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VP Debate Analysis: Facts Matter!

by Chris Prevatt • October 12, 2012 • 5 Comments

Vice President Joe Biden speaks to DNC2012 (Photo: John Christian Hansen)

From where I sit Vice President Joe Biden won the debate last night. I’m sure my Republican friends will disagree. To that all I can say is, FACTS MATTER!

by Chris Prevatt • October 11, 2012 • 3 Comments

Since his lie-filled speech at the Republican National Convention at the end of August, Paul Ryan has artfully embraced Mitt Romney’s tactic of saying anything to win—truth be damned. Tonight Ryan faces the ultimate fact checker, Vice President Joe Biden.

by Chris Prevatt • October 10, 2012 • 3 Comments

Our conclusion was not a prediction about Governor Romney would do as President, it was an arithmetic calculation: all of the promises couldn’t be met simultaneously without resorting to tax increases on households with income below $200,000.

by Chris Prevatt • October 9, 2012 • 3 Comments

Yarbrough claims that the recent spike in gas prices is due to the policies of the Obama administration. As a former economics professor, Yarbrough should know better; but why let a few facts get in the way of partisan political rhetoric.

by Chris Prevatt • October 8, 2012 • 5 Comments

When the U.S. Bureau of Statistics (BLS) released the September Jobs Report on Friday, that loud shriek you heard was Tea Party “conservatives” running for the shelter of their tinfoil hats.

by Chris Prevatt • October 6, 2012 • 2 Comments

A firestorm of outrage erupted when Governor Mitt Romney told Americans in the first presidential debate that he would “fire Big Bird” if elected President. Folks may remember back during the Republican presidential nomination process when Romney told voters that he “likes firing people.”

by Chris Prevatt • October 5, 2012 • Comments Off

Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez (Photo: Chris Prevatt)

Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez (CA-47) announced Thursday that Santa Ana College has been awarded $250,000.00 in grant funds for the Veterans Upward Bound (VUB) program. The funds will help military veterans receive the skills they need to successfully continue their educations beyond a high school diploma or GED.