The National Journal recently released their ratings of members of Congress. They rated Senator Clinton as the 16th most liberal senator, while Senator Obama was rated as the most liberal senator in the United States Senate. The trends show that over the past 3 years, from his first year in the senate until 2007 when [...]

Welcome to the February 24, 2008 edition of carnival of political punditry. Jackson Kern presents Sustainable Development on the Stump: Environmental Policies of Obama, Clinton, and McCain posted at Sustainable Development and Humanitarian Causes: The Alternative Channel Blog, saying, “This article explores the environmental and energy policies of Senators Obama, Clinton and McCain.” Madeleine Begun [...]

Barack Obama is running away with the nomination. Can anyone tell me why?  I know your anger, I know your dreams, I’ve been everything you want to be. That one line from the 80’s rock band, Living Colour, seems to sum up the following of the Barack Obama campaign. Obama has surprised virtually every political [...]

Welcome to the February 17, 2008 edition of carnival of political punditry. Freddie L. Sirmans, Sr. presents COLD STEEL RAW BUCK NAKED ECONOMICS 101. posted at CAN US ECONOMY SURVIVE DOOMSDAY?. Jim presents The Gay Republican #3 – Romney’s Poll posted at Chicks With Guns. R.O. presents Hillary Clinton is not Hip Hop…. posted at [...]

The race to the political party’s nominations has turned into an entertaining affair. On the Republican side, Senator John McCain has steadily climbed in the polls and the delegate count since early January. He now leads the delegate count by a wide margin over former Governor Mike Huckabee. McCain also received another boost this week [...]

On Sunday night, the professional sports world was rocked by the improbable Super Bowl victory of the New York Giants over the heavily favored New England Patriots. On Tuesday night, the political world saw a few improbable Super Tuesday victories with Senator Barack Obama winning more delegates than Senator Hillary Clinton, and former Governor Mike [...]

Welcome to the February 3, 2008 edition of carnival of political punditry. Wenchypoo presents The Right Kind of Government Handouts posted at Wisdom From Wenchypoo’s Mental Wastebasket. Tracee Sioux presents Recession or Sanity? posted at Blog Fabulous, saying, “A new look at the recession. Can we afford middle-class kids to have insurance with SCHIPS? No. [...]