McCain's Plans: A reality?

"By January 2013, America has welcomed home most of the servicemen and women who have sacrificed terribly so that America might be secure in her freedom," McCain said. "The Iraq War has been won. Iraq is a functioning democracy, although still suffering from the lingering effects of decades of tyranny and centuries of sectarian tension."

McCain also envisions that Osama bin Laden, and his chief lieutenants, would be captured or killed.

But some analysts said making those arguments could be risky.

Risky? That word doesn't merit what McCain is trying to do.

Not only that, but it is very optimistic of a poorly handled situation. For a very long time, ideas have been suggested, saying that there should be a defined time-frame for releasing the troops from Iraq.

My simple answer: Defining a time leads to a rush, and rushing the troops out isn't the brightest of ideas.

White House Smacks Democrats Over Bush Remarks

White House Smacks Democrats Over Bush Remarks
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/05/16/white-house-smacks-democrats-over-bush-remarks/

Update During the White House press gaggle today in Saudi Arabia, Dana Perino and Ed Gillespie expressed shock (!) over the widespread Democratic outrage toward President Bush’s Senator Obama , Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton and top Democratic officials — interpreted as a thinly disguised swipe at Mr. Obama’s expressed willingness to interact diplomatically with rogue nations like Iran and Syria.

I think that if there is a chance for someone to negotiate just even a little chance u should go for it

McCain predicts troops will be out of Iraq by 2013

McCain predicts troops will be out of Iraq by 2013

WASHINGTON -- Republican John McCain, in a speech forecasting what the country would look like after his first term in office, said today that he expects the war in Iraq to be won and most troops to be home by January 2013.The prediction marks a major departure for McCain, who railed against rival Mitt Romney shortly before the Florida primary for his remark in April 2007 that he thought President Bush and Iraqi leaders should privately discuss a timetable for withdrawing troops from Iraq. At the time, McCain suggested that the comment would embolden America's foes in Iraq. The Arizona senator leveled the same criticism at Democratic Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton, stating that their advocacy for withdrawing troops from Iraq amounted to setting a date for "surrender."

If mccain is elected the troops will be in Iraq alot longer. That would secure Iraq from being taken over by extremists but staying in Iraq is not popular with Americans today. It will be an interesting to see how this issue comes out in the general election.

Why is Hillary Clinton still running?

All over the media, people have been saying that Hillary's campaign is over. Let it go. However, mathematical statistics prove otherwise. However, there are still many delegates up for grabs, and only 2,025 delegates are needed to win the nomination. With 555 delegates (not including the super-delegates, some of which of who have yet to announce their affiliation), there are still enough delegates for Hillary to snag a victory.

However, it isn't the easiest of margins to fill, Clinton would need to rack up at least 55% of the remaining delegates to make that come from behind victory. And with Obama just 125 delegates away, it seems like the hole is too much to fill.

Obama to speak out on Bush 'appeasement' charge

Obama to speak out on Bush 'appeasement' charge

The blowup over President Bush's remarks to Israel's parliament equating talks with rogue regimes to appeasement will be front and center another day.
Barack Obama, who saw himself as the target of Bush's criticism, is expected to directly rebut the president later today at a campaign event in South Dakota.
His top foreign policy adviser, Susan Rice, said this morning on MSNBC that Obama will deliver a "very vigorous response to what was an outrageous, unprecedented, and divisive attack from President Bush yesterday which was patently dishonest."

Obama has been getting criticized that he is inexperienced in foreign policy by the republicans, so it will be interesting to see him up against Mccain in a general election who has much experience.

Why Hillary Clinton will fight on

Why Hillary Clinton will fight on

Clinton is fighting on and she's even winning. This week, she won West Virginia's Democratic Party primary by a landslide. She said it only increased her resolve to keep running for the Democratic presidential nomination.

But even after West Virginia, she is behind by every measure -- she's won fewer delegates than Barack Obama, in fewer states, with fewer votes and her campaign is believed to be $20 million in debt.

She can keep running until the primaries end in two and a half weeks. Quitting then seems like the most obvious way out. She can also possibly hold out until the nomination is officially awarded in August and try to win in the interim, by challenging the nomination rules or convincing a lot of delegates to switch sides.

But just about every independent expert in US politics says she just has no realistic prospect of success

Personally I think cliton is being stubborn because she is too far behind to come out of it. I think she is right that she would win the popular vote but not the delegates which she needs in order to be elected anyways. TIME TO GIVE UP HILARY!

McCain Promises Action

McCain Promises Action
http://www.wkrg.com/news/article/mccain_promises_action/13057/

Republican presidential hopeful John McCain is hoping rural Alabama voters will help him win the White House in November. The Arizona senator launched his "Time For Action Tour" Monday morning courting voters in areas that typical don't cast Republican ballots.

McCain is being smart going to places that vote democrat however I don't think he has a chance of changing their votes.

Obama to speak out on Bush 'appeasement' charge

Obama to speak out on Bush 'appeasement' charge

The blowup over President Bush's remarks to Israel's parliament equating talks with rogue regimes to appeasement will be front and center another day.

Barack Obama, who saw himself as the target of Bush's criticism, is expected to directly rebut the president later today at a campaign event in South Dakota.

His top foreign policy adviser, Susan Rice, said this morning on MSNBC that Obama will deliver a "very vigorous response to what was an outrageous, unprecedented, and divisive attack from President Bush yesterday which was patently dishonest."

She argued that Republican presidents, including Ronald Reagan, have talked to renegade countries. And she said Obama has made "absolutely clear" he will not deal with terrorist groups such as Hamas and Hezbollah.

I think Barack Obama was overreacting and trying to act like the bigger man while he was actually just making himself look like an idiot. He is trying to gain the respect of others while taking other people down at the same time.

influence and money

influence of money in an election is very high. More money you have to spend you can advertise and get your name out more. So the person that gets thier message out more to the people has a ahaigher chance to win the election.

The Influence of Money in Politics

Money plays a big part in politics. With money candidates can campaign and go all over the country trying to get votes. If one cannot raise as much money as another candidate then that person would be at a severe disadvantage. Money will always play a big role with anyone running for office and we will see how money help everything play out.

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Donating money now into the election even though Illinois primary has been chosen can be useful because they both still need to get more votes and there is still a lot of work left to be done so any money into the cause would drastically help either of them.

Influence

If you have already voted but you want to help out a candidate you can always donate. All the money you donate would go to advertising the candidate. If you don't want to donate to the candidate you can always donate to an organization that is fighting for what you believe is right. This way you help get their voices hear so there can be something done about the issue.

Money Influences in Campaigns.

Money can be used in an election very strategicly--for example, a person can donate the max sum for a campaign ($2,300/person), to help the candidate in funding.

Money goes a long way. Not just in this case, but a person can deny donation to a candidate in their party if they do not like them. Likewise, a wealthy person can donate the max amount for the campaign.

If I had voted already, but still could donate, I'd definitely donate money to Obama's campaign. However, I wouldn't donate DIRECTLY. Chances are when a pay-to-meet candidate fundraiser comes up, I would attend that, and donate by way of the meeting. Temporary organizations that candidates set up are for their benefit, candidates can use them to have people organize, so that they can be seen.

money

money definitely affects politics. how much money one has can effect if they get elected or not, do they have money to campaign. also, if someone gets elected and the official recieved money from different businesses, he owes gratitude toward businesses, usually on the republican side.

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Politics and Money

When it comes to politics success is not only measured by how powerful or influential a person is, money plays a big part in it now. Money has a big influence in politics because issues with money are widely dealt with throughout the country and people are sometimes elected based on what good they can do with money issues. In a sense it could be a good thing and a bad thing because money can help people in politics but it can also cause someone to be at a disadvantage. If there would be any rules about money and politics then it should be that one should not be able to get ahead in politics soley on the use of money.

Money & Elections

I think that money really effects politics in a bad way. The whole race is basically a popularity contest. Who has more money for their campaign has the better chance of winning. I think that ever candidate should have a maximum amount of money that they could use on their campaign. This amount should be the same for every candidate, that way the people could focus more on the issues that the candidates are talking about rather then how much money they are using up.

Money

Money affects politics greatly because the amount of money a candidate has, shows how much they can advertise themselves and get better known to the public. I think that this is a bad thing because someone with no money could still be a very good candidate for president. I think that if there are rules on money in politics that there should be a limit on how much you can spend on advertising, or at least make it so every candidate spends the same amount on advertising.

Election

With all of the attention that Mike Huckabee has been getting through the media and his unexpected appearance on SNL, he may not be considered a front-runner, but he can't be totally considered out of the election.

global warming

many people argue about if it is real or not, is disaster coming or not? No one knows right now, but all im thinking about is that its a really cold winter.

global warming

Group Topic---Global Warming

Global warming, an often arguable idea, should be more considered amongst people. People are using everyday things that are wasteful to our ecosystem, and are often oblivious to what is going on.

election

i think the election is very interesting, the democrats are still in a tight race while the repunlicans are starting to come together. the general election is going to be very rough with the democrats trying to get in the white house and the republicans trying to stay in it.

Global Warming

Our group topic is global warming. I believe that the fact that people are so wasteful and irresponsible is the reason that we have bad weather.

Group topic - Global Warming

Global warming is a problem all around the world and America is ignorning this as problem and just letting all of the pollution occur. I think that this is a big problem.

Election

I think that this election is boaring because now the republican candidate is pretty much settled and the only competition now is between Obama and Clinton, and it looks as if Obama is winning anyway.

Elections

Honestly I haven't been following along with the election so I have no opinion on it.