Ohio Voters Head to the Polls

A vote in Ohio is going ahead today amid a controversy over the voting procedures in the state. "With the credit crisis roiling Washington, Wall Street and the presidential campaign, voters in the key battleground state of Ohio cast their first ballots amid a controversy over...

Quinnipiac Battleground Polls: Obama w/Small Leads

"New polls by Quinnipiac/WaPo/WSJ find Obama with small leads in the battleground states of Colorado, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. All surveys were conducted September 14-21 with margins of error of +/-2.6% - 2.7%: Colorado Obama 49 (+3 vs. last poll August 24) McCain...

Battleground State Polls: Florida & Ohio strong for McCain

"Polling this week in Florida and Ohio shows little net change from the previous week with McCain holding a very modest advantage in each state. McCain and Obama both increased their level of support slightly in each as the number of undecided/third party voters declined by...

ACORN 1,100 suspicious voter cards found in NM

""Barack Obama’s dear friends at ACORN are busy trying to lie, cheat, and steal their way to victory in November. The latest ACORN Watch entry comes to you from the battleground state of New Mexico, where election...

Battleground Polls: CO, FL, OH, PA, VA

" Here are the latest Rasmussen polls in five battleground states: ColoradoMcCain 48 (+2 vs. last poll, Sept. 7)Obama 46 (-3) Obama leads by 0.6 of a point in the RCP Average for Colorado FloridaMcCain 49 (+1...

McCain plans 3-state VP rollout

"John McCain is planning to roll out his vice presidential nominee in three battleground states this weekend, with large-scale rallies planned for Ohio, Pennsylvania and Missouri, according to aides and advisers. "Mitt Romney will be there and he is supposedly one of the...

Obama Stops Advertising in Red Battleground States

This is an interesting strategy. Is Obama writing off these states as lost causes rather than fighting for them? If so, why? And how will this affect voters?"Barack Obama’s presidential campaign has put the brakes...

Obama, McCain duel over celebrity ad, attacks

US election: Obama accused of playing race card as presidential campaign turns nasty"The battle for the White House took a nasty turn yesterday when John McCain accused Barack Obama of "playing the race card". While...

Identity Theft vs. Minority Vote Suppression: Proof Positive that Virginia is...

Virginia is still a battleground state as evidenced on Monday when the commonwealth's GOP chairman made a few choice statements of his own." Jeffrey Frederick accused the Obama campaign and local canvassing organizations of colluding to register new minority voters in...

Obama pledges to expand Bush's aid to religious charities

Though President George W. Bush's "faith-based initiatives" - which give government money to religious groups for charity work - have been one of the most controversial programs of his presidency, Barack Obama has pledged to expand them if he is elected president. This...

The threat level ain't yellow, it's Chicken

"ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Are chicken coops the next battleground in the war on terror? Poultry growers are protesting proposed regulations from the Department of Homeland Security that would label propane gas a "chemical of interest" and require anybody with 7,500 pounds or more of...

Global Warming Lawsuits Impacting Climate Change Debate

"As climate change legislation hopefully gets bogged down in a do-nothing Congress that continually punts on major issues of the day - keep your fingers crossed! - America's courts are likely to become the real...

To The Manor Bought

""Lord of the Manor" titles are being bought at auction for thousands of pounds, provoking bitter disputes over the ownership of village greens and grass verges, and prompting campaigners to call for the abolition of feudal laws. A village in the Peak District has become an...

Google, Extending into YourSpace

Would trust your life decisions to a bot? Before you answer that, remember that Doctor Theopolis is a sci-fi character, and not really an electric concierge that you can tap for advice. My initial concern was ...

Scientology uses YouTube as weapon

"I never have been able to figure out this Scientology thing. I’m unsure if it is a religion or a lifestyle. Certainly it has some what to ‘most’ people are strange habits and rituals - probably more akin to...

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