Saved By Her Enemy: An Interview with Rafraf Barrak

Rafraf Barrak is just like any other twenty-something woman trying to figure out what to do with her life.  What to apply her studies to?  What is she good at?  Can she make a living with the skills she has obtained?  Does she enjoy those skills enough that that living will be worthwhile?
Just like any [...]

Palin inspires “domestic engineer” to run for Florida’s 8th Congressional District seat

A Smart Girl Nation EXCLUSIVE interview with Patricia Sullivan, Candidate for Florida’s 8th Congressional District seat currently held by Democrat Alan Grayson:

 
By Stella Lohmann
Patricia Sullivan is daring to go where many women would never have dared to go before Sarah Palin and Barack Obama came on the national political scene. She’s running for Florida’s 8th [...]

A Mighty Voice for Disabled Americans: An interview with Brian Donegan, founder of Can-Do Conservatives

 
 
By: Julianne Thompson
The world of politics can be rough, almost unbearably so at times.   It is not for the weak, or the thin-skinned.  It takes someone special to break barriers and be noticed in the political arena, and 27 year old Brian Donegan is getting noticed.
Brian is legally blind, and was born with a bilateral [...]

Healthcare Reform Debate Matures Tea Party Movement

 
 
By Stella Lohmann
 November 7, 2009—Washington, D.C.
 At 11:07 PM EST Saturday night, the highly debated and emotionally charged HR 3962 Omnibus Health Care Reform Act passed the House along party lines 220 to 215. Republican Party Chairman, Michael Steele, told Geraldo Rivera of Fox News, “Listen to those Democrats applauding their way right out of office [...]

No Rhetoric, Just Reality with Congresswoman Lummis

By SGP member SusanAnne
It may be the freshman Congressional representatives that have the right perspectives of what needs to be done in DC. It’s refreshing to speak with Congresswoman Cynthia Lummis, a freshman Republican representative from Wyoming. Wyoming, you should be proud.
Representative Lummis is articulate, informed, and knows what her constituents want. [...]

Gingrich More Committal on 2012 Race

Although he says he has no “great personal ambition…to run for president” Newt Gingrich admitted during a C-SPAN interview that a Presidential run in 2012 is definitely within the realm of possibility. The key factor in the decision will be whether there is a dearth of strong candidates come February 2011 such that Gingrich will [...]

Meet Lou Ann Zelenik, Smart Girl and Candidate for Congress

 
Smart Girl Nation recently had the opportunity to talk to Lou Ann Zelenik, candidate for Congress from Tennessee’s Sixth Congressional District.  Read about her plans for defeating the Democrat incumbent and returning principled leadership to her community.
1.) Running for Congress in 2010 might sound like you’re a masochist! What is it that makes you run [...]