IF THE ELECTION WERE HELD TODAY..

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So if you visit msn.com and head to the election 2008 section you'll see that they keep a daily poll on the votes in the states to determine whose in the lead. Judging by what I've seen most of the times I've visited msn.com it was Obama who was in the lead, with a McCain falling right behind. But today!.. Obama has skyrocketed and practically doubled McCain's votes.

If the Election Were Held Today...
Projected electoral votes, based on the latest state-by-state polling. Candidates will need 270 votes to win.



John McCain 158


Barack Obama 320


Toss-up 60

Click here to see the full US map from Slate.com

10 things you should know about John McCain (but probably don't):

1.John McCain voted against establishing a national holiday in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Now he says his position has "evolved," yet he's continued to oppose key civil rights laws.

2.According to Bloomberg News, McCain is more hawkish than Bush on Iraq, Russia and China. Conservative columnist Pat Buchanan says McCain "will make Cheney look like Gandhi."

3.His reputation is built on his opposition to torture, but McCain voted against a bill to ban waterboarding, and then applauded President Bush for vetoing that ban.

4.McCain opposes a woman's right to choose. He said, "I do not support Roe versus Wade. It should be overturned."

5.The Children's Defense Fund rated McCain as the worst senator in Congress for children. He voted against the children's health care bill last year, then defended Bush's veto of the bill.

6.He's one of the richest people in a Senate filled with millionaires. The Associated Press reports he and his wife own at least eight homes! Yet McCain says the solution to the housing crisis is for people facing foreclosure to get a "second job" and skip their vacations.

7.Many of McCain's fellow Republican senators say he's too reckless to be commander in chief. One Republican senator said: "The thought of his being president sends a cold chill down my spine. He's erratic. He's hotheaded. He loses his temper and he worries me."

8.McCain talks a lot about taking on special interests, but his campaign manager and top advisers are actually lobbyists. The government watchdog group Public Citizen says McCain has 59 lobbyists raising money for his campaign, more than any of the other presidential candidates.

9.McCain has sought closer ties to the extreme religious right in recent years. The pastor McCain calls his "spiritual guide," Rod Parsley, believes America's founding mission is to destroy Islam, which he calls a "false religion." McCain sought the political support of right-wing preacher John Hagee, who believes Hurricane Katrina was God's punishment for gay rights and called the Catholic Church "the Antichrist" and a "false cult."

10.He positions himself as pro-environment, but he scored a 0—yes, zero—from the League of Conservation Voters last year.


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A Word on the Economy please..??

Was I the only one tonight to see that both presidential candidates avoided the bail out plans as much as possible? I was extremely disappointed tonight not to hear more on the economy and their future plans to increase stability.
Two things:
One: As far as Obama being able to stand next to McCaina and showing a side of himself that not a lot of Americans have seen before. He did very well. He continuously shot back with his objections. But, to hear Obama onstantly say, at least 8 times, "I agree with Senator McCain" I saw that as a was out of discussion about that topic. Obama was constantly slashed by McCain and I saw that that was all Mccain really did, was to slash Obama. As far as experience I think Obama is forecefull enough to make the right judgement after tonight.
Two: When it came down to shutting up and letting Obama speak that did not happen. I was completely annoyed at the fact of McCain running on about his experience. But after tonight I would have thought of McCain having little experience. I do think that McCain did make a better point about the Iraq and how we need to win in Iraq to win in Afghanistan. As where Obama said we need to lose in Iraq to win in Afghanistan. I did not understand how thats possible. I knew about all McCain's experience but not enough on his beliefs. The war is not the only thing I am interested clearly.

We did infact learn that both men have a lot of fire.

Stewart and Colbert at the 2008 emmys

hahaahaha, I think they've SAID IT ALL.

Give It Up McCain

Republicans in New York say McCain is just getting in the way of this newly born crisis of the $700 bail out. True? I certainly think so.

To McCain: Dont count your chickens before they hatch. Yeah sure its good to be involved in something that you were called apon to make decision. You've done and put your point and your choice to the bail out, so that's all they need from you.. stop trying to throw orders around already. or ever in the case that you lose. Oh I certainly hope so.

Another inportant thing that totally blew my mind is his point of putting his campaign on hold?.. and missing the first of the presidential debates!! (which starts tomorrow btw)

A little cold feet for McCain?

excusssees excusssees

$700 BILLION loan?

Sorry to be off topic from the election but if you havent already noticed the crisis in New York then start your research. As a way out of making the economy any more worse than it already is, President Bush gave a speech today on a $700 Billion loan given to major companies in New York of which have gone bankrupt. Bush said, "We are in the midst of a serious financial crisis," during his speech today. Also that, "Our entire economy is in danger."

Basically the reason they are proposing this bailout is to stop the numerous amount of people filing for unemployment, the people losing their homes becoming homeless, not being able to pay morgages, things like that. I dont have much to say on this because the speech it self was I admit a bit confusing (shocking I know, coming from Bush) but I did find out that Bush plans to meet with both Governors, John McCain and Barack Obama, both in the running for the election (which by the way is in less than 40 days now). Bush hopes "to work on driving toward a bipartisan and timely solution on the financial rescue package," in other words, create a suitable plan for the years to come that both McCain and Obama agree on. Which I think might not be as easy as Bush thinks. McCain stated that if he was president today he would have fired the bailout team. shocker.


I'm starting to notice from the news and such that a lot of people have started to understand the bailout plan over the past week. Realizing that the situation on Wall Street could ruin Main Street too.
Shocking right? not really.
Lets be real here, WAKE UP PEOPLE!! and start thinking about your homes, savings, education funds, retirement funds, OR EVEN THE SAKE OF OUR FINANCIAL HEALTH OF OUR COUNTRY.

To be honest.. I think that this just might work. I'd rather see the nation spend money on helping people that actually live in this nation trying to fight for their living than give it out to homeless that are lazy and dont do shit to make their lifes better. Another thing, this amount of $700 Billion isn't too far from all the money wasted on the war in Iraq which is STILL going on after what 7 years now, alomost 8.

I dont know, give me your thoughts. I need some levrage.

Finally, The Debate Is Here!

WATCH IT!!!....please. :)

I encourage everyone to tune in Friday, September 26th for the start of the 2008 Presidential Elections. should be interesting enough.