After winning the World Series last week Red Sox owners met at a rally in nearby New Hampshire and backed Kerry. Curt Schilling, star pitcher for said team, stated he backed Bush. The Bush people then used this recorded statement to call voters in New Hampshire, unsolicited as it was. '"While I hope to see him re-elected, it's not my place, nor ( Read more... )

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On the line next week is the White House, Supreme Court nominations, four years of leadership and a state that shares it's electoral votes...Say what? That's right, the state of Colorado has on referendum a new system to select what candidate, or candidates, will receive electoral votes this election year. Two states, Maine and Nebraska, use a ( Read more... )

If you haven't heard about this you need to watch the video, the transcript does not do it justice. Jon Stewart was on CNN's Crossfire last week to promote his new book entitled America as well as to talk politics. Little did the hosts know, or realize, that Stewart isn't just a comic who appears on TV. Instead he actually is a pundit who tries ( Read more... )

In an article on CNN.com the author reminds us of the rather simple things that make up a presidential candidate: the sports they are involved in. The author tells the reader that even in the sporting world the candidates try to one-up each other. He states "The tussle over athletic bragging rights has been every bit as spiteful as the tiffs over ( Read more... )

With 15 days left until E-day the campaign is reaching its boiling point. While campaigning in Florida, a state rich with seniors, Kerry quoted an article appearing in the New York Times Magazine that quoted Bush as saying he will "come out strong in a second term with fundamental tax reform, tort reform, privatizing of Social Security." ( Read more... )

The American Civil Liberties Union has started an aggressive campaign to debunk and rid the US of the Patriot Act. Citing a ruling in September that part of the law was unconstitutional the ACLU has starting calling Congressmen to revisit the bill and change some key points they deem infringe on the liberties of every citizen. Some issues are: ( Read more... )

On Sunday the actor who played "Superman" died of heart failure. After a near-fatal horse riding accident left him paralyzed he took it upon himself to, as CNN states "lobby Congress for better insurance protection against catastrophic injury." Not only did Christopher Reeve lobby Congress for insurance protection but also for stem-cell research ( Read more... )

A quick and concise way to get ones point across in today's media, which is full of video and audio snippets, is the traditional political cartoon. The link to a fairly recent cartoon is below. Here the author plays on the hurricanes that have rocked Florida and they way the public may respond to the debates occurring in their backyard. The man ( Read more... )

On Sunday Kerry visited Ohio for the 18th time this year, the most number of any trips to a state in his campaign. He talked to union workers and even stopped by to deliver donuts to a picket-line before making his may to a church in Cleveland. What really irks me, about most politicians in general, is the perceived empathy they cast onto the ( Read more... )