It's the final countdown.. 2 MORE DAYS TILL ELECTION DAY!
Here's a mind-boggling fact--every seat in the House (435 total) and 1/3 Senate seats (33 total) are up for grabs in this election. Today it's all about the House and Senate races that will make a difference, the races that could go either way, and the races to watch on Tuesday. Then we'll turn our attention to important ballot propsitions voters will decide upon. Read More »
It's coming ever so close... 3 more days till Election Day!
Today we're talking about the importance of the governor races. While they're not publized as much as Congressional ones, they are still quite important for the future of American politics.
Voters in 36 states choose their top elected officials on Tuesday. The outcome will offer insight into the issues that people care about, and a glimpse of the battlegrounds in the 2008 presidential contest. Read More »
We’re down to the homestretch now… 4 more days to Election Day!
Today we’re focusing on younger voters. According to a new poll, the 2006 election may see the highest turn-out of young people in a mid-term election.
In a Harvard poll published on Wednesday, 32 percent of 18- to 24-year-olds said they will “definitely” vote on Nov. 7. That would be the highest youth turnout for a midterm election since the national voting age was lowered from 21 to 18 in 1971. Read More »
Only 5 more days till Election Day 2006!
Today we're focusing our attention on nothing other than the political ads and the costs of this campagining season.
An article on USAToday.com said that campaign spending is up 15% since 2004.
The non-partisan Center for Responsive Politics predicts that, by the end of the year, candidates, parties and outside groups will have raised $2.6 billion for the Nov. 7 elections, 18% more than in 2002. Read More »
As promised, today begins our look into the upcoming midterm election. Only 6 more days.. can you believe it?! Today we're focusing our attention on new poll numbers released yesterday by Wall Street Journal/NBC News. This is the final pre-election poll conducted by the two and was distributed to registered voters only.
The results don't look too hopeful for the Republicans. Read More »
This is pretty funny... Tips on how to have a politically correct Halloween.
And while we're on the topic of political correctness, the National Alliance on Mental Illness is discouraging celebrations this Halloween involving "psychoses and insane asylums" because they "victimize the mentally ill" Read More »
St. Louis has a reason to be celebrating for the wrong reasons. A report released today by the Morgan Qunito Press said that the city is the most dangerous city in America.
Violent crime surged nearly 20 percent there this year, when the rate of such crimes rose much faster in the Midwest than in the rest of nation, according to FBI figures released in June.
The study looks at crime only within St. Louis city limits, with a population of about 330,000. It doesn’t take into account the suburbs in St. Louis County, which has roughly 980,000 residents. Read More »
Welp.. tomorrow is once again Monday and I'm really not looking forward to another week of tests, homework, and the usual high school bullshit. I would play a Ferris Bueller, but according to this USA Today article, that's getting harder to do these days...
Suppose Ferris Bueller wanted to take a day off now.In a 1986 movie, the hooky-playing high schooler tricked his parents into believing he was sick, then went out for a fun day of driving around Chicago in a Ferrari with his buddy and his girlfriend. That was Ferris Bueller's Day Off then. Read More »
