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God as Tea Partier: Judges Defend the Pledge of Allegiance
Glenn Beck, Jim Wallis, and Falwell-esque Dangers of Mixing Politics and Faith
Lady Gaga, Rep. Jared Polis, and 5 Tips for Pols Who Twitter
The Census and Me -- Life in 10-Year Chunks
Michelle Obama Rejects Demonizing Twinkies In Her Anti-Obesity Crusade
Massachusetts Study: Health Care Reform Reduced Abortions
Electoral College
Michelle Obama Celebrates 46th Birthday: Night Out With President, Pals
By Lynn Sweet
Last Wednesday, when First Lady Michelle Obama was asked by a group of reporters how she would celebrate her 46th birthday on Sunday she said, "right now, we don't have big plans that I know of. I think I might go out to dinner with my husband, but I don't know yet. I haven't been invited." ...
Electoral College Continues Its Slow Death
By Dylan and Ethan RisWe have disturbing news for our readers out there who know that democracy is a good thing ... in moderation.At some point in the not too distant future, our presidents may actually be elected by popular vote.See, right now, the people are given a pretty nice say in the whole presidential-election ...
Barack Obama to be Elected President Today!
By David Knowles
Holy crap! Breaking News! Gather round the TV (if you haven't already pawned it)! Tell the kids to high tail it back from school (if your county can still afford to educate children). Why? That shadowy organization known as the Electoral College is ready to make history. At high noon, they're going ...
Electoral Predictions - Join the Fun
By Denise Williams
So now's the time to tell us who you think will wind up with the most electoral votes on Tuesday (or Wednesday or when the Supreme Court or Congress hears it).Jump into the comments and let us know how you think the race will pan out. Remember - 270 to win. If you'd like to give your over/under on ...
Big Turnout Everywhere
By Dave
Reuters But uncertainty about the makeup of the new electorate, and whether that high turnout could shatter historic voting patterns or simply reinforce them, casts doubt over opinion polls showing Obama with a solid lead on McCain."The question of who turns out to vote is the key to who becomes the ...
UPDATE: McCain's Big Three
By David KnowlesFollowing up on my earlier posts (here and here) on John McCain's new battleground state strategy, the three prizes that he thinks he must have for victory just keep getting more distant. RCP now has the following numbers for McCain's firewall of Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Pennsylvania:McCain trails ...
Electoral Tie a Nightmare for Democracy
By Jay Allbritton
It takes 270 Electoral votes to become the next president of the United States. But if the Electoral votes come out split down the middle, 269 votes each, what would happen then? In the event of a tie, the House of Representatives would vote for a president and the Senate would pick the vice ...
'New Map' Looks Much Like the Old
By Mark Impomeni
As the presidential campaign winds its way down the home stretch, the electoral playing field that is emerging appears very similar to the final maps of the 2000 and 2004 campaigns. Sen. Barack Obama finds his campaign map shrinking, as states his campaign once boasted that it intended to compete in ...
Obama Hopes to Shift Electoral Map
By Mark Impomeni
A new poll released by Insider Advantage/Poll Position has supporters of Sen. Barack Obama believing that he can win one of the reddest states in the nation, Georgia. With fifteen electoral votes, Georgia is a very attractive prize for the Obama campaign. If Obama is able to wrest Georgia from ...
On the Need to Win Ohio
By DaveObama's captain says he doesn't need Ohio (tip to Weapons of Mass Discussion) to put together an electoral victory. Is this just hot air or is it for real? The presumed Democratic nominee's electoral math counts on holding onto the states Kerry won, among them Michigan (17 electoral votes), where ...
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