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Florida: Kerry Leads Big in Early Voting NewsMax.com ^ | Friday, Oct. 29, 2004 | NewsMax Wires Posted on Friday, October 29, 2004 12:17:39 PM by kyperman President Bush and Democratic challenger John Kerry remain locked in a close race for Florida's 27 electoral votes as they head into the final days of the 2004 campaign, a new poll indicated Thursday. Among 16 percent of Florida voters who said they had cast early ballots, Kerry received 56 percent of those compared to Bush's 39 percent. [Editor's Note: NewsMax's Insider Report first revealed early voting results -- (Excerpt) Read more at...

O God, we acknowledge You today as Lord, Not only of individuals, but of nations and governments. We thank You for the privilege Of being able to organize ourselves politically And of knowing that political loyalty Does not have to mean disloyalty to You. We thank You for Your law, Which our Founding Fathers acknowledged And recognized as higher than any human law. We thank You for the opportunity that this election year puts before us, To exercise our solemn duty not only to vote, But to influence countless others to vote, And to vote correctly. Lord, we pray that...

Davenport, Iowa The emerging media narrative on the 2008 presidential campaign is simple, as media narratives always are. Republicans, egged on by the the McCain campaign, are angry. Maybe dangerous. With furrowed brows media big-shots are wondering allowed if John McCain should "tamp down" -- new cliche alert -- his supporters before they begin to physically harm their political foes. The new media narrative was born after McCain's town hall in Waukesha, Wisconsin, on Thursday, where several voters voiced the frustration and, yes, anger in questions to McCain. And several voters shouted their criticism of Obama, echoing McCain from the...

The scene still makes plenty of West Virginians wince. A succession of Mountain State residents proclaim to a television camera that they'll never vote for Barack Obama because of his religion, which they get wrong, or his race. After a few such testimonials, "Daily Show'' host Jon Stewart mockingly suggests a new state motto: "West Virginia: No Interviews, Please.'' That ran in May, shortly after Sen. Hillary Clinton trounced Obama by a margin of more than 2-to-1 in a state roughly 94 percent white. Since then, residents have been on the defensive over charges of widespread bigotry while wondering themselves...

Post-convention swing state polls are tipping toward Sen. John McCain, the TV pundits are waxing about "The Palin Factor," and Sen. Barack Obama's California supporters are freaking out about a race Democrats were uncommonly confident about only a month ago. Conversely, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's addition to the GOP ticket jolted Northern California Republicans out of what one described as their "Underground Railroad" existence in one of the nation's most liberal regions. Ever since her speech to the Republican National Convention on Sept. 3, party officials say volunteers have been contacting California GOP offices in numbers unseen since Ronald Reagan...

It's the question more than a few African-Americans have been asked in recent weeks. Are you voting for Barack Obama because he is black? It's a question some African-Americans find offensive because it is a question hardly ever asked to a white person about a white candidate. That said, Obama's ethnicity is certainly a big role in why he is doing so well among African-American voters, where he enjoys more than 90 percent voter support. So, in part, the answer to the question is yes. However, to think Obama's race is the only reason African-Americans vote for him is naive....

It was here in Arizona, during John McCain's first run for public office in 1982, that the former Vietnam War prisoner came up with the line that assured his career in public office. McCain, then 46 and struggling to capture the Republican primary for a seat in Congress, was grimacing during a campaign forum at the latest of many accusations that he was a carpetbagger, having just moved in the past year to the congressional district in Tucson he wanted to represent. He'd been diplomatic up to that point. But his soon-to-be-famous temper, sarcasm and no-holds-barred qualities all suddenly exploded....

(CBS) Both presidential candidates agree the nation is in a recession. Democratic Sen. Barack Obama and Republican Sen. John McCain, appearing in separate interviews for a special 40th anniversary edition of 60 Minutes, say the economic term applies to the current troubles and lay out their plans to solve the situation if they are elected. Their interviews will be broadcast this Sunday, Sept. 21, at 7 p.m. ET/PT. "Oh, I think there's no doubt that…when the numbers come out, that we are officially in recession," Obama tells Steve Kroft. "I think, for a lot of people, they've been feeling like...

Channel surfing and saw Brad Garett(Every Loves Raymond) was being interviewed before the emmy's and said he met his date at a "Sarah Palin vibrator party".

At a rally in Lady Lake, Fla., today Gov. Sarah Palin accused Sen. Barack Obama of not aggressively promoting a plan to address the current crisis on Wall Street and compared the situation to his many "present" votes in the Illinois state legislature. "This week, when the economic crisis threatened the livelihoods of millions of Americans, John McCain took a clear stand and he offered his own recovery plan," Palin told an enthusiastic crowd of thousands. "Our opponent refused to even take a stand on the position. "And that's a lot like his tenure in the Illinois state legislature where...

Republican presidential nominee John McCain told an audience Sunday that Barack Obama behaved more like a politician than a leader, both on matters of national security and on last week's near-meltdown of the U.S. financial system. Addressing a meeting of the National Guard Association, McCain faulted Obama for not offering a plan to stabilize financial markets after a crisis in the mortgage industry led to the collapse of two investment banks and the government bailout of housing agencies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and insurance giant AIG. "At a time of crisis, when leadership is needed, Senator Obama has not...

Expositive facts regarding the VP candidates. One has germane bona fides. The other lies when he's not plagiarizing. Guess which is which. (the Palin details are from an email and I cannot immediately verify their provenance, which is why I'm posting this in the Backroom)

May 26, 2006 Mr. President, this week Fannie Mae’s regulator reported that the company’s quarterly reports of profit growth over the past few years were “illusions deliberately and systematically created” by the company’s senior management, which resulted in a $10.6 billion accounting scandal. The Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight’s report goes on to say that Fannie Mae employees deliberately and intentionally manipulated financial reports to hit earnings targets in order to trigger bonuses for senior executives. In the case of Franklin Raines, Fannie Mae’s former chief executive officer, OFHEO’s report shows that over half of Mr. Raines’ compensation for...

Too many American Jewish groups place the community, the nation, and Israel a distant second to their own political agendas. Many large, long-established mainstream American Jewish organizations have outlived their usefulness. An Iranian Shihab-3 missile paraded in Teheran. Photo: AP The Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, Jewish Community Relations Council of New York, United Jewish Communities, UJA-Federation of New York, and the Jewish Council for Public Affairs commendably sponsored a "Rally to Stop Iran." But after Republican vice-presidential candidate Gov. Sarah Palin accepted an invitation to speak at the event, they disinvited her. This followed Sen. Hillary...

The Power of Political Misinformation By Shankar Vedantam Monday, September 15, 2008; A06 Have you seen the photo of Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin brandishing a rifle while wearing a U.S. flag bikini? Have you read the e-mail saying Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama was sworn into the U.S. Senate with his hand placed on the Koran? Both are fabricated -- and are among the hottest pieces of misinformation in circulation. As the presidential campaign heats up, intense efforts are underway to debunk rumors and misinformation. Nearly all these efforts rest on the assumption that good information is the...

Palin Makes Stop In Central Florida Governor Gives Speech At The Villages THE VILLAGES, Fla. -- A day after Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama made a campaign stop in Daytona Beach, Gov. Sarah Palin -- Sen. John McCain's running mate -- gave a speech to thousands of people at The Villages. Palin has injected excitement into the campaign for many voters, including numerous at The Villages, which is a reliably Republican community of nearly 70,000 retirees. 12Palin talked about the financial crisis in the United States and took a jab at Obama, saying he "voted present" last week on...

America has been greatly blessed by God and has stood as the greatest country in the history of the world for over 200 years. America has many foreign and domestic enemies that are seeking her destruction. This thread is a daily call and reminder for people of faith who believe in God and in the power of prayer to make a commitment to intercede for America at this critical time in her history2 Chronicles 7:14If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will...

John McCain called this morning for a government trust to work with the private sector and regulators to spot faltering financial institutions... ---------------------------------------------------- The speech...below.

Gov. Rod Blagojevich has a warning for Sen. Barack Obama. He predicts that before the presidential election, Obama will regret supporting ethics legislation that Blagojevich calls inadequate. "This is a Republican trap," Blagojevich said. "They're setting Barack Obama up by using this ethics issue in Illinois." Nonetheless, as CBS 2 Political Editor Mike Flannery reports, Obama's endorsement appears to guarantee the ethics bill will become law. Sources tell CBS 2 that at least three teams of IRS agents are now investigating Blagojevich. It's a large commitment of federal resources. Among other things, they're sifting through documents related to allegations of...

From Madison to the suburbs of Milwaukee, Wisconsin elections officials are reporting strong interest in absentee voting for this year's presidential race.In Madison, the city clerk's office is prepared for up to 40,000 voters to cast their ballots through the mail or in-person at clerk's offices instead of on Election Day. A record 25,000 did so in 2004 in the state capital. In the Milwaukee suburb of Brookfield, about 1,000 voters have made requests for absentee ballots to be mailed to them. That's about half as many requests the city clerk received in 2004 -- and absentee voting has yet...