Reporters Without Borders has released their annual Worldwide Press Freedom Index and the United States has now fallen 53rd place: The United States (53rd) has fallen nine places since last year, after being in 17th position in the first year of the Index, in 2002. Relations between the media and the Bush administration sharply deteriorated […]
The key focus group of voters that politicians try to target is moving to the blue side of things: Independent voters overwhelmingly favor Democrats to take over the U.S. House of Representatives in the November 7 election and back them on major issues, a new Washington Post-ABC News poll said on Monday. The independents surveyed […]
With 2 weeks to go, this is very bad news: As if there weren’t enough concerns about the integrity of the vote, a non-partisan civic organization today claimed it had hacked into the voter database for the 1.35 million voters in the city of Chicago. Bob Wilson, an official with the Illinois Ballot Integrity Project […]
The final nail in the GOP coffin this election season would be if the DOJ announced a bunch more indictments in the Abramoff scandal. We know this is not about to happen, but this little bit of information gives us insight into the possibility that they will becoming after elections: Jack Abramoff, the lobbying scandal […]
After a much needed break yesterday, I return to this news: The Israeli army dropped phosphorous bombs against Hizbollah guerrilla targets in Lebanon during the war in August, an Israeli minister said yesterday, confirming Lebanese allegations for the first time. Phosphorus weapons can cause severe burns and are banned for use in civilian areas, but […]
I came across this clip via Glenn Greenwald. It is from Hannity and Colmes where Cincinnati’s own midget version of Bill O’Reilly, Willie Cunningham, was a guest going on about the “Strickland is gay” school yard tactic that Ken Blackwell’s campaign and the Ohio GOP has launched. Cunningham said one thing that really caught my […]
CLASSIC CLASSIC CLASSIC This is one of the best edits ever. Perhaps Blackwell should learn what his ramblings can cause!. (h/t reader Chuck)
From this past Monday night’s debate: Blackwell’s little baseless attack (something the liar is familiar with) has had some serious reprocussions. This is from the conservative Findlay Courier: We’ve been following Ken Blackwell’s career for years. Our file on him is more than an inch thick. We’ve talked with him personally and come away impressed […]
Just in the last 24 hours: Calif. candidate’s office, home raided Roll Call: Rep. Rodney Alexander’s office sued for sexual harassment CREW asks DOJ to investigate Weldon for e-mails outlining possible threats of retaliation against his opponent’s contributors Submitted by CREW Congresswoman on page board buried file on husband’s child abuse allegation Every single headline […]
GOTV. It has been a key ingredient in Republican victories for the past decade. It is also something we need to counter in order to insure a win this November. GOTV is simple. It is the “get out the vote” campaign. Republicans target key demographics on the days leading to the election and on election […]