Although Obama’s camp left the decision open as to whether or not they wanted to swiftboat in this campaign season, those on the far left have made up their minds.
They have criticized McCain’s service in the air force by claiming that pilots don’t have to take responsibilty for or think about the people that [...]

For those of you who follow the economy, you have already probably heard the Fed’s Wednesday announcement to keep the target rate unchanged. We found a great article on BankRate.com that takes out the rhetoric from the statement, making it much more readable. However, the Fed’s main point was more concern with inflation as opposed [...]

McCain’s newest video ad likens Obama to the evil James Bond villain Doctor No. Surprisingly enough, this advertisement appears to trumpet the economic ignorance McCain has been displaying lately: from the gas tax holiday to the issues with offshore drilling. Shown below is the video itself. You may need to actually click on this post [...]

McCain is widely considered to be a responsible authority on military and foreign issues. But as of late, many of his economic statements have been latent with a sort of anti-capitalist sentiment. This sentiment, whether it be more populist pandering or just plain economic ignorance, places some of McCain’s economic policies to the left of [...]

Recently McCain has been praising eBay as a tool for creating jobs. Apparently, he believes that eBay proves the ability of Americans to compete in a global economy without excessive tax or tariffs (essentially the base of Republican economic policy). The talk of eBay should end there, but McCain takes it further and instead of [...]

Obama is the first candidate in about forty years to forego public financing. His campaign says that it’s part of Obama’s new way of doing things, i.e. small donors giving ordinary amounts to fuel the campaign – no lobbyists or special interest groups.
But his opponents are trying to spin it as a broken promise. Obama [...]

It seems that almost every day there is an editorial urging John McCain to relieve the American people of their high gas price burden. But rather than an endorsement of his gas tax vacation, the average conservative citizen is urging McCain to drill for domestic oil. If he indeed decided to drill for more [...]

Some political analysts say McCain and Obama could split the electoral vote 269-269. House of Representatives would then come into play.
The LA Times has an interesting interactive map for those of you who want to play along at home.
Just a thought, but our inquiring mind wonders why the total electoral votes add up to [...]

Often times, people educated in the area of politics will say that it’s not the President who makes the decisions, but rather his close circle of advisers. We’ve even know people who vote based on a candidate’s ability to speak because they feel that the candidate’s positions were more or less irrelevant. While we wouldn’t [...]

First it was Obama Girl: the saucy, young dancer endorsing Barack Obama with a very catchy music video. Now the Democratic party has developed a new internet video as part of their program to get people registered to vote (for Obama). Behold!

If McCain can’t realize that utilizing the internet to its fullest would put his [...]