Can the Dems get a foothold on the religious vote?

Both candidates sought a religious advantage with their respective VP choices. McCain with the Evangelists by picking Palin and Obama with the Catholics by picking Biden.This article from The New-Yorker explores how it might pay off.

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McCain introducing Bush in 2004.

McCain said in 2004 that " Bush deserves our admiration". However in 2008, McCain and the GOP doesn't even mention Bush by name and McCain has the incredible dishonesty to claim that he is the " candidate for change ". He wants to " reform Washington" as if he didn't have a chance to do it in the last 30 years.

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General Petraeus warns of long struggle ahead for US in Iraq

Listening to Bush, McCain and the " surge is working " slogan, one would think that " victory" is right around the corner in Iraq. Not so fast, said General Petraeus. With things getting worse in Afghanistan/Pakistan, may be Americans will realized, sooner than later, that handling two wars at the same time is almost an impossible task.

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Cheney sees nothing stopping Palin from doing job.

While in Rome, Cheney said that he loved Palin's speech at the convention. Cheney did not do any favor to McCain's campaign by giving his seal of approval to Palin as McCain and Palin are trying to distance themselves from Bush and Cheney as much as possible. Bush's name was not even mentioned at the RNC and Cheney is even less popular than Bush.

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Anti-war veterans protest at RNC.

PRI ( Public Radio International) report on Veterans protest at the RNC. The slogan at the convention was " Country First ". The Republicans still pretend to " support the troops ", however a lot of veterans are against McCain and the GOP.

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Can Palin also galvanize the U.S. left?

By Ed Stoddard - Analysis ST. PAUL (Reuters) - Sarah Palin is the magnet John McCain needs to attract religious and social conservatives who are not convinced he's one of them. But the little-known first-term Alaska governor is a big risk for McCain to alienate the moderates and undecided.

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McCain Promises 'Change Is Coming': Really?

McCain has the audacity to embrace Obama's theme of " Change " for his campaign. Mainly changing Washington. This takes some nerves, considering that McCain has been a Washington insider for close to 30 years. A 72 years old " agent of change ", who is he kidding?

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One of Bush's brain for hire wrote Palin's speech.

Matt Scully was the main speech writer for Bush until 2004. The speech that Palin will give at the RNC tonight was written by Matt. This link is an interview of Matt on the National Review for the publishing of his book " Dominion ". What a nice gesture from the president to let McCain and Palin " borrow " one of his brains.

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McCain's pick:Wrong Buzz. He should have used " The Google".

By John Whitesides - Analysis ST. PAUL (Reuters) - John McCain wanted to create some buzz with his pick of Sarah Palin as his running mate -- but not this kind of buzz. Adding up to the revelation of her daughter's pregnancy, she was also bringing a lot of " bacon " to her little town when she was a major, at the tune of 27 million in earmarks.

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Hillary's Long Goodbye: Can she let go?

Clinton's Tuesday speech at the Democratic National Convention will set a tone for party unity — or disunity. Even though she conceded defeat for the presidential bid in June, Clinton has not released her delegates. Some of her supporters( 25%) are not letting it go and are still considering voting McCain. They will be the swing vote of 2008.

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The Failed Neo-cons Project for the New American Century.

The Project for the New American Century was a Neo-conservative think tank who wanted to expand US hegemony. With many roles in the Bush Administration, how did they do? The failures of the ideology are piling up. One of the founder ( Robert Kagan) is a key adviser of McCain. Will Americans finally understand and reject the lunacy of the neo-cons?

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Houses Add Up To A Snag For McCain.

How many houses does McCain own? Is it 7, 8 or 12. When asked he said .. it was a question for his staff. Cindy McCain is adamant of not releasing her own tax returns even if her husband is elected. As the financial and foreclosure crisis is getting worse for million of Americans, this could be a very negative turning point for McCain's bid.

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Eisenhower warns us of the military industrial complex.

Eisenhower exit speech on Jan.17,1961. The last US President, war hero and true Republican was prescient in his warning. The tragedy of 9/11 gave Bush and the neo-cons the opportunity to implement a policy serving the oil-military industrial complex scheme of war for profit. McCain would have a more hackish policy than Bush and is likely to re-start the cold war. Eisenhower was a hero.

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Would McCain be even worse than Bush on foreign affairs?

The recent crisis still unfolding between Georgia and Russia should serve as a warning for Americans. McCain seems to still live in the cold war era and had a very undiplomatic approach towards Russia. McCain is even more hackish than Bush and even closer than Bush to the neo-cons ideology.The late posturing of McCain in foreign affairs was to create a " League of Nations". Don't we have the UN?

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Is the war in Georgia a neo-con election ploy?

A lot of allegations are floating around, some say that Dick Cheney helped manufactured the current conflict between Russia & Georgia to play one more time the GOP's favorite fear and paranoia tactic, right before the elections and turn the tide in favor of McCain. What's next, the old Reagan's grizzly bear of the Soviet era? With McCain in the White House, it could be the cold war all over again.

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Presidential race draws closer between Obama & McCain.

According to a poll from the Pew research Obama is losing ground to McCain. If the elections were held today, Obama would get 46% of voters against 43% for McCain. McCain has somehow managed to rally GOP's voters better than Obama with the Democrats. Only 72% of Clinton's supporters would vote for Obama. Having Hillary as VP would help.

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Top 10 Music Picks From Obama & McCain

Blender Magazine has published a list of top 10 songs from presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama." Ready or Not by The Fugees" is on top of Obama's list. ABBA's " Dancing Queen" tops McCain's list.

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Why isn't Obama crushing McCain?

A conversation with two prominent journalists and a Bush-Cheney campaign official about why, in what should be a Democratic year, Obama can't put McCain away.

A key factor in this is still the lack of enthusiasm of 30% of Hillary Clinton's supporters to Obama's presidential bid. It is likely that America's great divide between blue and red will remain whomever get elected in November.

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" Maverick" on a short leash.

The Arizona senator famous for his improvisational style is sticking closer to a professional playbook, with carefully scripted statements instead of open-ended news conferences between now and Election Day.
The " Maverick" is now on a short leash and will have to stick to the script and talking points from his campaign.

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US Election polltracker

The race for the White House is getting closer. McCain has found traction with the energy issue and his claim that off shore oil drilling can lower gas prices. Most experts think that it would take a long time for oil production to be online and that the impact on oil prices would be very limited.

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