Here’s an interesting cavaet to add to the entire debacle that has lead to Newt Gingrich and three other Republicans from appearing on the Virginia GOP primary ballot. It turns out that Virginia requires you to give your registered address when signing the petition and that’s what excluded a lot of signatures: A Gingrich campaign […]
The extreme right’s battle against organized labor is taking another turn in Ohio: Just two days after voters overwhelmingly killed legislation restricting collective bargaining for public employees, Tea Party activists and a nonunion trade group Thursday launched a campaign to put a broader crackdown on union rights on the statewide ballot in 2012 or 2013. […]
John Boehner has said that they are listening to the people, so will they listen to this poll? A 53% majority of registered voters also think that those who came into power campaigning on Obamacare repeal should decline their federal health plan, and only a third think they should accept it. Many Democrats have been […]
Wow! Barack Obama leads John McCain by a 52% to 36% margin in Pew’s latest nationwide survey of 1,325 registered voters. This is the fourth consecutive survey that has found support for the Republican candidate edging down. In contrast, since early October weekly Pew surveys have shown about the same number of respondents saying they […]
According to a new poll: Asked which candidate could do a better job of handling the financial crisis as president next year, 48% of registered voters named Obama and 35% named McCain. And now that we got more news of McCain’s campaign manager being tied to Freddie And Fannie Mac, we can expect to see […]
USA Today: Obama holds a 47%-43% edge over McCain among registered voters and a 48%-45% edge among likUSA Todayely voters. Both leads are within the margin of error of +/—4 percentage points. To this, Bob Cesca points out: The previous numbers showed McCain 49, Obama 45. Why can’t McBush close the deal? So why is […]
First the good news: Presumptive Democratic nominee Barack Obama holds a six point lead over his Republican counterpart John McCain, a new CBS News poll finds. Obama leads McCain 48 percent to 42 percent among registered voters, with 6 percent of respondents undecided. Then the good news: President Bush’s approval rating is at its lowest […]
We get more proof that our own democracy is under attack: Some U.S. states have placed laws to make it difficult to vote instead of reforming ballot problems. The study looked into 10 states with reported ballot difficulties. The study cited proposed laws in Arizona and Georgia, that call for a government-issued photo identification card […]
This is flat out wrong and needs investigated: Millions of Social Security numbers are now in the hands of people who aren’t supposed to have them. It’s a big mistake leading straight back to one of the men running for Ohio Governor. The private records were mistakenly released by the Secretary of State’s office. Voter […]