Every Presidential candidate is out there trying to buy your vote. This statement may not go over very well in conservative circles, after all, this is an accusation commonly hurled at Democrats, but it also fits the Republican framework as well. Th

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In the last Presidential election apathy was the order of the day. Many people saw their vote as almost meaningless. They refused to go to the poles. Excuses ranged from having no time to claiming the state they lived in always went to the other sid

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We’re gearing up for another presidential campaign, and we have some serious domestic issues on our hands. Large parts of New Orleans still look like a war zone two years after Hurricane Katrina, the Administration is dragging its collective feet on

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Regular readers of my blog, "After Midnight", know that I try to keep things light. Unfortunately, this post's topic, layoffs in many American industries, doesn't lend itself to a humorous take. I look at how things seem to be getting better, no

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Steve Beshear has taken back the Governor's mansion for the Democratic party in Kentucky. According to this post, the race wasn't even close, as Steve Beasher won in a 59-41% landslide.

This race was marked with vicious gay-baiting and other fo

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A provocative speech by the principal character in the ‘V for Vendetta’ movie (directed by the Wachowski brothers) was used by Ron Paul’s supporters to raise record breaking funds for his election campaign.

Here are some scans of the actual V for Vendetta comic strip featuring the famous TV studio speech. The speech is completely differe

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Socialmedia.biz wrote a post yesterday stating that the GOP hopefuls were feeling uneasy about today’s CNN YouTube Debate format. The politicians should not feel uneasy, but instead ashamed. More than the politicians, the media should be ashamed at how it has trivialized itself throughout these 2008 election presidential debates.

Why would

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Have you heard of Dr. Michael J. Bisconti? He currently holds 8 doctorates and now gives us 12 fantastic reasons as to why a woman should/could/would never become president of the United States. Are you ready for this? He’s got some really convincing and persuasive arguments oh and his logical approach to this subject is so divine and straigh

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I am a conservative and I enjoy the reaction to Ron Paul’s candidacy, but let’s get one thing straight. He can’t do it. He won’t get the Republican nomination and if he runs as an independent, the Democrats will control the White House for the next 8 years.

Ron Paul’s campaign is not useless by any means. With so many conservatives in the

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What are Mike Huckabee’s chances of making it into the White House? Rather slim I assume, so you cannot blame him for trying to stir up some controversy and get into the Newspapers.

It’s one thing to make headlines but something completely different to make yourself look like a complete idiot, cause idiocy in politics is so what the world

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As the states prepare to begin awarding their delegates next month, analyzing the size, geographic and demographic makeup of each candidate’s online following (in this case visitors to the candidates’ websites) offers insight, beyond the never ending stream of opinion polls, as to who is likely to win these primaries and caucuses and secure t

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Rising Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee is increasingly finding himself a target as he moves from bottom-tier candidate to frontrunner status.

In particular, the former Arkansas governor is finding himself under fire from AIDS/HIV activists for comments he has made, as well as from advocates of English as the official language

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When Hillary Clinton launched her campaign nearly a year ago, the media buzz deemed it near impossible for the likes of Barack Obama and John Edwards to overcome her daunting campaign machine. The endorsements, the money, and the cream-of-the-crop strategists combined with the former First Lady�s incumbent image to make her the clear-cut choi

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Benazir Bhutto was killed as she left a campaign rally in Rawalpindi, near the capital, Islamabad, where she had spoken to an audience of thousands ahead of next month’s general election. A member of her PPP party, Mohammad Zaman, told the BBC what happened next:

“The meeting went perfectly well. She delivered her speech, she came down th

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Benazir Bhutto, the late former prime minister of Pakistan was buried today in her home town of Sindh near her father’s grave Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.

Tens of thousands of people attended the funeral including Late Benazir Bhutto’s husband Asif Ali Zardari and Benazir’s son.Her body was carried in a white ambulance for burial ceremony.Presiden

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