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What’s This About Obama Being An Elitist?

I came across another great column from the New York Times. It analyzes the label that Barack Obama is an ‘elitist’ and somehow ‘out of touch’ with the average American.
This has been a common theme coming from the Republican’s during this campaign season. It has never completely made sense to me, and it [...]

Fox News: Fair & Balanced?

While searching YouTube, I found a play list (click on the link below) on Fox News attacking Barack Obama. Now, we all know Fox News is clearly sided with the right, however some of the things they say and report are completely irresponsible as a news organization.
Fox News Attacks Obama
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What Does Obama’s Lead Mean?

I wrote a post about Barack Obama recently catching his bounce. It appears the trend is continuing as new polls coming out the past few days show Obama opening up a lead over his opponent John McCain.
With this data at hand, I pose the question, what does Obama’s lead over McCain mean at this [...]

A look at our President’s energy policy

Thomas Friedman, best known as the author of the international best selling book The World Is Flat, wrote an interesting column in the New York Times today on President Bush’s energy policy.
Two years ago, President Bush declared that America was “addicted to oil,” and, by gosh, he was going to do something about it. Well, [...]

Barack’s Bounce

For those watching the Presidential race between Barack Obama and John McCain, you may have been just as confused as I have been when poll numbers as recently as a week ago had the two candidates at a virtual tie. My instincts told me that Obama should have a solid lead over McCain. [...]

Why Politics Matter

In writing my first blog about politics, I really wasn’t sure where I should begin. Politics sometimes can be a touchy subject matter and I wasn’t sure if I should just dive right in and take a stance on something I believe in, or start with something a bit lighter.
While thinking about that [...]