With the ‘will of the people’ now behind him, Bush has begun to move forward his environmental agenda ( Read more... )

Iraq’s interim government has declared a 60-day state of emergency, encompassing all but the north Kurdish-run parts of the country. Minister Iyad Allawi will give details Monday, but the state of emergency will likely include imposed curfew, restricted freedom of movement, assembly and use of weapons, cordoned off suspect areas, frozen assets of ( Read more... )

I was trying to read up on the candidates for governor, and it soon became clear that issues for the gubernatorial race are much fewer in number. Jobs, healthcare, government reform and education are the primary issues. While this makes some sense, considering these are the subjects that state level politics have the most control over, it makes ( Read more... )

Bush's newest Ad is even staged as a ballot of sorts. It shos a sheet labeled "Official Ballot November 2, 2004" then gives you 2 choices "President Bush and Congressional allies" or "John Kerry and liberal allies". What a choice. Under each candidate is a list of pros for bush and cons for kerry. For example, under Bush "strong leadership to ( Read more... )

Marginally recovered from his quadruple bypass, Clinton has jumped into the Kerry campaign and begun making appearances. Do you think this will help or hinder Kerry in the long run? According to a CNN article on the issue http://www.cnn.com/2004/ ( Read more... )

The Bush site has a new ad up titled “Wolves”, targeting Kerry and his liberal senator friends for having voted to cut funding to intelligence by $6 billion “even after the first terrorist attack on America”. The ad consists of a female speaker speaking softly while images of first a lone wolf, then a growing pack, flash before the screen. As ( Read more... )

It think both candidates did well at the debate Wed, with no clear cut winner. BBC agrees, and gives a fairly accurate (unbiased) summary http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3741606.stm. Kerry criticized Bush’s record in domestic policy, and Bush criticized ( Read more... )

The growth of nuclear energy worldwide is a continuing military, social and environmental concern. An article by the New York Times, http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/17/international/europe/17CND-IHTNUK.html?oref=login discusses the ( Read more... )

The New York Times just posted an article on increased ‘fervor’ among black voters. “Voters in black neighborhoods were signing up at a pace two-thirds faster than in 2000. In Philadelphia, election officials report the greatest surge of registrations in 21 years, resulting in more than 70,000 new voters added to the rolls since April, with growth ( Read more... )

The presidential debates this year were just between Bush and Kerry, but in the spirit of past instances, the Nader site has created its own mock debate. According to them, 57% of Americans say they want Ralph Nader in the debates, so in tribute they staged their own. This debate has stand-ins for Bush and Kerry, while Nader speaks for himself. ( Read more... )