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Analyzing the History of Barack Obama’s Opposition to War in Iraq

Barack Obama calls Iraq “the most important foreign-policy decision in a generation.” Accepting for arguments sake that this is true, exactly what is and has been Obama’s Iraq position? I’ve culled a number of interviews with Barack Obama on the Iraq War...

Voter Turnout and Participation Rates Rise in a Close Election

During the 2004 Presidential Election, voter turnout was significantly higher in states where the margin of victory for either candidate was less than 10%. The states that George Bush won by less than five percent of the vote were: Iowa, Colorado, Ohio, New Mexico and...

How McCain and Obama Are Perceived by Voters

I saw this little infographic the other day on how John McCain and Barack Obama are perceived by various age-groups. I then took that information and created a cloud. Using 100 point font for each of the candidates names, I used a smaller font that would correspond to...

McCain, Obama, Ethics Reform and Nasty Letters

We’ve all known it for a while, but I think that after last night it is probably unofficially official: Barack Obama will be the Democratic nominee for President of the United States. I think its going to be an absolutely incredible next few months. From my...

The End of the Two Party System?

A reader writes: I was thinking about this the other day and the glacial pace and stagnancy of changes to the political process in this country. In the past few days I’ve seen a few articles that may turn the whole thing upside down and asked me ask the...