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John McCain Back On The Political Stage Again

Right now would be a very good time for John McCain to graciously give Mr. Obama the opportunity to finish putting his bipartisan cabinet and administration together and allow him some room to develop some new policies to reverse the...

Posted on January 7, 2009 6:35 PM

Missouri Finally Called For John McCain

As was expected, John McCain was finally declared the winner in Missouri by CNN, although the final vote count has not been made official by the Secretary Of State of Missouri. McCain leads with 1,445,812 votes or 50% of the...

Posted on November 20, 2008 1:40 PM

Obama Surpasses 8 Million Vote Margin Over McCain

As the counting of votes continues across the nation, President-Elect Barack Obama has surpassed a win by 8 million votes over John McCain. The latest national popular vote count puts Barack Obama well ahead of John McCain by a lopsided...

Posted on November 10, 2008 3:04 PM

Tiny Rural New Hampshire Vote Proves Big Night For Obama Yet To Come

It's very sad that Tim Russert won't be able to see it, but this will be a big night in American electoral history. Only a little over 40 years ago, many African-Americans had to fight in the courts of America...

Posted on November 4, 2008 12:28 PM

The Next President of the United States

A t-shirt company is selling a prophetic t-shirt with the image of Barack Obama within the presidential seal with the logo, "The Next President of the United States", and they are of course on track. Mr. Obama is highly likely...

Posted on November 2, 2008 10:00 AM

Many Republican Voters May Be Sitting Out The Election

Some interesting voter trends are developing across the nation so far among the early voting. And one trend that is emerging is a lower than usual Republican turnout where it appears that many Republicans may be sitting out this election...

Posted on October 31, 2008 3:13 PM

Big Banks Banking On McCain

Employees of many of the major banks and other financial institutions that will benefit the most from the $700 billion dollar bailout package that John McCain voted for are also among his biggest campaign contributors by far according to FEC records.

Posted on October 30, 2008 10:09 AM

Deflation A Sure Sign Of A Deeply Troubled Economy

Under normal circumstances the steep drop in world oil prices would be a positive signal and would have the effect of creating a sharp boost for the economy by freeing up billions of dollars that would normally be spent on...

Posted on October 28, 2008 1:15 PM

Great Stage Performances By African American Presidents Pave The Way For Obama Presidency

A number of strong and dignified African American actors have played presidents over the years on both the small and big screen, warming the general American electorate for the day in which an African American would actually become the nation's...

Posted on October 24, 2008 10:28 AM

A Taxing Question?

Most Republicans politicians are running anti-tax ads once again this election season, yet almost none of them actually specify just what taxes they would actually cut if they were elected to office. It is their typical vague message they run...

Posted on October 21, 2008 4:05 PM

Colin Powell's Endorsement Of Barack Obama Proves A Consensus For A Moderate Government And Foreign Policy Ready To Regain World Respect

Former Secretary Of State and Former General Colin Powell's endorsement Of Barack Obama is an important message to the nation that Barack Obama will have a centrist moderate government that is trustworthy by bringing in a wide cross-section of the...

Posted on October 19, 2008 8:39 PM

Erratic Polls Indicate Don't Measure For The White House Drapes Just Yet.

Earlier in the week some pretty strong polling numbers sure looked strong for Barack Obama, but then even with another losing debate performance on Wednesday evening by John McCain and continued economic problems, some other polling organization numbers now show...

Posted on October 17, 2008 3:40 PM

John McCain Can't Tell The Difference Between Autism And Down Syndrome, And Doesn't Care

John McCain managed yet another confused and angry debate performance on Wednesday night that will give the fact checkers days and days of work sorting out all the confused facts and other nonsense. One of the most silly of which...

Posted on October 16, 2008 3:29 PM

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

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