If you’ve been following the election, you’ve probably already heard that McCain has clinched the GOP nomination. On the other hand, Hillary has won some key nominations and is fighting Obama tooth and nail. Obama believes that he has clinched the nomination, but that doesn’t stop him from being attacked on two sides.
With those big […]

Who would’ve guessed that FDA regulation would be good for major tobacco companies? According to Dan Clifton of Strategas in this CNBC video (CNBC+ required) from the day of the Iowa Caucus, that may be the case.
In case you cannot view the video, the main idea is that under a Democratic administration, the FDA would […]

At Election Stocks our mission is to observe and describe what is happening. We wish to show how various election outcomes might affect the stock and bond markets, with an emphasis on individual issues.
While everyone writing at our site has a personal viewpoint, we try not to reveal that in our work. What […]

This is a quick overview of some basic impacts that the current presidential candidates positions on not only the Iraq War but also homeland security in general could have into the homeland defense sector of the market. The defense sector is composed largely of, but not limited to, many of the companies listed in our […]

Ohio has decided elections before, but this is a first at deciding the nomination. It has 91 pledged delegates proportional to each congressional district (also 70 “Super Delegates”). Some districts are “more equal” than others.
The Chicago Tribune political blog, The Swamp, has the skinny.
* The most delegate-heavy district in the state […]

With Obama now a 4-1 favorite to win the Democratic nomination (as always, see the InTrade probabilities in the left column) some are thinking ahead a bit to balancing the tickets. Geoffrey James writes about many subjects, and we especially enjoy his blog, Sales Machine.
James correctly notes that candidates are making a sale, and […]

Liz Sidoti of the AP reports that so far none of the Republican candidates for President have begun to run negative ads yet, but the criticism rhetoric has definitely gotten sharper.
Giuliani, McCain, Thompson and Romney are all bunched up towards the top of the field. How to take on rival candidates and while not […]

Giuliani goes for all those Fl delegates. Good move.
Can’t they just hire professonals to do this? Candidates are reaching out to supporters for campaign ads. Crap shoot?
Workers unite! IAFF supports Chris Dodd. That would be the Fire Fighters Union.
McCain does Jay Leno show. Better or worse than Jon Daley?
Hillary […]

Obama is sticking close to his statement on diplomacy, and also cleaning it up a little. But Real Clear Politics writer Charles Krauthammer thinks that Obama got his second strike when he talked about debate yesterday, and he’s not bowling.
Liberalism is apparently on the rise as the Democratic party is viewed vastly more favorably than […]

The Stump has a lot of good news today, on Thompson changing his campaign manager, on Obama being down and maybe out, and on Rudy’s electability
Salon.com has a really cool piece on how the Democrats differ on Iraq.
The Politico has the story that Obama is now modeling his campaign on that of Ronald Reagan.
McCain […]