Well, this may be the endorsement that swings the entire election.

According to the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press, 8% of voters remain undecided. And who are these indecisive folks? Pew says:
Undecided voters are less educated, less affluent, and somewhat more likely to be female than the average voter … undecided voters are also more likely to attend church regularly.
I’m not sure [...]

This morning I erroneously put up a post about taxes. I was still in the process of vetting the information but hit “publish” instead of “save.”
I corrected the problem fairly quickly, but I wanted to make sure anyone who happened to read the post knows why it won’t be reappearing: I discovered the info I [...]

Alaska Senator Ted Stevens asked for a speedy trial on the theory that he needed an acquittal before Election Day.
Boy, was that a bad idea:
WASHINGTON (AP) — Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens was convicted of seven corruption charges Monday in a trial that tainted the 40-year Senate career of Alaska’s political patriarch.
The verdict, coming just days [...]

Hi, this is Danielle Ivory at the American News Project in DC. Thanks to Justin Gardner for allowing us to post story items here! We’ll start doing this regularly next week.
Just by way of introduction, the ANP is an independent non-profit video news organization in DC. We produce pieces for the web, but [...]

As any of you who are news junkies already know, a story broke yesterday about a woman who was allegedly attacked by a Barack Obama supporter for having a McCain bumper sticker. She distributed pictures of herself with bruises and a letter “B” carved into her cheek.
Turns out, it’s a hoax.
This is not usually [...]

The “Obama as Socialist” storyline seems to be gaining momentum, mostly because he’s said some stupid things on the topic, such as telling Joe the Plumber that he wants to redistribute the wealth.
His remark has given the McCain campaign a slight opening, and they’ve done everything they can to keep this narrative going.   McCain’s people [...]

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I’m a little late to the posting of the above video, but I think it’s a much better portrait of John McCain supporters than some of the highly edited videos that have made the rounds and depict McCain/Palin supporters as a bunch of racist imbeciles.
As this video shows, the real story is more complicated. Yes, [...]

As we reach the final few weeks of the election season, it’s time for the running mates to pick several key messages, stick to those messages and avoid any major gaffes. They both need to ramp up their enthusiasm, appeal to the bases and point out the major differences between the two campaigns. The campaign [...]

If the polls don’t change in the next two weeks, the Republicans need to start thinking about what type of opposition party they will be. The Democrats will control the presidency and both houses of Congress with huge majorities, and a word of note to Republicans: they’ll be in a maniacally activist mood.
For the Republicans [...]

Today, senior law enforcement officials confirmed to the Associated Press that the FBI is investigating ACORN for voter fraud. ACORN, as you all know by now, is the community activist group recently in hot water for submitting fraudulent voter registration forms. The FBI is apparently trying to figure out if these incidents were coordinated fraud [...]

Hi, Jennn here from Vicepresidents.com!
I just wanted to let you guys know that we’re posting photos, videos, quotes and campaign itineraries at our site.
As you can imagine, the campaign trail is getting more and more grueling as we enter the final weeks, with Joe Biden and Sarah Palin often traversing several states in [...]

For the first time in these debates, McCain was on the offensive.

Was it a knockout punch? no.  Was it his best performance: by far.  Will it make a difference: probably not.
McCain was the aggressor on just about every issue: taxes, energy, healthcare, and of course character.  He finally brought up William Ayers and ACORN, and [...]

Liberty, one of the voices on CitizenSugar, is a San Francisco native that defends the progressive principles she believes in, like tolerance, civil liberties, diplomacy, and government transparency. Here’s who she thought won the debate!
In the most high tension, and perhaps most conversational, debate John McCain came out looking for a game changer. McCain seemed [...]

Citizen, one of the voices on CitizenSugar, is a pragmatic conservative, small-town farm-girl-turned vegan, not afraid to shoot straight. Here’s what she thought of the debate:
Wearing each other’s “team” ties in what I hoped was a nod toward cooperation, the economy was ripped open right at the start. Both candidates spoke straight at the camera, [...]

We had some database problems there for a while, but it’s fixed and we’re ready to go for tonight.
Sorry for any downtime.
See ya at 9 PM EST for the Third Presidential Debate Open Stream!

Lost in this week’s market craziness (and with good reason) is the minor issue of President Bush’s legacy.
Two term president’s usually begin thinking about their place in history during the final months of their administration.  After all, there’s not much left for a lame duck but to run out the clock and ponder their legacy.
In the [...]

Another bad day for Wall Street as the Dow lost 7% and fell below 9,000.
Since a year ago today, the Dow has shed 39% of its value.
It’s not pretty out there.

At some point, the conversation about this election will begin to shift to “what does an Obama route mean”?
The simple mathematics show that if Obama maintains his 6-8 point lead, and picks up key red states (where he is already leading) such as Florida, Virginia, Ohio, Nevada, New Mexico, Missouri and Colorado, it will be [...]

Although there is one remaining debate on October 15th, in some respects this may be McCain’s last, best chance to alter the trajectory of this election.

Even if he scores a victory on October 15th, it may be too late to make an impact on the election; after all, a third of the country has [...]