By Jonathan Miller Promises, promises. President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney are certainly making plenty of them. Recent experience, however, suggests they will have a hard time keeping many of their promises. It’s not because either is intentionally lying (all the time); but rather, it’s because gridlock, obstructionism and hyper-partisanship have become the rule …
Jay Smith talked No Labels on America’s Radio News Network on Oct. 23, 2012. Listen below:
Mark McKinnon talked No Labels on The Daily Wrap with Michael Castner on Oct. 23, 2012. Listen below:
By Dan Schnur We’ve become accustomed to the fact that the American people don’t like Congress. But what happens when even Congress doesn’t like Congress anymore? Answer: They go home. Members of Congress are so fed up with gridlock, they are leaving the body in droves. In the past four years alone, almost two dozen …
Lisa Borders spoke about what undecided voters are looking for in this election on The Morning Briefing on Sirius XM’s POTUS. Click below to listen:
By Elizabeth Flock At a town hall of more than 200 registered voters in Springfield, Va., last weekend, the audience wanted to talk about thing: withholding pay from lawmakers if they don’t pass a federal budget. The so-called “No Budget No Pay” started with No Labels, a group that says it wants to end the infighting …
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By Mark McKinnon Most of the commentary about the first presidential debate focused on what it will mean for the two candidates on Election Day. But its just as important to consider what the debate means for America and whether those campaign themes will remain in tonight’s vice presidential debate and beyond. And if Barack …
By Peter Wong Two nationally prominent speakers will be the keynoters for this year’s Oregon Statesman dinner of the Oregon Business Association. The dinner will start at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 12, at the Oregon Convention Center, 777 NE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Portland. Speakers are Mark Penn, a former political strategist and pollster …
Jonathan Miller is a former Kentucky state treasurer and a co-founder of No Labels, a political organization of Republicans, Democrats and independents. Burying your head in the sand. Ignoring the elephant in the room. Lying to the emperor about his lack of new clothes. Pick your metaphor, but there is one issue to which we …
WATERLOO, Iowa — Bruce Braley thinks voters have a right to be fed up with Washington politics. He feels the same way. The three-term incumbent Democrat representing Iowa’s 1st Congressional District met with the Courier’s editorial board Tuesday. He repeatedly spoke of how key pieces of legislation, from the farm bill to the debt ceiling, …
