Pro-Life Republicans Take Stances on Planned Parenthood Shooting

Pro-Life Republicans Take Stances on Planned Parenthood Shooting

In response to the recent shootings in Colorado outside a Planned Parenthood location, Republicans have tried to take this event and use it as fuel to argue against the organization. Huckabee has shown his pro-life opinions in the following statement: "There's no excuse for killing other people, whether it's happening inside the Planned Parenthood headquarters, inside their clinics where many millions of babies die, or whether it's people attacking Planned Parenthood". Trump has also shown a discomfort with abortion and the actions of Planned Parenthood. Where do you stand on the tragedy that occurred in Colorado? How do you think the support or disapproval of Planned Parenthood will affect the 2016 election?

Obama's Call to Action on Pressing Gun Control

Obama's Call to Action on Pressing Gun Control

In response to the three year anniversary of the tragedies at Sandy Hook Elementary, Obama spoke on behalf of the inaction and stalemate of any gun control laws getting passed. Obama and his staff are working to bring an end to the "gun-show loophole" although it will be very difficult to overcome. The strength of the gun lobby and its allies such as the NRA holds back any legislation that could prevent the next tragedy. Obama's call to action stands: "What if Congress did something -- anything -- to save one American, or a classroom of Americans, or a stadium's worth of Americans from losing their lives to gun violence in the years to come?" This issue of gun control has escalated immensely over that past years. So much so that in a recent Daily Show report, Trevor Noah cruelly joked that due to so many recent shootings, Obama should have a belt with a podium strapped to him in order to prepare him for constant response speeches. What is your stance on our current issues surrounding gun control? What do you think the Obama administration can do to keep Americans safe?

Trump vs. Cruz: Two Bad Options

Recently, Ted Cruz has surpassed Donald Trump in national polls. According to one poll, Cruz has a 10% lead on Trump (31% to 21%), and in another, he has a 2% lead (28% to 26%). Some members of the GOP are relieved; they think anyone would be a better candidate than Trump. However, many GOP leaders only view Cruz as the lesser of two evils, and hope another candidate will win the nomination. What do you think? Is Cruz a better or worse alternative to Trump? Do you think Cruz will be the "compromise candidate," or is it still possible for someone besides Trump or Cruz to win the GOP presidential nomination?

Obama Stresses the Importance of Gun Control

It's been three years since the elementary school shooting in Connecticut that claimed the lives of twenty-six people. There have been other shootings since then, resulting in further fatalities. President Obama is horrified at Congress' continued unwillingness to act in response. He says we need to establish stricter gun control, and improve the background checks required to purchase a gun. Currently, Obama is exploring a legal loophole that could allow him to take action without Congress. Do you think we need stricter gun control? Why or why not? Do you think Obama will be able to get around Congress to strengthen restrictions on guns? And, Obama says, "the rest of us will have to do what we can." What can we do?

Dee Snider to Trump: I may not take it anymore

Dee Snider, frontman of the heavy metal band Twisted Sister, also long time friend of Donald Trump from his show 'Celebrity Apprentice' gave permission to Trump allowing him to use Snider's song "We're Not Gonna Take It" to back his campaign.  However, in Trump's most recent GOP remarks especially the one regarding the ban of Muslim's in the US; Snider has began to regret his decision. Snider has regard Trump as someone completely different during his entire campaign, "My Donald Trump was a Democrat," he said. "My Donald Trump is pro-choice. My Donald Trump is what we call a Northeastern Republican, you know, fiscally conservative, socially liberal. But that's changing." Do you think Snider should no longer allow Trump to use his song? Has Trump gone to far with his remarks towards minorities during the campaign? Do you believe Trump was once the man that Snider claims he was before the race, or has he always been the way he presents himself today

House avoids government shutdown with hours to spare

December 11th, 2015, the day the government was hours away from another shutdown and yet again the House pressed for another bill granting them a few more day to get their act together on what needed to be budgeted for certain issues. Obama passed the bill granting the House until Wednesday to figure out what had to be done. New speaker of the House, Paul Ryan has done everything, but inform the public on what his plan is for the fast approaching proposal. Some of the most pressing issues that are up in the air currently are those of "vetting of refugees from Iraq and Syria to regulations over clean air and water." In your opinion what are some of the issues you think are most pressing and should be considered in the deal? What is your standpoint on the looming threats of government shutdown that constantly surface, causing short term fixes?

Obama may possibly sign an update to the "No Child Left Behind Act"

This controversial bill was signed by George W. Bush to allow the federal government to mandate certain expectations of schools around the countries. Mann politicians argued that the bill gave too much power to Washington and took away some of the freedom of state and local schools to decide their own  education policy.  Do you think that the bill to be signed by Obama called the "Every Student Succeeds Act" will improve or make worse the current education system requirements.

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Questions Race as a Factor of Admission at UT

Chief Justice Scalia recently questioned some of the black students who attend UT because of their admission based on race.  Do you think he is right to question the use of race in admissions at university's?

Interesting Youth Voter Proposal!

Curious what you think about this proposal to "spur civic engagement by younger Americans."

Trump Deflects Withering Fire on Plan Against Muslims

We have seen Donald Trump becoming more and more extreme. He recently stated that he planned on trying to ban Muslims from the United States. This plan has received a ton of criticism from political opponents to people around the world. The Super Pac supporting Jeb Bush has just unveiled its first ad directed towards Trump. Hillary Clinton tweeted for someone to inform Trump that "Hate is not an American value." Trump responded to this criticism by saying that he meant that he wanted to ban only foreign Muslims, not Muslim citizens. He used the example of President Roosevelt's authorization of the detention of Japanese, German and Italian immigrants during World War II to support his plan. Do you believe a ban on Muslims will help prevent any terrorism in the United States? Is Trump's plan comparable to Roosevelt's? Now that these candidates have started to stand up against Trump, do you think we will see others follow in their footsteps?

Email shows Pentagon was able to respond as soon as Benghazi started

Judicial Watch, a government watchdog, had obtained and released a new email regarding the attacks on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi. In this email, a Pentagon official offered immediate military help to the top deputies of Secretary of State Clinton. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta testified saying that there was not enough time to get troops into Benghazi. The newly obtained email, which was sent early in the long fight, contradicts this testimony. Do you believe that the Obama administration, especially Hillary Clinton, properly handled the situation in Benghazi? Should Panetta face repercussions for falsely testifying? What is your overall opinion on the whole Benghazi situation?

Students’ Protests May Play Role in Supreme Court Case on Race in Admissions

Another affirmative action court case is coming before the Supreme Court. White applicant Abigail Fisher was denied admission to the University of Texas at Austin, and claims it is due to the school's unconstitutional racial preferences. In this case, the argument for affirmative action focus more on the importance of a diverse campus as opposed to showing the program as a way to address racial disadvantages caused by the past. The various protests that have taken place on campuses across the nation over racial issues will affect the outcome of the ruling, one way or another. Those in favor of affirmative action claim that the protests on campus are a healthy result of students from various backgrounds disagreeing on different issues. However, those who oppose affirmative action claim that protests are a result of students who otherwise wouldn't have gotten into a given college protesting racial prejudice when in reality they don't do as well because they are worse students. Are you for or against affirmative action? What do you think student protests indicate about affirmative action? What outcome do you expect in the upcoming Supreme Court case?

House Votes to Block Obama Climate Rules

While Obama and other world leaders attempted to create a global climate agreement in Paris, Congress voted to block his Clean Power Plan, which aims to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants. These measures will most likely be vetoed by Obama. The GOP claims they blocked the plan to show the climate conference that Obama doesn't have the support of his country on environmental issues.The opposition argues that the regulations will kill jobs, drive up electricity costs, and reduce the reliability of the U.S. energy supply, and that it's more important to focus on national security at the moment. Supporters of the policies believe this plan is an important step in slowing global climate change and its harmful effects on the environment and the economy. The EPA claims it can enact this plan under the Clean Air Act; however, it has received major backlash from twenty-five states, as well as GOP lawmakers. Do you believe that there is as much opposition to Obama's environmental policies amongst Americans as there is in Congress? Should we prioritize national security over environmental regulation? Do you think we can expect any of Obama's environmental policies to be passed through Congress any time soon?

Kentucky Governor Restores the Right to Vote to Most Felons

Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear restored the right to vote to the majority of the state's nonviolent felony offenders. Voting rights won't be restored to those who have been convicted of violent crimes, sex crimes, bribery or treason. About 170,000 people could get the right to vote from this executive order. Kentucky was one of the few states to not automatically restore voting rights to felons once they had completed their sentence, but now incarcerated felons will automatically have their voting rights restored. What limitations do you think should be put on felons' voting rights? Do you think that other states will begin to give back more voting rights to felons following the lead of Kentucky?

GOP Leaders Caught in Standoff with Trump

GOP Leaders have long feared the rise of Donald Trump. Many Republican officials and strategists believe that the nomination of Trump would lead to an electoral wipeout and would undo some of the gains that they have made in recent congressional, state, and local elections. While many Republicans agree that Trump needs to be stopped, almost no one is willing to do it. With increasing divides among the Republican Party, how far do you think party leaders will go to stop Trump? If Trump does not win the Republican nomination, do you think he will run as a third party candidate?