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DILLONVALE, Ohio -- Barack Obama attended a barbecue and grilled Republicans on the economy yesterday in eastern Ohio, a region cool toward him in the March primary and important to his chances this fall. Obama, spending his third day in the state since Friday, spoke at New Philadelphia yesterday and greeted supporters at a farm in Dillonvale, south of Steubenville on the edge of economically hard-hit Appalachian Ohio. He argued at Kent State University's Tuscarawas campus that Republicans are not discussing the economy at their convention in St. Paul because of how bad it is, and that the GOP and...

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- The Barack Obama campaign is changing its story again about why the pro-abortion presidential candidate voted against a bill that would have required adequate medical care for babies who survive botched abortions. The infanticide bill has dogged Obama throughout the campaign.

-Throughout the 2008 campaign, Obama has made a point of refusing the liberal label. While running for Congress against Bobby Rush in late 1999 and early 2000, however, Obama showed no such compunction. At a November 1999 candidate forum, the Hyde Park Herald reported that "there was little to distinguish" the candidates, who "struggled to differentiate themselves" ideologically. Acknowledged Obama, "[W]e're all on the liberal wing of the Democratic party." -The most interesting characterization came from Obama himself, who laid out his U.S. Senate campaign strategy for the Defender in 2003: "[A]s you combine a strong African-American base with progressive...

Analysts used to joke about waiting for the results from cemetery precincts in Chicago before calling elections. In Louisiana, that may be closer to the truth than one might imagine. WBRZ reports on a voter registration scandal that had Democrats submitting thousands of fraudulent enrollments, included George W. Bush and a bunch of dead people:Secretary of State Jay Dardenne said Tuesday he will meet today with a Democrat-affiliated group responsible for a voter registration effort that is inundating East Baton Rouge and other parish registrars with bogus and incomplete applications.Dardenne said his investigators are trying to determine if any state...

Recount of all votes in Zimbawe election By Sebastien Berger in Lusaka and Gethin Chamberlain Last Updated: 2:17am BST 13/04/2008 The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) will recount all votes cast in the March 29 election next Saturday, the state media has said. The Sunday Mail quoted Justice George Chiweshe, the ZEC chairman, as saying ballots cast in parliamentary, presidential and council votes would be counted again in the presence of party representatives, candidates and observers. The surprise announcement came as regional leaders met in Zambia to discuss a two-week delay in releasing results of the presidential poll which has raised...

I'm guessing they were Mexican nationals because it was the Border Patrol that nabbed them, but I guess it's within the realm of possibilities that they were Americans making a run for the border. The ballot box was stolen from a precinct in Coachella. Coachella is heavily Republican, that's Bono country. Some Democratic true believers messing with the election? Maybe some illegals who weren't happy with Romney's opposition to McCain amnesty. Very odd. Customs & Border Patrol February 06, 2008 press release: Indio, Calif. – Last night Border Patrol agents detained four individuals in Mecca, Calif. suspected of being involved...

WASHINGTON - Republican strategists hope a volatile electorate will save the party from congressional losses in 2008 that appear possible due to a string of setbacks. Democrats hold clear edges in raising money, limiting retirements and deflecting public anger. In the latest sign, the party's House campaign committee said Wednesday it has about $25 million to spend on targeted races next year; its Republican counterpart is in debt. Facing such news, the GOP's top House strategist summoned reporters to his campaign headquarters to put the best possible light on matters. In short, said Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla., people are angry...

Have a kid, and Hillary Clinton will give you $5,000. Open a savings account, and she’ll give you another $1,000. Go to the doctor, and she’ll start a $110 billion program to pick up your tab. Promise to vote for her in the New Hampshire primary and who knows? Red Sox [team stats] tickets? With Hillary C, the sky’s the limit! Shameless vote buying, particularly by Democrats, is nothing new. During the 2000 presidential election, Al Gore’s campaign workers were caught on videotape handing out packs of free smokes to lure “voters” from homeless shelters in Milwaukee. In South Carolina,...

Why do some politicians vote contrary to the moral teachings of their professed religious faith? (related article) Faith has no place in politics Pressure from special-interest groups They only care about their name being associated with a faith Power and money trump faith Other Who cares? I voted for the other person

Leading Democratic presidential candidates are signaling that they will return to the thorny issue of immigration reform faster than their party colleagues on Capitol Hill would like. The campaigns of Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.) and Barack Obama (Ill.) say their candidates will seek comprehensive reform, a phrase that sometimes implies a guest worker program, as soon as they get to the White House. Former Sen. John Edwards (N.C.), speaking at the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) political action conference Monday, said: “We’re going to ensure that every single person living in the United States of America has a completely...

Seven months have passed since I handed the gavel to Nancy Pelosi, formally returning control of the House to Democrats for the first time in 12 years. In my remarks to the House that day, I offered a bit of advice to the members of the incoming majority. I told them: “A congressional majority is simply a means to an end. The value of a majority lies not in the chance to wield great power, but in the chance to use limited power to do great things. “The [American] people don’t care which party controls it; what they want is...

WASHINGTON - House Democratic leaders are intent on sidetracking bipartisan attempts to change course in Iraq at least until fall, officials said Tuesday, rather than allow nervous Republicans to vote for legislation that lacks a troop withdrawal deadline. Several lawmakers and aides said the goal was to deny members of the GOP rank and file a chance to proclaim their independence from President Bush by voting for a limited measure — after months of backing his policy in an increasingly unpopular war. Polls have long shown the war to be unpopular, and a survey released during the day by the...

Here is a link to how each of your senators voted on all of the amendments to the Senate immigration bill so far. It will eventually have the results of the cloture vote. http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/110/senate/

NEW YORK - Democratic presidential contenders are scrambling for support in what's being dubbed the Al Sharpton primary. The civil rights leader livened up the 2004 Democratic primary with his pompadour hairdo and sharp, witty oratory. This election, the high-profile Sharpton, fresh from the fight over Don Imus' derogatory remarks, is attracting all the party's major candidates this week for his annual National Action Network convention. The solid attendance — starting with John Edwards on Wednesday and continuing with Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama (news, bio, voting record) later this week — reflects Sharpton's prominence in the party,...

Wearing her scarf of female submission, US Democrat Speaker of the House entered Islamic Syria during the week prior to Easter. Many of us were surprised that she didn’t don a full burqa. Speaking for the new US Democrat Shadow Government, after her talks with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Pelosi told Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad (and the worldwide press) that Israel was “ready to engage in peace talks” with the terrorist nation. Wow! All it took was a woman (as a strong side note—women are considered to be below beasts of burden in fundamentalist Islamic-run countries) to settle the...