Over $315 million – that’s the amount of money raised by presidential candidates for the 2012 election cycle as of January 31, 2012. In addition, over $51 million had already been cultivated by “super PACs” (Political Action Committees) to influence the presidential primary elections. With 9 months left to go before the U.S. presidential election [...]

Whatever consequences they were afraid of may never be fully revealed.   But the fact of the matter is, five of the nine U.S. Supreme Court Justices have been “outed,” after not having the fortitude to allow the public to view what could end up being one of the most historic trials in the history [...]

Today is “The Day of Epiphany”, literally.  Perhaps this can also be a day of epiphany for Congress. Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary defines epiphany as:  “A sudden striking of understanding of something.” In honor of that, we offer an opportunity for the positive transformation of Congress. We borrow from the 12-Step Program of Alcoholics Anonymous, and have [...]

Mary Hughes is founder and director of The 2012 Project, a national, nonpartisan campaign of Rutgers’ Center for American Women and Politics, dedicated to increasing the number of women in Congress and state legislatures by taking advantage of the once-in-a-decade opportunities of the 2012 election cycle.