Friday, December 07, 2007
With less than a month to go, a presidential horce race
by Khari Johnson, [X]press Online
We are less than a month away from Jan. 3 presidential primaries in Iowa and the 2008 presidential scene has changed dramatically from what it was a month or even weeks ago.
Barack Obama seems to have found his stride… and Oprah. His campaign sold out an auditorium for a Obama-Oprah event in South Carolina on Sunday and moved it to an 80,000 seat football stadium.
The latest polls show Obama leading Clinton and Edwards in Iowa, the first primary state, by seven percentage points. Most national numbers show Clinton leading all Democratic candidates by around 20 percent.
Mike Huckabee is gaining ground too… and cool points with adding Chuck Norris to his election campaign. Norris sat in the front rows of last week’s CNN/YouTube Republican debate. He’s using Chuck Norris facts in his campaign ads! Definitely one of the best campaign ads I’ve ever seen.
Regardless of your politics or who you plan on supporting in the upcoming election, check out these presidential quizzes. I was surprised to learn that my political beliefs were considered most like Dennis Kucinich. It seems we have a lot in common politically but I don’t believe in aliens. Plus he looks like a weasel. But it's good to know where you stand based on
www.change.org/presidential_matchmaker
www.speakout.com/VoteMatch/senate2006.asp?quiz=2008#sec0
By most accounts and considering the current state of the world, this is an important election. Mitt Romney gave a speech yesterday to try and approach voters about his Mormon faith. Most every media outlet would compare him to John F. Kennedy's speech to a room full of Protestant ministers before his 1960 election. Most would conclude Romney is not Kennedy.
It's also the first presidential election since 1952 in which no incumbent president or vice president is running. Candidates are vying for both the presidency and the rights to redefine their party and the direction of the nation in unique times.
To learn more about presidential race visit the New York Times 2008 election guide. There you can find candidate profiles and recent articles about them, a calender of election events and breakdown on where each candidate stands on key issue. Their poll numbers are a few days out of late.
For up to date polling numbers from a variety of news outlets visit www.pollingreport.com , voted #26 in Time.com's 50 best websites of 2007.
YouTube's YouChoose '08 campaign is also a good resource for insight into the campaign and debate of the issues. Full Q&A between major Democratic and Republican candidates with questions contributed through YouTube videos is also available.
For details of California elections in 2008, visit easyvoter.org sponsored by the League of Women Voters of California Education Fund.
We are less than a month away from Jan. 3 presidential primaries in Iowa and the 2008 presidential scene has changed dramatically from what it was a month or even weeks ago.
Barack Obama seems to have found his stride… and Oprah. His campaign sold out an auditorium for a Obama-Oprah event in South Carolina on Sunday and moved it to an 80,000 seat football stadium.
The latest polls show Obama leading Clinton and Edwards in Iowa, the first primary state, by seven percentage points. Most national numbers show Clinton leading all Democratic candidates by around 20 percent.
Mike Huckabee is gaining ground too… and cool points with adding Chuck Norris to his election campaign. Norris sat in the front rows of last week’s CNN/YouTube Republican debate. He’s using Chuck Norris facts in his campaign ads! Definitely one of the best campaign ads I’ve ever seen.
Regardless of your politics or who you plan on supporting in the upcoming election, check out these presidential quizzes. I was surprised to learn that my political beliefs were considered most like Dennis Kucinich. It seems we have a lot in common politically but I don’t believe in aliens. Plus he looks like a weasel. But it's good to know where you stand based on
www.change.org/presidential_matchmaker
www.speakout.com/VoteMatch/senate2006.asp?quiz=2008#sec0
By most accounts and considering the current state of the world, this is an important election. Mitt Romney gave a speech yesterday to try and approach voters about his Mormon faith. Most every media outlet would compare him to John F. Kennedy's speech to a room full of Protestant ministers before his 1960 election. Most would conclude Romney is not Kennedy.
It's also the first presidential election since 1952 in which no incumbent president or vice president is running. Candidates are vying for both the presidency and the rights to redefine their party and the direction of the nation in unique times.
To learn more about presidential race visit the New York Times 2008 election guide. There you can find candidate profiles and recent articles about them, a calender of election events and breakdown on where each candidate stands on key issue. Their poll numbers are a few days out of late.
For up to date polling numbers from a variety of news outlets visit www.pollingreport.com , voted #26 in Time.com's 50 best websites of 2007.
YouTube's YouChoose '08 campaign is also a good resource for insight into the campaign and debate of the issues. Full Q&A between major Democratic and Republican candidates with questions contributed through YouTube videos is also available.
For details of California elections in 2008, visit easyvoter.org sponsored by the League of Women Voters of California Education Fund.
# posted by [X]press Staff @ 12:05 PM 