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Latest Articles: (s)Elections
Huckabee unveils, withdraws Romney ad
Post Date: 2008-01-01 04:44:00 by robin
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He airs the hard-hitting spot for the media but decides to pull it from public view. Clinton gains 10th senatorial endorsement as candidates head into the homestretch in Iowa. Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee aired a negative ad campaign against former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney to a room full of reporters and camera crews in Iowa today -- then announced he had pulled it from paid airwaves. The ad, which Huckabee unveiled in front of a banner that said, "Enough is Enough," questioned Romney's record on immigration, tax reform, crime fighting and healthcare. But Huckabee, who only Saturday denounced political attack ads, said that he hoped the negative ad produced by ...
ELECTRONIC VOTING IS QUESTIONED
Post Date: 2008-01-01 00:25:26 by rowdee
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DENVER (AP) - With the presidential race in full swing, Colorado and other states have found critical flaws in the accuracy and security of their electronic voting machines, forcing officials to scramble to return to the paper ballots they abandoned after the Florida debacle of 2000. In December alone, top election officials in Ohio and Colorado declared that widely used voting equipment is unfit for elections. "Every system that is out there, one state or another has found that they are no good," said John Gideon of the advocacy group Voters Unite. "Everybody is starting to look at this now and starting to realize that there is something wrong." The swing states of ...
Bloomberg Moves Closer to Running for President
Post Date: 2007-12-31 13:47:21 by Brian S
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Buoyed by the still unsettled field, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg is growing increasingly enchanted with the idea of an independent presidential bid, and his aides are aggressively laying the groundwork for him to run. On Sunday, the mayor will join Democratic and Republican elder statesmen at the University of Oklahoma in what the conveners are billing as an effort to pressure the major party candidates to renounce partisan gridlock. Former Senator David L. Boren of Oklahoma, who organized the session with former Senator Sam Nunn, a Democrat of Georgia, suggested in an interview that if the prospective major party nominees failed within two months to formally embrace bipartisanship and ...
I Know Who's Going to Win (a liberal's perspective)
Post Date: 2007-12-31 03:42:57 by robin
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When the conversation turns to politics, the question I'm most often asked, by a country mile, is, "What's going to happen?" Usually, I suppress the two true-but-smart-assed answers I have -- "How the hell would I know?" and "No one knows" -- and draw a verbal diagram worthy of junior high geometry. If Obama's college kid supporters don't caucus, if Pakistan lifts Biden to a surprisingly strong fourth in the entrance polls, if Paul beats McCain and Thompson in western Iowa, then (skipping a few steps) Bloomberg jumps in in January to stop Huckabee from beating Clinton in November. Yeah, sure. As my grandmother used to say, though not in ...
McCain losing votes to Obama in N.H.
Post Date: 2007-12-30 14:19:52 by robin
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McCain losing votes to Obama in N.H. Nonaligned voters in New Hampshire have their pick of parties. This time around, they lean toward a Democrat. By Maeve Reston and Doyle McManus Los Angeles Times Staff Writers December 30, 2007 NASHUA, N.H. — Like many New Hampshire voters, Dave Montgomery considers himself a dyed-in-the-wool independent -- which in this state means he can vote in either the Republican or Democratic presidential primary when he goes to the polls Jan. 8. This year, the semi-retired school bus driver from Milford finds himself torn between two candidates, one from each party: Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Sen. Barack Obama of (D-Ill.). Montgomery likes McCain, ...
Huckabee: ‘If Anything,’ We Treat Inmates At Guantanamo Bay ‘Too Nice’
Post Date: 2007-12-29 18:26:38 by Zipporah
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Huckabee: ‘If Anything,’ We Treat Inmates At Guantanamo Bay ‘Too Nice’ During a campaign stop in Iowa today, former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee commented on the conditions at the military detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, saying that “the inmates there were getting a whole lot better treatment” than “prisoners in Arkansas.” “I hope our guys don’t see this,” added Huckabee. “They’ll all want to be transferred to Guanatanmo.” “If anything, it’s too nice,” said Huckabee: “The inmates there were getting a whole lot better treatment than my prisoners in Arkansas. In fact, we left saying, ...
Giuliani Claims It Would Have Been ‘Impossible’ To Give 9/11 Firefighters Working Radios
Post Date: 2007-12-29 18:23:42 by Zipporah
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Giuliani Claims It Would Have Been ‘Impossible’ To Give 9/11 Firefighters Working Radios » Today on ABC’s This Week, host George Stephanopoulos pushed former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani on why the radios for the 9/11 firefighters didn’t work. Giuliani dodged the question, claiming that it would have been “impossible” to have given them working radios: STEPHANOPOULOS: They make two main charges. Number one, that those firefighters in the north tower, many of them lost their lives because their radios didn’t work. They also say you ended the recovery efforts too soon. GIULIANI: Well, the radios that you’re talking about weren’t put ...
Take the AOL Straw Poll: Guliani takes NY and NJ, Huckster takes Georgia and .....
Post Date: 2007-12-29 17:03:08 by Itisa1mosttoolate
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Take the AOL Straw Poll: Guliani takes NY and NJ, Huckster takes Georgia and ..... Ron Paul takes every other State Straw Poll: Dec. 21 - Jan. 4 - Political Machine how long before aol removes this thing? every one knows ron paul is gonna pwn it! ... Tell me are you going to let a Poll and the Main Stream Media tell you ...news.aol.com/political-ma.../straw-poll-dec-21-jan-4/
Ex-govs face foreign policy questions
Post Date: 2007-12-28 19:24:19 by richard9151
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15 minutes ago PELLA, Iowa - Turmoil in Pakistan has moved foreign policy to the forefront of the presidential campaign in the U.S., a potentially unwelcome development for two Republican former governors with thin credentials on world affairs. Mike Huckabee, who spent a decade at the helm in Arkansas, and Mitt Romney, who served one term as Massachusetts governor, have faced questions over the past two days about whether they have adequate experience to lead the country during an international crisis. They are in a tight race in Iowa with caucus voting on Thursday. "I'm in the same position Ronald Reagan was in," Romney told reporters on a campaign swing through western ...
Why Vote When You Can Bet? -- Slate's guide to all the political markets
Post Date: 2007-12-28 13:29:25 by richard9151
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The idea behind political prediction markets is simple. Lots of people wager on the outcome of political campaigns: Who's going to be the Democratic presidential nominee? Will the Republicans take back the House? And when the votes are counted, the winning bettors collect. The thrill of prediction markets for political junkies is that they harness "the wisdom of crowds." A single person's bet on an election outcome isn't very good, but thousands of bets, with real stakes, are more likely to predict the correct result than even the best pundit. The Iowa Electronic Markets, the big daddy of the political prediction markets, is consistently better at forecasting winners ...
McCain-Lieberman Ticket Is The Buzz At Orthodox Parley
Post Date: 2007-12-28 13:00:34 by Brian S
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LOS ANGELES (JTA) -- Radio host Michael Medved, a hardcore Republican, and political scientist David Luchins, former adviser to the late U.S. Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-N.Y.), disagree on just about everything related to the presidential race. Except the idea of John McCain. In a campaign that they say is filled with adulterers, fundamentalists, crooks, bigots and wildcards, the GOP senator from Arizona is the only candidate both men say they could endorse -- especially if his running mate were Senator Joe Lieberman, the Sabbath-observant Democrat-turned-Independent who crossed party lines last week to endorse the Republican war hero. On Sunday, at the Orthodox Union's West ...
Raging Caging: What the heck is vote caging, and why should we care?
Post Date: 2007-12-27 18:03:39 by Zipporah
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Last week, in her testimony before the House judiciary committee, Monica Goodling referred several times to "vote caging" possibly done by Arkansas' soon to be ex-interim, never-confirmed U.S. Attorney Tim Griffin. Yet Goodling was questioned about this almost not at all, nor did the media do much more than report the words of the former liaison between the White House and Alberto Gonzales (why a "liaison" is required between two institutions with no boundaries between them is incomprehensible, but perhaps another story). Meanwhile, liberal talk radio, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and the blogosphere went nuts. So, which is it: Is vote caging the most underreported part of ...
Kansas GOP Chair Sends Email Boasting of Voter Caging
Post Date: 2007-12-27 16:21:52 by PSUSA
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Kris Kobach, a former counsel to then-Attorney General John Ashcroft who is currently the chairman of the Kansas GOP, sent out an email on Thur entitled “Kansas Republican Party Year in Review” in which he brags of voter caging. Blue Tide Rising has the goods: … Kris Kobach, chairman of the Kansas GOP, sent out a self-congratulatory litany of accomplishments. Among them was one particularly eye-catching item: “To date, the Kansas GOP has identified and caged more voters in the last 11 months than the previous two years!” […] Slate.com has the best comprehensive write-up on how the Republican Party employs caging techniques to suppress the votes of the poor, ...
With primaries looming, uncertainty reigns over GOP slate
Post Date: 2007-12-27 08:55:16 by richard9151
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Dig beneath the surface of the raucous Republican presidential race and you will find even deeper turmoil: Four in 10 GOP voters have switched candidates in the past month alone, and nearly two-thirds say they may change their minds again. None of the GOP candidates has reason to feel secure, according to an ongoing national survey conducted for The Associated Press and Yahoo! News. That includes Mike Huckabee, who has roared to a tie with longtime front-runner Rudy Giuliani. Half of all voters — including four in 10 Republicans — know too little about Huckabee to even say whether they have a favorable impression of him, let alone whether he is ...
Candidates on executive power: a full spectrum
Post Date: 2007-12-26 19:22:30 by kiki
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WASHINGTON - Republican John McCain says that if he is elected president, he would consider himself bound to obey treaties because they are "the law of the land." But Mitt Romney says he would consider himself free to bypass treaties if they "impinge" on his powers as commander in chief. Hillary Clinton says "in very rare instances," she might attach a so-called signing statement to a bill reserving a right to bypass "provisions that contradict the Constitution." But Bill Richardson says if a president thinks that parts of a bill are unconstitutional, then "he should veto it," not issue a signing statement. These contrasts are found in the ...
As 2007 Ends, Most Americans Oppose Iraq War
Post Date: 2007-12-26 19:03:19 by richard9151
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December 25, 2007 (Angus Reid Global Monitor) - Few adults in the United States are satisfied with their federal government’s decision to launch the coalition effort, according to a poll by Opinion Research Corporation released by CNN. 68 per cent of respondents oppose the U.S. war in Iraq, and 69 per cent call for a withdrawal of all or some U.S. troops from the country. In addition, 59 per cent of respondents believe neither side is winning the war, 28 per cent think the U.S. and its allies are emerging victorious, and 11 per cent say the insurgents in Iraq are ahead. The coalition effort against Hussein’s regime was launched in March 2003. At least 3,897 American soldiers ...
Ministers say they didn't endorse Obama
Post Date: 2007-12-26 17:22:59 by richard9151
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3 minutes ago COLUMBIA, S.C. - Two black South Carolina ministers listed by Barack Obama's campaign as endorsing his White House bid say they did no such thing, and at least two others affirmed their support only after being contacted by campaign workers when questions were raised about their endorsements. Earlier this month, Obama's campaign released a list of what it said were nearly 130 senior pastors in South Carolina endorsing his run for the Democratic nomination. But when contacted by The Associated Press, several ministers said they have yet to decide who will get their vote and were unclear how they ended up on the Illinois senator's list. "I really haven't ...
Ailing Texas race tracks off and running to win OK for slots
Post Date: 2007-12-26 14:23:02 by richard9151
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Wednesday, December 26, 2007 Gamblers will head to the betting windows Monday to place one last wager at the Corpus Christi Greyhound Race Track. It will be more than the last bet of the racing season. Track officials are shuttering the doors, at least for a year, as they hope the future of pari-mutuel gambling in Texas improves. The closing is emblematic of a declining industry searching for help. In this instance, like a gambler down on his luck, the horse- and dog-racing industry is upping its next bet. Texans for Economic Development, the umbrella group for track owners, breeders and other segments of the racing industry, has budgeted $1 million to contribute to campaigns in next ...
Judicial Watch Announces List of Washington’s “Ten Most Wanted Corrupt Politicians” for 2007
Post Date: 2007-12-26 12:54:12 by Horse
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Washington, DC –Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, today released its 2007 list of Washington’s “Ten Most Wanted Corrupt Politicians.” The list, in alphabetical order, includes: 1. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY): In addition to her long and sordid ethics record, Senator Hillary Clinton took a lot of heat in 2007 – and rightly so – for blocking the release her official White House records. Many suspect these records contain a treasure trove of information related to her role in a number of serious Clinton-era scandals. Moreover, in March 2007, Judicial Watch filed an ethics complaint against ...
Clinton, Obama, Edwards Wage Door-to-Door Fight for Iowa Voters
Post Date: 2007-12-26 10:30:35 by richard9151
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Wed Dec 26, 12:05 AM ET Dec. 26 (Bloomberg) -- First, a Hillary Clinton supporter asked Bill Cobb if she could put a campaign sign in front of his Boone, Iowa, home. Then a backer of Barack Obama showed up. A few days later, a canvasser for John Edwards came by. Signs for all three candidates now adorn Cobb's lawn, making it ground zero in a battle among Democratic presidential candidates to woo voters in Iowa's first-in- the-nation contests next month. With just 1,240 people having taken part in the caucuses in Boone County four years ago, the campaigns are competing for the support of even individual voters such as Cobb. The relatively small numbers of voters involved in the ...
Courting Students, And Hoping They'll Actually Cast Votes
Post Date: 2007-12-26 07:09:17 by DeaconBenjamin
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Iowa Often Sees High Fervor, Low Turnout CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- For months, Barack Obama has pursued Casey Turner. He has sent the 19-year-old University of Northern Iowa student letters, e-mails, phone calls and Facebook messages. Turner's friends are pushing him to back the senator from Illinois, too, even getting him to join a Facebook group called "I pledge to caucus for Barack Obama on January 3rd." Nonetheless, Turner is ambivalent about whether he will make it to the Democratic presidential caucuses next month. "Some people are talking this election to death, but there's plenty of young people who aren't going to caucus," said Turner, a music major ...
Many Iowa conservatives still undecided
Post Date: 2007-12-25 15:40:19 by richard9151
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1 hour, 55 minutes ago SIOUX CITY, Iowa - Presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee would seem to be the answer to their prayers, yet for many Christian conservatives in Iowa, he has not closed the deal for the Republican caucuses. Do they still like Mitt Romney? Are they intrigued by Fred Thompson? As always, voter uncertainty comes with the Jan. 3 caucuses, now just a week away. Huckabee, the former Baptist minister, is leading in the Republican polls here, though his advantage has narrowed. Perhaps, that's due in part to the negative TV commercials Romney is airing. "I think I'm leaning toward Governor Huckabee," says Lori Brown, who works at an accounting firm in Sheldon. ...
Christmas in Iowa: No break in plans for attack ads
Post Date: 2007-12-25 13:57:13 by robin
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Two conservative groups plan Hillary Iowa attacks Merry Christmas, Barack! The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees filed documents with the Federal Election Commission this weekend announcing that they will spend $40,755 on a mailing opposing Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL), according to the Washington Post. The labor union is among several active in Iowa promoting Sen. Hillary Clinton's (D-NY) candidacy, and will also run critical TV ad spots. Also jumping on the holiday bandwagon is a group founded by a former supporter of Sen. John Edwards (D-NC), "Democratic Courage," which is spending $20k on an anti-Clinton TV ad buy. The group has already produced ...
Huckabee's Hagee visit rankles some Catholics
Post Date: 2007-12-25 08:46:38 by aristeides
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Huckabee's Hagee visit rankles some Catholics By M&C US News Dec 23, 2007, 20:16 GMT Huckabee has risked his standing with Catholic voters on Sunday by courting his evangelical base at the church of a controversial preacher accused of disparaging Catholics. CNN reports that while breaking from the Iowa campaign trail, Huckabee delivered a Christmas season sermon at Cornerstone about Christ's birth and embraced John Hagee, calling him "one of the great Christian leaders of our nation." Fiery orator Hagee is known for his writings on the Middle East, where he reads contemporary events as unfolding Biblical prophecy. Hagee is staunchly pro-Israel, saying that God had ...
In New Hampshire, independent voters turn to alternative media
Post Date: 2007-12-25 03:23:54 by richard9151
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Mon Dec 24, 3:00 AM ET Bedford, N.H. - Anyone who doubts that voters are often bypassing traditional media to learn about candidates should spend a little time with Russ Ouellette. The New Hampshire independent estimates that he spends six to seven hours a week these days reviewing his options on which presidential contender to vote for. He keeps a list of all of them, crossing names out one by one as he eliminates them or they drop out of the race. Spirited discussions with his wife or his father are nearly as frequent as perusing websites such as The Hankster or getting Google News alerts pegged to key words he's chosen, including "independent." Then there are the four to ...
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