Polls continue trend toward Obama
by Voices.kansascity.com
National and state polls continue to trend toward Obama two days before the election.Eight national polls reported on RealClearPolitics.com from October 31 through November 1 show Obama with a 5 to 13 point lead. Of the 8 polls, 7 show Obama with 50% or higher support, indicating that undecided voters swinging to McCain would not change the outcome. |
GOP pollster: 'I cannot foresee' scenario where McCain wins
by David Edwards and Andrew McLemore
It doesn't look good for Sen. John McCain.Both campaigns have pushed polls that show their candidate in a position to win the presidential race, but a Republican pollster said it is highly unlikely McCain will triumph on Tuesday."I cannot foresee a scenario that John McCain is elected the President of the United States," pollster Frank Luntz said. |
Latest GOP smear plot revealed: Professor paid to try to tie Ayers to Obama biography
by John Byrne
The brother of a Republican congressman and a Republican businessman attempted to pay an professor in Oxford to use software he designed to "prove" that 1960s radical William Ayers helped write Sen. Barack Obama's biography.The professor, Dr. Peter Millican, teaches philosophy at Hertford College, Oxford. His software is designed to detect when works are by the same authors by comparing the use of similar words and phrases. |
Is Water the New Oil?
by Juliette Jowit
It's hard to imagine why humans would have chosen the achingly arid stone desert of Wadi Faynan for their first settlement. But water would have been one important reason, says archaeologist Steven Mithen. When Neolithic men and women arrived 11,500 years ago, things were very different: the climate was cooler and wetter; the landscape was covered in vegetation including wild figs, legumes and cereals, and there would have been wild goats and ibex for meat. |
Joe the Plumber questions Obama's loyalty to America
by Raw Story
Samuel "Joe the Plumber" Wurzelbacher, in his newfound fame as political pundit and emerging GOP campaign brand name, is "really scared" of an Obama presidency."McCain has fought and bled for our country, loves our country--there's too many questions with Barack Obama," Wurzelbacher said on Sunday, "and his loyalty to our country. I question that greatly." |
Reid: Stevens, as felon, will not stay in Senate
by Nick Cargo
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has made it clear that Senator Ted Stevens (R-AK), having attained the status of convicted felon on October 27 pending sentencing, will not remain in his Senate seat."[As] precedent shows us," Reid said in a Saturday statement, "Senator Stevens will face an ethics committee investigation and expulsion, regardless of his appeals process." |
Obama takes largest lead yet in Gallup poll of likely voters
by John Byrne
Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) has taken the largest lead yet among likely voters against Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) in the national Gallup poll released Saturday. Obama expanded his lead to ten percent from nine percent on Friday.Obama's lead is a dramatic rise from the 49-47 percent margin that Gallup registered just four days ago. |
Palin takes prank call from Canadian comedians
by AP
Sarah Palin has unwittingly taken a prank call from a Canadian comedian posing as French President Nicolas Sarkozy and told him she may make a good president in eight years.The Republican vice presidential nominee discussed politics, the perils of hunting with Vice President Dick Cheney, and Sarkozy's "beautiful wife," in the telephone call released Saturday. |
Coffin at N. Carolina voting station draws fire from NAACP
by Diane Sweet
A former North Carolina County Commissioner displayed a coffin carrying the photograph of Sen. Barack Obama outside an early voting station Saturday, setting of a firestorm from the NAACP.The National Association of Colored Persons wrote a letter today asking both political parties and its members to condemn the coffin. The NAACP's Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II says the symbol suggests a death threat as a way to demean a candidate, and possibly intimidate voters, or frighten them away from the polls. |
Nukenomics No Longer Add Up - Expert
by Brittany Schell
Nuclear power is a risky source of energy that comes with many hidden costs, said an environmental analyst and long-time leader in the U.S. environmental movement Tuesday.Lester Brown, president of the Earth Policy Institute, said the "flawed economics" of nuclear power are placing unforeseen burdens on taxpayers: the costs related to the construction of nuclear plants, the disposal of nuclear waste, the decommissioning of old plants, and security in case of an accident all contribute to the price the world pays for nuclear power. Wind energy is a more economically sound option, said Brown. |
All Hope is Local: Quit Whining and Run for Office
by Allison Kilkenny
Real change in America won't arrive on November 4 in a compact package, complete with a shiny, new president and congressional Democratic majority. Real change will begin November 5, and positive change will only occur if Progressives demand representation from their leadership, and begin to shape politics first locally, and then spread outward to create national reform. |
THAT'LL Show 'Em!
by Pamela Troy
Meet Shirley Nagel, who hit on a unique way of "getting the message out" about McCain. She decided to deny Halloween treats to children whose parents voted for Obama.I kid you not. That's what she did. She put out a sign in her yard reading, "No handouts for Obama supporters, liars, tricksters, or kids of supporters" and stood by it, asking kids at the door if their parents supported Obama, and refusing treats to those who answered in the affirmative. |
Election Night, DO NOT CONCEDE: An Open Letter Signed by Gore Vidal & Others To Senator Obama & The Democratic Leadership
by Linda Milazzo
"Election Night, DO NOT CONCEDE: An Open Letter Signed By Gore Vidal & Others To Senator Obama & The Democratic Leadership""Eight years is too much" is how Barack Obama explained why we must win the coming election and begin to restore America. But, even if we receive the most votes, will we win the election? |
Early Voting: Obama's Ace in the Hole
by Bill Hare
An interview of Congressman Jim Clyburn of South Carolina by Joe Scarborough on his early show this week demonstrated how the 2008 presidential election has been proceeding.While the official date of the election is November 4, it is ongoing with a number of states holding early voting, and herein lies the big story that Clyburn, an African American congressman, was talking about. |
America's enduring culture of hate
by Mary Shaw
This is 2008. The 21st Century. The Age of Aquarius. Harmony and understanding. Racial segregation went out the window more than four decades ago. Mixed-race couples are seen everywhere, along with their strikingly beautiful offspring. Same-sex marriage is now permitted in some states. It actually seems on some level as though some social progress has been made. |
ACLU Stops Illegal Voter Purges in Michigan
by Michael Collins
Judge Karen Nelson Moore of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued an order that ends the Michigan Secretary of State's unlawful purging of voters from the registration rolls (court decision). The decision also orders Michigan officials to restore the registration status of 5,500 identified citizens who had been unlawfully removed previously. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) brought suit for the Michigan State Conference of NAACP Branches, plaintiff, and plaintiff-appellees the ACLU of Michigan and the U.S. Student Association Foundation. Attorneys from both the national and Michigan ACLU are working on the case which is expected to be appealed. |
Did the Nazis Ignore Global Warming Warnings?
by Bob Patterson
If that question interests you, then have we got a book for you: "How Green Were the Nazis?"That was just one of this year's nominees for the Diagram Prize where the competition is for the best/weirdest/most intriguing book title.See what folks who are fanatical about staying with only the news reported of Fox News have missed? |
Sarah Palin, Joe the Plumber: Tattered Symbols of a Rapidly Sinking Party
by Bill Hare
When a political party sinks in a quicksand there are signs indicating that the ultimate act is at hand.One familiar sign, similar to the uncle heading toward oblivion in the attic, is that of denial over what is happening, and what is obvious to others. The McCain Ohio rally yesterday was symbolic with John McCain looking and sounding totally removed from reality as, amid more scheduling chaos, he was unaware that his intended co-star of the day was nowhere to be seen: |
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner
by Frank Rich
AND so: just how far have we come?As a rough gauge last week, I watched a movie I hadn’t seen since it came out when I was a teenager in 1967. Back then “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” was Hollywood’s idea of a stirring call for racial justice. The premise: A young white woman falls madly in love with a black man while visiting the University of Hawaii and brings him home to San Francisco to get her parents’ blessing. Dad, a crusading newspaper publisher, and Mom, a modern art dealer, are wealthy white liberals — Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy, no less — so surely there can be no problem. Complications ensue before everyone does the right thing. |
Who’s the Question Mark?
by Maureen Dowd
In the final moments of the most gripping campaign in modern history, John McCain is still trying to costume Barack Obama as a dangerous enigma. But, in an odd and remarkable reversal, it is McCain who is the enigma, even though he entered the race with one of the best brands in American politics. |
