All Posts Tagged With: "2008 Presidential Elections"

Text of Obama/McCain Speeches from Election Night

Democratic President Elect Barack Obama’s Victory Speech (Chicago, IL)
If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible; who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time; who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer.
It’s the answer [...]

November 7th, 2008 | supa | Comments | Continued

Sarah Palin: From Drag to Disaster

It is not always her fault. But if there is anyone who is holding John McCain’s campaign down, it’s Sarah Palin. I have always believed that John McCain gambled with the country when he chose Sarah Palin as his running mate. But with every passing day, every new gaffe, every scandal unearthed; it seems [...]

October 23rd, 2008 | supa | Comments | Continued

5 Ways You Might be Helping McCain Win

As historic as this election has been,  it is not November 5th yet. In fact, the race is just heating up and if previous Presidential  elections are any guide, the Republican Party is going to get as negative as humanly possible in the final 10 days. Just today, RNC sent out fliers that invoke 9/11 [...]

October 22nd, 2008 | supa | Comments | Continued

Campaign Enthusiasm Gap - 13 times?

Barack Obama has won the final Presidential Debate of 2008 giving his campaign a 4-0 win in Presidential debates. This victory among Independent voters along with a 7-14 point lead in the polls and a projected Electoral Votes count of 278-350, puts Barack Obama inches away from the Presidency in this election. With only 19 [...]

October 16th, 2008 | supa | Comments | Continued

Full Text: McCain’s New Economic Plan Speech

John McCain is late yet again! McCain’s campaign was supposed to reveal its new plan for the Economy but the speech was not delivered until Tuesday. In the meantime, Barack Obama has unveiled his bold plan in Toledo, Ohio on Monday.
Click here for Full Text of Obama’s speech
Full Text of McCain’s speech -
Thank you [...]

October 14th, 2008 | supa | Comments | Continued

Full Text: Obama’s New Ecomonic Plan speech

John McCain is late yet again! McCain’s campaign was supposed to reveal its new plan for the Economy but the speech has been put on hold. In the meantime, Barack Obama has unveiled his bold plan in Toledo, Ohio on Monday.
Full Text of Obama’s speech -
We meet at a moment of great uncertainty for [...]

October 13th, 2008 | supa | Comments | Continued

Barack Obama close to over 300 Electoral Votes

If you need to understand the reason for recent tirade of attacks on Barack Obama’s character by John McCain, his running mate Sarah Palin and his surrogates and the reason why his supporters want to see Barack Obama dead, you need not look any further than what is there for Barack Obama in terms of [...]

October 10th, 2008 | supa | Comments | Continued

Capturing Osama is related to the Election?

Osama Bin Laden is the mastermind of 9/11 and world’s most wanted terrorist. So you would expect there should be an urgency in capturing or killing him. Now since the first time John McCain claimed he knows how to kill or capture Osama, I have been wondering if someone from the Bush administration would talk [...]

October 9th, 2008 | supa | Comments | Continued

10 Foreign Policy Questions for John McCain

The first Presidential Debate is on Friday and we still have a lot of confusion on McCain taking part in the debate. After all, he has “suspended” his campaign, and has rushed to the Washington DC, to “help” with the bailout deal.
Assuming he does make it to the debate, I would like him to answer [...]

September 26th, 2008 | supa | Comments | Continued

What does McCain think of Presidency?

If you are not outraged by John McCain’s latest campaign adventure, you should be.
McCain announced Wednesday that he is suspending his campaign to return to Washington and focus on the crisis on Wall Street. Sounds noble? It does, until you take this news in context and with some questions:

Obama leads John McCain by nine points [...]

September 25th, 2008 | supa | Comments | Continued

Campaign War (September 23)

The news of the day is Senate Banking Committee questioning Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson over their $700b bailout plan for the Finaincial firms on Wall Street. Political events revolve around that news.

Sarah Palin has not been available to the Press, has given only two interviews (compared to Joe Biden’s [...]

September 23rd, 2008 | supa | Comments | Continued

Barack Obama’s Speech on Economy at Green Bay

The era of greed and irresponsibility on Wall Street and in Washington has led us to a perilous moment. They said they wanted to let the market run free but instead they let it run wild, and in doing so, they tramped our core values of fairness, balance, and responsibility to one another. As a [...]

September 22nd, 2008 | supa | Comments | Continued

Campaign War (September 19)

John McCain’s campaign starts the day by trying to connect Barack Obama with Fannie-Freddie collapse.

John McCain campaign Ad - “The Advice”

Time magzine’s Karen Tumulty senses John McCain is playing race card with the Ad.

This is hardly subtle: Sinister images of two black men, followed by one of a vulnerable-looking elderly white woman.

Obama fights back with [...]

September 19th, 2008 | supa | Comments | Continued

iMP Warning: Obama “Sex Scandal” is malware

If the Election season was not scary enough for you, there is more to worry about than how many houses John McCain own. It is the question if Barack Obama is a “sex tourist”. But your curiosity might lead to Identity theft.
According to multiple reports, there is a spam mail in circulation claimaing Barack Obama [...]

September 9th, 2008 | supa | Comments | Continued

Polls: McCain in the lead - What happened?

Every single poll is reporting a post Convention bump for John McCain. According to USA Today/Gallup on Monday, John McCain has a lead of 10 points over Barack Obama, among likely voters. According to Gallup Daily Tracking, McCain is leading by 5 points. Accordint to Pollster.com, the electoral votes in play are up to 116 [...]

September 9th, 2008 | supa | Comments | Continued

Polls: McCain 48% - Obama 45%

First time ever in this election season, Republican Nominee John McCain is doing better than Democratic Nominee Barack Obama in polls. According to Gallup Daily Tracking, John McCain is leading Obama 48% to 45% on September 7. According to Rasumussen Reports, John McCain ties Obama at 46% without leanersleaners and at 48% with . Regardless [...]

September 7th, 2008 | supa | Comments | Continued

Conventions Aftermath: McCain closing the gap on Obama

Before the major party conventions started, i.e., on August 24, Republican Presidential hopeful John McCain was trailing Democratic hopeful Barack Obama in polls by 45% to 48% on Rasmussen Reports, or tied 45% to 45% on Gallup Daily Tracking.
After the Democratic Convention, Obama had taken a significant lead 45% to 51% on Resmussen Reports and [...]

September 6th, 2008 | supa | Comments | Continued

McCain defensive as VP choice Palin’s story unfolds

As the media dug deeper into the life and politics of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, Vice President nominee for the McCain’s campaign, the smile and enthusiasm has faded since the day of her nomination announcement.
Here is a list of potential issues the media has unveiled over the long weekend about Sarah Palin’s history and policies:

Anti-pork barrel [...]

September 2nd, 2008 | supa | Comments | Continued

RNC Day 1: No Extravaganza

John McCain and Republican National Committee decided to keep the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn., a low key event until the effects of Hurricane Gustav becomes clearer. With that as backdrop, Republican National Convention opened on Monday afternoon with very little fanfare and major speeches curtailed including the Speech from President George W. [...]

September 2nd, 2008 | supa | Comments | Continued

Obama hits 50% in polls for the first time

The big speech at Denver and the Unity theme has helped Democratic Presidential Nominee Barack Obama touch 50% for the first time in the Gallup Daily Tracking. 42% of the registered voter prefer Republican hopeful John McCain.
Number of undecided voters has dropped to 8% indicating the number of people who have not decided on their [...]

September 2nd, 2008 | supa | Comments | Continued

DNC Day 3: Democratic VP Nominee Joe Biden’s Speech

Beau, I love you. I am so proud of you. Proud of the son you are. Proud of the father you’ve become. And I’m so proud of my son Hunter, my daughter Ashley, and my wife Jill, the only one who leaves me breathless and speechless at the same time.
It is an honor to share [...]

August 27th, 2008 | supa | Comments | Continued
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DNC Day 3: Bill Clinton’s Speech

I am honored to be here tonight to support Barack Obama. And to warm up the crowd for Joe Biden, though as you’ll soon see, he doesn’t need any help from me. I love Joe Biden, and America will too.
What a year we Democrats have had. The primary began with an all-star line up and [...]

August 27th, 2008 | supa | Comments | Continued
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Democrats question McCain’s health

Democrats have defined the 2008 Presidential Elections as choice between the past and the future - partly because John McCain has been in the Senate for too long and partly because he has supported current President George W. Bush on a majority of issues for the last 8 years. But mostly because John McCain is [...]

August 27th, 2008 | supa | Comments | Continued

DNC Day 1: Ted Kennedy’s Speech

My fellow Democrats, my fellow Americans, it is so wonderful to be here.
And nothing — nothing is going to keep me away from this special gathering tonight.
I have come here tonight to stand with you to change America, to restore its future, to rise to our best ideals, and to elect Barack Obama president of [...]

August 26th, 2008 | supa | Comments | Continued

DNC Day 1: Michelle Obama’s Speech

As you might imagine, for Barack, running for President is nothing compared to that first game of basketball with my brother Craig.
I can’t tell you how much it means to have Craig and my mom here tonight. Like Craig, I can feel my dad looking down on us, just as I’ve felt his presence in [...]

August 26th, 2008 | supa | Comments | Continued

Jerome Corsi is the price of Free Speech

Corsi on Catholicism and Pope:

Maybe while he’s there he can tell the UN what he’s going to do about the sexual crimes committed by “priests” in his “Church” during his tenure. Or, maybe that’s the connection — boy buggering in both Islam and Catholicism is okay with the Pope as long as it isn’t reported [...]

August 16th, 2008 | supa | Comments | Continued
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Obama reversing trend in ‘purple’ states

Obama was falling in ‘purple’ states since mid July as republican’s upped their ante against him. The trend seems to have reversed last week, according to the gallup poll.
Obama now holds 46% support in these states compared to 42% for McCain. However, this is still three points behind Obama’s biggest lead of nine points for [...]

August 6th, 2008 | supa | Comments | Continued