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Anyone still think they should be permitted to vote?

A University of Texas poll to be released today shows Republican presidential candidate John McCain and GOP Sen. John Cornyn leading by comfortable margins in Texas, as expected.

But the statewide survey of 550 registered voters has one very surprising finding:

23 percent of Texans are convinced that Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama is a Muslim.

Obama [...]

The Obama Infomercial

More Desperation From McCain-Palin

Instead of telling us what they would do in the White House to improve the lives of Americans, the McCain-Palin dynamic duo spent another day (thankfully there are only six days left of this neverending nightmare) telling Americans what a dangerous and bad person Barack Obama is because in 2003 he attended a party for [...]

Another Reason Conservatives Fear A President Obama

Americans have cut back on buying cars, furniture and clothes in a tough economy, but there’s one consumer item that’s still enjoying healthy sales: guns. Purchases of firearms and ammunition have risen 8 to 10 percent this year, according to state and federal data.

Several variables drive sales, but many dealers, buyers and experts attribute the [...]

Voter’s Survival Kit: Ten Things You Need to Know about Health Care

By Scott Bittle on October 23, 2008 (Cross posted at Public Agenda Online)

Too often, trying to follow the presidential campaign debate is like coming in on the middle of a movie. You can get the gist of what’s going on, maybe, but you know that major plot points slipped past you â€“ you know you [...]

Why Obama Must Secure Iran’s Cooperation to Withdraw Troops in Iraq

Should Barak Obama become Americaâ€™s 44th president, his plan to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq in sixteen months and â€œend the warâ€ will require the cooperation of Iran. While the presidential campaign debate narrowly focused on the troop surge, the reduction of violence in Iraq has obscured one fundamental truth; the Iraqi government will continue [...]