As predicted, John McCain has made a strong comeback in recent polls. Barack Obama, who is feeling the pressure from McCain’s campaign, has focus his campaign on tax and health care issues. However the McCain/Palin ticket proves to be more viable that previously thought.
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John McCain’s Candidacy Boosted by Sarah Palin’s Popularity in Colorado
Posted: 20th October 2008 by Wil Ford in US Presidential Election 2008Tags: 2008 Presidential Election, barack-obama, Joe Biden, John McCain, News, President, Sarah Palin, Vice-President
Alaska Governor Sarah Palin’s recent appearance on “Saturday Night Live” and appearances in Colorado boosted John McCain’s candidacy, dashing rival Barack Obama’s hopes for a landslide victory on Election day. With only 15 grueling days to go before Election Day, the Palin Effect has proved the McCain/Palin Repulican ticket to more viable than the junior Senator from Illinois himself realizes: Palin is no bimbo; she is a bold and courageous Republican Vice-Presidential nominee.
Sarah Palin Heightens Obama’s Drama and McCain’s Pain
Posted: 12th October 2008 by Wil Ford in US Presidential Election 2008Tags: 2008 Election Day, 2008 U.S. Presidential election, Election Day 2008, John McCain, Sarah Palin
Has Governor Sarah Palin became a political liability to Senator John McCain, the 72-year-old presidential nominee of the Republican Party in the 2008 U.S. Presidential election? Does she lack the right stuff of which savvy world leaders are made? If the answer to both question is a resounding “yes,” McCain’s selecting the Republican vice presidential candidate will prove fatal on Election Day 2008.
Hurricane Gustav 2008 Roars towards New Orleans with a Vengeance
Posted: 31st August 2008 by Wil Ford in Hurricane Gustav 2008Tags: 2008 Convention, 2008 DNC, 2008 Elections, 2008 RNC, Democratic National Convention, democratic party, FEMA, Gulf Coast, Gulf of Mexico, Hurricane Gustav, Hurricane Gustav 2008, Hurricane Hannah, James Dobson, John McCain, Louisiana, Michael Moore, Natural Disasters, Nature, New Orleans, New Orleans Mayor, News, North America, Politics, Ray Nagin, Republican National Convention, republican party, Storm, Tropical Storm Hanna, USA, Weather
In buses, cars, planes and trains, approximately 1 million vulnerable residents of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama are fleeing the U.S. Gulf Coast Sunday morning as Hurricane Gustav roars towards New Orleans with a vengeance.
Three years after Hurricane Katrina, The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is prepared for imminent danger; however, more than 7,000 families were still living in FEMA homes before the storm approached the ninth largest body of water in the world: The oil rich Gulf of Mexico, into which Tropical Storm Hanna itself may also enter soon as a potential deadly intensified hurricane.
As if a hurricane and a tropical storm weren’t enough: Forecasters are tracking a tropical wave off the western coast of Africa.