McCain isn’t exactly the most ethanol freindly candidate – but then again, nobody is after the Iowa primaries. However, this could hurt the Republican candidate in more areas than just Iowa. He’s also losing ground in Minnesota. Surprisingly, McCain and Obama are in dead heat in Indiana, a traditionally conservative state. Although it could just [...]

Scott Adams took considerable effort to make his survey an objective one that hits on key facts about economic thought. Because of this objective, Adams posted a very well written comment criticizing the validity of his survey (which is quoted below). We recommend you follow up on The Dilbert Blog at dilbert.com/blog to keep up [...]

Scott Adams, the cartoonist best known for his work writing Dilbert, recently took it upon himself to interview 500 economists to see what their views were on who would be better for the economy: John McCain or Barack Obama. Unfortunately, the economists did not reveal any startling revelation or even cross party lines, with Democrats [...]

Not exactly. While McCain made the unfortunate comment that “the fundamentals economy are strong.” Obama needs to put forth an actual plan for that change he will bring. Biden put in his two cents worth while campaigning near Detroit: “Ladies and gentlemen, I could walk from here to Lansing, and I wouldn’t run into a [...]

And why isn’t Obama doing more of it? Slate Magazine claims that since July, McCain and campaign have made 11 claims that are barely true, 8 that are categorically false, and 3 of what they call “pants-on-fire-lies.” McCain et al are not embarrassed about it either. In fact, they keep repeating them. Obama-Biden, on the [...]

The actual chart from which we drew the following conclusions is pictured below.

Many voters take a casual attitude towards election season, but some people really dig down deep to find out the facts. Personal friend Dr. Charles Sheaff was particularly interested in claims by politicians across the board that Obama has little to no experience. He compiled a spreadsheet of all presidents since FDR and their time [...]

Fox News/Rasmussen polls report 2-2-1 in the battleground states: Ohio McCain 51% Obama 44% Virginia McCain 49% Obama 47% Florida McCain-Obama tied at 48% each Colorado Obama 49% Obama 46% Pennsylvania Obama 47% McCain 45%

Teeka Tiwari of Seeking Alpha has written an article from the same perspective we use almost all the time here at Election Stocks. He gives his own predictions and insights towards a list of 8 stocks that would do exceptionally well if McCain is elected in November. Most of his choices are oil companies: On [...]

Yes, to the tune of 6.1%. How do McCain and Obama react? Real Clear Politics reports that both wasted no time in “blasting out statements.” Here’s a taste, but read the whole article. Obama: …Today’s jobs report is a reminder of what’s at stake in this election ‘ John McCain showed last night that he [...]