This report is from Sunday, June 08, 2008 and is a report by Rasmussen Reports, an electronic publishing firm specializing in the collection, publication, and distribution of public opinion polling information.  According to their press piece on this most recent study, “Rasmussen Reports ElectionEdge™ Premium Service for Election 2008 offers the most comprehensive public opinion coverage ever provided for a Presidential election”.

Pew Instititute also reports on trends during this political campaign. But thought this report was interesting and was wondering what your thoughts were. …continue reading Voters Give Media Failing Grades in Objectivity for Election 2008

Clinton set to concede delegate race to Obama

From the AP wire, according to Frederick  News Post (read entire article here )
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton will concede Tuesday night that Barack Obama has the delegates to secure the Democratic nomination, campaign officials said, effectively ending her bid to be the nation’s first female president.The article continues: She will pledge to continue to speak out on issues like health care. But for all intents and purposes, the two senior officials said, the campaign is over. …continue reading Clinton set to resign as presidential candidate

Thanks to Al’s Monday Meeting blog,  http://poynter.org/media/rss/als_morning_meeting.xml, you can find out the names and emails of the DNC meeting Saturday to determine the nomination for if Mich and Florida primary votes will be counted. Funny, I though elections were covered under the US Constitution. Maybe it’s time to order my Remember Al Gore shirt.

…continue reading Remember Al Gore

Ronni Bennett runs a blog on lots of topics. Her alter ego, Crabby Old Lady, wrote a really good realistic view on media and the campaign today. Sick of the campaign? does it really resonate with you? Got to http://www.timegoesby.net/weblog/2008/05/is-there-a-cand.html

Why it ain’t over till it’s over: Super delegates. No one should stop a human being from trying to win a race when there is even the slightest chance of making it. It is the foundation upon which this nation was built: everyone, man, woman, white, black, has the right to seek their destiny. So I thought I would try to be the one to discuss the superdelegates and why they have become a force in this year’s presidential campaign. To read this blog and comment, feel free to visit http://ericksonblog.com/blog/2008/05/14/the-fat-lady-is-not-yet-singing/

By Michael G. Williams and William Herrfeldt
THE ERICKSON TRIBUNE

No issue in memory has been as politically divisive as the war in Iraq. Most Republicans insist that our country press on until the Iraqis themselves are capable of providing their citizens with a secure and prosperous country, while most Democrats insist that a timetable be established for a troop withdrawal, regardless of the war’s status.

While the reason for being in Iraq may be debatable, many Republicans and Democrats agree that neither the military nor the White House seem to have any exit strategy planned for bringing our troops home. Dakota L. Wood, senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments in Washington, D.C., uses our involvement in World War II as an example.

“In World War II, beating the Germans was the priority before you brought our people home,” he says. “In those days, there was no alternative. The best exit strategy for us in Iraq is to accomplish what we set out to do.”

…continue reading Iraq: Stay the course or cut our losses?