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US ELECTION NOW THE SUBJECT OF SOME HUMOUR	Published: 10/11/08
We are accepting nominations for the 2009 Joe Biden Prize for ill-chosen political utterances. At the top of the list already is Italy's Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi, who yesterday complimented Barack Obama on the depth of his tan. Mr Berlusconi was talking to reporters after meeting the Ru... Comments (0) Read More	Positive (0) Negative (0)
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WAS THERE MEDIA BIAS IN US PRESIDENTIAL RACE	Published: 10/11/08
At times during this year's U.S. presidential race, it seemed that supporters of Republican John McCain bashed journalists covering his campaign almost as hard as they did his Democratic rival, Barack Obama. McCain's running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, famously stoked anti-media catcalls... Comments (0) Read More	Positive (0) Negative (0)
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A VOTE FOR MCCAIN IS A VOTE FOR PALIN IN 2012	Published: 04/11/08
Most people chosen to run and serve as Vice President cannot expect to be the next President in the succeeding election. Even in the corporate world, a long-serving VP cannot think for one moment that she is next in line for the highest position in the company. The U.S. Vice-President is simply ... Comments (0) Read More	Positive (0) Negative (0)
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WILL ALL STATES RECORD THE VOTES PROPERLY	Published: 04/11/08
Any kind of equipment breakdown in places like Pennsylvania and Virginia could cause problems, said Smith, president of Verified Voting, an advocacy group focused on improving voting systems. Those two states don't have polls open for early voting, and there has been a record number of new voter... Comments (0) Read More	Positive (0) Negative (0)
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MCCAIN'S EVOLUTION	Published: 31/10/08
I have had it with the whiz bang maps that swell or splinter on touching.They are beginning to haunt my usually pleasant dreams. I am drowning in the fractions and decimals of swing counties and swing states, making me feel like a deranged Russell Crowe surrounded by frantic equations in A Beau... Comments (0) Read More	Positive (0) Negative (0)
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IN THIS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION THE MEDIA WILL WRESTLE TO DECLARE THE WINNER	Published: 31/10/08
With exit polling data and vote projection analyses in hand, the news media once again will be putting their professional credibility on the line during the evening and early morning hours of November 4 and November 5 by declaring victors in U.S. states well before most of the votes have been co... Comments (0) Read More	Positive (0) Negative (0)
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WILL MCCAIN OR OBAMA'S SECRET ARMY WIN	Published: 30/10/08
This is being written about one week from the elections here in the USA. According to most polls, an Obama victory seems inevitable. The outcome of the election for President, however, does not depend on the number of votes received by Obama and McCain in the entire nation, but on the number ... Comments (0) Read More	Positive (0) Negative (0)
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ARE WE WITNESSING THE FIRST TRUE TV PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION	Published: 30/10/08
Forget the Nielsen polls. Next week's U.S. presidential election has morphed into the most captivating, enthralling television viewing event since J.R. was shot on Dallas. The 18-month campaign has galvanized an entire generation of TV viewers in a way not seen since the cast of MAS*H bid farewe... Comments (0) Read More	Positive (0) Negative (0)
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ARE THE POLLSTERS UNDERCOUNTING THOSE WHO ONLY HAVE CELL PHONES	Published: 27/10/08
Some political pollsters appear to be under-counting the support for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama by not including people who have only wireless phones, Bernstein Research analysts Craig Moffett and Patricia Pan in a research piece today. The Bernstein analysts note that accordi... Comments (0) Read More	Positive (0) Negative (0)
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LAPD CHIEF BELIEVES BIN LADEN WILL TRY TO INFLUENCE ELECTION OUTCOME	Published: 23/10/08
Los Angeles Police Chief William J. Bratton said Wednesday he believes that Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden might try to influence next month's U.S. presidential election through a terrorist attack or some less dramatic tactic."With so much at stake in these elections, Bin La... Comments (0) Read More	Positive (0) Negative (0)
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