President Barack Obama made some very large promises during his first speech to a joint session of Congress. For those viewers worried that overhauling healthcare, reversing the economy, saving education, fixing the auto industry, reestablishing the integrity of banks and customer access to loans, and ending two wars (while increasing troops and paying everyone involved a lot more) wasn’t enough, … [continue]

When voters were asked to name the most important issue in the 2008 Election, they lied– they chose “the economy”. Apparently “electing the first African-American president,” “electing an inspirational president,” and “electing an intelligent president” were all unacceptable answers. I suppose hundreds of thousands of people gathered in Grant Park to cheer “Yes, we can!” with tears rolling down their … [continue]

Dubuque, Iowa. Millions of white voters have been disenfranchised due to a faulty “Bradley Effect.” All across America, the cries of injustice can be heard. Here in a small diner famous for it’s lemon meringue pie, I spoke to Dubuque’s shocked residents.

Henry Smith worked at the local aluminum extruding plant until it’s doors … [continue]

WASHINGTON, DC - Republican National Committee Chairman Mike Duncan confirmed today that the Republican Party will remove John McCain from the ballot as their official candidate, and instead run “Not Obama”. Mr. Duncan stated to the press, “We have found that the campaign really centers on the one candidate, so why bother running another person against him? Our … [continue]

Amidst the heat of any campaign, unpleasant rumors will circulate. Sometimes the gossip is founded in truth, but often the claims are spurious. This is the nature of battle for public office. It takes thick skin and perseverance to run the gauntlet of public scrutiny. We have all had our moments in the spotlight, gunning for some position of power. … [continue]

Phoenix, AZ - Senator John McCain (R, AZ), who avid politicos may remember is the presumed nominee of the Republican Party, has at last emerged from seclusion. A representative of his campaign had this statement about the unusually long break from active campaigning. “We thought it best if McCain stayed out of the fracas that the long democratic primary season would … [continue]

I had (for a few months now) assumed that Hillary Clinton was the first woman in the United States to win a presidential primary. Turns out, as you may already know, I was wrong. In 1972 Shirley Chisholm took sixty-seven percent of the vote in the New Jersey Democratic primary, becoming both the first African-American and first woman to … [continue]