http://www.electiongeek.com/blog 2008 Presidential Election News Twenty-Four Hours a Day Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:49:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A week ago was the first meeting of a group from the Republican National Committee and yesterday the first public meeting of a commission by the Democratic National Committee, both focused on reforming their parties primary process. There are many issues at hand, what role should smaller states like Iowa ... http://www.electiongeek.com/blog/2009/06/29/dnc-rnc-groups-start-primary-reform/ Described as a "Fiscal Hawk" and a veteran of the Iraq War Massachusetts businessman James Gettens has announced he will challenge current Democratic Rep. Harold Naughton Jr. in the 2010 mid-term elections. http://www.electiongeek.com/blog/2009/06/18/2010-mass-gettens-announces-bid-against-naughton-jr/ Good morning all. You may have noticed that the site was down for a little while. I had a lot of difficulties with malware spammers, Google, Twitter and just a heap of personal life stuff. Not everything was bad, I celebrated the birth of a beautiful new niece and have ... http://www.electiongeek.com/blog/2009/06/18/rebuilding-the-site/ Politico reports that Missouri State Senatoe Chuck Purgason is considering a run for the open Senate seat in 2010. Purgason is a second-term state Senator who Politico says is described as being, “on the very conservative Republican side.” http://www.electiongeek.com/blog/2009/06/18/missouris-chuck-purgason-thinking-about-senate/ The NY Daily News is reporting that the Obama campaign has ended it's run with so much extra cash that staffers will receive a bonus of an extra months pay and will have the option of keeping their campaign laptops and blackberries with one caveat, they will have to ... http://www.electiongeek.com/blog/2008/11/14/obama-staffers-getting-extra-cahs-tech/ In an election where it was predicted the youth vote would rise to prominancewe are left with two differing visions of the outcome. From MSNBC "Young voters not essential to Obama triumph From US News & World Report "Young Voters Powered Obama's Victory While Shrugging Off Slacker Image" Confused? So am I. Marketwatch headlines 18-29 Voter ... http://www.electiongeek.com/blog/2008/11/07/cognitive-dissonance-on-youth-vote-obama/ AP projects Obama the winner of North Carolina http://www.electiongeek.com/blog/2008/11/06/nc-goes-to-obama/ Report from Wall Street Journal that many ballot measures around the country seeking environmental reforms and initiatives failed this election. http://www.electiongeek.com/blog/2008/11/06/many-enviro-measures-failed-to-pass-in-2008/ Democrat Jeff Merkley has defeated Republican Sen. Gordon Smith in Oregon giving Democrats a sixth new seat in the Senate and bringing them up to a 57 seat majority. http://www.electiongeek.com/blog/2008/11/06/dems-pick-up-sixth-senate-seat/ Hello fans of Election Geek. So what will I be up to now that the election is over? While I will continue to update this site I have decided to expand into a new site devoted to the new administration aptly titled... Geek President! All the latest news, politics, policies, ... http://www.electiongeek.com/blog/2008/11/05/say-hello-to-geek-president/ From CNN results in 4 Senate races will likely go to recounts including the much watched Coleman/Franken Minnesota race that was called earlier for Coleman by the AP. With a very slim margin of victory that race along with races in Alaska, Georgia and Oregon will likely face recounts. http://www.electiongeek.com/blog/2008/11/05/recounts-likely-in-senate-races/ The DOW dropped 486 points today in what Bloomberg says is the largest post-Election point drop in US history. http://www.electiongeek.com/blog/2008/11/05/stocks-take-largest-post-election-dive-in-history/ One of the heavily watched Senate races of 2008 has come to an end as the Associated Press calls the race in Minnesota for incumbent Norm Coleman. Comedian Al Franken had challenged Coleman for the seat giving up a talk radio job and returning to Minnesota generating a great deal ... http://www.electiongeek.com/blog/2008/11/05/coleman-defeats-franken-in-minn-senate-bid/ Senator Barack Obama has won the presidency of the United States of America. http://www.electiongeek.com/blog/2008/11/04/barack-obama-has-been-elected-44th-president-of-the-united-states/ Obama has won the Presidential Election Comment: Not to race to a finish here but if you REALLY want to go to bed tonight but want to be confident you know who won, I can safely say Obama will pull it off. With Ohio & Penn in his corner, it is ... http://www.electiongeek.com/blog/2008/11/04/election-2008-open-thre/ Sarah Palin has been cleared of wrongdoing in a report released by Alaska's Personnel Board in the media named Troopergate scandal. http://www.electiongeek.com/blog/2008/11/03/palin-cleared-in-troopergate/ Senator Barack Obama's ailing grandmother has passed away. Recently the Senator stopped campaigning to visit Madelyn Dunham who helped raise him. Dunham was 85 years old. USA Today http://www.electiongeek.com/blog/2008/11/03/barack-obamas-grandmother-has-died/ There is one full day left before the election and barring some unforeseen development there I'd likely little left that can shake up the race. If the polls are correct Obama seems likely to head for a big win tomorrow. The last two shots for McCain are: 1) Turnout (Higher than expected ... http://www.electiongeek.com/blog/2008/11/02/the-final-days/ http://www.electiongeek.com/blog/2008/11/02/mccain-fey-hit-qvc/ While Zrby's three day average of polls still has Obama leading McCain the pollster says the latest individual poll has some downright shocking news. "Is McCain making a move? The three-day average holds steady, but McCain outpolled Obama today, 48% to 47%. He is beginning to cut into Obama's lead among ... http://www.electiongeek.com/blog/2008/11/01/zogby-has-mccain-over-obama-48-to-47-in-latest-poll/ Greta Van Susteren sits down with the Palin's as they tour Pennsylvania Halloween night. http://www.electiongeek.com/blog/2008/11/01/halloween-with-the-palins/ The Washington Times reports that this summer during his European tour Senator Obama paid $700,000 for staging and lighting to a company in Berlin for his much hyped but largely disfavored in America speech that took place in Germany. As this news hits Obama today pushed back against calls by John ... http://www.electiongeek.com/blog/2008/10/31/obama-spent-700000-in-berlin-calls-opposition-to-tax-plan-selfishness/ Word from Politico is that McCain will appear tomorrow night on Saturday Night Live. Host is Dem actor Ben Affleck who is supposedly skewering MSNBC host Keith Olbermann in a skit. http://www.electiongeek.com/blog/2008/10/31/mccain-reportedly-on-snl-tommorrow/ In the last week Obama has gone from promising to lower taxes and defining middle class as those making less than $250,000 then, $200,000 then Joe Biden saying $150,000 now Bill Richardson says $120,000. http://www.electiongeek.com/blog/2008/10/31/from-250000-to-120000-obamas-new-tax-plan/ This video is making the rounds and becoming quite popular. I was a massive critic of that Obama special and I have to say this video did politically in a minute for the opposition what Obama spent a half hour trying to do. It powerfully made an assertion, created an ... http://www.electiongeek.com/blog/2008/10/31/dear-mr-obama-youtube-video/ The Associated Press is reporting that the Obama campaign has already approached Illinois Rep. Rahm Emanuel about possibly serving as the Senators Chief of Staff. The latest in a long string of signs that the Obama team is confident they already won this election. http://www.electiongeek.com/blog/2008/10/30/obama-approached-emanuel-for-chief-of-staff-position/ Nielsen just released last night's ratings of Barak Obama’s national campaign spot for the 56 local markets where we have meters. Overall, for the six networks that aired the program simultaneously, the spot had a household rating of 21.7% (meaning that 21.7 percent of all households watching television were ... http://www.electiongeek.com/blog/2008/10/30/nielson-releases-initial-ratings-on-obama-tv-spot/ Update: Associated Press fact check of Obama ad Boy did it suck... There, I said it. Sorry, but it did. Anyone who thought that godawful half an hour was worth the millions of dollars it took to put it on the air, wow you need to get your pulse checked. For those wanting ... http://www.electiongeek.com/blog/2008/10/29/my-review-of-the-obama-infomercial/ Says: "He's planned his first address to the nation -- an infomercial. By the way, I will never delay the start of the World Series for an infomercial." http://www.electiongeek.com/blog/2008/10/29/mccain-mocks-obama-over-infomercial/ Three groups that were expected to turn out in heavy numbers this election are said to be lagging by the Las Vegas Review Journal. According to the report while 25% of the state has turned out for early voting only 20% of Hispanics, 14% of young voters (those under 30) ... http://www.electiongeek.com/blog/2008/10/29/first-timers-young-hispanics-light-in-nevada-turnout-so-far/ Joe Biden gave fresh ammunition to Republicans yesterday by condradicting the campaign's position that they would define wealthy as those making above $250,000 and not place taxes on those making less. Biden instead said: "What we're saying is, that $87 billion tax break doesn't need to go to people making an ... http://www.electiongeek.com/blog/2008/10/29/latest-biden-gaffee-tax-increases-for-those-below-150000/ I have written about the polling data coming out of this race a few times now and always with skepticism. There was a sudden bounce for Obama around the time of the economic crisis and until late last week that bounce was holding. Something strange happened though late last week ... http://www.electiongeek.com/blog/2008/10/29/believing-nothing-everything/ Reminder Senator Barack Obama will have a half hour campaign commercial tonight on all of your network stations except for ABC. No one really knows what will be happening but it should be interesting. It probably won't look like this unfortunetly: http://www.electiongeek.com/blog/2008/10/29/obama-takes-over-your-tv-tonight/ You don't need polls to tell you when a campaign is truly in trouble, you need only to watch the leaks coming out of the massive cracks in a campaign. In the late days of the Clinton machine the sights were set on Mark Penn after campaign manager Patti Solis ... http://www.electiongeek.com/blog/2008/10/28/watching-the-internal-strife/ Breaking news from the Associated Press, keep an eye out for more info on a plot by "skinheads" that was broken up by ATF to assassinate Barack Obama. From the AP: WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal agents have broken up a plot to assassinate Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and shoot or decapitate ... http://www.electiongeek.com/blog/2008/10/27/ap-us-broke-up-plot-to-assassinate-obama/