The Seattle Times Company GOP Sen. Ted Stevens’ felony conviction won’t block him from casting a vote for himself in Tuesday’s election. WASHINGTON — GOP Sen. Ted Stevens’ felony conviction won’t block him from casting a vote for himself in Tuesday’s election. Stevens was convicted Monday on seven counts of trying to hide more than [...]
Archive for October 30th, 2008
30 Oct
Latest polls — 30 October 2008
Election 2008 RCP Average National Obama +6.3 Battlegrounds RCP Average Florida Obama +3.5 Ohio Obama +5.6 Pennsylvania Obama +9.5 Virginia Obama +7.6 Colorado Obama +7.2 More States Electoral Maps ===========================================================
30 Oct
Andrew Bacevich, Strategic Vacuum
Tom Dispatch posted 2008-10-30 11:04:37 Tomgram: Andrew Bacevich, Strategic Vacuum Even as the Bush presidency wears down, the Global War on Terror only expands. Perhaps the word should be “metastasizes.” Just this week, the U.S. military, using SOFA-less Iraq as its launching pad, sent four helicopters with U.S. special forces soldiers across the Syrian [...]
30 Oct
American Stories, American Solutions
The Obama Informercial For those of you who missed the 30-minute infomercial paid for by Barack Obama‘s presidential campaign, here it is:
30 Oct
The Stimulus Plan We Need Now
The President-Elect Won’t Have to Wait Till January to Act By Martin Feldstein Thursday, October 30, 2008; The Washington Post Further legislation to deal with the economic crisis should not wait until the new president takes office. Fortunately, the president-elect will be a senator and can propose legislation without waiting to be sworn in as [...]
30 Oct
What We’ve Learned About McCain
Sen. John McCain at a rally in Fayetteville, N.C., on Tuesday. (By Stephan Savoia — Associated Press) By David S. Broder Thursday, October 30, 2008; The Washington Post As we near the end of another presidential campaign, it is useful to ask ourselves what we have learned about the candidates that we did not know [...]
30 Oct
Evangelicals and Rural Americans Are Breaking Big for Obama
By Robert S. Eshelman, Tomdispatch.com. Posted October 30, 2008. A mass defection from the Republican Party may be underway in counties that were once GOP strongholds. Call it the reverse Bradley Effect. There’s clearly a new political landscape forming in the U.S. That’s what the polls are telling us. It’s not just that the [...]
