Tough for Obama in a key state. I hope Obama puts enough money into the media and ACORN to win the state. Obama needs more sheep. source
Well we are all Sheep.. are you living off the grid successfully? Obama and McCain are going to net you the same result.. let the newspapers say what they want...
It's like everyone knows it was an idiotic political stunt except McCain and his sheep. I bet you're such a sheep you can't even admit to yourself that she's not qualified. Though even people that support him can.
Palin is the reason I am casting my vote for McCain. I like her stance on religion, guns, abortion, and the economy.
You do realize Palin has only been on the ticket for 2 months don't you? So why were you for McCain before Palin? Just feeling sheepy?
Didnt Palin build a hockey rink in Wasilla that was $15 million? And in order pay off the debt she rose taxes?
do you really want to give the job to a man that ran his campaign like this. can you explain her economic stance. what do you like and why.
Two of those are constitutional and you would think it would be a done deal regardless of what she thought, one is currently a Judicial Branch matter and you would hope she wasn't waiting around for a Justice to die off so she can rig the court, and the last one I am inclined to believe should be a natural phenomenon and not wrestled like a bear by politicians at our expense. Of course the Country doesn't work like it ought to and the Constitution has been used as metaphorical toilet paper, she probably is waiting to rig the court and so are all the rest of them on the Hill, and of course our economy will still have too many MC's and not enough Mic's
Newport News is part of the 2nd largest population center in Virginia, consisting of an area that includes Newport News, Norfolk, and Virginia Beach. Pollsters expect that area to be close to 50-50 in voting between Obama and McCain. The area has a very large military and military retired community. Winchester is a very very small ex urban town. Doesn't mean much. Latest polls in Virginia show Obama up by 8% over McCain. The state last voted for a Dem in the Presidential election in 1964. Obama winning the state would be an amazing surprise...even as he is up in the polls. McCain is probably being dragged down by the Senate race in which two ex governors are running against one another. The Dem, Warner, is up by 30% points in the latest poll against Gilmore, the Repub. The voters definitely remember these two in office and how they impacted the state.
First, I would like to recommend that you find out the truth about the whole ACORN thing (hint: it's a GOP scam.) Secondly, I recommend you look into the vote suppression tactics of the GOP which unlike "voter registration fraud" actually make a difference in election results. Thirdly, Obama holds a huge advantage in overall newspaper endorsements (about 3 to 1 thus far and please note that Bush got more than Kerry in '04.) Certainly there are some right wing papers (like the New York Post for a good example) that will endorse the GOP candidate no matter what. I assume that's exactly the kind of papers you've noted here. Fourthly, I live in Virginia and have been volunteering for the Obama campaign. The amount of excitement here for Obama is palpable. People here know that Virginia can make the difference in getting Obama to 270 so there's a real electricity in the air. People have had enough. Everyone knows McCain & Palin are just more of the same. Everyone knows that they have nothing to offer but lies and dishonest smear tactics and four more years of the same policies that have driven America straight into the ground.
Obama has dumped his money machine into ACORN to garner votes to swing the election. Obama's Presidency will be marred with investigations.
"Money Machine" ??? I assume you are talking about the THREE MILLION Americans who have contributed to his campaign (including myself.) This is democracy in action. THREE MILLION Americans who have had enough of the lies and the BS from the GOP and are putting our money into this campaign for change. And again, re: ACORN - read this link. (You clearly didn't.) ACORN is an organization which registers people to vote. There's nothing wrong with that. In fact, there's a lot right with it. It's the GOP who is all about voter suppression. They throw out this nonsense about ACORN to confuse the issue. As far as his Presidency being marred with "investigations" uh... that seems like a pretty ridiculous thing to say about someone who hasn't even been elected President yet. Do you have a crystal ball over there? The GOP smear machine will be working overtime throughout his Presidency if he is elected, just like they were during Clinton's Presidency. But that doesn't mean anything will come of it.
It is a shame that the McCain-Palin House is on fire;even before the election. This says alot about their campaign and how they have presented themselves. If the so-called mavericks cannot get their aides to shut-up until after the election, how would they bring people together to work for the common good of the country? And that is one of the reasons i am voting for Barack Obama. And,Alaskan Herald, the newspaper from Sarah Palin state, endorsed Obama.
financial times endorses obama. no new thread for you homes http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1d0b127c-a380-11dd-942c-000077b07658.html?nclick_check=1 Obama is the better choice Published: October 26 2008 19:31 | Last updated: October 26 2008 19:31 US presidential elections involve a fabulous expense of time, effort and money. Doubtless it is all too much – but, by the end, nobody can complain that the candidates have been too little scrutinised. We have learnt a lot about Barack Obama and John McCain during this campaign. In our view, it is enough to be confident that Mr Obama is the right choice. At the outset, we were not so confident. Mr Obama is inexperienced. His policies are a blend of good, not so good and downright bad. Since the election will strengthen Democratic control of Congress, a case can be made for returning a Republican to the White House: divided government has a better record in the United States than government united under either party. So this ought to have been a close call. With a week remaining before the election, we cannot feel that it is. Mr Obama fought a much better campaign. Campaigning is not the same as governing, and the presidency should not be a prize for giving the best speeches, devising the best television advertisements, shaking the most hands and kissing the most babies. Nonetheless, a campaign is a test of leadership. Mr Obama ran his superbly; Mr McCain’s has often looked a shambles. After eight years of George W. Bush, the steady competence of the Obama operation commands respect. Nor should one disdain Mr Obama’s way with a crowd. Good presidents engage the country’s attention; great ones inspire. Mr McCain, on form, is an adequate speaker but no more. Mr Obama, on form, is as fine a political orator as the country has heard in decades. Put to the right purposes, this is no mere decoration but a priceless asset. Mr Obama’s purposes do seem mostly right, though in saying this we give him the benefit of the doubt. Above all, he prizes consensus and genuinely seeks to unite the country, something it wants. His call for change struck a mighty chord in a tired and demoralised nation – and who could promise real change more credibly than Mr Obama, a black man, whose very nomination was a historic advance in US politics? We applaud his main domestic proposal: comprehensive health-care reform. This plan would achieve nearly universal insurance without the mandates of rival schemes: characteristically, it combines a far-sighted goal with moderation in the method. Mr McCain’s plan, based on extending tax relief beyond employer-provided insurance, also has merit – it would contain costs better – but is too timid and would widen coverage much less. Mr Obama is most disappointing on trade. He pandered to protectionists during the primaries, and has not rowed back. He may be sincere, which is troubling. Should he win the election, a Democratic Congress will expect him to keep those trade-thumping promises. Mr McCain has been bravely and consistently pro-trade, much to his credit. In responding to the economic emergency, Mr Obama has again impressed – not by advancing solutions of his own, but in displaying a calm and methodical disposition, and in seeking the best advice. Mr McCain’s hasty half-baked interventions were unnerving when they were not beside the point. On foreign policy, where the candidates have often conspired to exaggerate their differences, this contrast in temperaments seems crucial. For all his experience, Mr McCain has seemed too much guided by an instinct for peremptory action, an exaggerated sense of certainty, and a reluctance to see shades of grey. He has offered risk-taking almost as his chief qualification, but gambles do not always pay off. His choice of Sarah Palin as running mate, widely acknowledged to have been a mistake, is an obtrusive case in point. Rashness is not a virtue in a president. The cautious and deliberate Mr Obama is altogether a less alarming prospect. Rest assured that, should he win, Mr Obama is bound to disappoint. How could he not? He is expected to heal the country’s racial divisions, reverse the trend of rising inequality, improve middle-class living standards, cut almost everybody’s taxes, transform the image of the United States abroad, end the losses in Iraq, deal with the mess in Afghanistan and much more besides. Succeeding in those endeavours would require more than uplifting oratory and presidential deportment even if the economy were growing rapidly, which it will not be. The challenges facing the next president will be extraordinary. We hesitate to wish it on anyone, but we hope that Mr Obama gets the job.