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November 4, 2008

Happy Election Day

Aggregated from: Mama Ethiopia

This post is dedicated to our friends and readers who have put so much hope in the elections today in the United States. Inside and outside the country. So, have a happy Election Day. Este post está dedicado a nuestros amigos y lectores que tienen tantas esperanzas puestas en las elecciones de ...

View from Abroad: The World Waits, Is Hopeful for U.S. Elections

Aggregated from: VivirLatino

As I sit in front of a TV in a major European city with a ton of problems of its own, the only thing that seems to be on anyone's mind here in Barcelona -- or in Spain -- is what will happen today in the United States. Every network has sent not just their Washington or New York correspondents to co...

November 3, 2008

Breaking News: Twittersphere Reacts to Obama Grandmother's Passing

In a sad turn of events, presidential hopeful Barack Obama's grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, passed away from cancer less than 24 hours before her grandson could be elected president. Obama visited his grandmother, whose nickname was "Toot," last week, taking a break from his schedule of heavy campaigning. Although it's too ...

November 1, 2008

The October Surprises

October has come and gone .. and bloggers are still asking what the highly anticipated October surprise could have been. Here are a few scenarios from bloggers from around the world.

October 2, 2008

Sarah Palin: From Foreign Policy to Chinese Astrology

Hours before U.S. Senator Joseph Biden and Alaska Governor Sarah Palin face-off in St. Louis, Missouri in the only vice presidential debate of this election season, there is an expectation that foreign policy will be discussed. How will Palin, the Republican candidate, redeem herself after the world's reporters and bloggers mocked ...

Debate Watch: What is Joe Biden Up Against?

Since Barack Obama selected Senator Joe Biden as his running mate just prior to the Democratic National Convention in August, little attention has been paid to the Senator from Delaware. With all of the media's attention focused on Obama himself (as well as Sarah Palin of course), little focus has been given to Biden. The blogosphere is the exception, however, as bloggers debate Biden only hours before the vice presidential debate.

September 27, 2008

Around the World, Bloggers React to Debate

Bloggers around the world are weighing in with their opinions over last night's Presidential debate which left many pundits scratching their heads and American voters hoping for more. How did Senators Barack Obama and John McCain score with international bloggers? Ari Herzog finds out.

September 26, 2008

Can Sarah Palin really see Russia from her house?

Aggregated from: Erik's Blog

Any intelligent person knows that Sarah Palin was joking when she said that she could Russia from her house. It’s pure hyperbole. But everyone in the media keeps repeating it over and over, and I’m certain that some people probably actually believe it to be true. I bet that even the people that ...

September 23, 2008

Interview : 19th September McCain and the Bad, Ugly, not Cool Zapatero ! Who?

Aggregated from: European Avenue

I guess that having almost the Same Age than my Grand Dad should be enough to understand why McCaiiin does not have a QuadraCore Pentium 2.7 Mega Hertz blabla... in the Brain ... but his prestation could almost be considered hilarious if he was not Candidate for the White House, House of the current...

September 22, 2008

McCain on Spain

Aggregated from: JOTMAN

You may recall that back in March -- on two occassions -- McCain got confused about who the US was fighting in Iraq, claiming that Al Quaeda was being trained by Iran. McCain's friend Joe Lieberman had to correct him.This week an interviewer for a Spanish radio station asked McCain if he intened to ...