February 15, 2008
Russia isn’t the only place holding a Presidential election in 2008, you know. The more eagle eyed amongst you may have spotted that there is a rather trivial contest currently taking place in America. It’s Super Tuesday today in the US so, in the interests of making sure that all elections a...
go to article »
His first name is Willard, Mitt being his middle name. A Mormon, he spent six years as a young man as a missionary for the church, including a two year stint in France. During his campaign he was forced to......
go to article »
Mitt Romney has announced his departure from the Republican race. We look at what US bloggers had to say: The Fix (Washington Post): Romney was the last candidate in the race with the financial wherewithal to make a serious run......
go to article »
This morning, while I was trying to avoid doing all the busy work I have piled up on my desk, I decided to click on one of those website ads and do an IQ test for the hell of it. If you want to see what test I did, I took the one at www.iqtest.com. After a couple of minutes of trying to work out ...
go to article »
http://www.newmatilda.com/2008/02/14/ersatz-conservative An Ersatz Conservative By Binoy Kampmark John McCain. John McCain. Tags: * US elections * rush limbaugh * mike huckabee * john mccain * hillary clinton * ann coulter Ann Coulter said she'd rather...
go to article »February 14, 2008
So Mitt has decided to suspend his bid for GOP nominee. This comes as a huge disappointment to his supporters and to McCain opposers alike, but all the same, after Super Tuesday played out we all kind of saw it coming. Super Tuesday was a beast in its own though. From West Virginia shenanagens t...
go to article »
As expected McCain and Obama won Virginia, Maryland and DC. Let’s look at scenarios now. McCain has 797 delegates, with Romney on 285 and Huckabee on 240. Also Paul on 14. He needs 1,191 to win on another 394. Huckabee may withdraw at some stage (or Romney may endorse - less likely), but...
go to article »February 13, 2008
The Hive noted earlier today that I didn’t rate the Reuters/Zogby poll, but that they did. Zogby in 1996 and 2000 was often seen as the most accurate pollster but since then they have many bad calls and considerable controversy. With that in mind it is worth reviewing their polls for Super T...
go to article »
In a surprise move Mitt Romney has suspended his presidential campaign. While Huckabee is going to stay in the contest, there can be little doubt that John McCain has just become the presumptive Republican nominee. Good. I’m glad there will be a Republican candidate whom one can be enthusias...
go to article »Voices Without Votes is a Global Voices project commissioned by Reuters. Original content 
