Even in a global economy business decisions taken that affect key election swing states can give a global multinational CEO indigestion. As with most issues, could the sub-context be more important than the headline? Economically one can see the business logic. German owned DHL Express wants UPS to replace ABX Air and Astar Air Cargo [...]

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Sen. Lloyd Bentsen eviscerated GOP VP rival Dan Quayle with this debate remark stating “he was no Jack Kennedy.” Four years ago I cast a vote AGAINST George H. W. Bush’s son rather than FOR John Kerry. I intend to vote FOR a candidate this year.
You are making it very difficult.

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We’ve watched Reverend Wright for weeks. Now it seems John McCain has his own issues with fiery pastors. Click on this story to watch the Rev. Hagee rant and then see what “respected” pastor Pat Robertson had to say with the late Jerry Falwell in 2001. The furore over Reverend Wright has been missing [...]

2. 4 million Pennsylvania voters spoke last night besting 2004’s anemic 800,000 votes cast (and that contest was already decided). No matter how you slice the numbers three times as many voters turned out, more than 150,000 of them newly registered. Both candidates won their core constituencies and

That’s the number of Super Delegates since February 5th that have declared for Sen. Obama vs. Sen. Clinton in the Democratic primary races. Margaret Campbell (no relation), a state legislator from Montana added yesterday to this growing group and trend.

I feel like I’m watching one of those retro cartoons where the two characters are being slowly nibbled away from the ground up until the only thing left will be two talking heads and one of them disappears.
Yes, it is the most exciting and dramatic campaign in the history of modern US politics. Every Tuesday [...]