Poll numbers released today show Democratic Senate candidate Tammy Baldwin has surged to a 3 point lead over Republican candidate Tommy Thompson among likely voters in Wisconsin. This poll, the second to show Baldwin leading since the August Republican primary, shows the momentum is on Baldwin’s side – with 90 percent of likely voters now…
Dear Stampp Corbin, Thank you for taking the time to explore and address the topic of the Republican Party within the social milieu of the LGBT community; although I do not agree with your rhetorical assessment that the party itself despises, or humiliates LGBT Republicans. The party I belong to was founded on principles. On…
As the Republican National Convention comes to an end, I feel compelled to write an open letter to those in the LGBT community who are Republican. Can LGBT Republicans help me understand how you have come to be a part of a political party that truly seems to despise you? You know that the Republican…
I’m not sure which word best describes the choice of Rep. Paul Ryan as the Republican vice presidential nominee; obvious, daring and destructive all come to mind and have been used by various media outlets. Most reporting focused on his budget and its impact on independent voters. Less has been said about what the Ryan…
A New York state Senate candidate may lose the support of the Republican Party after local leaders learned she was married to a woman. Mike Long, New York Conservative Party Chairman, said the group would be reviewing her endorsement for a Senate seat in the Hudson Valley in light of her now-public same-sex marriage. “I…
“Someone who can rule and should rule. Centuries come and go without a person like that coming into the world.” – Ser Jorah Mormont, Game of Thrones When Nathan Fletcher left the Republican Party, I wondered (in this space) if he was trying to light a fire under his candidacy or start a centrist independent…
The political landscape in the San Diego mayor’s race has changed dramatically. Recent polls show City Councilman Carl DeMaio and Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher in a virtual dead heat. Republican DeMaio is at 28 percent, with Independent Fletcher close behind at 26 percent, and Democrat Congressman Bob Filner bringing up the flank with 20 percent. Republican…
(CNN– San Diego LGBT Weekly) — Rick Santorum suspended his campaign on Tuesday after it became increasingly unlikely he could tackle the obstacles standing in his way on the road to the GOP presidential nomination, according to a Santorum source. The source said the three events that would have to occur for the former Pennsylvania…
Hours before a highly anticipated LGBT mayoral forum at The Center, sponsored by San Diego Democrats for Equality, Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher announced that he has decided to leave the Republican Party and will become an independent. Fletcher said that he has struggled with the decision but came to it in an effort to do “what…
The San Diego Log Cabin Republicans have responded to Wednesday’s announcement that Nathan Fletcher has abandoned the GOP in favor of the Independent party. Victoria Kerley, president of the San Diego Log Cabin Republicans, explains the group’s decision to rescind their endorsement of the San Diego mayoral hopeful. Nathan Fletcher’s decision to leave the Republican…
