Obama Election Watch

It Ain’t Over ’til It’s Over: Obama Needs to Pick Off One Key Red State

ObamaElectionWatch — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:15:15 +0000

Yogi Berra: It ain't over til it's over With Obama riding high in the polls, many pundits have written off John McCain’s chances of winning the presidential election. But in American politics, four weeks can be an eternity. Only four weeks ago, John McCain had a lead in most national polls. McCain has pulled out of Michigan, [...]

Catholic Voters: Why Barack Obama’s Program Is More in Line With Church Teachings Than John McCain’s

ObamaElectionWatch — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:21:29 +0000

There are an estimated 64 million people in the United States who were raised in the Roman Catholic Church. More than 12 million non-Hispanic Catholics attend Mass at least once a week. The Catholic vote is huge. Pope Benedict XVI The voices of Catholic voters have the power to control the outcome of national elections. In eight [...]

What Voters Really Need to Know About John McCain

ObamaElectionWatch — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 18:13:53 +0000

One of our viewers asked us to write down some compelling facts, or so-called “killer lines,” that Obama could use possibly to put an end to the McCain contention that he is on the side of ordinary American voters. This viewer said to us, “I don’t mean gentle lines like, ‘John, I agree with you but . [...]

Voters Need to Know John McCain’s Long History of Consistent Votes Against Veterans Benefits

ObamaElectionWatch — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:46:16 +0000

One of the major myths at large today is that John McCain can be trusted to stand up for veterans and their families. Not so! John McCain glorifies the United States military. Yet over a long, 22-year career in the United States Senate, he has voted against no less than two dozen measures that would have [...]

The Rate of New AIDS Cases in South Florida Is the Highest in the Nation: John McCain’s Voting Record Shows Total Indifference

ObamaElectionWatch — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:04:32 +0000

Over the course of his Senate career John McCain has voted at least seven times against funding of treatment, prevention, or research on AIDS. Since Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) was first identified over 30 years ago more than 1 million Americans have been diagnosed with the disease. More than 565,000 Americans have died of AIDS. AIDS [...]

Obama Needs to Pay Attention to Wisconsin

ObamaElectionWatch — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:58:43 +0000

To keep Wisconsin in the Democratic column this November, Obama needs to generate more black voters in Milwaukee. He must forcefully cite the Bush-McCain economy to appeal to working-class white voters in industrial cities. Finally, he needs to hold the traditional rural Democratic counties in the southwestern part of the state. Wisconsin has been in the [...]

Red Alert! How Michigan Is Purging the Names of Tens of Thousands of Potential Obama Voters

ObamaElectionWatch — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:15:57 +0000

The United States Student Association has filed a lawsuit in federal court aiming to overturn two procedures used in Michigan ostensibly aimed at preventing voter fraud. Michigan now cancels the voter registration of any person who is found to have obtained, or renewed, a driver’s license in other states. The obvious target of this rule [...]

The Pre-Election Health Deception of Dick Cheney Suggests That Voters Are Entitled to an Independent Opinion of John McCain’s Physical Condition

ObamaElectionWatch — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:18:50 +0000

Barton Gellman’s widely praised new book Angler explains how in 2000 George W. Bush incorrectly informed American voters that there had been an independent review of the health of vice presidential candidate Dick Cheney. Denton A. Cooley In the 2000 presidential election the health of GOP vice presidential candidate Dick Cheney was a concern. Cheney had suffered [...]

Notes on How Obama May Deal With a Debate Question on His Qualifications to Lead the Foreign Policy of the United States

ObamaElectionWatch — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:12:33 +0000

This Friday’s presidential debate on foreign policy is a major opportunity for Barack Obama to convince the American people that he is the most reliable and qualified candidate to lead the foreign policy of the United States. Right now many voters think that John McCain is better equipped than Obama to conduct America’s foreign policy. But [...]

How Obama Can Pull Off an Upset in Missouri

ObamaElectionWatch — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:50:34 +0000

There are nearly a half million eligible black voters in the state of Missouri. The vast majority of them are in the St. Louis or Kansas City metropolitan areas. In Missouri, more than 150,000 of the eligible black voters have not registered to vote. A solid increase in the black vote in St. Louis and Kansas [...]