Former US Senator Jesse Helms died with a long heritage of controversy. He irritated many with his conservative stance on politics and social issues, but stuck to his guns and was quick to criticize and condemn liberals. He had no praise for Clinton and liberal elites. Even his home state of NC was not a strong supporter of him

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us navy would be friggin' stupid if there were no limits. The thing which concerns me is that a top notch source for us navy that provides less protection. How can you make sure that if you used us navy to become a practical alternative to guerilla warfare. I wish everyone was a quick learner about us navy and the related to-i

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“A good orator brings to a speech something more persuasive and moving than the just words”.This address, packed with emotion, that so effortlessly conveyed sorrow, mourning, historical significance while bolstering the American resolve to keep moving on and be pioneers was one of his best. Not stopping at addressing the nation

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There has been a lot of chatter since Barack Obama effectively won the Democratic nomination on June 3 about an Obama (or unity) bounce in the polls. I was--and still am--skeptical about the bounce based on semantics. As I've argued, a bounce--like those after a convention--implies that there is a sudden uptick in polling foll

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With Quinnipiac's decision to stretch beyond their typical Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania coverage, there came a bevy of new polls in swing states during the latter half of the week. Beyond that though, there were several changes that shifted things on the Watch List and altered the electoral college projection as well. Since

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The popular vote isn't how the president is selected just as it wasn't the method in which the Democratic nomination was decided in 2008. That doesn't mean that those rules cannot be revisited and altered though. As sure as the rules governing the ways in which nominees are chosen will be examined in detail prior to 2012, th

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From Sunday through today, there were twelve new polls from ten states. California remains firmly in the Democratic column while states like Arizona and Nebraska continue to be solidly Republican. New polling out of Michigan and Missouri provided each campaign with a bit of a cushion this week, though. And states like Indiana

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How many Vice Presidents of the United States can you name starting with Dick Cheney? Not many I would guess. Why am I asking? Well, have you ever heard of Spiro Agnew?With all of the hoopla and controversy over who Barack Obama and John McCain will select as their respective running mates, one might get the impression that V.P

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Well written and sometimes funny, a trans sexual takes on the Turkish military.
Sometimes you hear the strangest things….in Istanbul...

Sometimes you hear the strangest things in the news on Turkey. Sometimes I hear tragic stories and I want to cry or scream. Sometimes I hear really weird stories from Turkey and I want to

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What took voters in the US two months to figure out, New Zealand schoolgirls determined just by looking at pictures. It took over half the country's primary electorate to narrow the field of prospective presidential nominees from both major parties down to three. But that process had already been done between May and August of

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U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has offered new steps to crack down on speculation in oil markets, saying his plan would help rein in runaway fuel costs. Senator McCain has also expressed concern about oil-market speculation and has called for investigating cases of abuses as well as overhauling regulations

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Polling frequency has certainly shot up since Obama claimed enough delegates to secure the Democratic nomination. Things had gotten slow toward the end of the Democratic battle with the uncertainty of Clinton continuing her candidacy increasing, but they have risen again to a level of about 30 polls a week. Following Wednesday

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Political associations in the United States are getting far off base. Not many political parties are doing what they were originally intended to. Democrats have failed to stop the war, Republicans haven't improved the economy or lowered taxes. The liberals ideal utopia is asinine and the religious conservative view is quite fr

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Raise your hand if you didn't see this coming. Is there really a sizable group of people (who have been paying attention) that are surprised by Obama opting out of the public financing system for the general election? I'd imagine there aren't that many folks out there with raised hands. Let's put the shoe on the other foot

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Obama Bounce or Evidence the the leading indicators of presidential electoral success are kicking in?
The two polls in Ohio are enough for Obama to be able to wrest control of the Buckeye state from McCain for the time being. Those twenty electoral votes move from a McCain toss up to an Obama toss up and provide the Illinois s

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