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New Analysis has Obama Leading McCain 353 -185 in Electoral Votes

One of the best election analysis sites has to be Scott Elliot's ELECTION PROJECTION. And his latest analysis of the likely electoral vote breakdown has Senator Obama leading John McCain by crushing total of 353 to 185, far exceeding the...

Posted on October 4, 2008 9:31 AM

Hollywood's Own October Surprises

Both conservative and liberal leaning Hollywood filmmakers are hoping to sway the November election with a couple of films that they hope will become their own "October Surprise". However, it is highly unlikely that either film will pack theaters and...

Posted on October 1, 2008 10:44 PM

Senator Obama Might Be On The Verge Of An Electoral Vote Landslide

After an impressive debate performance by Senator Barack Obama he continues to hang onto a five point lead in the latest Rasmussen Poll with many "red states" that voted for George Bush in 2004 very close or else Obama leading...

Posted on September 30, 2008 7:46 AM

McCain Campaign Fighting Off Story About Sarah Palin's Affair

Stuck in a declining campaign with sagging poll numbers, a clear loss in Friday night's debate, and a vice presidential candidate who cannot give serious or intelligent interviews, the beleaguered McCain campaign is now fighting with THE NATIONAL ENQUIRER over a new allegation story that Sarah Palin had an affair with a business partner of her husband's former snowmobile business that nearly destroyed their marriage.

Posted on September 29, 2008 1:09 PM

Ohio Likely To Choose The Presidential Winner Once Again

In every presidential election since 1964, Ohio has voted with the winner and the vote has similarly reflected the national vote percentages as well. For this reason Ohio remains as the most important test-lab state in clues as to how...

Posted on September 23, 2008 2:25 PM

Newt Gingrich's Absurd "Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less" Myths

When disgraced former Speaker Of The House, Newt Gingrich isn't using God to endorse his own ideas, he still finds some other way to generate donations, make some noise, keep his name in the news, sell books, or support his...

Posted on September 13, 2008 12:30 PM

American Servicemen Dying From Shoddy Reconstruction Work In Iraq

Shortly after the 2003 Iraq War began, most Americans had hoped that questionable deals such as Dick Cheney's former company Halliburton getting a lucrative no-bidder contract for Iraq reconstruction the Pentagon would be the very worst of the questionable reconstruction...

Posted on September 11, 2008 4:41 PM

As Mayor, Palin Inquired About Banning Library Books

As Mayor of the Wasilla City Council in Alaska, Sarah Palin inquired about banning some books from the local library and eventually fired the librarian, but was forced to accept her return after a public outcry. For progressive voters concerned...

Posted on September 10, 2008 5:28 PM

Glen Beck Defends Sarah Palin's "White Trash" Family Values

And one of the worst problems for McCain has been the conservative bloggers and the right wing of the Republican Party who only continue to stand behind Palin rather than see the light that she will only mean a near certain McCain defeat in November. Those that continue to stand behind Palin must be too young or too arrogant to remember the 1972 and 1984 electoral disasters of McGovern and Mondale, largely due to their troubled vp selections. But this crowd is into hard core right wing ideology struggles and is blind to political reality grounded in rationality and objectivity. Well, they'll have four years to think about this looming electoral loss.

Posted on September 3, 2008 10:22 AM

Alaska Independent Investigator's Abuse Of Power Ethics Report On Gov. Palin Due Out In October

Just in time for the election due out in October is the report from the independent investigator in the abuse of power investigation of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. A bipartisan committee of the Alaskan legislature voted 12 to 0 to...

Posted on September 2, 2008 10:23 AM

Saved By The Storm

Republicans had a golden opportunity to showcase speeches by Bush and Cheney on Monday at their convention and wake the nation up the fact that John McCain is just like them, but then hurricane Gustav ruined all of that...

Posted on September 1, 2008 2:30 PM

Obama Determined To Win And Become A Great President While McCain Is Still McCain

Well, if John McCain intended to steal a little of the headlines from Obama this week, then he certainly succeeded on that account, but maybe for all the wrong reasons. Once again McCain proved he picks unusual choices to delegate responsibility to that have only seemed let him down before. And once again McCain has proven that he's a sort of a guy who refuses advice and makes his own decisions, but which often turn out badly it seems. Once again McCain's judgment to lead is called into question.

Posted on September 1, 2008 12:18 PM

Barack Obama Prepares To accept Nomination On Anniversary Of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther Kings's " I Have A Dream" Speech

On the 45th anniversary of the great "I Have A Dream" speech by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, the first African-American candidate to be nominated by a major American political will accept the Democratic Party nomination in a crowded football...

Posted on August 28, 2008 3:28 PM

The Real Trouble With John McCain's Ads

Amazingly, the latest polls so far show a virtual dead heat in the presidential race, not yet reflecting any bounce from the convention for the Democratic ticket so far as a result of their week to make their case to...

Posted on August 27, 2008 2:48 PM

The Celebrity Political Money Trail

Major celebrities, public figures and well known business leaders have been making some very interesting political donations this election cycle. While some are surprising, some are not too surprising at all. But public record keeping does turn up an interesting...

Posted on August 25, 2008 11:30 AM

Russian Government Efforts To Promote Mideast Peace Ignored By American Media

The American media has been running with the border security conflict news story between Georgia and Russia the last few days and unfortunately inspiring new Cold War tensions as a result. Perhaps even the slight surge of support for John...

Posted on August 23, 2008 9:16 PM

Abortion, Cigars, Fidel Castro and GOP Congressional Candidate Mike Erickson

At one time Republicans held some hope that they might just be able to pick up a few seats in Congress by winning in a few swing districts. And Oregon's Fifth Congressional District looked to be a good hope for...

Posted on August 21, 2008 2:24 PM

A Political Purpose Driven Life

The world of the super evangelists is filled with competition for who can build the biggest church, sell the most books, draw the biggest TV audience and of course, make the most money. While last weekend's Saddleback Forum hosted by...

Posted on August 20, 2008 1:38 PM

10 Real Good Reasons To Elect Barack Obama President

Too often it is easy to simply be critical of an opponent during an election campaign. But this doesn't really give any good reasons why one would support one candidate over the other. The fact of the matter is that...

Posted on August 11, 2008 9:09 AM

Cindy McCain's Battle Back from Drug Addiction and Charity Theft

Most voters only know that John McCain's second wife is a successful business woman who is known for her love of charity work as much as her love for racing cars. Cindy McCain is the chair for one of...

Posted on August 10, 2008 10:35 AM

Is John McCain Rational Enough To Be President?

While the McCain campaign continues to make shallow personal attacks on Senator Barack Obama that hardly go intellectually much deeper than some suggestion that the senator is young and popular, so don't vote for him, the McCain campaign attempts to...

Posted on August 6, 2008 2:39 PM

McCain Attempted Suicide Twice, But Won't Release His Mental Health Records During This Campaign

The John McCain Campaign is hoping to ride the shallow message of don't vote for Barack Obama because he's young and popular all the way to the White House. But this inch deep and very shallow campaign is also concealing...

Posted on August 5, 2008 4:46 PM

The Racist Wit & Wisdom Of John McCain

John McCain continues to argue that he has some longer record on Capital Hill that better qualifies him for public office. Yet few know that an ugly part of this record is John McCain's long history of telling bigoted, racist...

Posted on August 4, 2008 2:56 PM

McCain Ad Fails To Mention Britney & Hilton Family Support For Bush & McCain

On one hand, the new John McCain ads that use both Britney Spears and Paris Hilton against Senator Barack Obama are so juvenile and silly that the McCain Campaign probably has wounded itself more than anything. But one fact that...

Posted on August 1, 2008 11:27 AM

Republican Congressional Candidate Voices Support For Obama

In Oregon's 1st Congressional District, the Republican candidate who won his party's nomination with 70% of the vote in the May primary has voiced support for Senator Barack Obama for president. And the latest Rasmussen poll finds that as high...

Posted on July 30, 2008 8:00 AM

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