121. The Voter Registration Deadline For the Primary is January 22nd
You can register here or through a plethora of organizations. Your registration must be post-marked January 22nd. You may vote in the February 5th primary if you were born before November 5th, 1990.
122. Monday Muse; Spotlight On Barack Obama
January 14th, 2008
Spotlight on Barack Obama
This is part of a cycle of spotlights on presidential candidates leading up to the February 5th primary. The Muse will go into detail about everything an individual would want to know about a candidate and attempt to not be partisan about it.
Barack Obama's Official Policies:
Health Care: Obama has ...
123. Breaking Newsflash: Enormous Shift in Polls
Iowa really does give you a boost, eh? Two new polls in Nevada threaten to mess with the early favorites' plans. John McCain, once the underdog to the struggling Rudy Giuliani, (who has stopped paying his workers) has now taken a 4% lead in a state Giuliani was pinning many of his campaign hopes to, meaning it's Florida or bust ...
124. Sunday Muse; Spotlight Mitt Romney
January 13th, 2008
Spotlight on Mitt Romney
This kicks off the cycle of spotlights of presidential candidates leading up to the February 5th primary. The Muse will go into detail about everything an individual would want to know about a candidate and attempt to not be partisan about it.
Mitt Romney's official ...
125. Breaking Newsflash: My Union Could Beat Up Your Union
In what has become a veiled battle to win the highly alchemical Nevada caucus next Saturday, the Teachers' Union, which endorses Hillary Clinton, has launched a lawsuit to make it more difficult for the Hotel Workers' Union, which endorses Barack Obama. It is a strange legal battle in that the winner will not only gain votes but the losing union, ...
126. Saturday Muse; All Election News, Every Day
January 12th - The Money Crunch Money doesn't buy elections, but it certainly helps. There has been a pretty clear correlation between monetary contributions and electoral success over the years. Primary season is when we first see whether our presidential candidates, touting economic know-how, can spend money on a large scale wisely. Do you really want somebody whose campaign is in debt ...
127. Breaking Newsflash: Suspicion of New Hampshire Skullduggery Spreads
As reported in the New York Times, and as predicted in The Muse, two candidates (Dennis Kucinich and Albert Howard) have formally requested a recount in the New Hampshire primary, due to a discrepancy between Machine and Hand-counted results. A painstaking breakdown of the New Hampshire results by a Ron Paul supporter reveals large discrepancies between Clinton and Obama ...
128. Friday Muse; All election news, every day
January 11th - The Michispin; The Battle the Matters More than the Primary Tomorrow, voters in Michigan will line up at the poll booths for a largely meaningless primary. Hillary Clinton, who will undoubtably clinch the state due to being the only name on the ballot, will receive zero delegates for her efforts, while whichever Republican takes the state will receive a ...
129. Thursday Muse; All Election News, Every Day
January 10th, 2008 Are we voting for figureheads or the figureheads’ figureheads? The 2008 campaign has lately been notable, especially considering how early on it is, for the “right-shoulder” men that nearly every campaign has picked up. It seems nearly every campaign has become just as notable in pop culture for its most famous ardent supporters than for many of the policies. ...
130. Wednesday Muse; Everything election related, every day
January 9th - Defying conventional wisdom? More like statistical possibility. On Tuesday, Hillary Clinton and John McCain both prevailed in the nation's second primary. McCain defeated Romney, Huckabee, and Giuliani (in that order) in the Republican primary while Clinton defeated Obama, Edwards, and Richardson (in that order) in the democratic one. The Republican primary when exactly as expected, the Democratic one, ...