Political Equinox

Well, if I decide to be totally naive, then it’s no wonder I had trouble making my choice. Probably the best put together Election 2008 poll I’ve seen in quite a while, the Glassbooth quiz takes into account your positions and your rankings on how important those positions are to you.

Apparently, I agree with Barack Obama 65% of the time and John McCain 64% of the time. Of course, I’m taking this poll at face value, but I’d suggest you take a stab at it. Obviously, most of you will be able to bias your results one way or the other, but try to keep an honest mind - it’s the only way you’ll get your true answer.

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Tags: Barack Obama, John McCain, obama

Professor Charles Franklin from the University of Wisconsin lectured at Indiana University on Tuesday, September 30. Franklin is the Co-Director of Pollster.com, a website that tracks presidential polling and aggregates data from a variety of polling sources.

Franklin states two criteria for effective display of data on Pollster. First, the data must be “put in perspective.” You can’t spin the data attempting to turn it into som

ething that it doesn’t say. Second, there should be “No cherry picking.” Franklin emphasized that you cannot select certain polls to include in your aggregation to bias results in one direction. If you do this then you’ve eliminated the entire worth of the …

Tags: America, Barack Obama, candidate, economy, IRS, John McCain, money, obama, president, web

As many of you know I define myself a a Moderate Republican focusing on low taxes (especially corporate & capital gains). Tax & Economic Policy are the chief issues for me, and I share that belief with many of my fellow Americans.

This election is posing a problem for me that goes beyond issues and rhetoric. I have yet to decide upon a candidate, I’m struggling internally and I haven’t found the answer just yet.

If I take a straight take on issues I probably agree with John McCain more than Senator Obama. But taking an honest look at both men, they’ll both do a fine job. Neither one is going to ruin America, we’ll be fine no matter who is elected.

My …

Tags: America, Barack Obama, candidate, healthcare, John McCain, obama, president, republican, social security, taxes

As I type this Barack Obama has walked on stage and is giving his acceptance speech. All I can think of right now “I wish I was at Invesco Field.”

That however, was impossible. I couldn’t start school, help put out the first issue of the Bachelor, my school paper and attend the convention at the same time (although I most definitely would if I could).
So I’m settling for the next best thing. Tomorrow I will be driving ten hours to Minneapolis-Saint Paul for the Republican National Convention. I’ll be working for NBC as a “runner.” Although there really wasn’t …

Tags: America, Barack Obama, Burnville, fort wayne, IRS, John McCain, Minneapolis, obama, republican, Saint Paul, The Bachelor, Wabash College

Lacking Experience?

No! Not Joe Biden, he’s got more experience than math has numbers. It’s his running mate, who even he has expressed concerns about.

Joe Biden has been on record stating that Barack Obama doesn’t have the experience necessary to become the President. With his most recent ad John McCain clearly will begin to make this a focal point of the campaign. Obama is going to have to work unbelievably hard to dispel this belief that apparently even his running mate agreed with McCain on this one.

Now one could argue that Biden made the statement trying to defeat Obama in a heated primary, that’s certainly true…but he still made the …

Tags: Barack Obama, Bush, george bush, IRS, joe biden, John McCain, obama, president