Archive for the 'Elections' Category
Richardson for V.P.
By donar | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Cartoons, Democrats, Elections, Political Graffiti, RichardsonBoilerplate
By donar | Related entries in 2008 Election, Cartoons, Democrats, Elections, Hillary, Political GraffitiGrand Theft Obama
By donar | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Billary, Cartoons, Elections, Hillary, Political GraffitiWith Grand Theft Auto being released this week, I couldn’t help but illustrate how Hillary would “jump” at the chance to car jack the nomination. We’ll see this next week.
Guantanamo Prosecutor Reveals War Tribunals Politicized
By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Bush, Cheney, Elections, Law, Rove, The War On Terrorism, al QaedaAs if this any surprise, but seriously…how many of these stories will we have to endure? And I have to think that even more will be coming out after Bush and company leave office.
From Reuters:
The former chief prosecutor for the Guantanamo war crimes tribunals testified on Monday that the tribunals were tainted by political influence [...]
Straight Talk
By donar | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Cartoons, Elections, McCain, Political GraffitiNew Republican Primary Structure: The Ohio Plan
By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Elections, Ideas, Ohio, RepublicansCQ has an interesting story…
The 14 smallest states and six U.S. territories “pod” would always vote first, but no earlier than the third week of February in presidential election years.
The other three pods — comprising nine, 16 and seven states — would rotate their voting positions every four years. The ordering of the pods [...]
Sen. Nelson: Abolish Electoral College
By Alan Stewart Carl | Related entries in Constitution, ElectionsFlorida Senator Bill Nelson plans to introduce a constitutional amendment to abolish the electoral college and replace it with a straight-up popular vote. I guess Nelson is so incensed over the primary system that he’s focusing his disgust on the other election system that relies on dubious apportionment of votes and a system of delegates [...]
Why Muqtada al-Sadr Won’t Back Down
By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Elections, Iraq, MilitaryHere’s why…
The gun battles between soldiers and militiamen, who are all Shia Muslims, show that Iraq’s majority Shia community – which replaced Saddam Hussein’s Sunni regime – is splitting apart for the first time.
Mr Sadr’s followers believe the government is trying to eliminate them before elections in southern Iraq later this year, which they are [...]
2008Central.net’s Live Blog Of CNN / LA Times / Politico Republican Debate In California (January 30, 2008)
By 2008Central.net | Related entries in 2008 Election, Bush, California, Debates, Elections, Foreign Policy, Huckabee, McCain, Romney, Ron Paul[Re-published from 2008Central.net. This liveblog on Donklephant will be updated periodically. For the latest please visit the active liveblog at 2008Central.net]
Tonight is the CNN/Los Angeles/Politico Republican Debate at the Ronald Reagan Library in Simi Valley, California. It will begin at 8pm est and will air on CNN and will stream live at [...]
2008Central.net’s Presidential Election Podcast (01/27/08)
By 2008Central.net | Related entries in 2008 Election, Bad Decisions, Barack, Billary, Blogging, Democrats, Economy, Edwards, Elections, Florida, Gender, Giuliani, Hillary, Huckabee, McCain, Media, Race, Republicans, Romney, Ron Paul, Smart Things Said By Smart PeopleThis podcast looks at (1) results of the South Carolina Democratic Primary; (2) a brief discussion about the media coverage of identity politics and (3) a look ahead to the Florida and February 5th primaries…
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The Return Of Yellow Journalism?
By 2008Central.net | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Democrats, Elections, Gender, General Politics, Hillary, Race, Religion, Republicans, Romney, TelevisionIn this video, I discuss the content and tone of 2008 election coverage. In my opinion, yellow journalism has returned and voters must be cautious, wary and skeptical. Most importantly, they must demand more…
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Edwards’ (Seriously Flawed) Electability Argument
By 2008Central.net | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Bloomberg, Democrats, Edwards, Elections, McCain, NewsThe Edwards campaign latest justification for remaining in the race is that John Edwards is the ONLY electable Democratic candidate (as opposed to a similar but very different argument that Edwards is more electable than the other candidates). The campaign started making this argument after Iowa and has expanded on it ever since. Recently, [...]
What’s Bloomberg Waiting For?
By Dyre42 | Related entries in Bloomberg, Elections, NewsI think I’ve figured it out. Simply put he’s waiting to see who the nominees are. By that I mean that his candidacy wouldn’t have the same traction in an Obama vs McCain race as it would in a Clinton vs Romney or Giuliani race.
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John McCain and His Daughter Meghan on Young Voters
By John Tomlin | Related entries in 2008 Election, Elections, General Politics, McCain, VideoHey Donklephant! In this video, I interview John McCain about why young Americans should want him to be their president. Not satisfied with his answer, I asked his daughter a couple of days later at the ABC News/ Facebook debate at Saint Anselm College. Her answer was good, but then she got a little testy [...]









