Obama has made a change in the way he conducts his campaign. For the first time ever, he ran a negative television ad against his opponent, John McCain, attacking the Republican for this energy policies. Stating “On gas prices, John McCain’s part of the problem,” Obama went onto dispute that the ad was negative.
Since the last congressional elections, the number of Hispanics voting has increased. This is good news for the Democrats and Barack Obama, who could receive more votes in the election as a result of this higher Hispanic turnout. A recent government report shows that from 2002 to 2006, 18% more Hispanics took to the polls than before. In states like Florida, New Mexico, Colorado, and Nevada that had previously been Bush strongholds, McCain could have a harder time winning because of the new Hispanic strength. This is good news for the Obama camp, but we’ll have to wait until the election and see how things actually pan out.
As it turns out, San Diego Country officials have been mailing tax notices to McCain regarding his La Jolla property, an oceanfront condo, for four years without response. County records reveal the bills, which were sent to an address in Phoenix associated with Mrs. McCain’s trust, were returned to sender by the post office.
The Rev. Mike Pfleger, a Catholic priest who was suspended for ten days for making highly offensive and controversial remarks regarding Hillary Clinton, has returned to his duties today. Catholic priests are generally not allowed to discuss politics while on the pulpit, so his remarks came as a surprise to many Catholics. Commenting on his situation, the priest said,” Let this time be a teaching moment for us to hear the Lord, to grow closer to him and become even stronger to build a kingdom on Earth as it is in heaven,”
Despite having endorsed Obama several days earlier, many Clinton supporters have vowed not to support Senator Barack Obama, who is likely to be the Democractic nominee for the ‘08 election. This lack of support behind Obama for Clinton is bad news for the Democrats. These voters could very well either end up not voting in the election, or cast their ballot for McCain. Look back in history, and you’ll see that there has never been an election where the Democrats were divided and their candidate won.
There are literally hundreds of different news sources out there. With things heating up in the 2008 election, more and more people will have their eyes glued to the TV and Internet. If you haven’t found a good group of websites to read election news yet, here are my favorites:
I also like to check international news sites. Such places will report on things often not covered by American media and tend to be very neutral in their reporting.
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