Obama Vs McCain, Second Debate With Obama Leading in Polls

It's one month until the American presidential election and tonight is the second debate between John McCain and Barack Obama. Obama is going into the debate tonight with a significant lead amongst polls with 53 per...

Judge rules Cheney must release documents to National Archive

A judge ruled, Monday, that vice president Dick Cheney must turn over all documents prepared by him, or his office, in relation to his duties as vice president, to the National Archives after his term as VP has...

ABC News: McCain, Obama Camps Go Negative as Presidential Campaign Nears Home...

"After Obama was pummeled over the weekend for his alleged  ties to a former radical Weatherman Bill Ayers, a top Obama aide accused McCain Monday of waging a "dishonest, despicable smear campaign." At the...

Brazil poll result mixed for Lula

" Brazil's local elections have brought mixed results for President Luiz Ignacio da Silva's Workers' Party. Almost 130 million Brazilian voters went to the polls on Sunday to elect mayors and councillors. The...

Palin-Biden Debate: The Transcript

Gwen Ifill of "The NewsHour" and "Washington Week" on PBS served as moderator for the 2008 Vice Presidential Debate held at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri last night between the Republican vice...

Palin's spirited style relieves doubters

"Thursday's debate was livelier than the stoical encounter between the two presidential nominees last week, with Ms Palin bombastic and populist in tone. "Darn right, it was the predator lenders," she said, when...

New voting glitches raise concerns in Florida

"New voting glitches raise concerns in Florida""TAMPA, Fla. - Nearly a month after voters in Florida cast their ballots, opponents in the razor-close election head for court as a judge approves a third recount. Sound familiar? Welcome back to Palm Beach County, where the more...

VP Debate Word Cloud

This is the word cloud of the Presidential debate of last night.  It includes both Palin's as well as Biden's remarks.  You can find some interesting facts like the repetition of John McCain's name, which was actually far more mentioned than Barack Obama.  You...

Chinese Food and the VP Debates

 Before the vice presidential debate began last night, my girlfriend and I hit our favorite Chinese food restaurant, ran into the local quick mart for a couple sodas, and then curled up on the couch to watch the...

VP Debate: Fact check for Biden & Palin

"WASHINGTON - Facts went adrift on taxes, deregulation and more Thursday when Republican Sarah Palin and Democrat Joe Biden clashed in the vice presidential debate. Some examples: PALIN: Said of Democratic...

Biden Says McCain Often Wrong On National Security

In an article from the Associated Press out of Cincinnati, Dan Sewell writes about how Democratic vice presidentioal candidate Joe Biden has questioned John McCain's judgement to be commander in chief, arguing that...

Sarah Palin Apologizes for Lying About Holding 'Talks' With British Ambassador

Hours before her first televised debate, a red-faced Sarah Palin has apologized for claiming to have held talks with the British Ambassador when in fact the meeting never took place."Sarah Palin has committed yet...

Estimates show Palin assets TOP $1 million

" WASILLA, Alaska (AP) -- Sarah Palin and her husband have pieced together a uniquely Alaskan income that reached comfortably into six figures even before she became governor, capitalizing on valuable fishing rights, a series of land deals and a patchwork of other...

Ohio Voters Head to the Polls

A vote in Ohio is going ahead today amid a controversy over the voting procedures in the state. "With the credit crisis roiling Washington, Wall Street and the presidential campaign, voters in the key battleground state of Ohio cast their first ballots amid a controversy over...

Two sides of the same coin

"Back in one of my previous posts, I noted that the two major party candidates didn’t really offer any diversity.  They were pretty much the same in their views.  In talking with people in the offline world about this posting, I heard a lot of disagreement about...

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