Campaign watchers keep an eye on donations from those with corporate affiliations. Many feel that this provides insight into which businesses expect to benefit from a given election outcome.
In this same vein, it is interesting to note the contributions of people from certain professions. TheScientist.com recently reported that James Watson, the noted biologist, […]

In an effort to find something that we could directly translate into stock ideas, the best we could come up with for today is this article from BusinessWeek a little over a month ago. It’s actually a really good article dealing with how the election will impact technology companies. As candidates can change their views […]

Bill Richardson is going to eliminate discrimination against the two-ton Tommies and Tessies, and promises to make the obesity epidemic a top priority if he is elected.
He told obesity researchers and policy-makers:
“Our next President must take a prominent and public role…to increase the public’s understanding of obesity and remove the stigma,”
The Obesity Society invited all […]

John Fout, TheStreet.com’s Political Correspondent, has two good articles on the race to hold the first primary, a topic we have been monitoring here at Election Stocks. In “States Seek Poll Position…” he describes the controversy and shows how front-runners may benefit from the compression of time. The second article is an interesting […]

Barack Obama has let a little memo slip regarding his fresh stance on diplomacy. More of the same.
Edwards received $800,000 from Rupert Murdoch, and although he formally renounced him, he has no proof of donating the money to charity.
Hillary Clinton is slowly shifting her position on the Iraq War.
Newt Gingrich says that the War on […]

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 […]

Fred Thompson is very smooth and quick on his feet, as shown in this video by The Stump. These qualities lead some to wonder, is he the GOP’s Savior?
Real Clear Politics has a cool piece on how much Oprah’s endorsement could help Obama.
According to OpinionJournal, the Democrats are going soft on crimes against humanity.
Bill Richardson […]

CNN in correlation with YouTube put together one of the most diabolically bad formats for a debate that we have seen in our lives. Off the bat, the YouTube debate was a terrible idea because it uses YouTube, a video uploading site notorious for its terrible image and sound quality. Almost all the submitted videos […]

All news today is on yesterday’s YouTube debate, it’s the thing to talk about.
Fred Barnes of The Daily Standard says that Hillary Outflanked Obama last night.
The Washington Post claims that the voice of the public added an edge to the debate.
Top of the Ticket has a well put together commentary on The YouTube Debate.
Of course […]

On CNN tonight, 6pm Chicago time, from the Citadel, a Democratic Debate sponsored by CNN and YouTube. Anderson Cooper is the host. Questions will be video questions submitted to YouTube by July 22.
Wired Science interviewed Anderson Cooper about the innovative format, and got lots of valuable information about how the debate will play […]