Posted on June 30, 2008 by Michael May
The speculation over who John McCain and Barack Obama will choose as their VPs is heating up to a boil, but another interesting realm of speculation lies with the question of when the two candidates will make the announcement.
There’s a lot to compete with in the world of mass media, which makes the time that the [...]
Filed under: Decision '08 | Tagged: Barack Obama, Fred Thompson, Handicapping the VP Choices, John Edwards, John McCain, Mitt Romney, Rudy Guiliani, VP Picks, Wesley Clark | 1 Comment »
Posted on June 30, 2008 by Michael May
FiveThirtyEight.com has released their new round of polling analysis, this time on Senate races. They break down each senate race by state and give the polls for each, along with their regression analysis and projection.
They project that the Dems will pick up 6 seats. They also project a 20% chance of the Dems holding [...]
Filed under: Decision '08 | Tagged: Bernie Sanders, Joe Lieberman, Senate | Leave a Comment »
Posted on June 30, 2008 by whopkin1
H.CON.RES 362 calls for an effective naval blockade of Iran by the United States Navy. According to the story reported here by www.globalresearch.ca, the bill had 146 co-sponsors as of 6/18/08. A similar bill in the Senate, S.RES 580, has 19 co-sponsors (again, as of 6/18/08. Such an action would likely be taken by Iran [...]
Filed under: War and Homeland Security | Tagged: House, Iran, Israel, Navy, Senate | Leave a Comment »
Posted on June 30, 2008 by Michael May
Well, sort of. The DCCC (Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee) is releasing a new ad targeted at 13 Republican House candidates. The ad co-opts the voice of President Bush (technically an impersonator), evoking his trademark idiocy and disregard for the welfare of the people in face of profits for his beloved oil companies. I find it [...]
Filed under: Decision '08 | Tagged: DCCC, Jim Gerlach | Leave a Comment »
Posted on June 29, 2008 by whopkin1
The Obama campaign is looking good- polls released on Thursday show Obama ahead in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Colorado, and Michigan (see CNN’s coverage of the polls here). Minnesota and Wisconsin show significant leads, while Colorado and Michigan are more uncertain. Obama’s campaign manager, David Plouffe, said that the campaign plans on winning the same 20 states [...]
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Posted on June 29, 2008 by Michael May
The Republican incumbent, who had been elected for six-straight terms (12 years!) was defeated in the primary by his Republican opponent. Is it a sign that Utah’s leaning further to the left as a result of Bush’s disastrous policies, like much of the rest of the U.S.?
Not quite.
Representative Chris Cannon, who even had the endorsement of [...]
Filed under: Decision '08 | Tagged: House, Republican, Utah | 1 Comment »
Posted on June 28, 2008 by Michael May
In an attempt to eat away at the perception of McCain as more “Presidential,” and his lead in polls when it comes to the issue of foreign policy, Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama has released a statement saying he will visit Germany, France, England, Israel, Jordan, Iraq and Afghanistan. (Story)
During the period in which the [...]
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Posted on June 24, 2008 by Michael May
John McCain’s campaign has released a new web ad attacking Obama’s decision to change positions on accepting public financing (see Obama Opts Out of Public Financing). The ad uses a sound bite from a famous Obama oratory repeating the phrase “Don’t tell me words don’t matter,” then presents quotes from a myriad of sources deriding [...]
Filed under: Decision '08 | Tagged: Barack Obama, John McCain | 1 Comment »
Posted on June 24, 2008 by whopkin1
Feingold will filibuster the FISA compromise.
Filed under: War and Homeland Security | Tagged: Democracy Now!, Feingold, FISA, Wisconsin | 2 Comments »
Posted on June 22, 2008 by whopkin1
Everyone recalls the disastrous 2004 campaign in which the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth began a series of attacks on John Kerry. The New York Times reported in this article that once again the independent attack groups are preparing to mount an offensive.
There’s just one problem- funding. Groups like the Swift Boaters need funding to [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tagged: 527, Barack Obama, Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, The New York Times | Leave a Comment »
