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Will young voters play a large role in the 2008 presidential elections?

Do Americans really have a choice at the ballot box?

with Super Delegates stepping out to aid the Democratic primaries process, it seems as though nothing about this year's elections has been normal

If the typical number of registered voters who stay home during most election cycles got out and voted, they would decide the outcome in most elections

The South Carolina Primary is over and Barack Obama came out hands down the winner. While it was projected that Obama would take South Carolina in the days leading up to the Primary

Fear not all you heathens and the hedonistic! America is not in any real danger of becoming a Christian nation until...

A dissection of the premises upon which Mr. Musall bases his fiction.

Once someone decides to run for public office, that person better stop sex in all its forms and clean out the skeletons in his or her closet before someone else does.

Where there's smoke (from smear tactics by Republican leadership) there's fire;conservative blog flames that is, and little more to claims about a link between Democratic Presidential (presumed) candidate Barack Obama and controversial Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan.

Christian America believes that Wahhabi, Arab Islamic Terrorists flushed with Oil incomes, aim to establish "an Islamic Caliphate covering a region from Spain, across North Africa, through the Middle East and South Asia, all the way to Indonesia -and it wouldn't stop there.

Both media pundit and laymen opinions agree the US electorate is fast becoming disenchanted by the 2 party system and will voice that disenfranchisement in future national elections. Such backlash at the polls may spawn a revolution in politics in 2008.

Looking back, the 2008 Republican presidential primaries teach us important lessons. These lessons can be applied to the upcoming general elections. An old fable about a man facing execution and his quick thinking also holds a useful lesson.

One citizen-one vote would be a very different idea for America.

Greene County, Ohio needs to do more to ensure its all voters can cast countable ballots. This article is a review of my experience on Election Day, Nov. 6 2007. The results? Greene County still has some work to do to ensure that it's prepared for the 2008 presidential race.

Changing domestic alliances are also important to understanding of the US elections, and the inclusion and exclusion of voters based on sex, race and class.

The two leading candidates in the presidential elections aren't worth 10 minutes of my time. So there's not much point voting, is there?

The effects of negative politics on the public and how it serves to entertain and not to educate.

Most recent New York presidential polls suggest a wide margin of victory for Obama over McCain, if not an outright 50%+ majority vote.

Liberal Democrat Candidates McGovern, Mondale, and Dukakis were losers. So, will be Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.

This is my personal experience with listening to Barack Obama at Concord High School in Elkhart, Indiana.

Barack Obama and John McCain are attempting to connect to voters through speeches, ads, portrayal of character and pushing their respective platforms. But some people, inadvertently or not, become liabilities. Who are Obama's and McCain's biggest liabilities?

On the interview program 'Fox News Sunday' on July 20, Senator Joe Lieberman characterized Barack Obama's goal for US troop withdrawl from Iraq as a willingness to concede 'defeat', despite the undeniable accomplishments of our troops there.

The Dems won. Get ready.

A few months ago, nobody seemed to believe Democrats could win one battle against the Republicans. Novermber proved everyone wrong. Democrats rose to power just as the Republicans did for three continuos elections.

A look at international reactions to the 2006 midterm elections and why such reactions are important.

An essay about the Virginia Special Elections

Many Americans are now familiar with... What many Americans don't know however, is that the overwhelming majority of the candidates running for the office in 2008 are also part of an almost equally unknown organization called the Council On Foreign Relations.

The second article in a series explaining American Presidential Elections. This part focusing on the pre war and post Civil War elections

With the substantial affect the war in Iraq has caused it will be interesting to see the outcome of the 2006 elections. According to several polls by different news companies the Democrats might win the majority this year.

Special elections and vacancies in the US House of Representatives

The evidence is the fact that last week, the web was where the two most eye-catching US presidential campaigns were announced...even before on TV or Radio.

The US Senate confirmed Lt-Gen David Petraeus as the new commander of troops in Iraq with a unanimous vote of 81-0.

Barack Obama has vanquished Hillary to win democratic vote for President. I am just reviewing the websites of both presidential candidates in the horizon: Barack Obama VS John Maccain

An inscription on the Statue of Liberty exhorts the world to "Give us your poor, your tired, your huddled masses longing to be free..." If a modern day Liberty was commissioned, the inscription would probably read "Don't give us anybody".

"Twin studies" is research that attempts to answer questions about whether our genes or our environments play a larger role in traits such as intelligence, psychological disorder, physical characteristics, and personality. This is what we've learned.

He's already saved us from aliens, robots, and maniacal ex-confederates. Now let's send him to the White House!

If ever there were a work of fiction deserving of political and social commentary, HERETICS, US is that work!

Part four of my series on Presidential elections focusing on the period during and between WWI and WWII

It is certain that gender affects elections and the behavior of elected officials in many areas of politics. Women bring different perceptions, issues, styles and agendas, to politics, therefore they make a distinct difference in office.

Ronald "R2C2H2 Tha Artivist" Herd has a BlogTalkRadio show on Sundays at 4 pm CT, but what do you know about the man behind the computer? Check out his interview on politics, history, jazz, and art.

Kenyan citizens voted on December 27th and the results have already shown that many of the incumbent officials have been ousted.

This article analyzes the elections in the Senate that could be tightly contested between both parties this election cycle.

Despite early poll results indicating that MDC 's Morgan Tsvangirai would win the elections in Zimbabwe, the results have yet to be announced. World diplomats are now getting involved but they must quickly before violence erupts.

During the cold war, the US was siphoning weapons and propaganda through countries which were war-torn already. We did not help to abolish these problems, only perpetuate them. Now El Salvador is under the shroud of communist influence.

The assassination of Benazir Bhutto is likely to have minimal impact on the US Presidential race. It may make the candidates appear more 'presidential', but they know it is just a passing blimp that holds no interest for the average American voter.

The third part of a series on the history of American Presidential elections. This part focusing on the late 19th and early 20th Century.

a brief summary of recent and past events that brought questions about our nation.

Monsters? Looneys? Officials? The OMRLP offers all of these to the United Kingdom's disenfranchised and dissedinfrenchfried voters. Shadow Minister of Health, Wild Willi Beckett, talks about the party and its famed creator, Screamin' Lord Sutch.

PPP-P and PML-N, the major opposition parties, are shocked over the defection of their workers who have joined the ruling party after recent LB polls.

Exactly what does "A New Direction for America" mean. Is America in such bad shape that a new direction is needed? This article provides insights into what the recent off-year election really means.

An essay I wrote for my 30 level Social class. It turned out to be more of a rant, but I recieved a 100% on it. It's done in the basic formation that you learn in Jr.High, but it makes its point

Iraq is a tiresome subject, and tales of roadside bombings and civil unrest have likewise become passé. We are losing the war...but what else could we expect when dealing with a people who are bred to perpetuate terrorism?

How a man's tears are thought nothing of but when a woman cries, it's noteworthy

Considerations when shopping around and purchasing managed care coverage

You are a young man in Iraq. Life has been hard. There is war in your country. There are foreign soldiers, mainly American, in your country. People are dying every day. You live in fear; fear for yourself, your family, and your friends.

Relations between the United States and Cuba have been strained for our entire history, mainly because most U.S. administrations have seen Cuba as little more than a U.S. territory.

America is in a bad way, and it is time for a revolution! This revolution will be fought and won on the backs of the young, which is scary when you talk to some of the younger generation of today.

Trucker Mike Psak - the "every-man" candidate - runs against Illinois Senator Dick Durbin.

In conjunction with the 42nd anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the Democratic National Committee today unveiled an unprecedented 50-state election protection plan to prepare for the 2008 election.

This talk of terror and the new Presidential directive are setting the stage for a takeover by Bush.

Moving to another country means that it takes a while for you to be eligible for citizenship in that country. Countries that are part of the EU are notoriously hard to become a citizen in as an American, but the Netherlands offers one of the easiest paths to citizenship.

In 2003, George Bush announced that the United States military would send troops into Iraq. Support for the Iraqi war has decreased,these concerns cause one to ask should the United States pull the troops out of Iraq now?

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Right now Barack Obama has a little over 45,300 friends on MySpace, including me. We don't really get together, but we've traded some hysterical bulletins. He's even a member of the Jon Stewart for President MySpace Group (4,000+ members respectively).

The outrage is that the American public is more concerned with who wins a record contract than who runs our country. It astounded me when it was said that more people voted for the newest winner than for any president in the history of this country.

We live in a democracy, we have rights that can't be infringed upon, and yet we still have the lowest voting percentage of just about any country. Less than 45% of citizens actually vote even though the majority of people always seem to have a political opinion.

What do you do when the senior counselor to the Attorney General refuses to testify before Congress about the firings on the grounds that doing so may implicate her in a crime?

Why I don't care about Republican or Democratic parties anymore.

This is the fifth part of my look at the presidential-election process. At the end of Part 4, World War II had ended, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was dead and Harry Truman had pulled off one of the greatest upsets in American political history.

2008 Pennyslvania Primary Election. Will the outcome determine who will be our next president?

Words have the power to hurt and offend. And with the few offensive comments already made in the Obama as well as Hillary camps, maybe some people in both camps should just stay quiet if they are aware that what they say next will offend others.

Going into the Pennsylvania Primary, the Clinton camp needed a victory in the worst way to legitimize their steadfast determination to ride out the primary season even when it is assured that Senator Clinton will end up behind in pledged delegates...

Gold is maintaining a consolidative tone in the lower half of this year's $1,032.20/845.50 range, supported by growing concerns about an Israeli and/or US military strike against Iran.

If Republicans think Saakashvili can show to Americans who the next President should be, probably they are in for a rude shock. Did Columbia forget to teach its ward a lesson or two? I don't think so.

Why do so many correspondents report the obvious?

The "Rashomon Effect" (based on the multiple-perception narrative in the movie) is usually applied to criminal trials and witnesses attempting to recount the crime. But it can also apply to the perception of politicians on the campaign trail...

A simple analysis of the New Hampshire primary results

The situation actually exists in todays world where we are actually taking our lives in our own hands when we utilize goods that have been exported from China.

The 2007 election in the State of New York is going to be one of the least followed in history. Even in New York City, there are only a few local seats up for grabs, and up here in the country of Northern New York, there is one constitutional issue of interest.

Lee Atwater perfected some negative campaign techniques that are still being used today.

The 2008 Presidential election promises heavy partisanship and plenty of vitriol. This election, though, is about more than Republicans and Democrats. This article examines the election as a crucial dialectic moment for the U.S.

There have been numerous calls for more citizen involvement in the political process, and I have found just the way to achieve that goal: we need to make the Presidential election more like the NCAA Basketball Tournament.

JFK's health history is detailed here.

This essay explores the basic importance of having an official language in the USA.

This article discusses the similarities and differences between Associated Content and Helium.com

Don't stress, read this to make voting easier on Super Tuesday in Georgia.

This ballot measure for the November 4, 2008 ballot would allow non-English-speaking students no more than 1-2 years of bilingual education. Find out more about the pros and cons of this measure.

Where once he was considered unbeatable, Barack Obama is suffering from over-hype, sagging poll numbers, a surging John McCain, and now an insurgent uprising among Hillary Clinton supporters looking to cause trouble at the National Convention.

Obama's clever ploy for tantalizing the voting public by promising to text message anyone who signs up with his Vice Presidential pick inspired pranksters to set up websites with instructions on how to send a fake Obama text message.

In the United States, a new presidential race happens every four years. In this election, people are encouraged to go out and vote for the presidential candidate that they think is best. However, many people don't always realize how their vote is used.

A heartwarming conversation between a father and daughter.

Listings of several websites where voters can locate their polling place locations with ease.

Maryland's top Democrat has endorsed Hillary Clinton for President, but does Maryland really belong to Obama?

Ok, so that's an overstatement. Christianity's Virgin Mary, by virtue of giving birth to Jesus, certainly impacted the world. But, who are these other ladies named Mary, who made earth shattering news?

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