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The Simplest Explanation for Why McCain Will Win This November
And why will we see “two tier” election results in 2008? One obvious reason is the fact that McCain is doing well; he has thrown Barack Obama onto the ...
Cheeks Kilpatrick triumphs over Waters in close primary race
Waters raised less than $10000, according to reports filed with the Federal Election Commission. Scott still hadn't filed campaign finance reports. ...


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  • DrumBeat: August 6, 2008
    In rural Alaska, fuel costs now matter of survival BARROW, Alaska - A gallon of unleaded gasoline: $10. Heating fuel: $9.10 a gallon. Electricity: $1.17 per kilowatt hour — 11 times the national average. Some heavily taxed European nation or a time in the future when global fossil fuels have grown dangerously sparse? Try right now in the most remote villages of America's 49th state. Soaring oil
    - 08/07/08 at 04:52PM


  • US Fed not doing McCain any favours
    FORMER Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan recalls in his memoirs, The Age of Turbulence, that one of his four bosses, president George HW Bush blamed him for his re-election loss in 1992 against Democratic challenger Bill Clinton.
    - 08/07/08 at 02:48PM


  • States Fail to Offer Voter Registration to Millions of Low-Income Voters
    Another big election year and once again low-income voters are on the sidelines. Millions of low-income and minority voters are being denied opportunities to register to vote by state agencies that are violating a federal voting law, according to members of Congress and voting rights groups. The ongoing failure has led to a nearly 80 percent drop-off in registering low-income applicants at state
    - 08/07/08 at 12:02PM


  • Dion still owes heavy debts from his 2006 leadership campaign
    Stéphane Dion faces the prospect of fighting the next federal election campaign while still trying to pay off debts from his leadership contest - sparking cries from the Conservatives that the Liberal leader "is up to his eyeballs in political debts."
    - 08/07/08 at 11:02AM


  • Dion may carry debts into election campaign
    OTTAWA -- Stephane Dion faces the prospect of fighting the next federal election campaign while still trying to pay off debts from his leadership contest -- sparking cries from the governing Conservatives that the Liberal leader "is up to his eyeballs in political debts."
    - 08/07/08 at 06:39AM


  • Election can help county move forward
    The Knox County General Election today wraps up the second phase of the 2008 balloting. The primary winners for state and federal offices move on to Nov. 4, along with the presidential candidates.
    - 08/07/08 at 04:11AM


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    Federal Election Blog Mentions

    McCain campaign to return 50K in donations
    A 2004 advisory opinion by the Federal Election Commission says a foreign national may lawfully solicit political contributions, but the issue is more complicated than that. Federal election law does not address whether it is legal for ...
    - Thu, Aug 07


    Democrat House hopes to supress military vote
    The Federal Election Commission has reported that only 5.5 % of the roughly six million voters that fall under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act were counted for the 2006 general election. ...
    - Thu, Aug 07


    McCain flip-flopped on offsore drilling for oil company campaign ...
    Ten senior Hess Corporation executives and/or members of the Hess family each gave $28500 to the joint RNC-McCain fundraising committee, just days after McCain reversed himself to favor offshore drilling, according to Federal Election ...
    - Thu, Aug 07


    Walmart: Criminal Anti-Union Acts
    Union activists affiliated with the WakeUpWalMart.com campaign circulated a petition this week via e-mail demanding the Federal Election Commission investigate whether Wal-Mart has violated federal election laws. ...
    - Thu, Aug 07


    Witness Protection After ROVE Threats ?
    7/16/08: Ohio Federal Election Lawsuit to be Re-Opened to Protect 2008 Election—Discovery to Include Karl Rove Emails. Today, Ohio attorney Cliff Arnebeck, lead attorney in the lawsuit over the 2004 Ohio election contest, ...
    - Thu, Aug 07


    Transportation Issues for the Next President
    A: Both the federal government and the states collect gas taxes, and they are an important funding source for transportation investments. Thus higher gas prices — and lower tax revenue — are bad news for everybody. ...
    - Thu, Aug 07


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