WADE RATHKE is the founder of ACORN, Chief Organizer at ACORN International, and Author of "Nuts & Bolts", "Citizen Wealth", "Global Grassroots", and "The Battle for the 9th Ward".
New Orleans In election cycle after election cycle, the role of money, big money, has increased. Donors are the third rail in modern US politics. Candidates seem to put more priority on winning their favor than the voters during their campaigns. Heck, even the Trump and Haley campaigns had to go to a …
New Orleans Oh, mercy! I hate to say, I told you so, but darned if I didn’t tell you so already that this could be the longest election campaign in the United States ever. It also could be the most expensive, since we’re now talking about a marathon and not a spring. President …
New Orleans The dead bodies of pretenders to the Republican throne are piling up like cordwood now on the eve of the first direct primary in New Hampshire, as former President Trump continues to move in for the kill. The latest was Florida Governor Ron DeSantis who threw in the towel and endorsed …