Ike's Anvil ArchiveAugust Umholtz With Congressional midterms now just weeks away it is likely that far fewer members of Congress will lose their seats that would normally be expected. With Congress’s approval rating at around 14%, the lowest before an election since 1974, this fact seems shocking.[1] There are countless reasons why we are seeing so many […]
Yanet Gonzalez ’17 Inside Politics Hillary Clinton’s potential 2016 run for the presidency has the Democratic Party thrilled in hopes of maintaining their hold of the White House. The Republican Party, however, is feeling the pressure as they work hard to find a candidate capable of battling Clinton. Despite the fact that neither party has […]
Audrey Bowler ’16 Inside Politics Immigration reform has loomed large on the American public policy stage in recent months; however, progress has been stalled in the House of Representatives as the Republican Party struggles to incorporate the concept of immigration policy into their party platform without compromising key ideals. Sixteen months after losing the White […]
Drew Hoppes, ‘13 The boundaries have been set. The debate on budget implementation raged on in Washington last week as the pilot budgets by both parties were revealed. The debate and the media coverage that followed served as a perfect example of the polarization of politics and the media. Each party chastised the other for […]
Hannah Bentz, ‘16 On Febuary 26, 2013 The Colbert Report interviewed Jeremy Bird, Field Director of President Obama’s 2012 campaign. Jeremy Bird established a grassroots organization to encourage people to vote in the red state of Texas. Battleground Texas’s goal is to get minority groups in the state to exercise their constitutional right to vote. […]
Michael Arnone ‘15 In the last few days, three separate issues have developed that have supplemented political and economic uncertainty: Wall Street has begun preparing for the potential catastrophe of the looming fiscal cliff, concerns have been raised regarding the security arrangements at the U.S. mission in Benghazi that was attacked in September, and Republicans […]
