Presidential Elections

Your Vote Will Be Counted But It Will Not Count

Judge H. Lee Sarokin | Posted 05.04.2012

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Judge H. Lee Sarokin

After the election those votes which we so freely give will not mean as much as those that have been bought. The corporations, the PACs, the special interest groups that dominate the elections will be heard and the voice of the voter ignored and forgotten.

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Why So Many Whites Vote Against Themselves

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 05.14.2012

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Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Government spending and programs to many are tantamount to hand outs to undeserving blacks and the poor and that in turn equals money snatched from the pockets of hard working whites.

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Supreme Court Rams Race Back on the Presidential Plate

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 05.01.2012

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Earl Ofari Hutchinson

The Supreme Court's decision to take up affirmative action will likely be used by the GOP as an issue to back Obama into a corner and hopefully get him to take a strong public position.

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2012 Surprises

Diane Francis | Posted 03.11.2012

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Diane Francis

There is one reason to be optimistic that, "Black Swans" aside, 2012 will be a good year for Americans and Canadians. It's called the American presidential election year.

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Iowa Kicks Off the Media's Mud Season

Timothy Karr | Posted 03.05.2012

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Timothy Karr

It's estimated that American television viewers will see political ads aired more than 200,000 times by the first week in November. What we're far less likely to see is any explanation of who really sponsors these ads.

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Comfort for Obama: History Is on His Side in 2012

Helmut Norpoth | Posted 11.22.2011

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Helmut Norpoth

2011-09-22-Screenshot20110922at2.26.50PM.jpg The pattern is quite clear. When the White House party was in its first term, it has won reelection in five of six cases since 1960, with an average share of 55.5% of the two-party vote.

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Lucia Graves

GOP Presidential Candidates At Odds Even With Tea Party On EPA Hatred

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 10.19.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Republican presidential candidates have taken aim at the Environmental Protection Agency, pledging to cut its federal funding and strip ...

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Mark Penn Wrong on "Historical Odds" of Obama Victory

Brendan Nyhan | Posted 06.06.2011

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Brendan Nyhan

If we properly account for FDR's three victories, there's no difference in re-election performance between the parties. Republicans have had more individuals get re-elected during the same period.

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Superdelegates' Clout CURBED? Democrats Propose Less Influence For VIP Delegates

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Democrats have taken an initial step toward limiting the influence of so-called independent superdelegates in choosing the party's ...

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Ukraine's 2010 Presidential elections

Damian Kolodiy | Posted 05.25.2011

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Damian Kolodiy

The recent presidential elections in Ukraine (Feb. 7th) saw the return to power of Victor Yanukovych, the pro Russian oligarch backed candidate w...

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Public Opinion in Tehran: Can Iran's Presidential Elections Influence Change?

Shirin Mohammadi | Posted 05.25.2011

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Shirin Mohammadi

The problem with boycotting Iranian elections is that it is more likely to worsen the situation, as proven by the 9th presidential elections.

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Obama, Progressives, and the Question of a Successful Presidency

Mike Lux | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mike Lux

The key to Obama's success at this fundamentally critical juncture is whether the President can get his base excited about him again so that they are actively engaged in fighting by his side on the tough battles ahead.

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How Recent Documentary Films May Have Paved the Way to Embrace the Figure of Barack Obama

Penelope Andrew | Posted 05.25.2011

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Penelope Andrew

To look at the escalating popularity of the documentary film is to enter an interesting, complicated, and collectively psychoanalytic exploration of the role of desire and dreams in a time of mass confusion.

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Primary Move-Up Considered by Indiana

Will Bower | Posted 05.25.2011

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Will Bower

The Indiana Assembly is starting to get the right idea: Not only should Indiana consider moving up its place in the primary calendar, but they shou...

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Do Not Do Anything That Would Help Ahmadinejad To Get Re-Elected

Muhammad Sahimi | Posted 05.25.2011

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Muhammad Sahimi

Elections in Iran are usually neither democratic, nor fair. But they are usually competitive -- they also have meaningful consequences for Iran.

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Thank You George Bush for Bringing Us Obama

Blake Fleetwood | Posted 05.25.2011

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Blake Fleetwood

Thank you George Bush for breaking a 40 year evil spell which has gripped our country since the assassinations and chaos of 1968.

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Hoping I Can Change: Why I Was Wrong About Barack Obama

Tony Sachs | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tony Sachs

I've been consistently wrong about our President-Elect since way back in January. I think I'm a dyed-in-the-wool Defeat-ocrat -- someone who looks for the cloud in every electoral silver lining.

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America's Choice

Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Yvonne R. Davis

The choice America makes will be a world wide broadcast on whether it is content with mediocrity and the cancer of anti-intellectualism that began to spread this Election season.

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Conduct Unbecoming: John McCain's Dishonorable Endgame

Gary Cohan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Gary Cohan

He has now earned the ignominious fate of a public "court martial" in polling places all across America on November 4th.

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Why 8 Million (or More) African-Americans are Unregistered

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Earl Ofari Hutchinson

By not voting, the critics say, blacks betray the struggle and sacrifice of those who fought and in some cases died for their rights to vote. This guilt laden reprimand is much too simplistic.

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Cynicism Versus Commitment

Lance Simmens | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lance Simmens

What disturbs me most about the Palin pick is not so much the woman's lack of experience, judgment, honesty, or intelligence, but the cynical calculation that these things don't matter.

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Please Barack Say It's Nonsense that You Tried to Stall Troop Withdrawal Until after the Elections

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Earl Ofari Hutchinson

The alleged reason for the Obama request for a foot drag on troop withdrawal says the New York Post was to give him an election boost.

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CNN Discovers Word For Its Confusion

Tony Martin | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tony Martin

Concerning Obama's Saddleback Church presentation, one "analyst" asks another if he thought Obama was perhaps a bit "nuanced" or "hard to understand." The colleague, affirmed that yes, Obama was "nuanced."

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It's 1968 Revisited, And It's Not The Liberals' Year

Tony Sachs | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tony Sachs

To elect a far-left liberal in 2008 would be like Reagan getting elected in 1968, or FDR in 1924. The country simply isn't ready yet. The liberals' time will come again -- just not this year.

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Republicans Prepare For Major Losses In November

Wall Street Journal | Sarah Lueck | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Republicans are bracing for double-digit losses in the House and the prospect of four or five losses in the Senate, as they fight to hol...

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