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Republicans Winning Social Media by a Landslide

Republican candidates for the U.S. Senate have amassed more than four times as many Facebook Fans as their Democratic counterparts, and more than five times as many Twitter Followers, according to an analysis by HeadCount, a nonpartisan voter registration organization. As of Sept. 21st, Republican candidates for the Senate had over ...

Presidential Brands 2008 Releases Study on Brand Equity of Republican Candidates

Perceptions of the leading contenders for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination include Rudy Giuliani as an American Icon, John McCain as an American Hero, and Mitt Romney as an American Idol. Those are among the findings of Presidential Brands 2008, a brand study of the 2008 Republican candidates for president. ...

February 17th 2013
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Mindy McCready Dead at 37

Mindy McCready, the country music star, is dead. According to reports, she has committed suicide at the age of 37. Mindy McCready was an American country music singer. Active since 1995, she has recorded a total of five studio albums. Her debut album, 1996's Ten Thousand Angels, was released on BNA ...
February 13th 2013
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Trinity Valley Electric Cooperative Uses Power to Force Customers to Donate to Foundation

Trinity Valley Electric Cooperative (TVEC), an electric distribution cooperative that serves about 50,000 electric meters in an area just southeast of Dallas, Texas, has taken an unprecedented approach to building their own charity. TVEC has started a program that they're calling "Operation Roundup", where customers will automatically have their electric ...

State of the Union Address by President Barack Obama – Transcript

In case you missed it, or would like to read the transcript, the following is the State of the Union Address by President Barack Obama, as prepared for delivery, on February 12, 2013. Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, fellow citizens: Fifty-one years ago, John F. Kennedy declared to this ...
February 13th 2013
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Children’s Health Fund Responds to State of the Union

The following is a statement from Dr. Irwin Redlener, president and co-founder of Children's Health Fund, following the State of the Union address by the President of the United States: "The president made a strong case for universal early education in America, along with raising the minimum wage. But his ...
February 13th 2013
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National League of Cities Responds to the State of the Union

The following statement is from Marie Lopez Rogers, president of the National League of Cities (NLC) and mayor of Avondale, AZ in response to President Obama's State of the Union address: "I was honored and thrilled to be in the House chamber tonight watching President Obama's State of the Union address ...

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