Writes Geeta Padmanabhan - With Mamata Banerjee and Jayalalitha being sworn in chief ministers, nearly 380 million or 30% of the population will be governed by women [include UP under Mayavathi and Delhi under Sheila Dikshit].

Writes Geeta Padmanabhan - The excitement is palpable. Election results in the five states that went to polls are to be announced tomorrow – Friday the thirteenth. These elections, though in just five states out of the 29, were remarkable for many reasons.

Midterm elections generate low interest among less partisan voters, who need the excitement of a Presidential election to drag them to the polls. But with the ideological lines being drawn sharper now than any other election in recent memory, and vast amounts of shadowy corporate money flushed into the system ...

This musical video says it all! [youtube y54FRMedT_s] Expecting sanity and reason fro the opposition, though, seems foolish at this point.

We have a long way to go to get this country back in shape, but take a look at the accomplishments of the Democratic Congress and the White House over the last two years. Your choice should be very clear. Or, of course, you can vote Republican and help in ...

Beginning a series of posts leading up to the midterm elections on November 8, 2010.

As the election approaches, the Republicans have predictably raised a hot button issue that they hope will drive their voters to the polls, now that gay marriage is no longer as inflammatory as they would like. Their latest boogieman ...

Results Update: Money power prevailed on Tuesday as the candidates deep pockets won. But Prop 16, which had an early lead, ended up being defeated. Read more for results.

Hurray! A supermajority in the senate passes its version of the health care reform bill. The drama has been intense and there have been many moments when it seemed like talk of death panels and communism would defeat the ...

Writes a disgruntled voter - On a day when stock trading had to be suspended after it reached the upper circuit and was ballooning out of control, on a day when LTTE chief Prabhakaran, his son and aides were declared as “shot dead while trying to escape”, when TV channels ...