The Kucinich Presidential bid was the longest of long-shots. It had a value. His presence in the early debates gave the Democratic party faithful a look at the policy positions from the extreme liberal wing. Under pressure to hold his Congressional seat, The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports that he is bowing out.
In a […]

Is this the attitude of 18-year-old voters? Not according to the polls. When we were 18 (that would be back in the dark ages of the Viet Nam war era), the slogan was if we can fight for our country, surely we can vote. And we did.
Now we will just have […]

Jack Trout, expert marketing strategist and originator of the “positioning” concept among many others, gives his thoughts in forbes.com on how the candidates should position themselves.
Hillary Clinton. Strategy - “Experience.” Nice, but tough is the way to go. Her line, “I know how to get things done.
Barack Obama. Strategy - “Change.” […]

The latest Washington Post/ABC News Poll has Hillary up 52% to Obama’s 20%. Edwards only 13%. This is a big improvement over early Sept. Post survey, which had Hillary at 41%, Obama at 27%, Edwards at 14%.
But there’s more, Chris Cillizza of The Fix, wasingtonpost.com’s Politics Blog, looks deeper.
Hillary has the women, 56%, […]

“To boldly go where no man has gone before.” Yes, John Edwards had enterprise. He participated in an online MTV-MySpace dialogue
He answered live questions from the “audience,” and 69% of those polled afterward said he had good ideas.
Yes, the participants were probably younger than he was used to. Yes, they can vote […]

Wow! This competition is not even on TV! The SEIU is going to endorse a Democratic candidate, and has narrowed its choices to Clinton, Obama or Edwards (surprise, surprise).
The SEIU is looking for the three to show their strategies to win in Nov. at the Change To Win conference in Chicago next week […]

Today Yahoo! News had an article about the decreasing trade deficit. While you might think that this is a good thing, many people are still critical about Bush’s policies. Naturally we decided to do some research about the 2008 candidates positions and ideas on free trade. As usual we’ll take a look at the poll […]

Join the forum discussion on this postOne of the things that we always hear Democrats talk about is finance reform. Obama, Clinton, Edwards, all of them really. But, as we have seen this may not be the case, such as the hedge fund donations to the Democrat campaigns, and the Edwards investments. Now it’s […]

Candidate Mashup (debate) to be sponsored by Slate.com along with Yahoo and the Huffington Post. All 8 candidates will sit for a 15 min. interview with Charlie Rose. Three questions will be asked. You can send yours in text, audio or video to: questionthecandidates@slate.com. Be there or be square. Save […]

on the Stump today. Romney Trust vs. Edwards’ Investments.
The author examines the financial holdings of both candidates and makes his own ruling based on the facts surrounding the apparent hypocrisies in their investments. It’s excellent work, you should definitely have a read.
It’s our job to talk about how stocks are tied into this election, and […]