Tuesday, November 13, 2012
The move, which is gathering steam, is being done in the wake of President Obama's re-election.
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Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Some residents of Georgia and more than a dozen other states have filed petitions to secede from the United States, according to media reports. Residents of Alabama, New York, Michigan, Texas and other states have filed the petitions under the "We The People" program, featured on the White House website, according to the Huffington Post. The Georgia petition, which already has more than 4,000 signatures, reads in part: "...Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, that whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or abolish it, and institute new Government..." The petitions come in the wake of Democratic President Barack …
Monday, November 5, 2012
Thousands of lawyers already deployed to battleground states.
The New York Times is reporting that thousands of lawyers from all around the country have already been deployed to battleground states. The reason -- to be in place should there be a need Tuesday to contest each vote. According to the polls, the vote is so close at this point in the race that nobody is sure of the outcome. The NY Times reports that Democrats have 2,500 lawyers in Ohio alone, 600 of them just in Cuyahoga County. Each party is expressing fear of sabotage and is taking advanced steps to make sure nothing illegal prevents their guy from winning. Do you expect to know who the successful presidential candidate is by Wednesday morning or do you expect another 2000? Should that happen, how do you feel about dealing with any more …
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Thanks to the Electoral College, every presidential election comes down to the candidates' performance in a handful of states. Should that system be abolished in favor of direct election by popular vote?
As Election Day draws nearer, many polls show President Barack Obama and former Gov. Mitt Romney running neck-and-neck nationally -- but a decided, if slight, advantage for Obama in the electoral vote. Each state gets a certain number of electoral votes, based upon its population. In order to win the presidency, either Obama or Romney must win at least 270 of the 538 total electoral votes. The system has the effect of making your vote count a lot more in "swing states" -- states where the majority could conceiveably vote for either candidate -- than in other, more politically predictable states. It is a virtual certainty, for instance, that Georgia will vote for Mitt Romney, so an individual Georgian's vote for Barack Obama doesn't mean a …
Sunday, October 28, 2012
Here are the latest Gallop poll results on the race between Obama and Romney.
If history is to repeat itself, then the voters that put President Barack Obama in the White House are likely to be the ones who will keep him there for another four years. According to the latest Gallop poll, the "2012 electorate looks like 2008 ... the key elements of President Obama's electoral coalition, such as racial minorities, women, young adults, and postgraduates will likely turn out at rates similar to those in 2008." The number of non-white voters has risen due to the growth of that segment of the population over the past decade. Gallop reports that "the percentage of non-white voters, now 20 percent, has risen significantly since 2004 (15 percent). The report says the outcome of the election may "hinge more on how groups vote …
As information continues to emerge, more and more news outlets are beginning to ask whether it will impact the president’s re-election campaign.
As more information surfaces on the Sept. 11 attack in Benghazi that left four Americans dead, news organizations are starting to question whether it will impact President’s Barack Obama's chances for re-election. Even before Fox News released a story Friday that the CIA was denied two requests to send in reinforcements during the attack and eventually told to stand down, The Huffington Post asked whether all this is the smoking gun - or will it be attributed to the fog of war? The Huffington Post acknowledges that an investigation is definitely required, but is urging that the investigation be bi-partisan. But are any investigations bi-partisan anymore? Although The Huffington Post makes reference to “the usual spin from news sources such…
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Polls show momentum is now with Gov. Mitt Romney, but will it swing back in the President's favor in time for the election?
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Thursday, October 11, 2012
Just three weeks ago, Gov. Mitt Romney was trailing in the polls and President Barack Obama looked all but set for a second term – or so many of the political pundits thought. On Sept. 20, The New York Times reported that Romney “faced a daunting task,” if he hoped to win the presidency. But then came the first debate and things look a little different now. After new polls released on Oct. 9, Romney had pulled ahead in the RealClearPolitics average at 47.6 to 46.1 and Politico was the only one of the traditional polls that gave Obama a lead at 48 to 49. Gallup had them tied at 48 each, but the Fox News Poll had Romney ahead at 46 to 45. Rasmussen also had Romney ahead at 48 to 47 and Pew Research had the strongest lead for Romney at 49 to …
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Easy win for Obama, or a strong chance for Romney? It depends on which poll you consult.
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Thursday, September 27, 2012
Checking on the 2012 presidential race. The latest available information shows that President Obama is either faring well for re-election...or still has a fight ahead of him. The latest tracking (as of Sept. 27) by the Huffington Post shows the president can claim more than 300 electoral votes, well above the 271 total needed to win the election. This includes electoral votes from swing states that supposedly are "leaning" to Obama, such as Colorado and Virginia. However, interactive maps by The Washington Post and USA TODAY differ (see links below). Both of those maps show that the presidential race still is tight, with Obama claiming less than 200 electoral votes. Ohio, always a crucial presidential battleground, is put solidly in the "…
Friday, August 31, 2012
Only 11 percent of voters are reportedly undecided. Are you still one of them?
Beaumontenterprises.com reports that a recent CNN poll has only 11 percent of voters undecided on which way they are going to vote in November. For all intents and purposes, the rest are pretty evenly split between reelecting the Obama/Biden ticket or giving the Romney/Ryan ticket a chance. The Republican National Committee in Tampa, FL, wrapped up yesterday with everyone getting a closer look at presidential candidate Mitt Romney and his running mate Paul Ryan. They were also given the opportunity to listen to several other speakers who support the Republican ticket. Next week in Charlotte, N.C., the whole process will be repeated -- just with President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden making their cases for re-election. Our …
Saturday, January 21, 2012
Will today's primary in South Carolina predict the winner of Georgia's GOP primary in March?
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Saturday, January 21, 2012
Voters across South Carolina are headed to the polls in the state's influential GOP presidential primary. Our Patch colleagues in the Palmetto State are reporting from the scene at local voting places and will cover the results live. Join the discussion! Is former Georgia congressman Newt Gingrich, who has surged in the polls in the past week, unstoppable in South Carolina? And who do you think will be left in the race when the Georgia primary rolls around?
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