Voters
Why I’m Proud
Wednesday, August 27th, 2008.
Obama was just nominated as the presidential candidate for the Democratic party 2008.
As an American and as an African American I am proud, but mostly proud of the American voters who brought this about. Sure I’m proud of Barack Obama himself but he’s just done everything I expect of an extraordinarily committed, good and brilliant [...]
Ballots sold for crack?
Thursday, August 7th, 2008To what depths won’t folks sink in an election year? How easy is it for corrupt election handlers to get in bed with the likes of downtrodden drug addicts? It seems that in Alabama a desperate crack feind can apply for an absentee ballot for free and then turn it over for cash from underhanded [...]
Tuesday Talking Point: Mark Penn Strikes Again
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008Last seen marshaling Hillary Clinton’s implosion, Mark Penn has penned an op-ed for Politico outlining how it is seniors, and not “the youth vote,” who are likely to be power brokers in this year’s election. One of the more impressive stats that Penn gives to back up his argument is how Bill Clinton had a [...]
Voter fraud is real
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008Problems persist today just as they have in the past. This will be a huge challenge in this year’s election because fraud will happen again but high turnout might overwhelm fraud. In small towns, small black towns, voters are still targeted. No I’m not crazy, not paranoid, not playing victim. I’m just hearing the similarities [...]
Political Punch: How Politically Risky Are Obama’s Proposed Tax Hikes?
Tuesday, July 8th, 2008ABC News Correspondent Jake Tapper takes a closer look at Obama’a proposed tax hikes on his blog political punch:
Tapper quotes economist Anne Mathias as stating that Obama’s tax hikes are not risky because most of the people affected are in cities that have already been electorally divided. If this assessment proves to be true in [...]
Rick Shenkman: “Ignorant America: Just How Stupid Are We”
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008Rick Shenkman has an interesting post assessing America’s intellectual fortitude. Shenkman takes particular offense with how uninformed American voters are in an age where they have unlimited access to information:
Why are we so deluded? The error can be traced to our mistaking unprecedented access to information with the actual consumption of it. Jump Here
While offering [...]
Another Love T.K.O.
Sunday, June 29th, 2008Come November, more voters will vote for Obama than not. That’s my call, despite pockets of people who are up in arms against his campaign, I think these folks represent a minority, even if they get equal time in media coverage. Speaking of which, the Miami Herald says that on Saturday 60 cars were spraypainted [...]
Robert Novak: “Obamacons on the Rise”
Saturday, June 28th, 2008Writing a special column for RCP, Robert Novak assays the insurgent “Obamacon” movement where conservatives are crossing party lines to support Barack Obama. Novak writes:
The prototypical Obamacon may be Larry Hunter, familiar inside the Washington Beltway as an ardent supply-sider. When it became known recently that Hunter supports Obama, fellow conservatives were stunned…Explaining his support [...]
