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Is McCain done?
Musings of a Thoughtful Conservative | 18 hours ago by Dean Mundy
If you’ve been watching the electoral map from Election Projection on the right side of my blog the last few days, you’ll notice that today things took a sharp turn upward for Obama. I’ll let the Blogging Caesar explain, Did you hea read more
2008 Presidential Elections: Michelle Obama to visit Jacksonville
Bloviations | October 4th 2008
Michele Obama will be in Jacksonville on Tuesday, October 7th at the Jacksonville Commons Recreation Center. Doors open at 12:30pm and the program begins at 1:30pm. The event is free and open to the public. There’s no tickets, but an RSVP is reque read more
McCain’s Michigan Pullout a Tricky Manuever
Michigan Youth Political Alliance | October 4th 2008 by Dexter Zhuang
[cross-posted at Think Youth] Just several hours before the vice presidential debate, McCain withdraws his campaign troops from Michigan to redeploy them in other battleground states such as Ohio, Florida, Virginia and Pennsylvania. Clever decision? read more
McCain Quits Campaigning In Michigan
The Real Revo | October 2nd 2008 by RD Walker
Fox News reported today that the McCain campaign reported they are pulling out of Michigan. The report states McCain has cancelled all appearances there and will no longer be campaigning in that state. When I look at other aspects of the McCain campa read more
McCain Campaign Withdraws from Michigan
Michigan Youth Political Alliance | October 2nd 2008 by Dexter Zhuang
Republican Presidential Candidate John McCain is giving up on the possibility of winning Michigan according to politico.com. The McCain campaign has canceled planned events in the state, relocated much of its staff and stopped sending out political m read more
Palin Actually Reads “All The Newspapers!”
Rafael Román Martel | October 1st 2008 by Rafael Martel
Posted in 2008, 2008 election, 2008 elections, 2008 national election, 2008 presidential election, 2008 presidential elections, beauty and brains, Cuban-Americans, Current Events, sarah palin read more
Bailout Failure: Renewed Blame Game
Michigan Youth Political Alliance | September 29th 2008 by Dexter Zhuang
You have got to be kidding me. At the most critical juncture in our economic crisis, our politicians decided to bail out on the bailout plan, the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act, leading to the largest stock market plunge in history. This plunge read more
First Presidential Debate Fact Check: Obama and McCain’s Econo…
The Dough Roller | September 27th 2008 by Dough Roller
The first 2008 Presidential Debate saw both Senators Obama and McCain defend their economic proposals and attack the other’s plan. Facts, figures and statistics were flying back in forth during the exchange so fast it was difficult to keep up. read more
Obama Wins Debate by Slim Margin
Michigan Youth Political Alliance | September 27th 2008 by Dexter Zhuang
Despite all the grand expectations the media had for some kind of game-changing knockout blow at last night’s debate there really wasn’t one. McCain called Obama naive and Obama said that McCain was out of touch with average Americans, no read more
Fake Sarah Palin Bikini Photo Is a FAKE!
Starcasm | September 27th 2008 by Starcasm!
Just after her VP nomination at the Republican National Convention earlier this month, a photo turned up on the internet that showed Sarah Palin in an American Flag bikini toting a rifle. The photo was later determined to be a fake. Someone had taken read more
10 Foreign Policy Questions for John McCain
iMediaPress: Hot News and Trends | September 26th 2008
The first Presidential Debate is on Friday and we still have a lot of confusion on McCain taking part in the debate. After all, he has “suspended” his campaign, and has rushed to the Washington DC, to “help” with the bailout d read more
Surviving the Economic Crisis as Youth
Michigan Youth Political Alliance | September 25th 2008 by Dexter Zhuang
Times are tumultuous. Economists are crying out that we are back in another ‘Great Depression.’ Our nation’s financial sector, a crucial pillar of our economy, needs tremendous repair and assistance to stay afloat. Otherwise, we w read more
What does McCain think of Presidency?
iMediaPress: Hot News and Trends | September 25th 2008
If you are not outraged by John McCain’s latest campaign adventure, you should be. McCain announced Wednesday that he is suspending his campaign to return to Washington and focus on the crisis on Wall Street. Sounds noble? It does, until you ta read more
McCain: Unpleasant Reminders
The Real Revo | September 23rd 2008 by RD Walker
While I have no choice but to support McCain for POTUS, he continues to remind me why my initial choice was Mitt Romney or Mike Huckabee. At this point , I have to support him because the alternative……Barack Obama…..would be too dan read more
Campaign War (September 23)
iMediaPress: Hot News and Trends | September 23rd 2008
The news of the day is Senate Banking Committee questioning Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson over their $700b bailout plan for the Finaincial firms on Wall Street. Political events revolve around that news. read more
Read Before Voting
LifePrints - Good News for a More Compassionate World | September 23rd 2008 by Lisa McGlaun
As the 2008 US Presidential election looms on the horizon, I have to remind myself to stay calm. For the first time in my life I truly care about the outcome. I honestly think that one candidate is a better choice. In past election years I've been kn read more
Barack Obama’s Speech on Economy at Green Bay
iMediaPress: Hot News and Trends | September 22nd 2008
The era of greed and irresponsibility on Wall Street and in Washington has led us to a perilous moment. They said they wanted to let the market run free but instead they let it run wild, and in doing so, they tramped our core values of fairness, bala read more
Campaign War (September 19)
iMediaPress: Hot News and Trends | September 19th 2008
John McCain’s campaign starts the day by trying to connect Barack Obama with Fannie-Freddie collapse. John McCain campaign Ad - “The Advice” Time magzine’s Karen Tumulty senses John McCain is playing race card with the Ad. read more
Women’s Advocacy Groups Support Obama, Palin Feeling Snubbed
Michigan Youth Political Alliance | September 19th 2008 by Dexter Zhuang
[Written by T.R. Sherrill--MYPA Contributer/Western Michigan University] It seemed like such a novel idea for the McCain campaign… put a woman on the ticket, and BOOM! Every woman in America will vote for McCain! Brilliant! There’s 50% of the p read more
Obama: Another Race Card
The Real Revo | September 19th 2008 by RD Walker
In a recently released Obama campaign ad, the “uniter” deliberately misrepresented past comments by Rush Limbaugh in order to racially divide Hispanic voters. This unscrupulous old-style corrupt Chicago politician would do anything to adv read more
Introducing MiVote: Student Political Videos
Michigan Youth Political Alliance | September 17th 2008 by Dexter Zhuang
Recently, I got in touch with Dave Manney who introduced me to his project, MiVote, a new student political Youtube-esque website with a Michigan twist. Students have the opportunity to upload their videos where they sound off on the presidential ele read more
Michigan Will Be a Key Battleground State
Michigan Youth Political Alliance | September 16th 2008 by Dexter Zhuang
Democratic presidential candidates have had the advantage in our state since 1992, when Bill Clinton won our state and made the climate favorable to Al Gore and John Kerry. Surprisingly however, while all three previous presidential candidates had le read more
Obama: Will He Be Discovered Before November?
The Real Revo | September 16th 2008 by RD Walker
While the latest polls positively indicate that McCain stands a good chance of defeating Obama in November, nothing is assured. The stakes are too high for most Americans to remain complacent. In addition to being the most inexperienced candidate in read more
Headzup: Everyone Has Executive Privilege!
Rafael Román Martel | September 15th 2008 by Rafael Martel
Sarah Palin faced some problems running Wasilla now she wants to…
Rafael Román Martel | September 14th 2008 by Rafael Martel
As Mayor of Wasilla, Palin Cut Own Duties, Left Trail of Bad Blood By Alec MacGillis Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, September 14, 2008 WASILLA, Alaska — On Sept. 24, 2001, Mayor Sarah Palin and the City Council held their first meeting a read more
Will This Be the Year For Young Voters? Part 2
Michigan Youth Political Alliance | September 13th 2008 by Dexter Zhuang
[For the first part of the series, go to Will This Year Be the Year For Young Voters? Part 1] The New York Sun highlights the McCain campaign’s pursuit to attract youth voters and the exaggerated hype of Obama’s youth appeal pretty well: read more
Will This Be the Year For Young Voters? Part 1
Michigan Youth Political Alliance | September 12th 2008 by Dexter Zhuang
Obama’s message of hope and change has reached out to millions of young voters, and I do not understand how some people can not understand why. Republicans think it might have to do with the age of the candidate, so they bring in Palin. Now, sh read more
Senator Robert C. Byrd Writes A Letter To Our New President
LifePrints - Good News for a More Compassionate World | September 12th 2008 by Lisa McGlaun
Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia is the longest serving member of the United States Senate in history. Senator Byrd has been in office for 54 years and has served alongside 11 presidents. He was twice elected by his colleagues to the position of Sena read more
Remembering 9-11
Pursuing_Truth | September 11th 2008
"Time is passing. Yet, for the United States of America, there will be no forgetting September the 11th. We will remember every rescuer who died in honor. We will remember every family that lives in grief. We will remember the fire and ash, the last read more
Breaking News on Sarah Palin: She's a Clone
Pursuing_Truth | September 11th 2008
We are currently tracking a story today alleging that Sarah Palin is, in fact, a clone. Reliable sources, namely a blogger by the name of "cobracommander," reveal that Palin was created by a Dr. Mindbender using DNA extracted from some of the most cu read more
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