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Why Looks Are Everything in a Presidential Election
Tweet Share on Facebook February 13, 2012 CommentForget putting out policy platforms and detailed descriptions of stances: What candidates really need are good looks. Danny Oppenheimer, associate professor of psychology and public policy at Princeton University, says research shows that people more often than not base their decisions on gut feelings. Researchers can even get a pretty good sense of who is going to win an election by exposing people to faces of the candidates for just 100 milliseconds, which is how long it takes to form a first impression, says Oppenheimer, co-author of Democracy Despite Itself: Why a System That Shouldn't Work at All Works So Well.
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Duggar Mom Expresses Outrage at Susan G. Komen
Tweet Share on Facebook February 10, 2012 Comment (22)It's no secret Michelle Duggar isn't keen on birth control, but the TLC star and mother of 19 said Friday at the Conservative Political Action Conference that she's also not happy with Susan G. Komen Foundation, which recently back peddled on their decision to pull funds from family planning agency Planned Parenthood.
Duggar argued that it's "ludicrous" for Susan G. Komen to stand by Planned Parenthood, when Duggar claims they are a leading performer of abortions in the country.
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Young Conservatives Don't Care About Gay Marriage
Tweet Share on Facebook February 10, 2012 Comment (3)The GOP presidential candidates have all addressed it passionately, hoping to appeal to the conservative base, but the issue of gay marriage ranks low on the list of priorities for young voters at the Conservative Political Action Conference.
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Obama Promise Worth $1M-plus at Lesbian Couple's Fundraiser
Tweet Share on Facebook February 10, 2012 Comment (2)President Barack Obama's stance on gay marriage has been foggy at best, but the president didn't hesitate to collect $1,432,000 at a fundraising event at the Northwest D.C. home of high-profile lesbians Karen Dixon and Nan Schaffer last night.
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Gingrich Takes Creative Liberty with CPAC Schedule
Tweet Share on Facebook February 10, 2012 Comment (2)It's clear voters at the Conservative Political Action Conference haven't all coalesced around one GOP presidential candidate. Rick Santorum, Ron Paul, Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney paraphernalia surrounds the scene, but the Gingrich campaign is doing their best to help voters come to a conservative consensus.
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Obama Making 2012 About Social Issues
Tweet Share on Facebook February 9, 2012 Comment (4)For voters casting ballots in the 2012 election, their decision will no doubt come down to the state of the economy. But the sudden focus on social issues by the Obama campaign was all the buzz at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington today.
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'Joe the Plumber' Says He's Handy on the Campaign Trail
Tweet Share on Facebook February 9, 2012 Comment (4)Samuel Wurzelbacher, more colloquially known as "Joe the Plumber" is proving to be more handy on the campaign trail than underneath a kitchen sink. The man who first made a name for himself by calling out Obama's tax plan during the 2008 election says he's got a "ground game," complete with hundreds of volunteers in the 9th District of Ohio, where he's running for the U.S. House of Representatives. Despite the support, Wurzelbacher admits he likes to answer his own E-mails, update his Facebook page and personally tweet his own messages to supporters.
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Bachmann Lightens Up at CPAC
Tweet Share on Facebook February 9, 2012 Comment (1)Michele Bachmann isn't taking herself too seriously since dropping out of the race for the GOP presidential nomination in January.
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Obama Picks Up Pointed Playlist
Tweet Share on Facebook February 9, 2012 CommentPresident Barack Obama rocked the Apollo Theater in January when he proved he could croon with the best of them, with his rendition of Al Green's "Let's Stay Together."
The Obama campaign took note and added it to an official playlist of 29 songs to be used in the 2012 campaign. Obama for America spokesperson Katie Hogan says campaign staff as well as volunteers submitted additional song recommendations for the list, which includes everything from James Taylor's "Your Smiling Face" to Montgomery Gentry's "This Is My Town." The series of Motown, blues and country western songs will set the mood during campaign fundraisers, speeches and appearances.
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U.S. Government Still Pays Two Civil War Pensions
Tweet Share on Facebook February 9, 2012 Comment (25)Despite the fact that the Civil War ended April 9, 1865 (53,630 days ago, for reference), the government is still paying out veterans' pensions.
