their votes against an amendment he introduced, to crack down on the rape of employees of military contractors, now being used against them: The Republicans are steamed at Franken because partisans on the left [...]