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Political Lore’s Presidential Election Summer Reading List

Political Lore has assembled this list of books which relate in one way or another to Presidential politics. Historical accounts, a current Presidential candidate’s perspective and the media paradigm in which Presidential politics is portrayed to... (more...)

Posted on May 15 2008 | 0 comments | Written by Shaun Booth

The Majority of Democrats Want Both Candidates to Continue

The latest poll from Rasmussen Reports points out how divided the Democratic party is at this point in the election process and it also points out just how loyal the supporters of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are to their candidates. (more…) Popularity:... (more...)

Posted on May 15 2008 | 0 comments | Written by irishr

Is Virginia a Red State That Will Turn Blue?

The latest poll on Virginia from Rasmussen Reports shows John McCain leading both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, but he has lost ground over the last month to both of them. Virginia has long been a red state, but if the current trend continues, it... (more...)

Posted on May 14 2008 | 0 comments | Written by irishr

Michigan: McCain Leads Obama, Tied with Clinton

Michigan is one of the states that the DNC punished for moving up their primaries by not recognizing the primary and refusing to seat the delegates. The RNC took away half of the delegates. Hillary Clinton won the Michigan primary with 55% of the vote.... (more...)

Posted on May 12 2008 | 0 comments | Written by irishr

Obama Brings up McCain’s Past -Hitting Back?

The gloves are coming off early between the two presumptive Presidential candidates, John McCain and Barack Obama. First, McCain stated that he believes Obama would favor Hamas and would be friendly to Iran and now Obama is bringing up an incident from... (more...)

Posted on May 12 2008 | 2 comments | Written by irishr

Cindy McCain Says Campaign Will not be Negative, but——

Cindy McCain has vivid memories of what negative campaigning did to her family back in the 2000 Presidential race and recently, in and interview on the Today Show, she stated that McCain would not employ any negative tactics in this campaign, no matter... (more...)

Posted on May 10 2008 | 0 comments | Written by irishr

Obama and Clinton: The Day After North Carolina and Indiana

A day after Barack Obama did better than most thought he would in the Indiana and North Carolina primaries, he picked up 4 super delegates and Hillary Clinton picked up 2. Clinton had canceled her appearances for today to have a meeting with as many... (more...)

Posted on May 8 2008 | 1 comment | Written by irishr

Want Real Change? Not In This Election…

We’ve all seen the headlines: “The Reverend Wright Controversy”; “Democrats coming on Fox News”; “Obama is an elitist and calls voters in PA “bitter”; “Many Superdelegates still undecided”; “Clinton... (more...)

Posted on May 7 2008 | 2 comments | Written by Shaun Pickford

Obama Nets 4 Delegates in Tuesday’s Contests

Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton split the two Democratic primary contests this evening. Obama won in North Carolina by 15 percentage points and Indiana went to Clinton by the razor thin margin of 22,000 votes in a state where 1.2 million votes where... (more...)

Posted on May 7 2008 | 0 comments | Written by Shaun Booth

Looking Beyond North Carolina and Indiana

Today is D day in North Carolina and Indiana. I stick by my predictions of yesterday, even with the polls showing such wide differences. So now it is time to look ahead to the coming week. The latest polls out from Rasmussen Reports are on West Virginia,... (more...)

Posted on May 6 2008 | 0 comments | Written by irishr

Presidential Politics in the YouTube Era

The recently launched television ad by the Democratic National Committee, which uses the “straight talking maverick’s” own words regarding a 100 year commitment of American troops in Iraq against him brings to light McCain’s vulnerability in this... (more...)

Posted on May 6 2008 | 0 comments | Written by Shaun Booth

Prediction: North Carolina to Obama, Indiana to Clinton

In North Carolina, where he once led by as much as 11%, the latest polls show Barack Obama leading by 7 to 9%, with one poll actually showing Hillary Clinton leading by 1%. All things considered, Obama should win this one, but not by as large a margin... (more...)

Posted on May 5 2008 | 0 comments | Written by irishr

Rasmussen Oregon Poll: Obama with Good Lead, Many Still Undecided

The Oregon primary is the same day as the Kentucky Primary, May 20th. There are four primaries before this date and there has not been a poll taken in Oregon since early April. This latest poll from Rasmussen has some interesting findings, aside from... (more...)

Posted on May 4 2008 | 7 comments | Written by irishr

Obama Slips in National Poll

Rasmussen Reports Daily Tracking Poll of the national Presidential race echoes the results of their poll taken in New Hampshire and it shows that one of the Democratic candidates has slipped a lot in just the last week. (more…) Popularity: 12%... (more...)

Posted on May 3 2008 | 3 comments | Written by irishr

New Hampshire: Clinton Catching Up With McCain

The polling organizations are starting to take a look at how Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama stack up against John McCain in the general election. Rasmussen Reports has just released their poll on New Hampshire and it shows that the voters of New Hampshire... (more...)

Posted on May 2 2008 | 2 comments | Written by irishr
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