Afghanistan Election: Taliban Threaten to Mutilate Voters
Thursday's presidential election in Afghanistan is likely to yield a low voter turnout, as Taliban has threatened to cut off the fingers, noses and ears of anyone who dares to enter a polling station. The Taliban are particularly strong in the Pashtun-areas of Afghanistan,...
Iraqi Kurds Vote in the Polls, Results Not Released Yet
Iraqi Kurds voted in the semiautonomous Kurdistan region today and hundreds lined up for hours before polling places opened to cast their ballot for the local presidential and parliamentary elections. They are...
Will Sotomayor's Judicial Nomination Validate Discrimination?
Sonia Sotomayor is facing scrutiny over her possible appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court. Supreme Court Judges serve life-time terms and never have to go up for reelection; therefore, they...
Hey, Do 'Commoners' Have Any Say In Political Party Candidates?
LOOK, the news is abuzz about Sarah Palin, again! (Screeams! -- joy, -- rage...it depends on who is screaming.) Yep, Sarah, you've set the headlines and political world... Mika Brzezinski says "Sarah Palin Connects With Real Americans"
During her campaign for the vice presidency last year, Sarah Palin often referred to "real Americans." This morning MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski parroted the Alaskan Governor's line and caught hell from, well, the...
Rush Limbaugh Compares Sonia Sotomayor to a Housekeeper
Rush Limbaugh further alienated Hispanic voters (from the GOP) by comparing Sonia Sotomayor, who is likely to be confirmed as the first Latina Supreme Court Justice, to a housekeeper."MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann and...
Calif. Voters May Decide Pot Legalization In 2010
The Control, Regulate and Tax Cannabis Act of 2010 is being pushed by pot activists who sense a positive shift in public sentiment toward the federally banned substance. A recent Field Poll found that 56 percent of California voters supported legalizing marijuana for... Surprise! Coleman Appeals Franken Ruling Again
Surprise - Coleman Appeals Franken Ruling Again After more than five months since a close election race in Minnesota, and a decision in favour of Franken in the lower courts, Coleman files an appeal to take the...
Second round of voting in Indian elections begins
The second round of voting has begun in the Indian elections, and the polling stations have opened in 140 constituencies in 12 states. This is to pick a new Lok Sabha for the country. " Voters started queueing up...
South Africans prepare to go to the polls April 22nd
South Africans are getting ready to vote tomorrow in what it being described as the most 'competitive general election' since apartheid ended in 1994. The polling stations, some 20,000 of them, will open at 5am GMT, and there are over 23 million registered voters expected to...
Obama fulfills promise: ACORN to work on 2010 Census
"The U.S. Census is supposed to be free of politics, but one group with a history of voter fraud, ACORN, is participating in next year's count, raising concerns about the politicization of the decennial survey." BeltwayBlips list of some blog reactions.Who is reassured...
Exit Polls & Real Time Election Results Potomac Primary: DC, MD, VA
Politisite Exit Polling Data from the Potomac Primary, Washington, DC, Maryland, and Virginia. Beginning at 7:00 pm Eastern / 0:00 GMT (UTC). Real Time Election Results from VA, MD, and DC. This is part...
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