538 Projects Landslide for Obama

"It's Tuesday, November 4th, 2008, Election Day in America. The last polls have straggled in, and show little sign of mercy for John McCain. Barack Obama appears poised for a decisive electoral victory.Our model projects that Obama will win all states won by John Kerry in...

Harding: The first African-American president?

Warren Gamaliel Harding, the 29th U.S. president, served from March 4, 1921 to August 2, 1923. The American Decades reference source spoke of "attempts to arouse racist sentiment against (Harding) with accusations...

It's begun! Obama wins New Hampshire county

" New Hampshire: Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama emerged victorious in the first election returns of the 2008 presidential race, winning 15 of 21 votes cast in Dixville Notch, New Hampshire. People in the village in New Hampshire's northeast corner voted...

What's in a name?: South Carolina is a de-facto early-voting state

Forget those official reports about "absentee voters" only. South Carolina is a de-facto "early voting" state. According to the National Conference of State Legislatures "Absentee and Early Voting" Web page, only...

Ex-prisoner Mohamed Nasheed wins Maldives Presidential election

Maldives turned for a chance at the polls and managed to elect a new president in its first ever multy-party election. "Mohamed Nasheed, the leader of the Maldivian Democratic party (MDP), beat...

Chile: Local elections give warning to Bachelet coalition

The Chile´s governing left leaning coalition- Concertación Democrática- has been defeated by a small margin to Conservatives - Alianza por Chile-at the local elections yesterday.  This is the...

Should McCain / Obama Name Cabinet before Election?

With Ayers, Acorn, and Voter Fraud in the news to divert attention from the Issues 53% of folks polled from Rassmussen said they would like for the Candidates to name their cabinet before election day.  Folks...

Texas Longhorns Number One!

Big news for Texas Longhorn fans, Texas is now ranked number one! After a glorious win over Oklahoma this past Saturday, Texas is now ranked number one in the latest Associated Press college football...

2008 Electoral College Obama 248, McCain 163

"New state polling from Wisconsin has moved that state from "Leans Democratic" to "Likely Democratic" in the Rasmussen Reports Balance of Power Calculator. With this change, Obama leads in states with 248...

Brazil poll result mixed for Lula

" Brazil's local elections have brought mixed results for President Luiz Ignacio da Silva's Workers' Party. Almost 130 million Brazilian voters went to the polls on Sunday to elect mayors and councillors. ...

New voting glitches raise concerns in Florida

"New voting glitches raise concerns in Florida""TAMPA, Fla. - Nearly a month after voters in Florida cast their ballots, opponents in the razor-close election head for court as a judge approves a third recount. Sound familiar? Welcome back to Palm Beach County, where the more...

The gun-toting far-Right firebrand who is edging closer to power in Austria

Very alarming news hidden behind the worlds finacial meltdown, it looks like we have the start of the fourth reich raising its head in europe. What is worrying if these people get into power in EU. " Holding an assault rifle and dressed in army fatigues, this is the...

House votes down massive bailout measure

" Lawmakers shouted news of the plummeting Dow Jones average as lawmakers crowded on the House floor during the drawn-out and tense call of the roll, which dragged on for roughly 40 minutes as leaders on both...

123-Agreement passes one more hurdle:Senate panel votes for India nuclear dael

This is very important developement in favour of indo-us nuclear deal. A U.S. Senate panel voted on Tuesday to approve the U.S.-India civil nuclear cooperation agreement without a controversial proposal that...

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