Posts tagged democrats

The Numbers Root for Barack Obama

The Numbers Root for Barack Obama

Courtesy: Times of India Click to open up bigger. Voting in America explained from an Indian perspective.

Obama-McCain – Latest Electoral College Map

Click on the map to open it up. I like this linear scale (for once); It actually shows the current makeup plus the strong|leaning|tossups between the two candidates in a ‘fluid’ manner.

Exposing the Business of Immigrant Detention – CCA

I recently discovered a Reuters report featuring CCA (Corrections Corp of America)–the biggest privatized immigrant detention facility in the United States–almost gloating about the fact that these coming elections won’t make a difference to their company since there will always be a population that would... [+]

Day 2 – The REAL democratic National Convention vs. the Police State

One after another, the women leaders of the Democrat National Party took center-stage on Day 2. The roster included Governor K. Selebius, Senator Mary Landrieu, Senator Claire McCaskill, Senator Debbie Stabenow, Senator Maria Cantwell, Governor Napolitano, and finally Hillary Clinton rounded up the day.... [+]

Democrat National Convention – The Grand Spectacle – Day 1 – Tiresome

The DNC is the longest and most expensive infomercial on prime-time television. The great spectacle is on. The Democrat National Convention, where a select group of delegates, electorates, voters, media representatives and politicians, pretend to come under one huge tent and unite behind a single ticket... [+]

VP Candidate Joe Biden is...

VP Candidate Joe Biden is “articulate and bright and clean and …”

* Iraq: One of 77 senators who voted to authorize the war in Iraq, Biden is now a war opponent. He has co-authored a plan that calls for dividing ethnic Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds into autonomous regions and gradually reducing U.S. troop levels. * Social Security:... [+]

Who will be the Democrat VP nominee? – If I was Barack Obama, I would pick ____________

Bill Richardson. Now I don’t do “politics” but I may as well give an opinion since I do hold a couple of diplomas (now gathering dust) in political science pre-law/international relations/ethnic studies. Alright, so the Hillary backers are saying they will vote for McCain. Go ahead, be... [+]