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If McCain/Palin lose, whose fault will it be? John McCain George W. Bush Sarah Palin Barack Obama Vote at GOPNation.com

Florida and Ohio - two "red" states from 2000 and 2004 have been trending (slowly) away from Barack Obama in recent days, with recent polls in both states showing modest John McCain leads developing (See Florida - here and here; Ohio - here.) While this is encouraging news for the GOPers, as this map shows, it might be too-little, too-late thanks to one state, Virginia: Big assumption - NC, MO and yes, PA go red Even assuming that Pennsylvania goes "red" - which is a huge assumption that isn't yet backed up by recent polls, but seems something that the...

The most important endorsement in U.S. political history came during the presidential election of 1800. The House of Representatives had to choose between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr.Though he had long opposed Jefferson's policies, Alexander Hamilton knew him to be "a patriot and an honorable man." "If there be a man in this world I ought to hate it is Jefferson," he wrote, "but the public good must be paramount to every personal consideration." Hamilton knew that the presidency should not be entrusted to Aaron Burr. Senator Burr was the master manipulator who had created Tammany Hall, the original Democrat...

Final Call - We must spread Obama's wordLast night's third and final presidential debate likely did little to change the minds of the American voter. While John McCain presented his best performance to-date, Barack Obama was cool, as usual. In mainstream media-speak, this will likely then be scored as a tie, which at this point in the campaign means an Obama debate win, if only because he is the leader in this race, and McCain is the clear challenger. While the majority of us here remain confident that the McCain/Palin ticket can turn the election around, those of us right-of-center...

Is it over?With three weeks to go in any general election, one only needs to look at where the candidates are campaigning to see who's winning the race. Today, the Democratic nominees are in Ohio (Obama) and New Hampshire (Biden). The GOP ticket, on the other hand, is campaigning in Virginia and North Carolina (McCain and Palin). North Carolina last voted for the Democrats in 1976, while Virginia turned blue for the last time in 1964. Ohio, meanwhile has gone with the winner in each election since 1944, regardless of party, except for in 1960 when it chose Nixon over...

John McCain picked a wonderful partner in Sarah Palin. When the McCain-Palin ticket was announced, it was like a breath of fresh air to social conservatives and soon, to independent voters alike. Finally, after a dreadful summer that saw Barack Hussein Obama take the lead over McCain in the national and state polls, there was hope for the GOP ticket. With just over three weeks to go, I fear increasingly that the hope is all on the Obama side. While John McCain's first and second debates with Obama failed to score points against the secular messiah, even as late as...

After moving slightly to McCain in recent days, we have moved North Carolina back to the Democrats this morning. The current count is Obama 353, McCain 185 with just over three weeks to go until Election 2008.

This site has it Obama 338, McCain 200. For what its worth, this is McCain's best showing since September 30th. (Mapped created using RealClearPolitics tool) Battleground Poll: Obama 338, McCain 200. Missouri goes back to McCain today. In a bit of good news, this is McCain's best showing since September 30th.

Where are our rational leaders? The great, big, far-reaching government that President Bill Clinton declared dead following GOP congressional gains in the mid-1990's is back and back with a vengeance. Thanks to government interfering through the likes of Freddie and Fannie Mac, which offered up policies to guarantee any working and non-working America a home of their own, the chickens, as one pathetic Reverend stated on another matter, have unfortunately come home to roost. The Great Expansion of the past fifteen years, in one months' time looks increasingly like the Great Depression of the 21st Century. Today, the stock market...

On this day in 1967, Che Guevara, the Argentine communist, was executed by the Bolivian Army. He and his pals had invaded Bolivia a few days earlier in hope of establishing a communist dictatorship. [At left, an Obama campaign office in Texas proudly displays an icon of Che Guevara on the Cuban flag.] While working for Fidel Castro, Che Guevara had ordered the execution of nearly two thousand anti-communists. He boasted that he had shot dozens of prisoners with his favorite pistol. [At left, a Democrat judge in Ohio displays a picture of Che Guevara alongside a picture of his...

An unhappy interlude is coming Yesterday's debate convinced me of one underlying fact: Barack Obama is likely to become our nation's 44th president, and if one looks at this through the prism of the long-term, that reality isn't such a bad occurrence for the nation or for the conservative movement for that matter. The last eight years has destroyed the conservative brand, saying nothing about what it has done to the Republican Party. While George W. Bush has espoused conservative principles, on many issues his actions looked more left-of-center in nature. On immigration, domestic spending and the like, the GOP...

John McCain is the only way we would get divided government in Washington. The little secret that neither party seems to want to admit, especially the GOP and McCain is that most Americans like divided government. They liked it in the 1980s when Reagan was president and the Dems controlled the House, and they liked it in the 1990s when Clinton was president and the GOP held Congress. So far, McCain has not painted this grim picture: without him in the White House, the Democrats will control everything. And with the Democratic Congress rated below George W Bush's dismal numbers,...

Our latest Battleground poll shows that Barack Obama has solidly taken control of states that total 264 electoral votes, just six shy of the all-important 270 votes needed to win the presidential election. John McCain, on the other hand has only secured 163 votes. Eight states that total 111 electoral votes are all that's left that we consider 'battleground' states this cycle. Of those, Obama is ahead in six of those states that total 89 votes, versus just 2 for John McCain, worth 22 votes. In the past week, Minnesota (10), Michigan (17), Pennsylvania (21) and New Hampshire (4) have...

On July 2, 2008, Barack Obama announced: "We cannot continue to rely on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set. We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded." Obama's Civilian National Security Force: • What sort of people would be in this paramilitary force? • What sort of weapons would they have? • Who would command them? • Would they be subordinate to the U.S. military? • Would they be subordinate to the police? • What would be the purpose of this paramilitary...

Prove me wrong, John Despite Sarah Palin's impressive performance last night, for those that didn't know (or maybe don't care), I admited this earlier this morning: I believe that Barack Obama is going to win the election in 32 days. There, I said it. No, that doesn't make me a bad Republican, nor does it make me a bad American, because I'm not saying this because I want it to happen. In fact, I hope that on November 5th I wake up and have a "Dewey Beats Truman" moment. However, I consider myself a well-verse student of election history and...

If Obama wins, how should be address him? * Der Führer * Dear Leader * Mr. President * The Messiah Vote today at http://www.gopnation.com

Dems: Playing 'concerned' for victory Yesterday's brilliant display of 'democracy' showed us one central fact: Thirty-five days prior to a presidential election, it is all about politics (duh!). From Speaker Pelosi's firebrand speech prior to the bailout vote, to Rep. Barry Frank's conclusion that Republicans wanted to "punish the country", to Barack Obama's line, "Democrats, Republicans, step up to the plate, get it done," the Democrats yesterday played pure politics that so far, looks to be winning. With the Dow Jones nearly 4,000 points off its high set last October, and with U.S. financials still skidding, the Democrats have played...

Signs of a Barryslide? - Watch the 'solid' red states. Barack Obama's team is talking about landslides and with polls showing that the Dems lead has grown in recent days, the likelihood of a large donkey victory should certainly not be discounted, as we move into the last month of campaigning. Still, when talking about landslides, its all about the states, and for now, no landslide is certain, nor showing up in the all-important state polls. Despite popular vote leads ranging from anywhere from 5-9 points, the Democrats, so far anyway, have failed to show that large of a lead...

Up in the airWe won't know for a few days if McCain's campaign 'suspension' slows down Obama's surge or not, but from where I sit, I am becoming increasingly convinced that Barack Hussein Obama will be the 44th president of the United States. Trend lines alone are showing us that Obama is likely to win; history shows us that this late in the game, only in 1948 was the leader at this point in the campaign the election loser in November (Republican Thomas E. Dewey lost against President Harry S. Truman, after leading most of the campaign). If anyone in...

Vote at http://www.gopnation.comWhat's better? * A McCain win in 2008, and a loss in 2012 * A McCain loss in 2008, and a Republican win in 2012