Jaime Fuller

Yesterday, the Senate confirmed Janet Yellen as Ben Bernanke’s replacement as the head of the Federal Reserve, with a vote of 56-25-a lackluster show of support that beat Bernanke’s former distinction as the most-opposed Fed chair in history. The vote could have been even closer if not for the Polar Vortex. Yellen’s predecessor gave her […]

Dark money may have been outed as not the most fool-proof weapon to have in your arsenal during the 2012 presidential elections, but let’s not forget-the smaller the election, the greater the impact of a big money drop. Which is why midterms are a donor’s best friend. Recall, if you will, 2010. As our own […]

Today, the Washington Blade announced that Clay Aiken is interested in running for North Carolina’s 2nd congressional seat. Yes, that Clay Aiken, the one who lost the election that likely features the highest turnout in the country, American Idol. Now that it is finally 2014, we expect similar candidates with … unique qualifications … will […]

Now that 2013 is finally done we can wash away the retrospectives and gifs and listicles of yesteryear and focus on what’s bound to happen next. First off, we have to deal with the political hangovers from the last few weeks. Congress will need to decide whether it wants to renew the emergency unemployment benefits […]

The Year of Economic Populism The Year of the Midterm Elections Affected by Bitcoins The Year of Civil Liberties #Fail Year of the Sure-to-Be-Crazy Toronto Mayoral Election The Year of Pot Really, It’s Going to Be the Year of Pot The Year of the Woman The Year of Hillary Making Decisions The Year of Politicians […]

“2016 BEGINS TONIGHT” “I hope this means Hillary is running,” said Niall O’Dowd, the publisher of IrishCentral.com and other Irish publications in New York, who is joining the secretary in Ireland at her invitation. “She has enormous strength in the Irish-American community because of the Clintons’ massive role in bringing peace to Northern Ireland. She’s […]

Unless Congress passes a last-minute extension, an unemployment benefits program created in 2008 will expire for 1.3 million Americans at the end of the month. That number includes 12,700 South Carolinians… … 80,000 Pennsylvanians… … 25,000 people in Washington state… … 58,000 Massachusetts residents… … 90,000 New Jerseyeans… … 17,8000 people in Oregon… … and […]

Esquire asked House Speaker John Boehner to advise its readers on what to do in January 2014. He endorsed breakfast at a diner, an act nearly as entwined with an American politician’s electoral fate as legislating and making fundraising calls. “What is it about politicians and diners?“ Who knows when, but somewhere along the line, […]

Over the weekend, North Carolina state Senator Bob Rucho tweeted: “Justice Robert’s pen & Obamacare has done more damage to the USA then the swords of theNazis,Soviets & terrorists combined.” Rick Santorum: “We think, well, you know, it’ll get better. Yeah, he’s a nice guy. I mean, it won’t be near as bad as what […]