According the Congressional Quarterly, John McCain supported President George Bush’s position in the Senate 89% of the time during the 110th Congress. That made McCain Bush’s most reliable supporter. In second place was Richard Lugar with 87%. Joe Biden and Barack Obama trailed with 33% and 28% respectively.
According to this survey, Obama’s campaign ads suggesting [...]
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Why Joe Biden Is Not Resigning His Senate Seat Now
Posted in November 19th, 2008
Now that Barack Obama has stepped down from the Senate, what about Joe Biden?
Biden is not in a hurry to step down, but increasing pressure may force him to do so.
The word is that Biden wants to hold on to his seat so that incoming Governor Jack Markell will make the appointment instead of outgoing Governor [...]
Undecided Voters Pick Biden Over Palin In Debate
Posted in October 3rd, 2008
A CBS poll taken of undecided voters after the Vice-Presidential debate declared that 46% considered Joe Biden the winner while 21% picked Sarah Palin.
Both candidates improved their images among the undecided voters.
Fifty-five percent of the undecided voters have a more favorable impression of Palin now, while 14% say it is worse. Thirty percent said their opinion of [...]
Presidential Debate Format Set
Posted in September 21st, 2008
The format for the Presidential debates has been set between the two Presidential campaigns and the Commission on Presidential Debates.
Each Presidential candidate will be given two minutes to present his position on an issue, followed by give-and-take for five minutes. Nine questions will be asked in each of the two Presidential debates. The first Presidential [...]
Biden Proposes Tax Cut For Toasters
Posted in September 16th, 2008
Joe Biden, in an interview with Meredith Vieira, made a small Bidenesque slip about the Obama-Biden tax cut for the middle class.
“Our tax plan would take that tax cut of another $130 billion that John (McCain) wants to give to people making over $250,000 next year, not let it go forward and give it to [...]
Biden Is In Full Campaign Swing With Gaffes
Posted in September 12th, 2008
Barack Obama knew when he picked Joe Biden what he was getting. Biden is a seasoned Washington politician with enormous foreign policy experience, blue-collar roots…and a gaffe machine running at full force.
Biden rarely goes a day without a slip of the tongue. Sometimes he just does not explain himself well as when he recently stated [...]
Palin Leads Biden In CNN Poll
Posted in September 11th, 2008
While a CNN poll found a statistical dead heat between Barack Obama and John McCain, 49% to 48%, Sarah Palin comfortably leads Joe Biden. If voters could cast ballots for Vice-President separately, Palin would poll 53% to Biden’s 44%. So far, McCain’s choice of Palin has boosted his campaign strongly.
Although Palin has been Governor of [...]
A Letter From A Wasilla Resident
Posted in September 7th, 2008
With two months to go until the Presidential election, there are many hard issues for the Presidential candidates and their Vice-Presidential selections to debate. For many voters, knowing the candidates is considered as important as their stands on the issues.
John McCain has 26 years of experience in Congress and Joe Biden has 36 years there. [...]
Biden Has Connections To Rezko Scandal
Posted in August 26th, 2008
Barack Obama has tried to separate himself from the Tony Rezko corruption scandal throughout his campaign. Rezko, a longtime associate of Obama, was convicted in June of on corruption charges involving a political fund-raising operation for Illinois Governor Rudy Blagojevich.
Obama’s selection of Joe Biden for VP, will not help to separate Obama from Rezko. One [...]
Obama Finally Answers Hillary’s 3 AM Ad By Choosing Biden
Posted in August 23rd, 2008
Is it just an odd coincidence or a slight dig at Hillary? The famous text message Barack Obama’s VP selection finally arrived at 3:09 AM EST. Of course, we know that choice as Joe Biden. CNN actually broke the story a few hours earlier. The odd part is that the Obama campaign chose to text at 3:00 in the [...]
