Politics

A new study done at Stanford University may have come up with an easy way to get more people to vote that involves just a simple change of words.

Despite a claim by daughter Bristol Palin that her mind had been made up, Sarah Palin said Tuesday that she has not decided whether she’ll run for president in 2012.

In an exclusive interview with News/Talk 1280 KIT, Washington State Attorney general and announced candidate for governor Rob McKenna talks about his campaign issues.

A new Zogby poll reveals former House Speaker Newt Gingrich’s presidential campaign has taken an almost insurmountable nosedive with support falling to just 3 percent among potential  Republican primary voters.

In this podcast, 15th District State Representative Dave Taylor talks to KIT News about the current legislative special session, and how the state budget impasse continues.

Conservative talker Glenn Beck’s ideal White House ticket for 2012 features a pair of tea party favorites: U.S. Rep. Allen West, the first-term Florida Republican, for president,

Wisconsin Republicans Push Through Anti-Union Measure in Surprise Move Print This Story After a nearly month-long standoff, Wisconsin Senate Republicans pushed through a measure late Wednesday (March 9th) that strips most public unions of their collective bargaining rights, using a surprise maneuver that caught the opposition off guard...

Proposition 1, the Strong Mayor ballot issue put before Yakima city voters yesterday failed at the polls. This morning, we talked to Yakima Valley Business Times publisher Bruce Smith, a proponent of the issue for his perspective, and where the issue goes in the future...

The great unifier he's not...in fact, a new Gallup Poll shows it's been a half century since the country was this divided over the Commander-in-Chief! http://www.gallup.com/poll/145937/Obama-Approval-Ratings-Polarized-Year-Year.aspx

CHARLOTTE, N.C., CHOSEN FOR DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION: The Democratic National Committee announced yesterday (February 1st) that Charlotte, North Carolina, has been chosen as the site of the 2012 Democratic National Convention.