Obama supports fair trade; McCain free. On trade, the two candidates seem like polar opposites. However, since both candidates did not fair very well with workers in the primaries, they haven’t been speaking much on trade. Bloomberg.com had a great article discussing the trade issue. Trade can be a complex issue; even workers who benefit [...]

The way things are going, it seems like we might have to wait until September to see a debate. Despite Obama claiming that he would debate McCain “anytime, anywhere” we still haven’t seen a single debate planned until the major September 18 debate at the Morial Convention Center. It seems strange that the first debate [...]

After months and months of waiting, McCain has finally released a detailed economic plan. Unfortunately, it’s about as disappointing as Spiderman 3. The AngryBear’s post on this topic was really just a recommendation for the EconomistMom’s post. In fact, EconomistMom does such a good job explaining the topic, that we were hard pressed to find [...]

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 [...]

Yesterday, Ron Paul said that he had a major announcement to make later that night. And indeed it was a major one, as he announced that he was ending his presidential campaign last night. Just today however, Ron Paul posted a thank you to all his supporters on his website. And this thank you makes [...]

On CNBC yesterday, the theme seemed to be Obama vs. McCain. The McCain supporters focused on McCain’s pro-growth tax cuts and attacked what they called protectionism from Obama; while the Obama supporters attempted to show Obama’s policies moving towards the middle while attempting to portray McCain’s policies as impossible. The main points that were brought [...]

Although many believe a VP should be selected with great consideration to how they may behave in the fall election, vice presidents hardly ever swing key states or have a huge impact in the general election. What is more important is how effectively they can help to manage the administration to keep the American people [...]

Oftentimes here at Election Stocks, we’ve brought you a view very supportive on free trade economics. We’ve used this view to support our idea that economics experts like Barack Obama understand the paradox in putting in tariffs to protect the lower classes. At last, I have found an article by a bonafide economist that supports [...]

When in the primaries, delegates always seem more radical than they actually are in order to appeal to the party base and win the nomination. As Obama shifts towards his fall strategies for combatting Senator John McCain, we notice that his stances on certain issues are beginning to mellow out to appeal to the more [...]

Not too long ago, McCain was saying that he didn’t really understand politics. But now as the Democrats are having a slander war, McCain has used this time to play catch up, and it seems like he gets it now. On Tuesday, McCain released a new economic plan. Much of it focuses on tax cuts [...]