By ThePresidentialCandidates.US on Apr 25, 2008 in Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton | 0 Comments
Barack Obama holds a slight lead over Hillary Clinton in the three latest polls taken in Indiana. The primary in Indiana is held on May 6th. He has a 1% lead in the most recent Research 2000 poll, a 3% lead in the most recent Indy Star/Selzer polls, and a 5% lead in the latest [...]
By ThePresidentialCandidates.US on Apr 25, 2008 in Hillary Clinton | 0 Comments
Lately Clinton has been saying she’s winning the popular vote and that this should be taken into consideration when the superdelegates decide who to vote for. In the video below from The Young Turks point out some reasons why this argument is absurd: #1 It’s not true. To get these results she’s counting Michigan & [...]
By ThePresidentialCandidates.US on Apr 25, 2008 in Barack Obama | 0 Comments
Read the story at DailyKos.com These are great endorsements. The economy is the biggest issue on the minds of many Americans so it’s important for the Obama campaign that he be perceived as stronger than McCain on the economy during the general election. Considering McCain wants to continue the failed economic policies of George W. [...]
By ThePresidentialCandidates.US on Apr 25, 2008 in Barack Obama | 0 Comments
Obama speaking to the UFCW union on April 24, 2008 in Chicago: The UFCW represents workers in the US and Canada. The members of UFCW are primarily in the food industry.
By ThePresidentialCandidates.US on Apr 24, 2008 in Hillary Clinton | 0 Comments
As usual, the most accurate political reporting in television comes from Jon Stewart on Comedy Central. It’d be funny if it were not so sad. Well, I guess it’s still funny. Watch this clip from The Daily Show last night: The Clinton campaign seems to be saying that whatever metric they can come up withere [...]
By ThePresidentialCandidates.US on Apr 24, 2008 in Barack Obama, John McCain | 0 Comments
Rasmussen polls have consistently been the worst for Obama. They have been showing McCain with a lead (usually a small lead) over the last 6 weeks. But today’s Rasmussen poll shows Obama moving ahead of McCain 47% to 45%. While a 2% lead is not statistically significant, it is still extremely encouraging for the Obama [...]
By ThePresidentialCandidates.US on Apr 24, 2008 in John McCain | 0 Comments
According to Keith Olbermann on MSNBC last night. John Hagee, the pastor whom McCain sought the endorsement of, continues to claim that God sent Hurricane Katrina to New Orleans to punish the city for an upcoming Gay Pride Parade.
By ThePresidentialCandidates.US on Apr 23, 2008 in Barack Obama | 4 Comments
You’ve seen the short clips the media has played of Jeremiah Wright over and over again. How about seeing/hearing what he said in context? (The video is embedded below.) Did you know that the quotes they keep playing over and over again were actually Wright quoting someone else? (The guy he was quoting is white, [...]
By ThePresidentialCandidates.US on Apr 23, 2008 in John McCain, Mike Huckabee, Ron Paul | 1 Comment
Very little attention has been paid to the GOP results since John McCain was crowned the presumptive nominee pf his party but there were some pretty interesting results in the Republican primary in Pennsylvania yesterday (yes the Republicans held a vote yesterday as well.) Despite McCain being the presumptive nominee, 27% of the Republicans who [...]
By ThePresidentialCandidates.US on Apr 23, 2008 in Barack Obama | 0 Comments
Among the 49 former supporters of John Edwards (who dropped out of the race in January) endorsing Barack Obama today is Ed Turlington. Turlington was the National Chairman of John Edwards’ 2004 presidential campaign and a top adviser for his 2008 campaign. Read the USA Today story here. North Carolina votes on May 6th and [...]