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While Senator Barack Obama has been benefiting from his opposition to the unpopular war in Iraq and winning kudos for wanting to unconditionally talk with America’s enemies, he has also been sounding more and more hawkish on Pakistan, a US ally. This aggressive stance by Mr. Obama raises some big questions: Is he going to [...]

The SNP has pulled off a sensational by-election victory. Someone is going to be absolutely insufferable. Oh 'Eck. I'm going to wrap my head in a wet towel as a preemptive defence against headache I'm going to get listening to the waves of smugness emanating from the Radio tomorrow morning.

Media NewsLondon, 22 July 2008BBC Global News today announces its US08 Election bus tour across America to report the build-up to the 2008 U.S. Presidential Election, with coverage commencing on Wednesday, 10 September from LA.The initiative, which heads up extensive election programming, planned by the BBC’s international facing news division, will carry a tri-media team of journalists from BBC

Latest Rassmusen Poll Show McCain and ObamaIn Statistical Dead Heat(Country Is Still Politically Divided)For the second straight day, the Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll shows that the race for the White House is tied. Sunday’s numbers show Barack Obama and John McCain each attracting 43% of the vote. When "leaners" are included, the two candidates are tied at 46%. For most of

David Davis who triggered a by-election in his constituency of Haltemprice and Howden, in protest at the Government’s victory in the 42 days vote, is seen here sharing a laugh or two after his success in winning the local by-election.The motley assortment of candidates who stood against him ranged from "The Church of the Militant Elvis Party" to a sassy Gemma Dawn Garrett and her "Miss Grea

Over the years I've seen hundreds of student election polls. The one thing I've learned is that the younger the child the more directly they reflect their parent's views. Trust the kids to tell you about their parents.This from PolWatcher Ryan Alessi:Republican presidential candidate John McCain edged Democrat Barack Obama among the 845 Kentucky Governors Scholars who participated in a mock electi

I Don’t know who is the creator of this video but its freaking me out. It say’s Americans want me to become their next president and my name is posted everywhere even in the internet. Well just play the video if you think I’m just fooling around. Yeah I’m kidding, Just another Viral Marketing interface for 2008 [...]

Australia, especially the media, have always been a keen watcher of Malaysia (though there are other countries in the region, Malaysia seemed to gain more real estate in the print media there).Below are two stories about the recent gathering of a self-proclaimed non-partisan NGO in protest of the fuel hike. It is pretty amazing to read stories that goes both ways (not in the biblical sense) but as

Título original: Hei She HuiDuración: 96 minutosGénero: Thriller Estreno: 03.07.2008Actor: Simon Yam, Tony Leung, Louis Koo, Nick Cheung, Ka Tung Lam y Siu Fai CheungDirector: Johnnie ToComo cada dos años, los miembros más elevados de Wo Shing, la organización criminal más antigua de Hong Kong, eligen a su nuevo líder. Hay dos candidatos y Lok, es el favorito. Pero su rival, Big D,

If you want to see what would happen if "Business" were to take steroids, pay attention to politics during a presidential election period. You'll see all the ingredients of any hopeful business only in Massive Quantities and on the Largest Scales. Here's a great way you can even start benefiting from politics by watching from a business perspective - Maybe you can even pick up a few tricks...[Stor

The BBC's excellent guide to the candidates in the Haltemprice and Howden by-election includes the wacky David Bishop of the Church of the Militant Elvis Party. Bishop's views appear to be fairly standard left-wing policies, apart from these:Other policies include imprisoning Cherie Blair to stop her reporting details of her sex life and placing CCTV cameras in Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg's bedroom.

One of the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) highest priorities is to protect voting rights and enforce specific federal laws that help to ensure that all qualified voters have an opportunity to cast their ballots and have them counted. The Ballot Access and Voting Integrity Initiative was established in October 2002 to spearhead the Department’s expanded efforts to address election crimes and v

Isn’t it a sad state of affairs when political scenario starts affecting a country’s growth ! Well, you are about to witness it very soon…India is getting set for elections next year (well, can happen real soon as well with coalition government parties withdrawing support anytime)So it’s election time, of course which means it’s promises time, it’s ‘being nice’ time, it’s surviva

I take John Cole's view on Wesley Clark's statement regarding the relevancy of being shot down and tortured to an individual's ability to faithfully execute the office of President of the United States and preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States. In short, General Clark is correct on the specific statement. That makes all the ranting border on the hysterical. Predict

      On PBS tomorrow at 10 p.m., POV will broadcast “Election Day,”  a film by Katy Chevigny that combines 11 stories - shot simultaneously  on November 2, 2004, from dawn until long past midnight - into one.       What’s the street-level experience of voters in today’s America? The result is an entertaining, inspiring and sometim

Yesterday, Justice Antonin Scalia led a 5 - 4 vote to lift a ban on handguns in D.C. — a decision welcomed by many Republicans but criticized by many law enforcement officials around the country. Today, the conservative, originalist judge is spouting nonsense again. The UK’s Telegraph reports that Scalia blames Al Gore for the outcome [...]

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LATEST UPDATE: The Boston News-Letter recently reported that Barack Obama’s new campaign logo was just for “one-time” use and will not be used again. Maybe “Obomber” is flip-flopping on his logo design too. You will find Republicans saying everywhere, “We feel that their overconfidence will result in lack of goals.” At the same time, [...]

I am clearly not taxed enough. I realize that there are some people in our society that just can’t help themselves; and it’s my responsibility and duty to take care of these people. I don’t give to charity – so forced redistribution of wealth works much better for me. I am tired of the hassle of [...]

A By-Election is to be held in the Dalton Ward, following the resignation of Councillor Angela Ellam. The date of the election will be Thursday 10 July 2008.It will be contested by 6 candidates including one from the BNPTheir candidate is Jonathan David Baxter Wright who also stood in the ward in May where he finished 4th from 5 candidates.Wright is the new South Kirklees BNP organiser talking o

I was watching Channel News Asia's morning show this morning. I was surprised to read on their running headlines that incumbent Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe wins re-election. This happened... A certified Ortigas blogger...Writing is life!

Tom Brokaw will moderate "Meet the Press" through the November election, NBC News announced today. Brokaw volunteered to take the seat vacated by the late Tim Russert in a train ride from Washington to New York while speaking with NBC News President Steve Capus. Click here for more.

Wayne Besen [Pictured] just wrote a provocative article entitled, "How the GOP Is Blowing It" " "A May poll by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press found that 49 percent of white evangelical Protestants view gay marriage as very important, up 10 points since last fall - Overwhelming majorities of Republicans (75 percent) and white evangelical Protestants (81 percent) oppose allow

This entry is part 5 of 5 in the series Countdown to general election 2009After looking at the large picture, it looks like the repeat of 1998 election. NDA is not quiet there. UPA+ Left cannot form the government. Mayawati holds the key unless anything major happens in next 12 months. The final tally is BJP: [...]

This entry is part 4 of 5 in the series Countdown to general election 2009Big news is that lefts will be no more decisive force. NDA and UPA are head to head in east.  Others can make alot of difference. Bihar (40): Honeymoon in Bihar for JDU+BJP is not yet over, but it is withering. We [...]

Pretty much everyone knows that election fraud is a part of life in Illinois, and now they are starting to export it to Indiana. H/T to Election Journal GOP says Illinois voters tried to vote in Indiana primary CROWN POINT...

A booth hosted by Republicanmarket was selling the following pins at the Republican state convention in Texas.They claim to sell "patriotic" items. Remind me one more time . . . how is this patriotic?!?!?

North India looks like a potential battleground with NDA, BSP leading and UPA and SP following Jammu-Kashmir (6): Situation is very much like Uttar Pradesh in this northernmost state of India. Here most likely PDP will win 2 seats, national conference 2 seats, and one for each of BJP and congress. National conference is in [...]

President Robert Mugabe has abandoned any pretense that he will adhere to democratic principles of conducting an election by unleashing his dogs of war to impose their brutal tactics on the people of Zimbabwe. Soldiers and militia belonging to the ruling Zanu-PF of Mugabe, made inhabitants of Rusape gather in an open field where they [...]

1. Obama attended a certain church for 20 years but claims he didn’t know his pastor was the anti-white, anti-American firebrand he was. 2. He has only an incomplete term as Senator under his belt. 3. Obama’s wife is finally (after some 40+ years) proud to be an American. 4. He is the poster boy for political gaffes. 5. [...]

George Bush lost another election, but in his own inimitable style he also won one. A poll conducted by the Worldopinion.org revealed the president beat out Iran’s President Ahmadinejad and President Musharraf of Pakistan for the right to be considered the least trusted leader in the world. He won this poll by a sweeping 23% [...]

I personally believe that the most highly sought after state in this upcoming election is Virginia. Until this election it was a solidly Republican state for Presidential elections. Now we have a new Rasmussen poll that puts Obama ahead by one point. This is entirely within the margin of error, but means that no matter what, McCain will have to work hard not to lose this state. The easiest sta

DepartmentsElection Issues Obama must learn from Kucinich's election theft impeachment by Bob Fitrakis & Harvey Wasserman | The Columbus Free PressJune 11, 2008 Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) has introduced 35 articles of impeachment against George W. Bush. Two of the articles deal with the fact that Bush was never elected, and in fact stole the election of 2004 in Ohio. They should serv

A quick Zimbabwe alert. I am told that Zimbabwe Election blogging will be featuring on BBC R5 Pods and Blogs tonight at 2am GMT. I will put the piece in the Britblog Roundup podcast for this week. By the way - the Britblog Roundup this week should put some Pepper in your Porridge.

I've added Election web feeds to the Magazine Front Page of the Wardman Wire. One is the feed for the Returning Officer's Blog at Henley. The other is the Zimbabwe Election feed for Sokwanele. There is a bit of a contrast.

As I reflect over the past 17 months of the Democratic primary season, I find myself thinking about how the nomination of Barack Obama played out. I find myself asking questions like “why did the DNC choose to penalize some states for holding their primaries early, but not others?”..

Celebrity Michael Moore has a new book out called “Mike’s Election Guide”. Yes, it’s what you think it is, a manual for the 2008 presidential election.The book is being released by Moore August 19 from Grand Central Publishing with the following description: “Perfectly timed to coincide with the national political conventions and to capitalize on [...]

Trying to keep my hat out of the political ring is difficult at the moment when it seems that the Powers That Be don't have a fucking clue at all on so many issues. Believing in a picture is worth a thousand words I am going to litter the build up to the UK General Election with a barragement of abstinence themed posters... it's not like the Tories have more of a clue now is it! I start with a sel

Today was closing day for nominations in the Henley By-election. Boris has gone, make way for, well, one of these!In alphabetical order -Chris Adams - UK Independence PartyDerek Allpass - English Democrats Louise Cole - Independent (Miss Great Britain Party)Amanda Harrington - Independent (Miss Great Britain Party)John Howell - ConservativesStephen Kearney - Liberal DemocratsRichard McKenzie - Lab

Morgan Tsvangirai, head of the Movement for Democratic Change(MDC), insists he will continue his campaign to gain the presidency in the June 27 run-off even as there were increasing signs a “victory” will only result in a “defeat.” The Zimbabwe government and the ruling Zani-PF party have made it clear they are not going to [...]

This week, we'll take our first sampling of your picks for the general election, but first, last week's poll results: Last week we asked you if you'd consider writing posts for The Seminal a la Daily Kos or Open Left. I'm pleased to report that 43% of you said you would write for us, and 38% said you'd consider it. As soon as we get the system built, we'll open it up for you all to try! This week,

"With Saturn opposite Uranus on Election Day, the person elected on Election Day may not be the person who's inaugurated in January." Raymond Merriman, AstrologerFifteen hundred astrologers attended the United Astrology Conference in Denver, Colorado back in May. The consensus among a panel of seven astrologers was that Barack Obama would win the next election for President along with other more "

Tales from the BlancaSphereBlanca Returns!Blanca has been in therapy for the past few days, her hopes for a run against Hillary dashed against the rocks. I hit bottom on Tuesday, when watching John McCain's aphasia-driven spastic-filled talk fest in what appeared to be a green high school gymnasium, MSNBC cut away to show a sports arena filled with thousands of cheering supporters hinged on every

This is reverse or sideways or something of legislators who go to work for the companies for which they voted lucrative government contracts. Here they’re overseeing elections of people who just happen to have the ability to grant lucrative contracts to their former employers. Not that I’m implying they would help that along, [...]

“The vice-presidency isn’t worth a pitcher of warm piss.” Vice President John Nance Garner Vice President James Nance Garner (1933-41 under FDR) I’ve been lobbied to support Senator John McCain’s candidacy for President if he choses Mike Huckabee, Sarah Palin, or one of a dozen other “conservative” Republicans as his running mate. But why? The inte

Simba Makoni, who defected from the ruling Zimbabwean Zanu-PF party and ran for president in the March election, urged the run-off that will occur on June 27th be cancelled. “We don’t believe that a run-off can be held on June 27 and be a free and fair election,” he said. “The country is in the [...]

Let Washington know how You Feel ! Let them know your tired of all this nonsense! That you not going to be tricked by all the Flashy slogans, not to mention the “CUTE LITTLE FOREIGN POLICY DITTIES”, “CHANGE” hell, we all ready know the RULES will change (By the Minute).Besides that we all ready got [...]

 Remember the good old days when gas was just above $2.00 a gallon? I do, it wasn’t that long ago. As a matter of fact it was just before the 2006 election when the Democrats regained control of the house and senate when the gas prices were that low.  Democrats promised what they called a [...]

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I just wanted to post a quick thought I've been ruminating over for the past few days. In the Democratic Primary, demography was king for voters. Faced with little policy difference between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton voters fell into very distinct blocs. Now in the general election, there are many real policy difference between Senators Obama and McCain. I wonder now for many independent vo

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In preparation for the weeks to come it is important to start with a general perspective of what is going to come in a general election battle between the Democrats and the Republicans. This campaign is going to be particularly interesting because of the moderate manner of both candidates. States that have not been hotly contested in the past are going to be hotly contested in the upcoming elect

I wanted to wait to write this post until I knew for sure that Hillary Clinton was officially out of the Democratic nomination race. It’s one of those ‘I’ll only believe it when I see it’ type of things since every time I thought ‘She has to admit she has lost the race now’, she got up on stage and mustered up enough cajones to claim that she was winning. Now that reality has suffici

LAHORE: Former chief minister Punjab and central leader of PML (Q) Chaudhry Pervez Elahi has announced at a press conference in Lahore that his party would boycott the election of the chief minister Punjab and they would sit in a tent outside the assembly house.Chaudhry Pervez Elahi said that the present government creating problems for [...]

Cross Posted from Wake up America John McCain is launching his first general election ad, 32 seconds long, in key swing states and is a personal bio explaining that while he hates war, he understands, better than most, the costs of war. YouTube URL here, ad below. In his new ad which will air in key swing states such as, Colorado, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New Mexico, Iowa, Michigan, Ohio

First, the big news. It's no secret that the major attack McCain will face in this election will be that he's just like Bush. Indeed, I believe that in his demeanor and policies, he is. Apparently, a lot of America thinks so too. From a CBS poll released this week: Obama and other Democrats have repeatedly stressed that McCain’s policies would essentially mean a third term for Mr. Bush. More tha

Newhaven residents reject Tories The Conservatives suffered another defeat last night as Lib Dem Maurice Langham swept to victory in a town council by-election in Newhaven. Maurice won 55% of the vote compared to the Conservative’s share of 45%. Labour and the Greens are unable to win in the area and did not stand candidates. The defeat sends a clear message to Conservatives on East Sussex Count

John McCain, Republican Candidate for President: Today, we can say with confidence the primary season is over, and the general election campaign has begun. Each American faces a decision this election and the choice between my candidacy and Senator Obama’s could not be more clear. This is a change election. But the choice is between [...]

Although anything to bring some brand of “integrity” to death penalty cases in Texas is a good thing, you have to wonder about the timing of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals’ decision to create a new “integrity unit” to examine and problems in the criminal justice system: The study group was announced by Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Judge Barbara Hervey, whose

Green MEP Caroline Lucas says that Mark Stevenson is an excellent candidate for the upcoming by-election - made vacant by the resignation of Boris Johnson - the new London mayor. Mark is a seasoned campaigner who created a local producer's...

Wow! Election for young kids? This is really a good practice, so that children - as young as they are - will already know the importance of democracy in the their country. topherchris: Please Vote for Me Is democracy a universal value that suits human nature? Do elections inevitably lead to manipulation? Please Vote for Me is a portrait of a society and a town in through a school, its children a

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Even John McCain would have to acknowledge the symbolism when television coverage of his tired, cliche-laden speech tonight was abruptly cut off by the announcement that Barack Obama is the presumptive Democratic nominee:  move over McCain, you are yesterday's news.  McCain clumsily, and bizarrely, tried to cast Obama as stuck in the past, clinging to old ideas, even as McCain repeated one wor

The Epping Forest Branch of the British National Party were licking their wounds after losing two of the three District Council seats they fought for the elections on 1 May. Their council group leader, Patricia Richardson, known far and wide as the BNP’s Jewish collaborator, only retained a seat on the council after a last-minute shift to a different ward.Rose Brookes, a popular local figure who

Um, yeah. Me thinks thou dost protest too much?Google News: [+clinton +race +"dropping out" +obama]Thinking Americans stopped believing anything you said years ago. Why would you suppose we care now?

Who can forgot the drama of the 2004 election when gay marriage was the central issue. That Election cycle the Republicans were successful is using that wedge issue as a central theme to win votes. With the recent California supreme court decision to legalize gay marriage will this issue come up again during this Presidential Electon? It's hard to tell at this point because the gay marriage issu

Senate Opens Debate on Politically Risky Bill Addressing Global Warming - NYTimes.com“There’s a great feeling all across America by people in small villages and towns to large cities to state legislatures and others: we must move and move now,” Senator John W. Warner, Republican of Virginia and a co-sponsor of the bill, said as debate opened on the floor. “Do something. Doing nothing is no

Sanju Baba had of late shown interest in contesting the Lok Sabha polls planned for next year Sanjay Dutt’s political belief could meet with rigid conflict from some resident groups in the... This is just a summary of the real stuff ..click on the link to see the full post on :)

Prominent Hillary supporter James Carville diverges from the Hillary campaign message on several key "electability" questions in an interview with TPM Election Central. "If Obama gets the votes Kerry got he will still win the election, because the dynamics have changed," he says.read more | digg story

The coming runoff election in Zimbabwe is already a farce even before the first ballot is cast. President Mugabe’s wife has publicly declared her husband will never surrender power to the Movement for Democratic Change and its leader Morgan Tsvangirai. Gorden Moyo, a Zimbabwean civil rights leader states bluntly “Mugabe will not transfer power to [...]

Henley Tories (that's Henley-on-Thames not Henley-in-Arden) have chosen John Howell, a former partner at City accountant Ernst and Young, to be their candidate at the forthcoming by-election to succeed (hopefully!) Boris Johnson. Mr Howell was chosen from a shortlist of three.All that remains now is for a date to be set. And someone to win, of course!

I love Bi-Bi. He’s a hawk, and Hamas will be wetting their pants if they have to deal with him.  He’s a no-nonsense conservative who will not hesitate to defend Israel.  Let’s hope this happens soon. Yahoo News JERUSALEM - Hardline Likud Party leader Benjamin Netanyahu would win national elections if a corruption probe topples Prime Minister [...]

Grace Mugabe, wife of Robert Mugabe, told followers of her husband’s ruling Zanu-PF party that even if he loses, Bob will never step aside to allow Morgan Tsvangirai to assume the position of president of the nation. “Even if people vote for the MDC, Morgan Tsvangirai will never step foot inside State House. He will [...]

I believe the Democrates Election 08 fighting is deeply out of control. There is a much bigger pictures at risk. We must not lose sight on what this race is about. Its is DEFINITELY not race nor gendor or idle promises. Yes, we have to acknoweledge history plays a big part. Conflict only breeds shadow of doubt . Don't forget its all the same benefits for The "People of UNITED STATES OF AMERICA".

Web clash to center on credibility contest Proxy fight forces 9 figures at Yahoo to defend their stewardship By Benjamin Pimentel, MarketWatch Last Update: 10:17 AM ET May 27, 2008 SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Forget Clinton, Obama and McCain. In Corporate America, the hottest electoral contest of the season will feature Icahn, Yang and Cuban. In this summer’s proxy battle for control

Two polls I will like to point out today, one from Minnesota and the other from Kentucky. Both of which surprised me.MinnesotaMcCain: 38%Obama: 53%McCain: 38%Obama: 53%Over the last year, Minnesota has been in the battleground column and probably still is, however, in the last one or two months, polls have suggested that Minnesota may be lean or even likely Democratic this year. McCain has extraor

All systems go reports Jesli lapuz of the Department of Education assuring the high priestess errr the Garcified president of a smooth back to school opening to more than 20 million students. Normally in a perfect world we would have said congratulations for a job well done but this is not a normal perfect world at least not in the context of... Philippine political & social events as seen from t

Hit the link to watch the video of Tim Russert from Meet the Press on April 8th,1992, saying Bill Clinton had locked up the Democratic Nomination. Hillary claimed last Friday that Bill didn't lock up the nomination until June. Another Hillary lie that she's not being called out on. I guess this is Obama's fault as well.read more | digg story

This election cycle has proven to be one of the most exciting in recent memory. The drama and headlines, some natural, some manufactured have kept the public unusually interested in the reality TV show we call the presidential election of 2008. However, there five reasons above all that keep this one interesting...folks if you enjoy this list there are more to be found on topics ranging from spor

Did you know super famous ladies man Jack Nicholson recently endorsed Sen. Hillary Clinton? I didn't until a few minutes ago. The latest dNeero conversation inspired me to see who was endorsing who. Is your favorite celebrity endorsing a presidential candidate?Many dNeero-ites participated in the last conversations about the role celebrities play in politics and came up with some great questions

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