THE UNITED STATES, GERMANY AND BEYOND
March 31, 2009
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By George Friedman Three major meetings will take place in Europe over the next nine days: a meeting of the G-20, a NATO summit and a meeting of the European Union with U.S. President Barack Obama. The week will define the relationship between the United States and Europe and reveal some intra-European relationships. If not a defining moment, the week will certainly be a critical moment in dealing with economic, political and military questions. To be more precise, the meeting will be about U
Former Presidential Candidate Stumps with Gubernatorial Hopeful (Bristol Herald Courier)
March 31, 2009
Talk of clean coal and support from a former presidential candidate helped Republican Bob McDonnell raise $130,000 from local donors in his bid to be Virginia’s next governor.
Romney’s work puts him in 2012 political spotlight (AP via Yahoo! News)
March 31, 2009
Mitt Romney doesn’t have a job for the first time in his adult life. That hardly means he’s not working. In ways both subtle and overt, the 2008 Republican presidential contender, former Massachusetts governor, one-time Olympics chief and high-flying businessman is building toward a 2012 White House campaign by judiciously engaging and disengaging with the national debate.
Experts: Bias didn’t skew NH polls against Clinton
March 31, 2009
Polling that ended too early and other technical shortcomings — rather than undetected racial bias — are the likeliest reasons so many surveys incorrectly suggested Barack Obama would defeat Hillary Rodham Clinton in the 2008 New Hampshire presidential primary, a report concluded Monday. Clinton defeated Obama 39 percent to 36 percent in the Jan. 8, 2008, contest, even though many pre-primary polls showed Obama with solid leads. Clinton’s victory gave her a badly needed burst of momentum just
Hawaii election law
March 31, 2009
From Ballot Access News – Ralph Nader’s 2004 Hawaii ballot access case has been in the 9th circuit since last year. The chief issue is whether it is constitutional for Hawaii to require six times as many signatures for an independent presidential candidate as for an entire new party. Last year the 9th circuit put the case on hold, to see if the legislature would alter the law for independent presidential candidates….The Hawaii legislature adjourns May 7. At that time the lawsuit will be act
Ari Melber: Study Finds Bias in 2008 Campaign — Among Men Only
March 31, 2009
Maybe there weren’t that many ” P.U.M.A.s ” after all. A new Harvard study reports that male voters displayed “in-group” bias for people who shared their candidate preference in the 2008 Democratic presidential primary, while women voters did not. The tendency to favor fellow Obama or Clinton supporters was measured through a generosity exercise, the “dictator game,” which found that male voters chose to be more generous to others who supported their preferred candidate, be it Clinton or
Ari Melber: Study Finds Bias in 2008 Campaign — Among Men Only (HuffingtonPost)
March 31, 2009
A new Harvard study reports that male voters displayed “in-group” bias for people who shared their candidate preference in the 2008 Democratic presidential primary, while women voters did not.
‘New York Times’ Spiked Obama Donor Story
March 31, 2009
‘New York Times’ Spiked Obama Donor Story Congressional Testimony: ‘Game-Changer’ Article Would Have Connected Campaign With ACORN BY MICHAEL P. TREMOGLIE, THE BULLETIN MONDAY, MARCH 30, 2009 A lawyer involved with legal action against Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) told a House Judiciary subcommittee on March 19 The New York Times had killed a story in October that would have shown a close link between ACORN, Project Vote and the Obama campaign because it wo
Kansas Gun Amendments
March 31, 2009
Courtesy of Wichita Eagle and NSSF TOPEKA – Next year, Kansans will vote whether to change the state constitution to guarantee individual gun rights. “It is the law of the land today in every state. They (supporters) would like to make sure it stays that way in Kansas,” said Senate Majority Leader Derek Schmidt, R-Independence. Supporters of a resolution that passed the House and the Senate say the move is needed in case the U.S. Supreme Court ever decides that the Second Amendment does
Am I missing something here?
March 31, 2009
Despite our resident Obamaphiles wishes to the contrary, I think it was pretty common knowledge by the end of last year’s campaign that Barack Obama and ACORN were no strangers to each other. I’m a little puzzled, therefore, at this : A lawyer involved with legal action against Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) told a House Judiciary subcommittee on March 19 The New York Times had killed a story in October that would have shown a close link between ACORN, Project
