It has been nearly two years since the 2008 US Congressional election which saw the Democrats take control of Congress and Barack Obama claim the presidency over the Republican Party which had been in power for the previous eight years. This November's mid-term elections will offer the Republicans and Tea Party supporters the opportunity to reclaim some power in the US. Primaries have already begun throughout the country and a variety of issues which are sure to take centre stage in the lead up to November have started affecting election results.
On July 4, 2010 fourteen of Mexico's thirty-two states went to the polls to vote for new governors, mayors and state representatives. Many political analysts predicted that PRI - Partido Revolucionario Institucional - would encounter a huge victory due to mounting disapproval of Felipe Calderon's (PAN - Partido Acción Nacional) war against drugs and the unrelenting violence that many Mexican states have experienced since Calderon came to power.
On May 26, 2010, President Barack Obama released the most recent US National Security Strategy (NSS) which outlines his administration's national security policy. Addressing issues that have been the cornerstones of Obama's presidency thus far, the NSS focuses on the need to re-strengthen the American economy, to promote nuclear non-proliferation, advance the climate change agenda, and improve human rights both domestically and abroad.
The tectonic plates of Canadian federalism are shifting under all kinds of pressures, some having to do with politics, and many having to do with money, claims the Institute for Research on Public Policy.
On March 21, 2010, tens of thousands marched on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, to call for immigration reform in the United States. The marchers were predominantly Hispanic, many originating from Mexico. Protest organizers claimed to have 200 000 people out for the march in support of their "vision of reform," which they claimed "includes immigrants and native-born U.S.
