<![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec en-us The Electoral College http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec The Electoral College <![CDATA[]]> Mon, 25 Aug 2008 09:05:42 -0500 898 6 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Mon, 25 Aug 2008 09:06:14 -0500 899 898 1 <![CDATA[The Conventions]]> Mon, 25 Aug 2008 09:06:51 -0500 900 898 1 <![CDATA[THE LONG HAUL]]> Mon, 25 Aug 2008 09:07:08 -0500 901 898 1 <![CDATA[Convention Hall. Pepsi Center. Denver, Colorado. August 24, 2008.               [082508]]]> Mon, 25 Aug 2008 09:07:28 -0500 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/00_08_conventions_314.jpg http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/00_08_conventions_314.jpg 902 898 2 <![CDATA[]]> Mon, 25 Aug 2008 09:08:19 -0500 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/00_08_conventions_86.jpg http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/00_08_conventions_86.jpg 903 898 2 <![CDATA[]]> The roulette will still spin you to one of the original candidates Web sites, providing a look back at their hopes and dreams.]]> Mon, 25 Aug 2008 09:08:40 -0500 904 898 1 <![CDATA[]]> Mon, 25 Aug 2008 09:08:49 -0500 905 898 1 <![CDATA[]]> Sun, 08 Jun 2008 19:22:15 -0500 890 6 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Sun, 08 Jun 2008 19:22:35 -0500 891 890 1 <![CDATA[The Concession Speech]]> Sun, 08 Jun 2008 19:22:59 -0500 892 890 1 <![CDATA[HILLARY CLINTON]]> Sun, 08 Jun 2008 19:23:22 -0500 893 890 1 <![CDATA[File photographs from a Clinton campaign rally in <br />Iowa City, Iowa. January 1, 2008.       [060808]]]> Sun, 08 Jun 2008 19:23:41 -0500 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/00-07_concession_314.jpg http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/00-07_concession_314.jpg 894 890 2 <![CDATA[]]> Sun, 08 Jun 2008 19:24:01 -0500 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/00-06_obama_86.jpg http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/00-06_obama_86.jpg 895 890 2 <![CDATA[]]> "Life is too short, time is too precious, and the stakes are too high to dwell on what might have been. We have to work together for what still can be. And that is why I will work my heart out to make sure that Senator Obama is our next President and I hope and pray that all of you will join me in that effort."]]> Sun, 08 Jun 2008 19:24:30 -0500 896 890 1 <![CDATA[]]> "So today, I am standing with Senator Obama to say: Yes we can. ... We will make history together as we write the next chapter in America's story. ... I will do it with a heart filled with gratitude, with a deep and abiding love for our country -- and with nothing but optimism and confidence for the days ahead."]]> Sun, 08 Jun 2008 19:25:24 -0500 897 890 1 <![CDATA[]]> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 09:58:43 -0500 882 6 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 09:59:07 -0500 883 882 1 <![CDATA[The Presumptive Candidate]]> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 09:59:33 -0500 884 882 1 <![CDATA[BARACK OBAMA]]> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 09:59:46 -0500 885 882 1 <![CDATA[<div align="center"><em>"Now the question is: Where do we go from here?"</em><br />                   -- Senator Hillary Clinton]]> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 10:00:11 -0500 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/00-06_obama_314.jpg http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/00-06_obama_314.jpg 886 882 2 <![CDATA[]]> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 10:00:35 -0500 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/00-06_obama_86_2.jpg http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/00-06_obama_86_2.jpg 887 882 2 <![CDATA[]]>
"Tonight, I can stand before you and say that I will be the Democratic nominee for president of the United States. Tonight we mark the end of one historic journey with the beginning of another; a journey that will bring a new and better day to America."]]> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 10:00:52 -0500 888 882 1 <![CDATA[]]> "America, this is our moment. This is our time. Our time to turn the page on the policies of the past. Our time to bring new energy and new ideas to the challenges we face. Our time to offer a new direction for the country we love."
                                                         [060408]]]> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 10:01:04 -0500 889 882 1 <![CDATA[]]> Wed, 28 May 2008 05:24:16 -0500 874 6 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Wed, 28 May 2008 05:24:42 -0500 875 874 1 <![CDATA[The Democatic Race]]> Wed, 28 May 2008 05:25:12 -0500 876 874 1 <![CDATA[NOMINATION MATH]]> Wed, 28 May 2008 05:25:26 -0500 877 874 1 <![CDATA[<div align="center">Rasmussen Reports Daily Tracking Presidential Polls <br /> <strong>McCain:  46% </strong>      <strong>Obama:  46%</strong></div>]]> Wed, 28 May 2008 05:25:45 -0500 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/00-05_math_314.gif http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/00-05_math_314.gif 878 874 2 <![CDATA[]]> Wed, 28 May 2008 05:26:32 -0500 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/00-05_math_86.gif http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/00-05_math_86.gif 879 874 2 <![CDATA[]]> NYTimes estimate.]

                                                [060308]]]> Wed, 28 May 2008 05:26:45 -0500 880 874 1 <![CDATA[]]>
       -- Source: USA Today|Gallup 5/30-6/1 survey]]> Wed, 28 May 2008 05:27:02 -0500 881 874 1 <![CDATA[]]> Sun, 18 May 2008 12:54:53 -0500 866 6 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Sun, 18 May 2008 12:55:22 -0500 867 866 1 <![CDATA[The Race]]> Sun, 18 May 2008 12:55:41 -0500 868 866 1 <![CDATA[THE COUNT]]> Sun, 18 May 2008 12:55:52 -0500 869 866 1 <![CDATA[<div align="center">Current balance of power in Congress <br /> <strong>GOP:  199 </strong>      <strong>DEM:  236</strong></div>]]> Sun, 18 May 2008 12:56:10 -0500 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/00_04_count_314.gif http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/00_04_count_314.gif 870 866 2 <![CDATA[]]> Sun, 18 May 2008 12:56:27 -0500 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/00_04_count_86.gif http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/00_04_count_86.gif 871 866 2 <![CDATA[]]>                                                 [051808]]]> Sun, 18 May 2008 12:56:39 -0500 872 866 1 <![CDATA[]]> "Our victory was a great win, not for any political party, but for the working families of North Mississippi who need someone to stand up for them and get results."

       -- Winning Democrat Candidate Travis Childers]]> Sun, 18 May 2008 12:56:49 -0500 873 866 1 <![CDATA[]]> Sun, 11 May 2008 23:03:49 -0500 858 6 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Sun, 11 May 2008 23:04:12 -0500 859 858 1 <![CDATA[The Race]]> Sun, 11 May 2008 23:04:25 -0500 860 858 1 <![CDATA[THE DELEGATE COUNT]]> Sun, 11 May 2008 23:04:40 -0500 861 858 1 <![CDATA[<div align="center"><em>"I think the race is reaching the point now where there are negative dividends from it."</em> -- D. Feinstein]]> Sun, 11 May 2008 23:04:55 -0500 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/00_03_delegates_314.gif http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/00_03_delegates_314.gif 862 858 2 <![CDATA[]]> Sun, 11 May 2008 23:06:33 -0500 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/00_03_delegates_86.gif http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/00_03_delegates_86.gif 863 858 2 <![CDATA[]]> The New York Times now projects a lead for Senator Barack Obama in the race for the Democratic Party presidential nomination in both pledged delegates and the all import tally of super delegates. Long-standing supporters and party leaders are now increasingly, publicly questioning the rationale for Senator Hillary Clinton's continuing campaign.]]> Sun, 11 May 2008 23:07:01 -0500 864 858 1 <![CDATA[]]> New York Times Democratic Delegate Count

Obama: 1,865 | 92.1% of the 2,025 needed
Clinton : 1,689 | 83.4% of the 2,025 needed

                               [May 11, 2008]]]> Sun, 11 May 2008 23:07:10 -0500 865 858 1 <![CDATA[]]> Wed, 07 May 2008 21:38:58 -0500 850 6 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Wed, 07 May 2008 21:39:22 -0500 851 850 1 <![CDATA[The Process]]> Wed, 07 May 2008 21:39:39 -0500 852 850 1 <![CDATA[THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE]]> Wed, 07 May 2008 21:40:01 -0500 853 850 1 <![CDATA[Map from Wikipedia Entry for 'Electoral College US.' <br /> Graph based on Rasmussen Reports numbers.]]> Wed, 07 May 2008 21:40:15 -0500 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/00_02_electoral_college_314.gif http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/00_02_electoral_college_314.gif 854 850 2 <![CDATA[]]> Wed, 07 May 2008 21:42:48 -0500 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/00_02_electoral_college_86.gif http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/00_02_electoral_college_86.gif 855 850 2 <![CDATA[]]> Wed, 07 May 2008 21:43:04 -0500 856 850 1 <![CDATA[]]> Rasmussen Reports Balance of Power Calculator
DEM safe + likely: 200 | DEM leaning: 60
GOP safe + likely: 189 | GOP leaning: 51
Toss-ups : 38

                               [May 7, 2008]]]> Wed, 07 May 2008 21:43:14 -0500 857 850 1 <![CDATA[]]> Tue, 06 May 2008 13:55:34 -0500 842 6 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Tue, 06 May 2008 13:55:56 -0500 843 842 1 <![CDATA[The Race]]> Tue, 06 May 2008 13:56:15 -0500 844 842 1 <![CDATA[ENDGAME]]> Tue, 06 May 2008 13:56:33 -0500 845 842 1 <![CDATA[<div align="center"><em>"This lady [Hillary Clinton] right here makes Rocky Balboa look like a pansy." </em> -- NC Gov. Mike Easley. 4/29<div>]]> Tue, 06 May 2008 13:56:55 -0500 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/00_01_endgame_314.gif http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/00_01_endgame_314.gif 846 842 2 <![CDATA[]]> Tue, 06 May 2008 13:57:27 -0500 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/00_01_endgame_86.gif http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/00_01_endgame_86.gif 847 842 2 <![CDATA[]]> Tue, 06 May 2008 13:57:49 -0500 848 842 1 <![CDATA[]]> Tue, 06 May 2008 13:58:04 -0500 849 842 1 <![CDATA[]]> Mon, 05 May 2008 13:42:53 -0500 834 6 99 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Mon, 05 May 2008 13:43:21 -0500 835 834 1 <![CDATA[The Process]]> Mon, 05 May 2008 13:43:44 -0500 836 834 1 <![CDATA[THE END OF THE LINE?]]> Mon, 05 May 2008 13:44:05 -0500 837 834 1 <![CDATA[<div align="center"><em>"A great democracy must be progressive or it will soon cease to be a great democracy."</em> -- T.Roosevelt<div>]]> Mon, 05 May 2008 13:44:21 -0500 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/99_the_end_314.jpg http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/99_the_end_314.jpg 838 834 2 <![CDATA[]]> Mon, 05 May 2008 13:44:28 -0500 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/99_the_end_86.gif http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/99_the_end_86.gif 839 834 2 <![CDATA[]]> The Electoral College Widget Series I. Beginning tomorrow, a Widget Wild Card [number 00] will display, as always, a countdown to the election, and from the Iowa Caucuses, along with occasional election updates, photography and graphics. The results of today's voting may also bring some finality to the nomination process.]]> Mon, 05 May 2008 13:44:57 -0500 840 834 1 <![CDATA[]]> Mon, 05 May 2008 13:45:44 -0500 841 834 1 <![CDATA[]]> Sun, 04 May 2008 08:50:54 -0500 826 6 98 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Sun, 04 May 2008 08:51:11 -0500 827 826 1 <![CDATA[The Issues]]> Sun, 04 May 2008 08:51:29 -0500 828 826 1 <![CDATA[THE STATE OF THE WORLD]]> Sun, 04 May 2008 08:51:40 -0500 829 826 1 <![CDATA[<div align="center"><em>"You must be the change you wish to see <br />in the world."</em>           -- Mohandas Gandhi <div>]]> Sun, 04 May 2008 08:52:03 -0500 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/98_the_world_314.gif http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/98_the_world_314.gif 830 826 2 <![CDATA[]]> Sun, 04 May 2008 08:52:08 -0500 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/98_the_world_86.gif http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/98_the_world_86.gif 831 826 2 <![CDATA[]]> Sun, 04 May 2008 08:52:33 -0500 832 826 1 <![CDATA[]]> Sun, 04 May 2008 08:52:42 -0500 833 826 1 <![CDATA[]]> Sun, 04 May 2008 07:05:26 -0500 818 6 97 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Sun, 04 May 2008 07:06:12 -0500 819 818 1 <![CDATA[The Contests]]> Sun, 04 May 2008 07:06:30 -0500 820 818 1 <![CDATA[TERRITORY OF GUAM]]> Sun, 04 May 2008 07:07:03 -0500 821 818 1 <![CDATA[<div align="center"><em>"Where America's Day Begins"</em><br />                 -- Guam's motto <div>]]> Sun, 04 May 2008 07:07:39 -0500 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/97_guam_314.jpg http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/97_guam_314.jpg 822 818 2 <![CDATA[]]> Sun, 04 May 2008 07:08:29 -0500 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/97_guam_map_86.gif http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/97_guam_map_86.gif 823 818 2 <![CDATA[]]> Sun, 04 May 2008 07:08:43 -0500 824 818 1 <![CDATA[]]>     Pacific Islander: 45%
    Asian: 33%
    White: 7%
United States Control 1898 [Spanish-American War]
Year Guamanians Granted U.S. Citizenship: 1950]]> Sun, 04 May 2008 07:08:53 -0500 825 818 1 <![CDATA[]]> Fri, 02 May 2008 06:40:40 -0500 810 6 96 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Fri, 02 May 2008 06:41:01 -0500 811 810 1 <![CDATA[The Issues]]> Fri, 02 May 2008 06:41:18 -0500 812 810 1 <![CDATA[JOBS]]> Fri, 02 May 2008 06:41:30 -0500 813 810 1 <![CDATA[<em>"People who held their jobs are losing ground both in terms of hours and hourly wages."</em>-- Jerred Bernstein]]> Fri, 02 May 2008 06:41:52 -0500 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/96_jobs_6983_314.jpg http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/96_jobs_6983_314.jpg 814 810 2 <![CDATA[]]> Fri, 02 May 2008 06:42:21 -0500 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/96_jobs_376_86.gif http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/96_jobs_376_86.gif 815 810 2 <![CDATA[]]> New York Times reports that 20,000 jobs disappeared from the United States economy in April, signaling a fourth consecutive month of declines, and a net loss of 800,000 jobs in the last year. The real wages for rank and file workers has also slipped, down 1.3 percent over the last year and a half. Ironically, Wall Street, expecting even worse news, climbed to a new 2008 high.]]> Fri, 02 May 2008 06:42:52 -0500 816 810 1 <![CDATA[]]> Number of unemployed workers: 7,600,000*
Unemployment Rate: 5%
    Blacks: 8.6%
    Hispanics: 6.9%
    Whites: 4.4%]]> Fri, 02 May 2008 06:43:04 -0500 817 810 1 <![CDATA[]]> Fri, 02 May 2008 05:32:33 -0500 802 6 95 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Fri, 02 May 2008 05:32:56 -0500 803 802 1 <![CDATA[The Issues]]> Fri, 02 May 2008 05:33:12 -0500 804 802 1 <![CDATA[RACE]]> Fri, 02 May 2008 05:33:27 -0500 805 802 1 <![CDATA[<div align="center"><em>"... we have a long way to go."</em><br />       -- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar</div>]]> Fri, 02 May 2008 05:34:02 -0500 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/95_race_us_314.jpg http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/95_race_us_314.jpg 806 802 2 <![CDATA[]]> Fri, 02 May 2008 05:34:18 -0500 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/95_race_us_86.gif http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/95_race_us_86.gif 807 802 2 <![CDATA[]]> Fri, 02 May 2008 05:34:28 -0500 808 802 1 <![CDATA[]]> "A fully functional multiracial society cannot be achieved without a sense of history and open, honest dialogue."]]> Fri, 02 May 2008 05:34:40 -0500 809 802 1 <![CDATA[]]> Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:10:59 -0500 794 6 94 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:11:19 -0500 795 794 1 <![CDATA[The Issues]]> Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:11:49 -0500 796 794 1 <![CDATA[RACE]]> Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:12:06 -0500 797 794 1 <![CDATA[<em>"Helms campaign literature sounded a drumbeat of warnings about black voter-registration drives. . ."</em>]]> Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:12:18 -0500 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/94_race_nc_314.gif http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/94_race_nc_314.gif 798 794 2 <![CDATA[]]> Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:12:55 -0500 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/94_race_nc_86.gif http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/94_race_nc_86.gif 799 794 2 <![CDATA[]]> and race cards to win closely contested elections in 1990 and 1996 against moderate African-American Democrat Harvey Gantt. His 1984 campaign was equally vicious. [See quote, by Washington Post reporter Bill Peterson, commenting at the time, at the bottom of the widget.]]]> Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:13:14 -0500 800 794 1 <![CDATA[]]> Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:13:55 -0500 801 794 1 <![CDATA[]]> Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:10:13 -0500 786 6 93 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:10:36 -0500 787 786 1 <![CDATA[Battleground States]]> Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:11:14 -0500 788 786 1 <![CDATA[INDIANA]]> Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:11:28 -0500 789 786 1 <![CDATA[Senator Obama: <em>"Some people say we can't change Washington. On Tuesday Indiana, you can."]]> Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:11:56 -0500 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/93_indiana_314.gif http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/93_indiana_314.gif 790 786 2 <![CDATA[]]> Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:12:15 -0500 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/93_indiana_86.gif http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/93_indiana_86.gif 791 786 2 <![CDATA[]]> Indianapolis Star, over 90,000 absentee ballots have already been cast. The 2004 total was 47,000.]]> Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:12:31 -0500 792 786 1 <![CDATA[]]> "The next president of the United States has to begin putting the American people first. Your jobs, your health care, your futures."]]> Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:12:43 -0500 793 786 1 <![CDATA[]]> Mon, 28 Apr 2008 08:18:00 -0500 778 6 92 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Mon, 28 Apr 2008 08:19:05 -0500 779 778 1 <![CDATA[The Issues]]> Mon, 28 Apr 2008 08:19:23 -0500 780 778 1 <![CDATA[WORLD HUNGER]]> Mon, 28 Apr 2008 08:19:37 -0500 781 778 1 <![CDATA[<div align="center"><em> "This is the worst global food crisis in more <br />than 30 years." </em>-- Senator Richard Durbin<div>]]> Mon, 28 Apr 2008 08:19:49 -0500 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/92_global_hunger_314.gif http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/92_global_hunger_314.gif 782 778 2 <![CDATA[]]> Mon, 28 Apr 2008 08:20:21 -0500 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/92_global_hunger_86.gif http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/92_global_hunger_86.gif 783 778 2 <![CDATA[]]> Washington Post featured the second installment of a series on the global food crisis by reporter Anthony Faiola, focusing on Mauritania where 60% of the population lives on less than a dollar a day, and where rising prices in flour and cooking oil are resulting in devastating consequences, with families facing life and death choices, moment by moment.]]> Mon, 28 Apr 2008 08:21:01 -0500 784 778 1 <![CDATA[]]> New York Times, Democrats in the Senate have called for an immediate increase of 200 million dollars to world food aid. This amounts to a fraction of the daily cost of the war in Iraq, estimated at between 340 and 720 million dollars a day.]]> Mon, 28 Apr 2008 08:21:16 -0500 785 778 1 <![CDATA[]]> Sun, 27 Apr 2008 18:40:11 -0500 770 6 91 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Sun, 27 Apr 2008 18:40:36 -0500 771 770 1 <![CDATA[The Candidates]]> Sun, 27 Apr 2008 18:40:52 -0500 772 770 1 <![CDATA[SENATOR BARACK OBAMA]]> Sun, 27 Apr 2008 18:41:07 -0500 773 770 1 <![CDATA[     Pennsylvania Primary night speech conclusion. <br />     Graphics from Obama '08 Web site. <div>]]> Sun, 27 Apr 2008 18:41:22 -0500 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/91_obama_314.gif http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/91_obama_314.gif 774 770 2 <![CDATA[]]> Sun, 27 Apr 2008 18:42:10 -0500 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/91_obama_86.gif http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/91_obama_86.gif 775 770 2 <![CDATA[]]> "It is now our turn to follow in the footsteps of all those generations who sacrificed and struggled and faced down the greatest odds to perfect our improbable union. And if we're willing to do what they did; if we're willing to shed our cynicism and our doubts and our fears; if we're willing to believe in what's possible again; then I believe that we won't just win this primary election, ... ]]> Sun, 27 Apr 2008 18:42:21 -0500 776 770 1 <![CDATA[]]> ... we won't just win this election in November, we will change this country, and keep this country's promise alive in the twenty-first century. Thank you, and may God Bless the United States of America."]]> Sun, 27 Apr 2008 18:42:34 -0500 777 770 1 <![CDATA[]]> Sat, 26 Apr 2008 01:00:05 -0500 762 6 90 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Sat, 26 Apr 2008 01:32:32 -0500 763 762 1 <![CDATA[The Candidates]]> Sat, 26 Apr 2008 15:15:20 -0500 764 762 1 <![CDATA[SENATOR HILLARY CLINTON]]> Sat, 26 Apr 2008 15:15:35 -0500 765 762 1 <![CDATA[<div align="center"> Pennsylvania victory speech closing & graphics from Hillary for President Web site. <div>]]> Sat, 26 Apr 2008 15:15:50 -0500 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/90_hillary_314.gif http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/90_hillary_314.gif 766 762 2 <![CDATA[]]> Sat, 26 Apr 2008 15:16:07 -0500 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/90_hillary_86.gif http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/90_hillary_86.gif 767 762 2 <![CDATA[]]> "So let me ask you tonight - will we once again be the can-do nation, the nation that defies the odds and does the impossible? Will we break the barriers and open the doors and lift up all of our people? Will we reach out to the world and lead by the power of our ideals again? Will we take back the White House and take back our country?"]]> Sat, 26 Apr 2008 15:16:33 -0500 768 762 1 <![CDATA[]]> "I believe with all of my heart that together we will turn promises into action, words will become solutions, hope will become reality, so my answer to any who doubt is "yes, we will."

Thank you and God bless you." ]]> Sat, 26 Apr 2008 15:16:54 -0500 769 762 1 <![CDATA[]]> Sat, 26 Apr 2008 00:55:25 -0500 754 6 89 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Sat, 26 Apr 2008 00:56:04 -0500 755 754 1 <![CDATA[The Candidates]]> Sat, 26 Apr 2008 00:57:16 -0500 756 754 1 <![CDATA[SENATOR JOHN McCAIN]]> Sat, 26 Apr 2008 00:57:39 -0500 757 754 1 <![CDATA[<div align="center"><em> "I'm John McCain and I approved this message." </em><br />  -- video text|images from campaign Web site. <div>]]> Sat, 26 Apr 2008 00:58:06 -0500 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/89_mccain_314.gif http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/89_mccain_314.gif 758 754 2 <![CDATA[]]> Sat, 26 Apr 2008 00:59:05 -0500 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/89_mccain_86.gif http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/89_mccain_86.gif 759 754 2 <![CDATA[]]> Sat, 26 Apr 2008 00:59:47 -0500 760 754 1 <![CDATA[]]> What is your rank?
A: Lieutenant Commander in the Navy. Q: And your official number? A: 624787
[voice over:] John McCain. The American president Americans have been waiting for.]]> Sat, 26 Apr 2008 01:00:05 -0500 761 754 1 <![CDATA[]]> Thu, 24 Apr 2008 08:04:26 -0500 746 6 88 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Thu, 24 Apr 2008 08:05:02 -0500 747 746 1 <![CDATA[The Issues]]> Thu, 24 Apr 2008 08:05:26 -0500 748 746 1 <![CDATA[HUNGER & FEAR]]> Thu, 24 Apr 2008 08:05:43 -0500 749 746 1 <![CDATA[         <em> "We are seeing a new face of hunger." </em> <br />         --J. Sheeran, U.N. World Food Program Director]]> Thu, 24 Apr 2008 08:06:15 -0500 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/88_hunger_314.jpg http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/88_hunger_314.jpg 750 746 2 <![CDATA[]]> Thu, 24 Apr 2008 08:06:45 -0500 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/88_hunger_86.gif http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/88_hunger_86.gif 751 746 2 <![CDATA[]]> Thu, 24 Apr 2008 08:06:56 -0500 752 746 1 <![CDATA[]]> Thu, 24 Apr 2008 08:07:08 -0500 753 746 1 <![CDATA[]]> Wed, 23 Apr 2008 10:19:20 -0500 738 6 87 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Wed, 23 Apr 2008 10:19:54 -0500 739 738 1 <![CDATA[The Candidates]]> Wed, 23 Apr 2008 10:20:09 -0500 740 738 1 <![CDATA[THE PRESUMPTIVE NOMINEE]]> Wed, 23 Apr 2008 10:20:27 -0500 741 738 1 <![CDATA[<div align="center">[graphics & quote from McCain campaign Web site.]</div>]]> Wed, 23 Apr 2008 10:21:30 -0500 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/87_mccain_314.jpg http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/87_mccain_314.jpg 742 738 2 <![CDATA[]]> Wed, 23 Apr 2008 10:21:55 -0500 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/87_mccain_86.gif http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/87_mccain_86.gif 743 738 2 <![CDATA[]]> "The American people know me. The American people know who I am and what I am and what I stand for and believe in. Finally, the American people will make a judgment as to who they want to lead this nation based on the future and not the past."]]> Wed, 23 Apr 2008 10:22:06 -0500 744 738 1 <![CDATA[]]> Rasmussen Reports Daily Presidential Tracking Poll [4.23.08]
John McCain: 47% | Barack Obama: 44%
John McCain: 47% | Hillary Clinton: 44%
Electoral College: [270 needed]
DEM 260 | GOP 240 | Toss-up 38]]> Wed, 23 Apr 2008 10:22:18 -0500 745 738 1 <![CDATA[]]> Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:25:17 -0500 730 6 86 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:25:49 -0500 731 730 1 <![CDATA[Battleground States]]> Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:26:07 -0500 732 730 1 <![CDATA[PENNSYLVANIA]]> Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:24:26 -0500 733 730 1 <![CDATA[<div align="center"><em> "I think the question maybe ought to be why<br /> can't he close the deal." </em>      -- Hillary Clinton <div>]]> Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:25:53 -0500 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/86_to_floor_804_1002_314.jpg http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/86_to_floor_804_1002_314.jpg 734 730 2 <![CDATA[]]> Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:26:37 -0500 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/86_pa_primary_729_7003_86.gif http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/86_pa_primary_729_7003_86.gif 735 730 2 <![CDATA[]]> Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:27:40 -0500 736 730 1 <![CDATA[]]> Senator Clinton: 55%*
Senator Obama: 45%*
    * 98% of Pennsylvania precincts reporting
With the victory, Clinton has now narrowed Obama's lead in the national popular vote to 500,000.]]> Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:27:51 -0500 737 730 1 <![CDATA[]]> Tue, 22 Apr 2008 03:51:38 -0500 722 6 85 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Tue, 22 Apr 2008 03:51:59 -0500 723 722 1 <![CDATA[Battleground States]]> Tue, 22 Apr 2008 03:52:20 -0500 724 722 1 <![CDATA[PENNSYLVANIA]]> Tue, 22 Apr 2008 03:52:35 -0500 725 722 1 <![CDATA[<div align="center"><em> ""It's one more stop along the way." </em><br />       -- David Axelrod, chief Obama strategist <div>]]> Tue, 22 Apr 2008 03:53:28 -0500 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/85_pa_314.gif http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/85_pa_314.gif 726 722 2 <![CDATA[]]> Tue, 22 Apr 2008 03:54:38 -0500 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/85_pa_86.gif http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/85_pa_86.gif 727 722 2 <![CDATA[]]> Tue, 22 Apr 2008 03:55:05 -0500 728 722 1 <![CDATA[]]> NYTimes April 21 Delegate Count
Barack Obama: 1,636.5 | 80.8% of 2,025 needed
Hilary Clinton: 1,479.5 | 73.1% of 2,205 needed
PA Delegates at stake: 188 [including superdelegates]]]> Tue, 22 Apr 2008 03:55:21 -0500 729 722 1 <![CDATA[]]> Sun, 20 Apr 2008 18:29:53 -0500 714 6 84 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Sun, 20 Apr 2008 18:30:30 -0500 715 714 1 <![CDATA[The Races]]> Sun, 20 Apr 2008 18:31:11 -0500 716 714 1 <![CDATA[AS THE WORLD TURNS]]> Sun, 20 Apr 2008 18:31:27 -0500 717 714 1 <![CDATA[<div align="center"><em> "a disgusting spectacle, a tableau that etched not the bankruptcy of politics but of the people covering it." </em></div>]]> Sun, 20 Apr 2008 18:31:51 -0500 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/84_globe_314.gif http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/84_globe_314.gif 718 714 2 <![CDATA[]]> Sun, 20 Apr 2008 18:32:41 -0500 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/84_world_turns_86.gif http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/84_world_turns_86.gif 719 714 2 <![CDATA[]]> Sun, 20 Apr 2008 18:33:07 -0500 720 714 1 <![CDATA[]]> America By The Numbers
Cost of Iraq War: $513,000,000,000.
US Military Deaths in Iraq: 4,039
US Military Injuries in Iraq: 29,780
US Unemployment Rate: 5.1%
Consumer Price Index: up 0.3% [March 2008]]]> Sun, 20 Apr 2008 18:33:25 -0500 721 714 1 <![CDATA[]]> Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:36:39 -0500 706 6 83 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:37:09 -0500 707 706 1 <![CDATA[Widget Series I]]> Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:37:23 -0500 708 706 1 <![CDATA[SPRING BREAK]]> Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:37:44 -0500 709 706 1 <![CDATA[<div align="center"><em> "Democracy does not race, it reaches the finish slowly but surely." </em>             -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe<div>]]> Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:38:00 -0500 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/83_spring_break_314.gif http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/83_spring_break_314.gif 710 706 2 <![CDATA[]]> Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:38:38 -0500 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/83_spring_break_86.gif http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/83_spring_break_86.gif 711 706 2 <![CDATA[]]> Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:38:57 -0500 712 706 1 <![CDATA[]]>
[03.13.2008]]]> Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:39:08 -0500 713 706 1 <![CDATA[]]> Mon, 10 Mar 2008 09:08:31 -0500 698 6 82 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Mon, 10 Mar 2008 09:09:39 -0500 699 698 1 <![CDATA[The Races]]> Mon, 10 Mar 2008 09:09:56 -0500 700 698 1 <![CDATA[ON TO PENNSYLVANIA]]> Mon, 10 Mar 2008 09:10:17 -0500 701 698 1 <![CDATA[<div align="center"><em>"I'm confident that once we get a nominee, the <br />party is going to be unified."</em>     -- Sen. Obama</div>]]> Mon, 10 Mar 2008 09:10:37 -0500 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/82_on_to_pn_314.gif http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/82_on_to_pn_314.gif 702 698 2 <![CDATA[]]> Mon, 10 Mar 2008 09:10:51 -0500 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/82_hillary_eyelock_86.gif http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/82_hillary_eyelock_86.gif 703 698 2 <![CDATA[]]> Mon, 10 Mar 2008 09:11:00 -0500 704 698 1 <![CDATA[]]> Mon, 10 Mar 2008 09:11:11 -0500 705 698 1 <![CDATA[]]> Mon, 10 Mar 2008 09:05:55 -0500 690 6 81 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Mon, 10 Mar 2008 09:06:16 -0500 691 690 1 <![CDATA[Battleground States]]> Mon, 10 Mar 2008 09:06:31 -0500 692 690 1 <![CDATA[MISSISSIPPI]]> Mon, 10 Mar 2008 09:06:46 -0500 693 690 1 <![CDATA[<div align="center"><em>"To understand the world, you must first understand a place like Mississippi."</em>        -- William Faulkner</div>]]> Mon, 10 Mar 2008 09:07:21 -0500 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/81_ms_314.gif http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/81_ms_314.gif 694 690 2 <![CDATA[]]> Mon, 10 Mar 2008 09:07:49 -0500 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/81_ms_86.gif http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/81_ms_86.gif 695 690 2 <![CDATA[]]> In 1976 Jimmy Carter was the last Democratic presidential candidate to win Mississippi's electoral votes.
In 1964 the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party unsuccessfully challenged the seating of an all-white delegation at the national political convention.]]> Mon, 10 Mar 2008 09:07:59 -0500 696 690 1 <![CDATA[]]> Mississippi - 2004 median household income: $34,278 [$10,000 less than the national average.]
19% of the population lives below the poverty line.
2nd highest unemployment rate in the U.S.
37% of Mississippians are African-American.]]> Mon, 10 Mar 2008 09:08:14 -0500 697 690 1 <![CDATA[]]> Sat, 08 Mar 2008 17:44:17 -0600 682 6 80 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Sat, 08 Mar 2008 17:44:41 -0600 683 682 1 <![CDATA[The Contests]]> Sat, 08 Mar 2008 17:45:03 -0600 684 682 1 <![CDATA[BEYOND WYOMING]]> Sat, 08 Mar 2008 17:45:46 -0600 685 682 1 <![CDATA[<strong>Wyoming | final tally</strong> - <strong> Obama</strong>: 61.4% <br /> <strong>Clinton</strong>: 37.8%]]> Sat, 08 Mar 2008 17:46:40 -0600 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/80_hillary_complex_314.jpg http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/80_hillary_complex_314.jpg 686 682 2 <![CDATA[]]> Sat, 08 Mar 2008 17:47:04 -0600 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/80_hillary_complex_86.gif http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/80_hillary_complex_86.gif 687 682 2 <![CDATA[]]> Sat, 08 Mar 2008 17:47:21 -0600 688 682 1 <![CDATA[]]> Sat, 08 Mar 2008 17:50:58 -0600 689 682 1 <![CDATA[]]> Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:05:06 -0600 674 6 79 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:05:27 -0600 675 674 1 <![CDATA[The Issues]]> Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:05:45 -0600 676 674 1 <![CDATA[WATERBOARDING]]> Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:06:24 -0600 677 674 1 <![CDATA[<div align="center"><em>" Waterboarding is torture. Torture is <br />unacceptable. Period." </em>-- Senator Ted Kennedy</div>]]> Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:06:37 -0600 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/79_bush_video_930-2038_314.jpg http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/79_bush_video_930-2038_314.jpg 678 674 2 <![CDATA[]]> Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:07:46 -0600 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/79_waterboard_314.gif http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/79_waterboard_314.gif 679 674 2 <![CDATA[]]> Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:08:08 -0600 680 674 1 <![CDATA[]]> Thank you for listening."]]> Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:08:24 -0600 681 674 1 <![CDATA[]]> Fri, 07 Mar 2008 16:20:38 -0600 666 6 78 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Fri, 07 Mar 2008 16:21:49 -0600 667 666 1 <![CDATA[Battleground States]]> Fri, 07 Mar 2008 16:22:08 -0600 668 666 1 <![CDATA[WYOMING]]> Fri, 07 Mar 2008 16:22:26 -0600 669 666 1 <![CDATA[<div align="center"><em>""I think there's a reasonable chance we'll get our 15 minutes in the national spotlight."</em> - Party Spokesman]]> Fri, 07 Mar 2008 16:22:45 -0600 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/78_wy_314.gif http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/78_wy_314.gif 670 666 2 <![CDATA[]]> Fri, 07 Mar 2008 16:23:04 -0600 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/78_wy_86.gif http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/78_wy_86.gif 671 666 2 <![CDATA[]]> Fri, 07 Mar 2008 16:23:15 -0600 672 666 1 <![CDATA[]]> Fri, 07 Mar 2008 16:23:28 -0600 673 666 1 <![CDATA[]]> Thu, 06 Mar 2008 23:12:11 -0600 658 6 77 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Thu, 06 Mar 2008 23:12:29 -0600 659 658 1 <![CDATA[The Issues]]> Thu, 06 Mar 2008 23:12:59 -0600 660 658 1 <![CDATA[THE WAR IN IRAQ]]> Thu, 06 Mar 2008 23:13:14 -0600 661 658 1 <![CDATA[<div align="center"><em>"My friends, the war will be over soon, the war for all intents and purposes."</em> -- Senator John McCain]]> Thu, 06 Mar 2008 23:13:30 -0600 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/77_iraq_729-1029_314.jpg http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/77_iraq_729-1029_314.jpg 662 658 2 <![CDATA[]]> Thu, 06 Mar 2008 23:13:56 -0600 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/77_iraq_725-1045_86.gif http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/77_iraq_725-1045_86.gif 663 658 2 <![CDATA[]]> Thu, 06 Mar 2008 23:14:06 -0600 664 658 1 <![CDATA[]]> American Military Dead in Iraq: 3,974
American Military Wounded: 29,320
Documented Iraqi civilian deaths from violence: estimated at over 81,000.]]> Thu, 06 Mar 2008 23:14:26 -0600 665 658 1 <![CDATA[]]> Wed, 05 Mar 2008 08:26:45 -0600 650 6 76 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Wed, 05 Mar 2008 08:27:09 -0600 651 650 1 <![CDATA[The Nomination]]> Wed, 05 Mar 2008 08:27:42 -0600 652 650 1 <![CDATA[DELEGATE MATH]]> Wed, 05 Mar 2008 08:28:01 -0600 653 650 1 <![CDATA[<div align="center"><em>"Everybody is sort of taking a deep breath right now." </em>                      -- Sen. Ted Kennedy]]> Wed, 05 Mar 2008 08:28:23 -0600 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/76_0304_obama_hand_2_314.jpg http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/76_0304_obama_hand_2_314.jpg 654 650 2 <![CDATA[]]> Wed, 05 Mar 2008 08:28:44 -0600 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/76_crowd_07162_86.jpg http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/76_crowd_07162_86.jpg 655 650 2 <![CDATA[]]> Delegate Projections:*
2,025 needed for nomination
Sen. Obama: 1.456.5 | 71.9%
Sen. Clinton: 1,370 | 67.7%

Despite impressive victories in Texas and Ohio, the Clinton Campaign at best gained 15 delegates in the March 4th contests. A drawn-out fight for the nomination, with unelected super delegates playing a key role, if not inevitable, now seems likely.]]> Wed, 05 Mar 2008 08:28:59 -0600 656 650 1 <![CDATA[]]> Supporting Clinton: 254
Supporting Obama: 202
Preference Unknown: 256

* Source: Online March 5 New York Times]]> Wed, 05 Mar 2008 08:29:12 -0600 657 650 1 <![CDATA[]]> Tue, 04 Mar 2008 21:52:28 -0600 642 6 75 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Tue, 04 Mar 2008 21:52:51 -0600 643 642 1 <![CDATA[The Contests]]> Tue, 04 Mar 2008 21:53:11 -0600 644 642 1 <![CDATA[MARCH 4]]> Tue, 04 Mar 2008 21:53:40 -0600 645 642 1 <![CDATA[<div align="center"><em>"Stand up with me and fight for America ... <br />The contest begins tonight."</em> -- Senator John McCain</div>]]> Tue, 04 Mar 2008 21:54:32 -0600 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/75_0304_hillary_flag_314.jpg http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/75_0304_hillary_flag_314.jpg 646 642 2 <![CDATA[]]> Tue, 04 Mar 2008 21:54:50 -0600 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/75_tx_mcc_0903-5058_86.jpg http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/75_tx_mcc_0903-5058_86.jpg 647 642 2 <![CDATA[]]> Tue, 04 Mar 2008 21:55:04 -0600 648 642 1 <![CDATA[]]> Tue, 04 Mar 2008 21:55:41 -0600 649 642 1 <![CDATA[]]> Sun, 02 Mar 2008 15:06:48 -0600 634 6 74 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Sun, 02 Mar 2008 15:07:24 -0600 635 634 1 <![CDATA[Battleground States]]> Sun, 02 Mar 2008 15:07:43 -0600 636 634 1 <![CDATA[TEXAS]]> Sun, 02 Mar 2008 15:08:00 -0600 637 634 1 <![CDATA[<div align="center"><em>"Whoever has the most delegates after Tuesday should be the nominee." </em> -- Gov. Bill Richardson</div>]]> Sun, 02 Mar 2008 15:08:16 -0600 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/74_tx_80303-207_314.gif http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/74_tx_80303-207_314.gif 638 634 2 <![CDATA[]]> Sun, 02 Mar 2008 15:08:43 -0600 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/74_tx_86.gif http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/74_tx_86.gif 639 634 2 <![CDATA[]]> Sun, 02 Mar 2008 15:09:25 -0600 640 634 1 <![CDATA[]]> Sun, 02 Mar 2008 15:11:40 -0600 641 634 1 <![CDATA[]]> Sun, 02 Mar 2008 15:02:53 -0600 626 6 73 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Sun, 02 Mar 2008 15:03:44 -0600 627 626 1 <![CDATA[Battleground States]]> Sun, 02 Mar 2008 15:04:02 -0600 628 626 1 <![CDATA[RHODE ISLAND]]> Sun, 02 Mar 2008 15:04:22 -0600 629 626 1 <![CDATA[Buddy Cianci will be eligible to run for mayor of Providence in the 2014 municipal election.]]> Sun, 02 Mar 2008 15:04:39 -0600 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/73_ri_314.jpg http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/73_ri_314.jpg 630 626 2 <![CDATA[]]> Sun, 02 Mar 2008 15:05:06 -0600 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/73_ri_86.gif http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/73_ri_86.gif 631 626 2 <![CDATA[]]> Sun, 02 Mar 2008 15:05:18 -0600 632 626 1 <![CDATA[]]> Sun, 02 Mar 2008 15:05:48 -0600 633 626 1 <![CDATA[]]> Sat, 01 Mar 2008 20:43:49 -0600 618 6 72 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Sat, 01 Mar 2008 20:44:14 -0600 619 618 1 <![CDATA[Battleground States]]> Sat, 01 Mar 2008 20:44:37 -0600 620 618 1 <![CDATA[VERMONT]]> Sat, 01 Mar 2008 20:44:57 -0600 621 618 1 <![CDATA[Dwarfed by the Ohio and Texas races, polls show Obama with a double digit lead in Vermont.]]> Sat, 01 Mar 2008 20:45:21 -0600 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/72_vt_314.gif http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/72_vt_314.gif 622 618 2 <![CDATA[]]> Sat, 01 Mar 2008 20:45:51 -0600 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/72_vt_86.gif http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/72_vt_86.gif 623 618 2 <![CDATA[]]> "Your vote will decide who answers the call. Whether it's someone who already knows the world's leaders, knows the military. Someone tested and ready to lead in a dangerous world. Who do you want answering the phone at 3 a.m.?" -- Over images of children sleeping. A new Hillary Clinton Campaign ad in the final days leading up to the March 4 contests.]]> Sat, 01 Mar 2008 20:46:02 -0600 624 618 1 <![CDATA[]]> "When that call gets answered, shouldn't the president be the one -- the only one -- who had judgment and courage to oppose the Iraq war from the start, who understood the real threat to America was al Qaeda in Afghanistan, not Iraq."
                      -- Obama Campaign Response Ad]]> Sat, 01 Mar 2008 20:46:15 -0600 625 618 1 <![CDATA[]]> Fri, 29 Feb 2008 21:25:57 -0600 610 6 71 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Fri, 29 Feb 2008 21:26:43 -0600 611 610 1 <![CDATA[The Isuses]]> Fri, 29 Feb 2008 21:27:03 -0600 612 610 1 <![CDATA[REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS]]> Fri, 29 Feb 2008 21:27:22 -0600 613 610 1 <![CDATA[<div align="center"><em>"... now, more than ever, we have to fight to keep <br />Roe alive."</em>            -- NOW President Kim Gandy]]> Fri, 29 Feb 2008 21:27:36 -0600 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/71_choice_828-4036_314.jpg http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/71_choice_828-4036_314.jpg 614 610 2 <![CDATA[]]> Fri, 29 Feb 2008 21:28:08 -0600 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/71_choice_86.gif http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/71_choice_86.gif 615 610 2 <![CDATA[]]> Fri, 29 Feb 2008 21:28:21 -0600 616 610 1 <![CDATA[]]> Fri, 29 Feb 2008 21:28:49 -0600 617 610 1 <![CDATA[]]> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 08:04:35 -0600 602 6 70 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 08:04:58 -0600 603 602 1 <![CDATA[The Campaigns]]> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 08:05:19 -0600 604 602 1 <![CDATA[BILL CLINTON]]> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 08:05:39 -0600 605 602 1 <![CDATA[<div align="center"><em>"You can't keep the big dog on the porch." </em></div>]]> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 08:05:53 -0600 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/70_wjc_314.gif http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/70_wjc_314.gif 606 602 2 <![CDATA[]]> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 08:06:22 -0600 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/70-827-1089_86.gif http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/70-827-1089_86.gif 607 602 2 <![CDATA[]]> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 08:06:33 -0600 608 602 1 <![CDATA[]]> March 4 Contests
Ohio Primary: 161 delegates
Rhode Island Primary: 32 delegates
Texas Prima-Caucus: 228 delegates
Vermont Primary: 23 delegates]]> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 08:06:47 -0600 609 602 1 <![CDATA[]]> Wed, 27 Feb 2008 23:14:33 -0600 594 6 69 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Wed, 27 Feb 2008 23:14:45 -0600 595 594 1 <![CDATA[The Campaigns]]> Wed, 27 Feb 2008 23:15:07 -0600 596 594 1 <![CDATA[SOCIAL NETWORKS]]> Wed, 27 Feb 2008 23:15:21 -0600 597 594 1 <![CDATA[<em>"... enthusiasm for Obama ... among young people that you aren't seeing for any other candidates ..."</em>]]> Wed, 27 Feb 2008 23:15:38 -0600 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/69_snetworks_314.gif http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/69_snetworks_314.gif 598 594 2 <![CDATA[]]> Wed, 27 Feb 2008 23:16:27 -0600 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/69_snetworks_86.gif http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/69_snetworks_86.gif 599 594 2 <![CDATA[]]> Wed, 27 Feb 2008 23:16:56 -0600 600 594 1 <![CDATA[]]> Facebook Supporters
Barack Obama: 645,295
Hillary Clinton: 125,518
Ron Paul: 84,742
John McCain: 76,212
Mike Huckabee: 56,969]]> Wed, 27 Feb 2008 23:17:26 -0600 601 594 1 <![CDATA[]]> Tue, 26 Feb 2008 10:24:02 -0600 586 6 68 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Tue, 26 Feb 2008 10:24:38 -0600 587 586 1 <![CDATA[Battleground States]]> Tue, 26 Feb 2008 10:24:55 -0600 588 586 1 <![CDATA[OHIO]]> Tue, 26 Feb 2008 10:25:17 -0600 589 586 1 <![CDATA[<div align="center"><em>"We must have the courage to recognize the challenges facing our people. "</em> -- Gov. Strickland</div>]]> Tue, 26 Feb 2008 10:25:43 -0600 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/68_oh_314.gif http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/68_oh_314.gif 590 586 2 <![CDATA[]]> Tue, 26 Feb 2008 10:26:03 -0600 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/68_oh_86.gif http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/68_oh_86.gif 591 586 2 <![CDATA[]]>
The state unemployment rate in December 2007 stood at six percent. That number is trending up as Ohio's economy shows progressive signs of faltering.]]> Tue, 26 Feb 2008 10:26:28 -0600 592 586 1 <![CDATA[]]> Tue, 26 Feb 2008 10:26:42 -0600 593 586 1 <![CDATA[]]> Mon, 25 Feb 2008 11:48:32 -0600 578 6 67 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Mon, 25 Feb 2008 11:49:09 -0600 579 578 1 <![CDATA[The Campaigns]]> Mon, 25 Feb 2008 11:49:34 -0600 580 578 1 <![CDATA[HOWARD DEAN]]> Mon, 25 Feb 2008 11:51:07 -0600 581 578 1 <![CDATA[<div align="center"><em>"I hate the Republicans and everything they stand for, but I admire their discipline and organization." </em></div>]]> Mon, 25 Feb 2008 11:51:26 -0600 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/67_dean_727-10045_314.jpg http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/67_dean_727-10045_314.jpg 582 578 2 <![CDATA[]]> Mon, 25 Feb 2008 11:51:55 -0600 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/67_dean-727-1050_86.jpg http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/67_dean-727-1050_86.jpg 583 578 2 <![CDATA[]]> Mon, 25 Feb 2008 11:52:10 -0600 584 578 1 <![CDATA[]]> Mon, 25 Feb 2008 11:55:26 -0600 585 578 1 <![CDATA[]]> Sun, 24 Feb 2008 16:17:20 -0600 570 6 66 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Sun, 24 Feb 2008 16:17:45 -0600 571 570 1 <![CDATA[The Campaigns]]> Sun, 24 Feb 2008 16:18:08 -0600 572 570 1 <![CDATA[CAMPAIGN FINANCING]]> Sun, 24 Feb 2008 16:21:45 -0600 573 570 1 <![CDATA[<em>"... Money! Not ideas, nor principles, but money that reigns supreme in American politics."</em> -- Robert Byrd]]> Sun, 24 Feb 2008 16:22:05 -0600 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/66_financing__903-5033_314.jpg http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/66_financing__903-5033_314.jpg 574 570 2 <![CDATA[]]> Sun, 24 Feb 2008 16:22:15 -0600 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/66_financing-829-1058_86.gif http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/66_financing-829-1058_86.gif 575 570 2 <![CDATA[]]> Sun, 24 Feb 2008 16:22:30 -0600 576 570 1 <![CDATA[]]> Obmama $138 million | $113 Million
Clinton $135 million | $105 million
McCain $54 million | $49 million
Huckabee $13 million | $12 million]]> Sun, 24 Feb 2008 16:22:47 -0600 577 570 1 <![CDATA[]]> Sat, 23 Feb 2008 18:59:09 -0600 562 6 65 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Sat, 23 Feb 2008 18:59:54 -0600 563 562 1 <![CDATA[The Campaigns]]> Sat, 23 Feb 2008 19:00:09 -0600 564 562 1 <![CDATA[STRAIGHT TALK]]> Sat, 23 Feb 2008 19:00:31 -0600 565 562 1 <![CDATA[McCain has made personal ethics a key plank of his campaign for the presidency.]]> Sat, 23 Feb 2008 19:01:03 -0600 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/65_mccain_314.jpg http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/65_mccain_314.jpg 566 562 2 <![CDATA[]]> Sat, 23 Feb 2008 19:01:21 -0600 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/65_mccain_830-11051_86.jpg http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/65_mccain_830-11051_86.jpg 567 562 2 <![CDATA[]]> New York Times, the McCain campaign has been forced to backtrack, amending its statement that the senator had not participated in conversations with broadcasting mogul Lowell 'Bud' Paxson, a client of lobbyist Vicki Iseman, prior to sending letters to the FCC urging action on Paxson's efforts to buy a television station.]]> Sat, 23 Feb 2008 19:01:32 -0600 568 562 1 <![CDATA[]]> Sat, 23 Feb 2008 19:03:19 -0600 569 562 1 <![CDATA[]]> Sat, 23 Feb 2008 03:38:33 -0600 554 6 64 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Sat, 23 Feb 2008 03:38:56 -0600 555 554 1 <![CDATA[The Campaigns]]> Sat, 23 Feb 2008 03:39:14 -0600 556 554 1 <![CDATA[TED KENNEDY]]> Sat, 23 Feb 2008 03:39:28 -0600 557 554 1 <![CDATA[<div align="center"><em>"It's better to send in the Peace Corps<br /> than the Marine Corps."</em></div>]]> Sat, 23 Feb 2008 03:39:42 -0600 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/64_ted_727-8097_314.jpg http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/64_ted_727-8097_314.jpg 558 554 2 <![CDATA[]]> Sat, 23 Feb 2008 03:40:09 -0600 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/64_ted_727-8076_86.jpg http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/64_ted_727-8076_86.jpg 559 554 2 <![CDATA[]]> Sat, 23 Feb 2008 03:40:22 -0600 560 554 1 <![CDATA[]]> Younger brother of 'JFK' and 'RFK,' John Fitzgerald      and Robert Francis Kennedy
B.A. Harvard University 1956
LL.B. University of Virgnia 1959
Elected to U.S. Senate: 1962]]> Sat, 23 Feb 2008 03:43:48 -0600 561 554 1 <![CDATA[]]> Thu, 21 Feb 2008 23:05:10 -0600 546 6 63 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Thu, 21 Feb 2008 23:05:42 -0600 547 546 1 <![CDATA[The Campaigns]]> Thu, 21 Feb 2008 23:06:01 -0600 548 546 1 <![CDATA[CINDY McCAIN]]> Thu, 21 Feb 2008 23:06:20 -0600 549 546 1 <![CDATA[Cindy McCain, 2000 Republican National Convention, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.]]> Thu, 21 Feb 2008 23:06:36 -0600 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/63_cmccain_73100-4033_314.jpg http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/63_cmccain_73100-4033_314.jpg 550 546 2 <![CDATA[]]> Thu, 21 Feb 2008 23:07:03 -0600 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/63_cmccain_73100-4032_86.jpg http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/63_cmccain_73100-4032_86.jpg 551 546 2 <![CDATA[]]> New York Times ran a cover story reporting on what some of Senator John McCain's campaign staffers characterized as an inappropriately close relationship in 2000 between the candidate and lobbyist Vicki Iseman.

"I'm very very disappointed in the New York Times," commented Cindy McCain at a Thursday morning press conference.]]> Thu, 21 Feb 2008 23:07:20 -0600 552 546 1 <![CDATA[]]> New York Times editor Bill Keller]]> Thu, 21 Feb 2008 23:09:18 -0600 553 546 1 <![CDATA[]]> Wed, 20 Feb 2008 23:03:25 -0600 538 6 62 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Wed, 20 Feb 2008 23:03:53 -0600 539 538 1 <![CDATA[The Issues]]> Wed, 20 Feb 2008 23:04:14 -0600 540 538 1 <![CDATA[SECURITY]]> Wed, 20 Feb 2008 23:04:29 -0600 541 538 1 <![CDATA[file photography: Democratic National Convention. Boston, Massachusetts. July 2004.]]> Wed, 20 Feb 2008 23:04:43 -0600 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/62_security_729-4173_314.gif http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/62_security_729-4173_314.gif 542 538 2 <![CDATA[]]> Wed, 20 Feb 2008 23:05:08 -0600 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/62_security_729-4174_86.gif http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/62_security_729-4174_86.gif 543 538 2 <![CDATA[]]> The tasers will arrive just in time for the GOP Nat'l Convention, fueling speculation that the control of protesters is their intended use.]]> Wed, 20 Feb 2008 23:05:20 -0600 544 538 1 <![CDATA[]]> that no one will have to use any degree of force. If
it becomes necessary, will that be one of the tools available to them? I suppose that's safe to say."
[Purchase approved by a vote of 6-1 of the St. Paul City Council. February 20.]]]> Wed, 20 Feb 2008 23:05:40 -0600 545 538 1 <![CDATA[]]> Mon, 18 Feb 2008 12:26:57 -0600 530 6 61 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Mon, 18 Feb 2008 12:27:13 -0600 531 530 1 <![CDATA[Battleground States]]> Mon, 18 Feb 2008 12:27:35 -0600 532 530 1 <![CDATA[HAWAI'I]]> Mon, 18 Feb 2008 12:27:54 -0600 533 530 1 <![CDATA[<div align="center">* <em>"The Life of the Land is Perpetuated <br />in Righteousness."</em>   -- State Motto.]]> Mon, 18 Feb 2008 12:28:08 -0600 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/61_hi_314.gif http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/61_hi_314.gif 534 530 2 <![CDATA[]]> Mon, 18 Feb 2008 12:28:30 -0600 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/61_hi_86.gif http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/61_hi_86.gif 535 530 2 <![CDATA[]]> "The recovery of Hawaiian self-determination is not only an issue for Hawaii, but for America. ... let all of us, Hawaiian and non-Hawaiian, work toward a common goal. Let us resolve ... to advance a plan for Hawaiian sovereignty."

-- Gov. Cayetano, State of the State Address, 1998.

"Ua Mau Ke Ea O Ka Aina I Ka Pono" *
]]> Mon, 18 Feb 2008 12:28:40 -0600 536 530 1 <![CDATA[]]> "The cause of Hawaii and independence is larger and dearer than the life of any man connected with it. Love of country is deep-seated in the breast of every Hawaiian, whatever his station."

    -- Liliuokalani, Hawaii's last Queen [1838-1917]]]> Mon, 18 Feb 2008 12:29:33 -0600 537 530 1 <![CDATA[]]> Mon, 18 Feb 2008 12:22:34 -0600 522 6 60 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Mon, 18 Feb 2008 12:22:55 -0600 523 522 1 <![CDATA[Battleground States]]> Mon, 18 Feb 2008 12:23:13 -0600 524 522 1 <![CDATA[WISCONSIN]]> Mon, 18 Feb 2008 12:23:28 -0600 525 522 1 <![CDATA[<div align="center"><em>"No one is better prepared to lead our nation at these trying times than Sen. John McCain."</em> -- G.H.W. Bush]]> Mon, 18 Feb 2008 12:23:45 -0600 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/60_wi_flag_314.gif http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/60_wi_flag_314.gif 526 522 2 <![CDATA[]]> Mon, 18 Feb 2008 12:24:15 -0600 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/60_wi_86.gif http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/60_wi_86.gif 527 522 2 <![CDATA[]]> "I'd like to think we've got enough support in Wisconsin, that we can actually win here, and it would be a very big thing for us. But it would also be a good thing for Wisconsin for me to win, because it would show that the party was wrong to say this is over, and it would also be wrong to end the game before people in places like Wisconsin had a chance to vote."
                                                -- Mike Huckabee]]> Mon, 18 Feb 2008 12:24:26 -0600 528 522 1 <![CDATA[]]> "...after seven long years of George W. Bush, seven years of incompetence, corruption, cronyism, seven years of this government of the few, by the few, and for the few, we have to bring change to America and put our country back on the right track."
                                                -- Hillary Clinton]]> Mon, 18 Feb 2008 12:25:01 -0600 529 522 1 <![CDATA[]]> Sun, 17 Feb 2008 11:05:24 -0600 513 6 59 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Sun, 17 Feb 2008 11:05:47 -0600 515 513 1 <![CDATA[The Campaigns]]> Sun, 17 Feb 2008 11:06:08 -0600 516 513 1 <![CDATA[HISTORY]]> Sun, 17 Feb 2008 11:06:28 -0600 517 513 1 <![CDATA[<div align="center"><em>""Suffrage is the pivotal right."</em><br />           -- Susan B. Anthony</div>]]> Sun, 17 Feb 2008 11:06:55 -0600 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/59_hillary_cu_314.jpg http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/59_hillary_cu_314.jpg 518 513 2 <![CDATA[]]> Sun, 17 Feb 2008 11:07:24 -0600 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/59_obama_86.gif http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/59_obama_86.gif 519 513 2 <![CDATA[]]> Sun, 17 Feb 2008 11:07:40 -0600 520 513 1 <![CDATA[]]> Sun, 17 Feb 2008 11:11:36 -0600 521 513 1 <![CDATA[]]> Sat, 16 Feb 2008 20:15:57 -0600 505 6 58 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Sat, 16 Feb 2008 20:16:18 -0600 506 505 1 <![CDATA[The Campaigns]]> Sat, 16 Feb 2008 20:16:34 -0600 507 505 1 <![CDATA[JOHN McCAIN]]> Sat, 16 Feb 2008 20:16:53 -0600 508 505 1 <![CDATA[[File images from the 2004 Republican Party National Convention at Madison Square Garden, NYC, NY.]]]> Sat, 16 Feb 2008 20:17:09 -0600 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/58_mccain_830-11051_314.gif http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/58_mccain_830-11051_314.gif 509 505 2 <![CDATA[]]> Sat, 16 Feb 2008 20:17:38 -0600 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/58_mccain_0903-5058_86.jpg http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/58_mccain_0903-5058_86.jpg 510 505 2 <![CDATA[]]> The inclusion of Ross Perot in the exceptional 1992 contest may account for the Democrats' only two terms in the White House in the past twenty-eight years.]]> Sat, 16 Feb 2008 20:17:50 -0600 511 505 1 <![CDATA[]]> "I will make my case to all the people. I will listen to those who disagree. I will attempt to persuade them. ... I will fight every moment of every day for what I believe is right for this country, and I will not yield. And, my friends, I promise you, I am fired up and ready to go."]]> Sat, 16 Feb 2008 20:20:46 -0600 512 505 1 <![CDATA[]]> Fri, 15 Feb 2008 12:58:29 -0600 497 6 57 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Fri, 15 Feb 2008 12:59:11 -0600 498 497 1 <![CDATA[The Campaigns]]> Fri, 15 Feb 2008 12:59:43 -0600 499 497 1 <![CDATA[GEORGE H. W. BUSH]]> Fri, 15 Feb 2008 13:00:11 -0600 500 497 1 <![CDATA[<div align="center"><em>"He is certainly maybe the finest gentleman in our party in the view of one and all."</em> -- John McCain</div>]]> Fri, 15 Feb 2008 13:00:36 -0600 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/57_41_314.gif http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/57_41_314.gif 501 497 2 <![CDATA[]]> Fri, 15 Feb 2008 13:00:59 -0600 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/57_41_902-2032_86.gif http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/57_41_902-2032_86.gif 502 497 2 <![CDATA[]]> Fri, 15 Feb 2008 13:01:12 -0600 503 497 1 <![CDATA[]]> 1992 Presidential Electoral Results
States carried: Clinton 32+DC | Bush 18 | Perot 0
Popular vote: C 44,909,806 | B 39,104,550 |
P 19,743,821
Percentage: C 43% | B 37% P 19%
Electoral College: C 370 | B 168 | P 0]]> Fri, 15 Feb 2008 13:02:50 -0600 504 497 1 <![CDATA[]]> Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:13:22 -0600 489 6 56 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:13:58 -0600 490 489 1 <![CDATA[The Issues]]> Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:14:17 -0600 491 489 1 <![CDATA[ECO DISASTERS]]> Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:14:31 -0600 492 489 1 <![CDATA[<div align="center">source: <em><strong>The Guardian</strong></em>. With thanks to H.P.<div>]]> Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:14:47 -0600 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/56_ecodisaster_se_314.gif http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/56_ecodisaster_se_314.gif 493 489 2 <![CDATA[]]> Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:15:13 -0600 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/56_ecodisaster_86.gif http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/56_ecodisaster_86.gif 494 489 2 <![CDATA[]]>
Also noted was a projected increase in skin cancers, and heightened air pollution.]]> Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:15:23 -0600 495 489 1 <![CDATA[]]> "Climate change is perhaps the most significant environmental problem which mankind will face in the coming century."]]> Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:15:35 -0600 496 489 1 <![CDATA[]]> Wed, 13 Feb 2008 08:43:10 -0600 481 6 55 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Wed, 13 Feb 2008 08:43:44 -0600 482 481 1 <![CDATA[The Candidates]]> Wed, 13 Feb 2008 08:44:06 -0600 483 481 1 <![CDATA[BARACK OBAMA]]> Wed, 13 Feb 2008 08:44:22 -0600 484 481 1 <![CDATA[<div align="center"><em>"... if you think we need something new<br />... then I hope that you will stand with me."</em></div>]]> Wed, 13 Feb 2008 08:44:38 -0600 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/55_obama_314.gif http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/55_obama_314.gif 485 481 2 <![CDATA[]]> Wed, 13 Feb 2008 08:45:23 -0600 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/55_obama_mike_86.gif http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/55_obama_mike_86.gif 486 481 2 <![CDATA[]]> "... politicians like John McCain and Hillary Clinton voted for a war in Iraq that should've never been authorized and never been waged -- a war that is costing us thousands of precious lives and billions of dollars a week that could've been used to rebuild crumbling schools and bridges; roads and buildings; that could've been invested in job training and child care; in making health care affordable or putting college within reach."]]> Wed, 13 Feb 2008 08:45:39 -0600 487 481 1 <![CDATA[]]> "We can't keep on spending money that we don't have on a war that should have never been fought and should have never been authorized."
Following a string of eight primary and caucus victories, Barack Obama is now the front runner for the Democratic Party presidential nomination.]]> Wed, 13 Feb 2008 08:45:52 -0600 488 481 1 <![CDATA[]]> Tue, 12 Feb 2008 08:36:59 -0600 473 6 54 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Tue, 12 Feb 2008 08:37:26 -0600 474 473 1 <![CDATA[The Races]]> Tue, 12 Feb 2008 08:37:49 -0600 475 473 1 <![CDATA[THE POTOMAC PRIMARIES]]> Tue, 12 Feb 2008 08:38:11 -0600 476 473 1 <![CDATA[<em>""We march on. ... When we don't win we're disappointed but not knocked out." </em> -- Mike Huckabee]]> Tue, 12 Feb 2008 08:38:25 -0600 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/54_candidates_314.gif http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/54_candidates_314.gif 477 473 2 <![CDATA[]]> Tue, 12 Feb 2008 08:38:54 -0600 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/54_candidates_86.gif http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/54_candidates_86.gif 478 473 2 <![CDATA[]]> "Today, the change we seek swept through the Chesapeake and over the Potomac. We won the state of Maryland. We won the Commonwealth of Virginia. And though we won in Washington D.C., this movement won't stop until there's change in Washington."

                                        -- Barack Obama]]> Tue, 12 Feb 2008 08:39:09 -0600 479 473 1 <![CDATA[]]> "I need you to stand up for me because, because if we stand up together, if we work together, if we fight together, we will take back America and we will make history together."
                                        -- Hillary Clinton]]> Tue, 12 Feb 2008 08:39:42 -0600 480 473 1 <![CDATA[]]> Mon, 11 Feb 2008 17:29:02 -0600 465 6 53 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Mon, 11 Feb 2008 17:31:52 -0600 466 465 1 <![CDATA[Battleground States]]> Mon, 11 Feb 2008 17:32:30 -0600 467 465 1 <![CDATA[MARYLAND]]> Mon, 11 Feb 2008 17:32:58 -0600 468 465 1 <![CDATA[<div align="center"><em>"Maryland was lucky the presidential election in Maryland was not close."</em> -- True Vote MD, 2005.</div>]]> Mon, 11 Feb 2008 17:33:47 -0600 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/53_md_314.gif http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/53_md_314.gif 469 465 2 <![CDATA[]]> Mon, 11 Feb 2008 17:34:14 -0600 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/53_md_86.gif http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/53_md_86.gif 470 465 2 <![CDATA[]]> Mon, 11 Feb 2008 17:34:34 -0600 471 465 1 <![CDATA[]]> no voter-verified paper ballots will be used in Maryland. The vote will take place using electronic, paperless voting machines. According to True Vote MD, paper ballots will not return until 2010 at the earliest.]]> Mon, 11 Feb 2008 17:34:57 -0600 472 465 1 <![CDATA[]]> Sun, 10 Feb 2008 10:57:06 -0600 457 6 52 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Sun, 10 Feb 2008 10:57:37 -0600 458 457 1 <![CDATA[The Races]]> Sun, 10 Feb 2008 10:57:59 -0600 459 457 1 <![CDATA[POTOMAC PRIMARY]]> Sun, 10 Feb 2008 10:58:23 -0600 460 457 1 <![CDATA[<div align="center"><em>"... until that magic number of 1,191, there's going be one guy answering the bell every time "</em></div>]]> Sun, 10 Feb 2008 10:59:20 -0600 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/52_potomac_314.gif http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/52_potomac_314.gif 461 457 2 <![CDATA[]]> Sun, 10 Feb 2008 10:59:50 -0600 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/52_potomac_86.gif http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/52_potomac_86.gif 462 457 2 <![CDATA[]]> Sun, 10 Feb 2008 11:00:08 -0600 463 457 1 <![CDATA[]]> Selected Endorsements
Obama: D.C. Mayor Adrian M. Fenty | VA Gov. Tim Kaine || Clinton: MD Gov. Martin O'Malley | MD Sen. Barbara Mikulski || Huckabee VA: House Speaker William Howell || McCain: VA Sen. John Warner]]> Sun, 10 Feb 2008 11:00:21 -0600 464 457 1 <![CDATA[]]> Sat, 09 Feb 2008 19:29:53 -0600 449 6 51 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Sat, 09 Feb 2008 19:30:15 -0600 450 449 1 <![CDATA[The Players]]> Sat, 09 Feb 2008 19:30:42 -0600 451 449 1 <![CDATA[ACU]]> Sat, 09 Feb 2008 19:30:58 -0600 452 449 1 <![CDATA[<div align="center"><em>"A Blockbuster Event Enjoyed by All!"</div>]]> Sat, 09 Feb 2008 19:31:16 -0600 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/51_cpac_314.gif http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/51_cpac_314.gif 453 449 2 <![CDATA[]]> Sat, 09 Feb 2008 19:32:04 -0600 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/51_cpac_86.gif http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/51_cpac_86.gif 454 449 2 <![CDATA[]]> "Our most significant efforts, past and present, include fighting to keep OSHA off the backs of small businesses; opposing the Panama Canal giveaway; challenging the SALT treaties; supporting aid to freedom fighters in communist countries; promoting the confirmation of conservative justices to the Supreme Court; advocating near-term deployment of strategic defenses; and battling against higher taxes and wasteful government spending."]]> Sat, 09 Feb 2008 19:32:22 -0600 455 449 1 <![CDATA[]]> Sat, 09 Feb 2008 19:33:12 -0600 456 449 1 <![CDATA[]]> Fri, 08 Feb 2008 20:21:24 -0600 441 6 50 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Fri, 08 Feb 2008 20:24:02 -0600 442 441 1 <![CDATA[The Candidates]]> Fri, 08 Feb 2008 20:24:32 -0600 443 441 1 <![CDATA[JOHN McCAIN]]> Fri, 08 Feb 2008 20:24:59 -0600 444 441 1 <![CDATA[<div align="center"><em>"Thank you and God bless you."</em><br />-- John McCain. Remarks to CPAC. 2.7.08</div>]]> Fri, 08 Feb 2008 20:25:27 -0600 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/50_mccain_314.gif http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/50_mccain_314.gif 445 441 2 <![CDATA[]]> Fri, 08 Feb 2008 20:25:54 -0600 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/50_mccain_graphic_86.gif http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/50_mccain_graphic_86.gif 446 441 2 <![CDATA[]]> "Senator Clinton and Senator Obama will withdraw our forces from Iraq based on an arbitrary timetable designed for the sake of political expediency, and which recklessly ignores the profound human calamity and dire threats to our security that would ensue. I intend to win the war, and trust in the proven judgment of our commanders there and the courage and selflessness of the Americans they have the honor to command."]]> Fri, 08 Feb 2008 20:26:32 -0600 447 441 1 <![CDATA[]]> "I have also always believed, like you, in the wisdom of Ronald Reagan, who warned in an address to this conference in 1975, that "a political party cannot be all things to all people. It must represent certain fundamental beliefs which must not be compromised to political expediency or simply to swell its numbers."]]> Fri, 08 Feb 2008 20:26:48 -0600 448 441 1 <![CDATA[]]> Thu, 07 Feb 2008 10:52:21 -0600 433 6 49 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Thu, 07 Feb 2008 10:53:10 -0600 434 433 1 <![CDATA[The Campaigns]]> Thu, 07 Feb 2008 10:53:29 -0600 435 433 1 <![CDATA[GOP NAT'L CONVENTION]]> Thu, 07 Feb 2008 10:53:46 -0600 436 433 1 <![CDATA[<div align="center"><em>"And in this time of war, I simply cannot let my campaign be a part of aiding a surrender to terror."</em></div>]]> Thu, 07 Feb 2008 10:54:21 -0600 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/49_gop_827_01_314.gif http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/49_gop_827_01_314.gif 437 433 2 <![CDATA[]]> Thu, 07 Feb 2008 10:54:49 -0600 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/49_gop_902-2078_86.jpg http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/49_gop_902-2078_86.jpg 438 433 2 <![CDATA[]]> both parties to present a scripted snapshot of their issues and beliefs.]]> Thu, 07 Feb 2008 10:55:06 -0600 439 433 1 <![CDATA[]]> dates: September 1-4, 2008
location: Xcel Energy Center, Saint Paul, MN
number of delegates: 2,380
needed to win: 1,191]]> Thu, 07 Feb 2008 10:55:55 -0600 440 433 1 <![CDATA[]]> Wed, 06 Feb 2008 19:58:44 -0600 425 6 48 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Wed, 06 Feb 2008 19:59:33 -0600 426 425 1 <![CDATA[The Campaigns]]> Wed, 06 Feb 2008 20:00:41 -0600 427 425 1 <![CDATA[SUPER DELEGATES]]> Wed, 06 Feb 2008 20:01:36 -0600 428 425 1 <![CDATA[<div align="center"><em>"To make democracy work, we must be a nation of participants, not simply observers."</em> -- Louis L'Amour </div>]]> Wed, 06 Feb 2008 20:02:12 -0600 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/48_superdelegates_314.jpg http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/48_superdelegates_314.jpg 429 425 2 <![CDATA[]]> Wed, 06 Feb 2008 20:03:07 -0600 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/48_superdelegates_86_2.gif http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/48_superdelegates_86_2.gif 430 425 2 <![CDATA[]]> Wed, 06 Feb 2008 20:03:37 -0600 431 425 1 <![CDATA[]]> dates: August 25-28, 2008
location: Pepsi Center, Denver, Colorado
number of delegates: 4,049
needed to win: 2,025
number of super delegates: 842]]> Wed, 06 Feb 2008 20:07:21 -0600 432 425 1 <![CDATA[]]> Mon, 04 Feb 2008 12:23:18 -0600 416 6 47 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Mon, 04 Feb 2008 12:25:22 -0600 418 416 1 <![CDATA[The Campaigns]]> Tue, 05 Feb 2008 01:54:39 -0600 419 416 1 <![CDATA[TUESDAY FEBRUARY 5]]> Tue, 05 Feb 2008 02:19:37 -0600 420 416 1 <![CDATA[<div align="center"><em>"One thing that's clear is that this<br /> campaign's going on." </em> -- Mitt Romney</div>]]> Tue, 05 Feb 2008 02:20:53 -0600 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/47_tsunami_7278_314.jpg http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/47_tsunami_7278_314.jpg 421 416 2 <![CDATA[]]> Tue, 05 Feb 2008 02:22:05 -0600 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/47_tsunami_7642_86.jpg http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/47_tsunami_7642_86.jpg 422 416 2 <![CDATA[]]> I look forward to continuing our campaign and our debates about how to leave this country better off for the next generation, because that is the work of my life. -- Hillary Clinton

There is one thing on this February night that we don't need the final results to tell: our time has come. Our time has come. Our movement is real. And change is coming to America. -- Barack Obama]]> Tue, 05 Feb 2008 02:22:26 -0600 423 416 1 <![CDATA[]]> The conservatives do have a choice, because the conservatives have a voice. ... I've got to say that Mitt Romney was right about one thing: this is a two-man race. He was just wrong about who the other man in the race was. It's me, not him. -- Mike Huckabee]]> Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 -0600 424 416 1 <![CDATA[]]> Mon, 04 Feb 2008 11:44:02 -0600 408 6 46 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Mon, 04 Feb 2008 11:46:48 -0600 409 408 1 <![CDATA[The Issues]]> Mon, 04 Feb 2008 12:17:35 -0600 410 408 1 <![CDATA[9 - 11]]> Mon, 04 Feb 2008 12:18:17 -0600 411 408 1 <![CDATA[<div align="center"><em>"The subtlest change in New York is something people don't speak much about ..." </em>E.B White, 1949</div>]]> Mon, 04 Feb 2008 12:19:15 -0600 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/46_911_5843_314.jpg http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/46_911_5843_314.jpg 412 408 2 <![CDATA[]]> Mon, 04 Feb 2008 12:19:15 -0600 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/46_911_86.gif http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/46_911_86.gif 413 408 2 <![CDATA[]]> Mon, 04 Feb 2008 12:19:18 -0600 414 408 1 <![CDATA[]]> Height: 1,368 and 1,362 feet
Owners: Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
Architect: Minoru Yamasaki,
Ground Breaking: August 5, 1966
Opened: 1970-73; April 4, 1973 ribbon cutting]]> Mon, 04 Feb 2008 12:22:11 -0600 415 408 1 <![CDATA[]]> Sat, 02 Feb 2008 10:35:23 -0600 400 6 45 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Sun, 03 Feb 2008 23:24:04 -0600 401 400 1 <![CDATA[Battleground States]]> Sun, 03 Feb 2008 23:24:27 -0600 402 400 1 <![CDATA[NEW YORK]]> Sun, 03 Feb 2008 23:24:51 -0600 403 400 1 <![CDATA[<div align="center"><em>"It is to the nation what the white church spire is to the village-the visible symbol of aspiration and faith..." </em></div>]]> Sun, 03 Feb 2008 23:25:14 -0600 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/45_ny_314.gif http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/45_ny_314.gif 404 400 2 <![CDATA[]]> Sun, 03 Feb 2008 23:25:58 -0600 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/45_ny_5843_86.jpg http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/45_ny_5843_86.jpg 405 400 2 <![CDATA[]]> Sun, 03 Feb 2008 23:30:40 -0600 406 400 1 <![CDATA[]]> DEMS - Hillary Rodham Clinton: 54% | Barack Obama: 38% | Undecided: 8%
GOP John McCain: 61% | Mitt Romney: 24% | Mike Huckabee: 6% |Ron Paul 5% | Undecided: 4%]]> Sun, 03 Feb 2008 23:31:04 -0600 407 400 1 <![CDATA[]]> Sat, 02 Feb 2008 10:24:22 -0600 392 6 44 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Sat, 02 Feb 2008 10:24:31 -0600 393 392 1 <![CDATA[Battleground States]]> Sat, 02 Feb 2008 10:31:58 -0600 394 392 1 <![CDATA[CHURCH & STATE]]> Sat, 02 Feb 2008 10:32:28 -0600 395 392 1 <![CDATA[<div align="center"><em>"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion ..." </em> </div>]]> Sat, 02 Feb 2008 10:32:45 -0600 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/44_mo_314.gif http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/44_mo_314.gif 396 392 2 <![CDATA[]]> Sat, 02 Feb 2008 10:33:31 -0600 http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/44_mo_86.gif http://www.america-the-globe.net/tec/images/44_mo_86.gif 397 392 2 <![CDATA[]]> Sat, 02 Feb 2008 10:33:45 -0600 398 392 1 <![CDATA[]]> Sat, 02 Feb 2008 10:34:25 -0600 399 392 1 <![CDATA[]]> Fri, 01 Feb 2008 21:28:19 -0600 384 6 43 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Fri, 01 Feb 2008 21:29:06 -0600 385 384 1 <![CDATA[Battleground States]]> Fri, 01 Feb 2008 21:29:26 -0600 386 384 1 <![CDATA[CALIFORNIA]]> Fri, 01 Feb 2008 21:29:54 -0600 387 384 1 <![CDATA[<div align="center"><em>"Arnold Schwarzenegger<br />The People's Governor"</em></div>]]> Fri, 01 Feb 2008 21:30:14 -0600 http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/43_ca_314.gif http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/43_ca_314.gif 388 384 2 <![CDATA[]]> Fri, 01 Feb 2008 21:30:58 -0600 http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/43_ca_9250_86.jpg http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/43_ca_9250_86.jpg 389 384 2 <![CDATA[]]> GOP Governor Anrnold Schwarzenegger joined President Bush on a tour of Robinson Helicopter Company to highlight how global trade strengthens the nation's economy. The Governor is also calling for the immediate passage of an economic stimulus plan.]]> Fri, 01 Feb 2008 21:31:42 -0600 390 384 1 <![CDATA[]]> Fri, 01 Feb 2008 21:32:18 -0600 391 384 1 <![CDATA[]]> Wed, 30 Jan 2008 20:57:32 -0600 376 6 42 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Thu, 31 Jan 2008 12:08:36 -0600 377 376 1 <![CDATA[The Races]]> Thu, 31 Jan 2008 12:09:00 -0600 378 376 1 <![CDATA[SUPER DUPER TUESDAY]]> Thu, 31 Jan 2008 12:09:18 -0600 379 376 1 <![CDATA[<div align="center"><em>"Bad officials are elected by good citizens<br /> who do not vote."</em> -- Andrew Lack</div>]]> Thu, 31 Jan 2008 12:09:45 -0600 http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/42_sdt_314.gif http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/42_sdt_314.gif 380 376 2 <![CDATA[]]> Thu, 31 Jan 2008 12:10:29 -0600 http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/42_sdt_86.gif http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/42_sdt_86.gif 381 376 2 <![CDATA[]]> Thu, 31 Jan 2008 12:11:27 -0600 382 376 1 <![CDATA[]]> Thu, 31 Jan 2008 12:15:13 -0600 383 376 1 <![CDATA[]]> Wed, 30 Jan 2008 00:07:23 -0600 368 6 41 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Wed, 30 Jan 2008 12:32:02 -0600 369 368 1 <![CDATA[Global Issues]]> Wed, 30 Jan 2008 12:32:28 -0600 370 368 1 <![CDATA[LIFE EXPECTANCY]]> Wed, 30 Jan 2008 12:32:49 -0600 371 368 1 <![CDATA[source: CIA 2007 World Fact Book]]> Wed, 30 Jan 2008 20:55:16 -0600 http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/41_life_314.gif http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/41_life_314.gif 372 368 2 <![CDATA[]]> Wed, 30 Jan 2008 20:56:18 -0600 http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/41_life_86.gif http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/41_life_86.gif 373 368 2 <![CDATA[]]> Global Life Expectancy Rates
1. Andorra 83.5 years
[m: 80.62 | f: 86.23]
2. Japan 82.02
[m: 78.67 | f: 85.56]

3. Singapore 81.8 [m: 79.21 | f: 84.59]
...
27. Jordan 78.55 [m: 76.04 | f: 81.22]
28. Bosnia| 78.17 [m: 74.57 | f: 82.03]
29 United States 78 [m: 75.15 | f: 81.15]]]> Wed, 30 Jan 2008 20:56:39 -0600 374 368 1 <![CDATA[]]> 191. Lesotho 42.6 [m: 42.9 | f: 42.3]
192. Sierra Leone 42.6 [m: 41.0 | f: 44.1]
193. Zambia 42.4 [m: 42.1 | f: 42.5]
194. Mozambique 42.1 [m: 41.7 | f: 42.4]
195. Swaziland 39.6 [m: 39.8 | f: 39.4]]]> Wed, 30 Jan 2008 20:56:53 -0600 375 368 1 <![CDATA[]]> Mon, 28 Jan 2008 20:01:17 -0600 360 6 40 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Tue, 29 Jan 2008 21:54:37 -0600 361 360 1 <![CDATA[The Candidates]]> Tue, 29 Jan 2008 21:55:08 -0600 362 360 1 <![CDATA[RUDY GIULIANI]]> Tue, 29 Jan 2008 21:55:31 -0600 363 360 1 <![CDATA[<div align="center"><em>""We ran a campaign that was uplifting."</em></div>]]> Tue, 29 Jan 2008 21:56:00 -0600 http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/40_rudy2_314.gif http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/40_rudy2_314.gif 364 360 2 <![CDATA[]]> Tue, 29 Jan 2008 21:56:45 -0600 http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/40_rudy2_2_86.gif http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/40_rudy2_2_86.gif 365 360 2 <![CDATA[]]> Tue, 29 Jan 2008 21:57:11 -0600 366 360 1 <![CDATA[]]> Tue, 29 Jan 2008 21:57:37 -0600 367 360 1 <![CDATA[]]> Mon, 28 Jan 2008 19:55:52 -0600 352 6 39 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Mon, 28 Jan 2008 19:56:23 -0600 353 352 1 <![CDATA[The Presidency]]> Mon, 28 Jan 2008 19:56:57 -0600 354 352 1 <![CDATA[THE STATE OF THE UNION]]> Mon, 28 Jan 2008 19:57:37 -0600 355 352 1 <![CDATA[<div align="center"><em>"Goodnight and God bless America." </em></div>]]> Mon, 28 Jan 2008 19:58:06 -0600 http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/39_sotu_314.gif http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/39_sotu_314.gif 356 352 2 <![CDATA[]]> Mon, 28 Jan 2008 19:59:16 -0600 http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/39_sotu_86.gif http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/39_sotu_86.gif 357 352 2 <![CDATA[]]> Mon, 28 Jan 2008 20:00:20 -0600 358 352 1 <![CDATA[]]> Mon, 28 Jan 2008 20:00:54 -0600 359 352 1 <![CDATA[]]> Sun, 27 Jan 2008 15:26:06 -0600 344 6 38 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Sun, 27 Jan 2008 15:36:56 -0600 345 344 1 <![CDATA[The Candidates]]> Sun, 27 Jan 2008 15:37:19 -0600 346 344 1 <![CDATA[JOHN EDWARDS - II]]> Sun, 27 Jan 2008 15:37:39 -0600 347 344 1 <![CDATA[<div align="center"><em>"Join us in this movement. Join in this campaign. <br />Let's make America what it's capable of being."</em></div>]]> Sun, 27 Jan 2008 15:38:29 -0600 http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/38_edwards_7417_314.jpg http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/38_edwards_7417_314.jpg 348 344 2 <![CDATA[]]> Sun, 27 Jan 2008 15:39:32 -0600 http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/38_edwards_07393_86.gif http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/38_edwards_07393_86.gif 349 344 2 <![CDATA[]]> Sun, 27 Jan 2008 15:39:53 -0600 350 344 1 <![CDATA[]]> Sun, 27 Jan 2008 15:43:51 -0600 351 344 1 <![CDATA[]]> Fri, 25 Jan 2008 20:58:28 -0600 336 6 37 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Sat, 26 Jan 2008 22:40:09 -0600 337 336 1 <![CDATA[The Candidates]]> Sat, 26 Jan 2008 22:41:19 -0600 338 336 1 <![CDATA[BARACK OBAMA - II]]> Sat, 26 Jan 2008 22:41:40 -0600 339 336 1 <![CDATA[<div align="center"><em>"Don't tell me we can't change. <br />Yes, we can. Yes, we can change. Yes, we can."</em></div>]]> Sat, 26 Jan 2008 22:42:05 -0600 http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/37_obama_7280_314.jpg http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/37_obama_7280_314.jpg 340 336 2 <![CDATA[]]> Sat, 26 Jan 2008 22:42:56 -0600 http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/37_obama_7280_86.jpg http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/37_obama_7280_86.jpg 341 336 2 <![CDATA[]]>
After four -- after four great contests, in every corner of this country, we have the most votes, the most delegates, and the most diverse coalition of Americans that we've seen in a long, long time."]]> Sat, 26 Jan 2008 22:43:24 -0600 342 336 1 <![CDATA[]]> Sat, 26 Jan 2008 22:43:44 -0600 343 336 1 <![CDATA[]]> Thu, 24 Jan 2008 12:11:15 -0600 328 6 36 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Fri, 25 Jan 2008 20:52:46 -0600 329 328 1 <![CDATA[The Issues]]> Fri, 25 Jan 2008 20:53:35 -0600 330 328 1 <![CDATA[GLOBAL WARMING]]> Fri, 25 Jan 2008 20:54:00 -0600 331 328 1 <![CDATA[<div align="center"><em>"What we take for granted might<br />not be here for our children. "</em></div>]]> Fri, 25 Jan 2008 20:54:27 -0600 http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/36_hurricane_314.gif http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/36_hurricane_314.gif 332 328 2 <![CDATA[]]> Fri, 25 Jan 2008 20:55:08 -0600 http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/36_hurricane_86.gif http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/36_hurricane_86.gif 333 328 2 <![CDATA[]]> Fri, 25 Jan 2008 20:55:48 -0600 334 328 1 <![CDATA[]]> Recorded wind gusts: over 177 mph
$26.5 billion in damage
65 deaths
70,000 acres of trees destroyed in the
    Florida Everglades]]> Fri, 25 Jan 2008 20:56:11 -0600 335 328 1 <![CDATA[]]> Thu, 24 Jan 2008 11:34:49 -0600 320 6 35 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Thu, 24 Jan 2008 11:35:20 -0600 321 320 1 <![CDATA[The Issues]]> Thu, 24 Jan 2008 12:07:21 -0600 322 320 1 <![CDATA[THE DEATH PENALTY]]> Thu, 24 Jan 2008 12:07:39 -0600 323 320 1 <![CDATA[Executions since the reinstatement of the death penalty in 1976: 64]]> Thu, 24 Jan 2008 12:07:56 -0600 http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/35_prisons_314.gif http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/35_prisons_314.gif 324 320 2 <![CDATA[]]> Thu, 24 Jan 2008 12:09:09 -0600 http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/35_prisons_86.gif http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/35_prisons_86.gif 325 320 2 <![CDATA[]]>
"Death Row inmates are counted at least once an hour. They are escorted in handcuffs and wear them everywhere except in their cells, the exercise yard and the shower."]]> Thu, 24 Jan 2008 12:09:38 -0600 326 320 1 <![CDATA[]]> 13.91 years is the average length of stay for current population.
45.34 years is the average age of inmates.
29.17 years is the average age at the time of offense.
44.43 years is the average age at time of execution]]> Thu, 24 Jan 2008 12:10:42 -0600 327 320 1 <![CDATA[]]> Tue, 22 Jan 2008 18:55:22 -0600 312 6 34 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Wed, 23 Jan 2008 19:57:59 -0600 313 312 1 <![CDATA[Battle Ground States]]> Wed, 23 Jan 2008 19:58:35 -0600 314 312 1 <![CDATA[FLORIDA]]> Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:15:18 -0600 315 312 1 <![CDATA[<div align="center"><em><strong>"In God We Trust"</stong></em></div>]]> Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:15:42 -0600 http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/34_fl_314.gif http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/34_fl_314.gif 316 312 2 <![CDATA[]]> Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:16:10 -0600 http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/18_nh_gearth_86.gif http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/18_nh_gearth_86.gif 317 312 2 <![CDATA[]]> Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:16:21 -0600 318 312 1 <![CDATA[]]> Population: 18,089,888 | U.S. 299,398,484
Floridians of Latino origin: 20.2% | U.S. 14.8%
Floridians 65 years old and over: 16.8% | U.S. 12.4%
Foreign born Floridians: 16.7% | U.S. 11.1%]]> Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:17:24 -0600 319 312 1 <![CDATA[]]> Tue, 22 Jan 2008 18:51:38 -0600 304 6 33 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Tue, 22 Jan 2008 18:52:18 -0600 305 304 1 <![CDATA[Battleground States]]> Tue, 22 Jan 2008 18:52:43 -0600 306 304 1 <![CDATA[SOUTH CAROLINA]]> Tue, 22 Jan 2008 18:53:01 -0600 307 304 1 <![CDATA[<div align="center"><em>"Dum Spiro Spero"<br />"While I Breath I Hope"]]> Tue, 22 Jan 2008 18:53:23 -0600 http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/33_sc_314.gif http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/33_sc_314.gif 308 304 2 <![CDATA[]]> Tue, 22 Jan 2008 18:54:22 -0600 http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/33_sc_86.gif http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/33_sc_86.gif 309 304 2 <![CDATA[]]> Tue, 22 Jan 2008 18:54:44 -0600 310 304 1 <![CDATA[]]> % below poverty line: 15.6
African-American Population 29.0%
African-American % of primary voters: 50
Fist state to secede from Union – December 20, 1860]]> Tue, 22 Jan 2008 18:55:03 -0600 311 304 1 <![CDATA[]]> Sun, 20 Jan 2008 15:10:37 -0600 296 6 32 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Mon, 21 Jan 2008 17:42:21 -0600 297 296 1 <![CDATA[Government]]> Mon, 21 Jan 2008 17:42:45 -0600 298 296 1 <![CDATA[THE CONGRESS]]> Mon, 21 Jan 2008 17:43:22 -0600 299 296 1 <![CDATA[<div align="center"><em>"A legislative act contrary to the Constitution is not law."</em> -- Justice John Marshall]]> Mon, 21 Jan 2008 17:44:05 -0600 http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/32_congress_5695_314.jpg http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/32_congress_5695_314.jpg 300 296 2 <![CDATA[]]> Mon, 21 Jan 2008 18:21:45 -0600 http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/32_congress_5704_86.gif http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/32_congress_5704_86.gif 301 296 2 <![CDATA[]]> Mon, 21 Jan 2008 18:23:13 -0600 302 296 1 <![CDATA[]]> Mon, 21 Jan 2008 18:23:50 -0600 303 296 1 <![CDATA[]]> Sat, 19 Jan 2008 09:39:17 -0600 288 6 31 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Sun, 20 Jan 2008 15:07:27 -0600 289 288 1 <![CDATA[The Candidates]]> Sun, 20 Jan 2008 15:07:51 -0600 290 288 1 <![CDATA[MIKE HUCKABEE]]> Sun, 20 Jan 2008 15:08:10 -0600 291 288 1 <![CDATA[<div align="center"><em>"My faith is my life - it defines me. My faith doesn't <br />influence my decisions, it drives them."</em></div>]]> Sun, 20 Jan 2008 15:08:32 -0600 http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/31_huckabee_314.jpg http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/31_huckabee_314.jpg 292 288 2 <![CDATA[]]> Sun, 20 Jan 2008 15:08:59 -0600 http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/31_huckabee_86.gif http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/31_huckabee_86.gif 293 288 2 <![CDATA[]]> "Our true strength doesn't come from our military or our gross national product, it comes from our families. What's the point of keeping the terrorists at bay in the Middle East if we can't keep decline and decadence at bay here at home?"]]> Sun, 20 Jan 2008 15:09:49 -0600 294 288 1 <![CDATA[]]> Sun, 20 Jan 2008 15:10:18 -0600 295 288 1 <![CDATA[]]> Fri, 18 Jan 2008 18:46:53 -0600 280 6 30 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Sat, 19 Jan 2008 09:35:12 -0600 281 280 1 <![CDATA[The Candidates]]> Sat, 19 Jan 2008 09:35:39 -0600 282 280 1 <![CDATA[RON PAUL]]> Sat, 19 Jan 2008 09:35:56 -0600 283 280 1 <![CDATA[<div align="center"><em>"Only tyrants can take a nation to war<br /> without the consent of the people."</em></div>]]> Sat, 19 Jan 2008 09:36:31 -0600 http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/30_paul_314.jpg http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/30_paul_314.jpg 284 280 2 <![CDATA[]]> Sat, 19 Jan 2008 09:37:18 -0600 http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/30_paul_86.gif http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/30_paul_86.gif 285 280 2 <![CDATA[]]> Sat, 19 Jan 2008 09:37:57 -0600 286 280 1 <![CDATA[]]> Sat, 19 Jan 2008 09:38:39 -0600 287 280 1 <![CDATA[]]> Wed, 16 Jan 2008 05:07:12 -0600 272 6 29 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Fri, 18 Jan 2008 18:43:38 -0600 273 272 1 <![CDATA[The Candidates]]> Fri, 18 Jan 2008 18:44:08 -0600 274 272 1 <![CDATA[FRED THOMPSON]]> Fri, 18 Jan 2008 18:44:40 -0600 275 272 1 <![CDATA[<div align="center"><em>"Thank you all. May God bless you and<br /> May God bless America."</em></div>]]> Fri, 18 Jan 2008 18:45:13 -0600 http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/29_thompson_314.jpg http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/29_thompson_314.jpg 276 272 2 <![CDATA[]]> Fri, 18 Jan 2008 18:45:44 -0600 http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/29_thompson_86.gif http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/29_thompson_86.gif 277 272 2 <![CDATA[]]>
"Along with threats to our national security, we have great domestic challenges before us -- the economy, taxes, protecting our borders, and protecting the right to life."]]> Fri, 18 Jan 2008 18:46:04 -0600 278 272 1 <![CDATA[]]> Fri, 18 Jan 2008 18:46:26 -0600 279 272 1 <![CDATA[]]> Wed, 16 Jan 2008 05:00:39 -0600 264 6 28 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Wed, 16 Jan 2008 05:01:42 -0600 265 264 1 <![CDATA[Battleground States]]> Wed, 16 Jan 2008 05:02:37 -0600 266 264 1 <![CDATA[NEVADA]]> Wed, 16 Jan 2008 05:03:15 -0600 267 264 1 <![CDATA[<div align="center">State Motto: "All for Our Country."</div>]]> Wed, 16 Jan 2008 05:03:43 -0600 http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/28_nv_mtn_2_6745_314.jpg http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/28_nv_mtn_2_6745_314.jpg 268 264 2 <![CDATA[]]> Wed, 16 Jan 2008 05:04:20 -0600 http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/28_nv_mtn_6744_86.jpg http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/28_nv_mtn_6744_86.jpg 269 264 2 <![CDATA[]]> While arguably still in the social and economic shadow of neighboring California, Nevada promises to be a formidable political battleground state in the 2008 elections.]]> Wed, 16 Jan 2008 05:05:00 -0600 270 264 1 <![CDATA[]]> Clark County\Las Vegas: 1.9 million
unemployment rater: 5.4%
% of Hispanic voters: 12
Highest home foreclosure rate in U.S.
Percentage of public land: 86.1%]]> Wed, 16 Jan 2008 05:05:20 -0600 271 264 1 <![CDATA[]]> Wed, 16 Jan 2008 04:55:07 -0600 256 6 27 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Wed, 16 Jan 2008 04:55:43 -0600 257 256 1 <![CDATA[The Candidates]]> Wed, 16 Jan 2008 04:56:15 -0600 258 256 1 <![CDATA[JOHN McCAIN]]> Wed, 16 Jan 2008 04:57:31 -0600 259 256 1 <![CDATA[<div align="center"><em>"America is our cause -- yesterday, <br />today, and tomorrow." </em></div>]]> Wed, 16 Jan 2008 04:58:01 -0600 http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/27_mccain_314.gif http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/27_mccain_314.gif 260 256 2 <![CDATA[]]> Wed, 16 Jan 2008 04:58:50 -0600 http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/27_mccain_86.gif http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/27_mccain_86.gif 261 256 2 <![CDATA[]]> Wed, 16 Jan 2008 04:59:30 -0600 262 256 1 <![CDATA[]]> Wed, 16 Jan 2008 04:59:58 -0600 263 256 1 <![CDATA[]]> Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:35:42 -0600 248 6 26 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:36:24 -0600 249 248 1 <![CDATA[The Candidates]]> Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:36:48 -0600 250 248 1 <![CDATA[MITT ROMNEY]]> Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:37:11 -0600 251 248 1 <![CDATA[<div align="center"><em>"It is our great task to persuade our fellow citizens<br /> of the truth of our convictions."</em></div>]]> Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:37:32 -0600 http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/26_mitt_314.gif http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/26_mitt_314.gif 252 248 2 <![CDATA[]]> Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:38:18 -0600 http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/26_mitt_86.gif http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/26_mitt_86.gif 253 248 2 <![CDATA[]]> Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:38:35 -0600 254 248 1 <![CDATA[]]> Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:39:01 -0600 255 248 1 <![CDATA[]]> Sat, 12 Jan 2008 23:24:41 -0600 240 6 25 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Sun, 13 Jan 2008 19:38:04 -0600 241 240 1 <![CDATA[Primary States]]> Sun, 13 Jan 2008 19:38:30 -0600 242 240 1 <![CDATA[MICHIGAN]]> Sun, 13 Jan 2008 19:39:06 -0600 243 240 1 <![CDATA[<div align="center"><em>"Michigan is in some respects like the canary <br />in the mine shaft."</em> -- Mitt Romney]]> Sun, 13 Jan 2008 19:39:29 -0600 http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/25_michigan_314.gif http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/25_michigan_314.gif 244 240 2 <![CDATA[]]> Sun, 13 Jan 2008 19:40:33 -0600 http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/25_michigan_86.gif http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/25_michigan_86.gif 245 240 2 <![CDATA[]]> Sun, 13 Jan 2008 19:41:36 -0600 246 240 1 <![CDATA[]]> # of jobs lost in 2007: 76,000
"I'd be embarrassed to tell people in Michigan and South Carolina that all these jobs are coming back. They aren't coming back."
                                        -- John McCain]]> Sun, 13 Jan 2008 19:42:01 -0600 247 240 1 <![CDATA[]]> Sat, 12 Jan 2008 23:18:49 -0600 232 6 24 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Sat, 12 Jan 2008 23:19:45 -0600 233 232 1 <![CDATA[The Campaigns]]> Sat, 12 Jan 2008 23:20:17 -0600 234 232 1 <![CDATA[BILL CLINTON Part I]]> Sat, 12 Jan 2008 23:21:27 -0600 235 232 1 <![CDATA[<div align="center"><em>"We cannot build our own future without <br />helping others to build theirs."</em></div>]]> Sat, 12 Jan 2008 23:21:48 -0600 http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/5_wjc_8835_alt2.jpg http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/5_wjc_8835_alt2.jpg 236 232 2 <![CDATA[]]> Sat, 12 Jan 2008 23:22:38 -0600 http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/24_wjc_8795_86.gif http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/24_wjc_8795_86.gif 237 232 2 <![CDATA[]]> Sat, 12 Jan 2008 23:22:59 -0600 238 232 1 <![CDATA[]]> Objectives:
* lower the cost of treatment
* providing technical assistance
* establishing major initiatives to enable widespread access to HIV-related care.]]> Sat, 12 Jan 2008 23:23:51 -0600 239 232 1 <![CDATA[]]> Thu, 10 Jan 2008 22:22:27 -0600 224 6 23 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Sat, 12 Jan 2008 19:24:49 -0600 225 224 1 <![CDATA[The Issues]]> Sat, 12 Jan 2008 19:25:14 -0600 226 224 1 <![CDATA[AIDS IN WASHINGTON]]> Sat, 12 Jan 2008 19:25:39 -0600 227 224 1 <![CDATA[<div align="center"><em>"If past is prologue, the city won't get<br /> a handle on its AIDS problem."</em></div>]]> Sat, 12 Jan 2008 19:26:06 -0600 http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/23_aids_dc_9462_314.jpg http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/23_aids_dc_9462_314.jpg 228 224 2 <![CDATA[]]> Sat, 12 Jan 2008 19:26:57 -0600 http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/23_aids_dc_9459_86.jpg http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/23_aids_dc_9459_86.jpg 229 224 2 <![CDATA[]]> Disastrous policies, including the lack of a publicly funded needle exchange program-the result of powerful opponents in Congress, have created a health crisis of epidemic proportions. Effective and stable leadership, along with self government free of federal meddling, are critical to the success of future efforts to address the crisis.]]> Sat, 12 Jan 2008 19:27:27 -0600 230 224 1 <![CDATA[]]> Sat, 12 Jan 2008 19:35:42 -0600 231 224 1 <![CDATA[]]> Thu, 10 Jan 2008 21:37:56 -0600 216 6 22 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Thu, 10 Jan 2008 21:38:03 -0600 217 216 1 <![CDATA[The Issues]]> Thu, 10 Jan 2008 21:39:35 -0600 218 216 1 <![CDATA[AIDS IN AFRICA]]> Thu, 10 Jan 2008 21:40:39 -0600 219 216 1 <![CDATA[<div align="center"><strong>"SILENCE=DEATH"</strong></div>]]> Thu, 10 Jan 2008 21:41:25 -0600 http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/22_aids_africa_314.gif http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/22_aids_africa_314.gif 220 216 2 <![CDATA[]]> Thu, 10 Jan 2008 22:14:24 -0600 http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/22_aids_virus_86.gif http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/22_aids_virus_86.gif 221 216 2 <![CDATA[]]> Thu, 10 Jan 2008 22:20:36 -0600 222 216 1 <![CDATA[]]> and in education, industry, agriculture, transport, human resources and the economy.]]> Thu, 10 Jan 2008 22:21:19 -0600 223 216 1 <![CDATA[]]> Wed, 09 Jan 2008 11:55:03 -0600 208 6 21 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Wed, 09 Jan 2008 11:55:49 -0600 209 208 1 <![CDATA[The Issues]]> Wed, 09 Jan 2008 11:56:25 -0600 210 208 1 <![CDATA[TORTURE]]> Wed, 09 Jan 2008 21:56:03 -0600 211 208 1 <![CDATA[<div align="center"><em>"We do not torture."</em><br />-- President George W. Bush. 2003.</div>]]> Wed, 09 Jan 2008 21:56:34 -0600 http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/21_torture_314.jpg http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/21_torture_314.jpg 212 208 2 <![CDATA[]]> Wed, 09 Jan 2008 21:57:41 -0600 http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/21_torture_86.jpg http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/21_torture_86.jpg 213 208 2 <![CDATA[]]> "No exceptional circumstances whatsoever, whether a state of war or a threat of war, internal political instability or any other public emergency, may be invoked as a justification of torture." [from the 1984 Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. The United States is a signatory.]]]> Wed, 09 Jan 2008 21:58:59 -0600 214 208 1 <![CDATA[]]>
-- President George W. Bush, 26 June 2003]]> Wed, 09 Jan 2008 22:00:09 -0600 215 208 1 <![CDATA[]]> Wed, 09 Jan 2008 11:50:01 -0600 200 6 20 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Wed, 09 Jan 2008 11:50:44 -0600 201 200 1 <![CDATA[The Issues]]> Wed, 09 Jan 2008 11:51:16 -0600 202 200 1 <![CDATA[CLIMATE CHANGE]]> Wed, 09 Jan 2008 11:51:48 -0600 203 200 1 <![CDATA[<div align="center">US % of global population: 5%</div>]]> Wed, 09 Jan 2008 11:52:17 -0600 http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/20_global_warming_314.gif http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/20_global_warming_314.gif 204 200 2 <![CDATA[]]> Wed, 09 Jan 2008 11:53:38 -0600 http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/20_global_warming_86.gif http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/20_global_warming_86.gif 205 200 2 <![CDATA[]]> Wed, 09 Jan 2008 11:53:59 -0600 206 200 1 <![CDATA[]]> [thousand metric tons]
Coal: 1,799,762
Gas: 291,236
Petroleum: 110,244]]> Wed, 09 Jan 2008 11:54:28 -0600 207 200 1 <![CDATA[]]> Sun, 06 Jan 2008 15:42:59 -0600 192 6 19 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Sun, 06 Jan 2008 15:43:31 -0600 193 192 1 <![CDATA[The Issues]]> Sun, 06 Jan 2008 15:43:55 -0600 194 192 1 <![CDATA[MONEY IN POLITICS]]> Sun, 06 Jan 2008 15:44:23 -0600 195 192 1 <![CDATA[<div align="center"><em><strong>"Follow the Money."</strong></em></div>]]> Sun, 06 Jan 2008 15:44:42 -0600 http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/19_1000_bill_314.jpg http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/19_1000_bill_314.jpg 196 192 2 <![CDATA[]]> Sun, 06 Jan 2008 15:45:39 -0600 http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/19_1000_bill_86.gif http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/19_1000_bill_86.gif 197 192 2 <![CDATA[]]> Sun, 06 Jan 2008 15:47:36 -0600 198 192 1 <![CDATA[]]>
Clinton $90,962,311 | Obama $80,256,425
Romney $62,829,068 | Giuliani $47,253.519
McCain $32,124,783 | Edwards $30,329,150]]> Sun, 06 Jan 2008 15:48:32 -0600 199 192 1 <![CDATA[]]> Sat, 05 Jan 2008 23:49:34 -0600 184 6 18 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Sun, 06 Jan 2008 13:31:30 -0600 185 184 1 <![CDATA[Primary States]]> Sun, 06 Jan 2008 13:32:01 -0600 186 184 1 <![CDATA[NEW HAMPSHIRE]]> Sun, 06 Jan 2008 13:33:39 -0600 187 184 1 <![CDATA[<div align="center"><em><strong>"Live Free or Die."</strong></em></div>]]> Sun, 06 Jan 2008 13:34:05 -0600 http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/18_nh_314.gif http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/18_nh_314.gif 188 184 2 <![CDATA[]]> Sun, 06 Jan 2008 13:34:43 -0600 http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/18_nh_gearth_86.gif http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/18_nh_gearth_86.gif 189 184 2 <![CDATA[]]> Sun, 06 Jan 2008 13:41:07 -0600 190 184 1 <![CDATA[]]> Population: NH: 1,314,895 | USA: 299,398,484
Non-Hispanic Whites NH: 93.8% | USA: 66.4%
Blacks NH:1.1% | USA: 12.8%
Median household income NH: $53,377
Median household income USA: $44,334]]> Sun, 06 Jan 2008 13:41:46 -0600 191 184 1 <![CDATA[]]> Sat, 05 Jan 2008 23:45:34 -0600 176 6 17 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Sat, 05 Jan 2008 23:46:15 -0600 177 176 1 <![CDATA[The Candidates]]> Sat, 05 Jan 2008 23:46:43 -0600 178 176 1 <![CDATA[BILL RICHARDSON]]> Sat, 05 Jan 2008 23:47:09 -0600 179 176 1 <![CDATA[<div align="center"><em>"Equality. Freedom. Human dignity. These are the values that every American has inherited."</em?</div>]]> Sat, 05 Jan 2008 23:47:32 -0600 http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/17_br_7509_314.jpg http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/17_br_7509_314.jpg 180 176 2 <![CDATA[]]> Sat, 05 Jan 2008 23:48:16 -0600 http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/17_br_7355_86.gif http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/17_br_7355_86.gif 181 176 2 <![CDATA[]]> Sat, 05 Jan 2008 23:48:37 -0600 182 176 1 <![CDATA[]]> Experience
Governor of New Mexico 2003-present
U.S. Secretary of Energy 1998-2001
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations 1997-98
U.S. House of Representatives 1983-1997]]> Sat, 05 Jan 2008 23:49:05 -0600 183 176 1 <![CDATA[Interview with Peggy Stokes at the Precinct 18 Iowa Democratic Caucus in Iowa City Iowa.]]> Sat, 05 Jan 2008 23:44:40 -0600 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dX_zHGvNKIw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dX_zHGvNKIw 175 4 <![CDATA[Interview with Edwards supporter Denise Hansen at the Precinct 18 Iowa Democratic Caucus in Iowa City Iowa. January 3, 2008.]]> Sat, 05 Jan 2008 23:43:00 -0600 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2sEMJGS0uo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2sEMJGS0uo 174 4 <![CDATA[Interview with Iowa Fire Fighter and Chris Dodd supporter Alex Swanson immediately following the Precinct 18 2008 Iowa Democratic Caucus in Iowa City Iowa.]]> Sat, 05 Jan 2008 23:41:57 -0600 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9lJKnuQwIg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9lJKnuQwIg 173 4 <![CDATA[Interview with democrat Bill Fairchield of Washington, Iowa in the hours immediately preceding the Caucuses. Recorded at the legendary Hamburg Inn no. 2 in Iowa City Iowa.]]> Sat, 05 Jan 2008 23:40:52 -0600 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0QB5jkzP5Y http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0QB5jkzP5Y 172 4 <![CDATA[]]> Fri, 04 Jan 2008 17:12:57 -0600 164 6 16 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Sat, 05 Jan 2008 21:11:29 -0600 165 164 1 <![CDATA[Global Resources]]> Sat, 05 Jan 2008 21:12:07 -0600 166 164 1 <![CDATA[WATER]]> Sat, 05 Jan 2008 21:12:59 -0600 167 164 1 <![CDATA[<em>"If our access to our water is taken away, our hope for the future is taken too. "</em>]]> Sat, 05 Jan 2008 21:13:22 -0600 http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/16_h2o_8891_314.jpg http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/16_h2o_8891_314.jpg 168 164 2 <![CDATA[]]> Sat, 05 Jan 2008 21:14:14 -0600 http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/16_h2o_8914_86.jpg http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/16_h2o_8914_86.jpg 169 164 2 <![CDATA[]]> Sat, 05 Jan 2008 21:14:41 -0600 170 164 1 <![CDATA[]]> Aldrin/dieldrin | Benzo(a)pyrene | Cadmium | Chlordane | DDT | Hexachlorobenzene (HCB)| Alkyl-lead | Mercury | Octachlorostyrene | PCBs | Dioxins | PCDF | Toxaphene]]> Sat, 05 Jan 2008 21:15:02 -0600 171 164 1 <![CDATA[]]> Fri, 04 Jan 2008 17:05:38 -0600 156 6 15 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Fri, 04 Jan 2008 17:06:20 -0600 157 156 1 <![CDATA[The Candidates]]> Fri, 04 Jan 2008 17:06:58 -0600 158 156 1 <![CDATA[RUDY GIULIANI]]> Fri, 04 Jan 2008 17:07:20 -0600 159 156 1 <![CDATA[<div align="center"><em>"Tested. Ready. Now."</em></div>]]> Fri, 04 Jan 2008 17:07:46 -0600 http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/12_rudy_314.jpg http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/12_rudy_314.jpg 160 156 2 <![CDATA[]]> Fri, 04 Jan 2008 17:08:36 -0600 http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/12_rudy_lsc_5803_86.jpg http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/12_rudy_lsc_5803_86.jpg 161 156 2 <![CDATA[]]> Fri, 04 Jan 2008 17:09:19 -0600 162 156 1 <![CDATA[]]> In office January 1, 1994 - December 31, 2001
Preceded by David N. Dinkins
Succeeded by Michael R. Bloomberg

Partner, Bracewell & Giuliani law firm]]> Fri, 04 Jan 2008 17:10:45 -0600 163 156 1 <![CDATA[]]> Thu, 03 Jan 2008 09:58:02 -0600 148 6 14 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Thu, 03 Jan 2008 09:59:00 -0600 149 148 1 <![CDATA[The Iowa Caucuses]]> Thu, 03 Jan 2008 09:59:27 -0600 150 148 1 <![CDATA[JANUARY 3 2008]]> Thu, 03 Jan 2008 10:00:24 -0600 151 148 1 <![CDATA[<div align="center"><em>"Our time for change has come."</em></div>]]> Thu, 03 Jan 2008 10:00:52 -0600 http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/15_caucus_9430_314.jpg http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/15_caucus_9430_314.jpg 152 148 2 <![CDATA[]]> Thu, 03 Jan 2008 10:02:12 -0600 http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/15_caucus_9424_86.jpg http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/15_caucus_9424_86.jpg 153 148 2 <![CDATA[]]> -- Barack Obama
"Tonight we proved that American politics is still in the hands of ordinary folks like you."
--Mike Huckabee]]> Thu, 03 Jan 2008 10:02:44 -0600 154 148 1 <![CDATA[]]> Huckabee: 34% | Romney: 25% | Thompson 13% | McCain: 13% | Paul 10%
* 93% of precincts reporting
Democratic Party Candidates [Final Tally]
Obama: 38% | Edwards: 30% | Clinton: 29%]]> Thu, 03 Jan 2008 10:03:32 -0600 155 148 1 <![CDATA[To the beat of the 1967 Spencer Davis Group's spirited Gimme Some Lovin', Rudy Giuliani works the line following a campaign speech at The University of Iowa Memorial Union. October 17, 2007.]]> Thu, 03 Jan 2008 09:56:27 -0600 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_4u_Ig18lA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_4u_Ig18lA 146 4 <![CDATA[Concluding moments of a speech by Senator Barack Obama at a campaign rally at the Coralville Marriott Convention Center on January 2, 2008 on the final day before the Iowa Caucuses.]]> Thu, 03 Jan 2008 09:55:23 -0600 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50EtGH_8FU8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50EtGH_8FU8 145 4 <![CDATA[Interview with University of Iowa freshman Ethan Vale following a Barack Obama campaign rally at the university's Field House on December 5, 2007.]]> Thu, 03 Jan 2008 09:53:41 -0600 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dw6vZoiMBCk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dw6vZoiMBCk 144 4 <![CDATA[Clip of interview with Maija Luttinger of Iowa City, Iowa prior to an appearance by William Jefferson Clinton at The University of Iowa Memorial Union on December 10, 2007, in support of the candidacy of his wife, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton.]]> Thu, 03 Jan 2008 09:51:38 -0600 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOS-bFmKEac http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOS-bFmKEac 143 4 <![CDATA[Interview by Iowa City Senior Center Television producer Claire Shaw following a Rudy Giuliani campaign rally at The University of Iowa Memorial Union. October 2007]]> Thu, 03 Jan 2008 09:50:41 -0600 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIERLeZCRsk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIERLeZCRsk 142 4 <![CDATA[Interview with Jerry Davenport of Solon, Iowa prior to an appearance by William Jefferson Clinton at The University of Iowa Memorial Union on December 10, 2007, in support of the candidacy of his wife, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton.]]> Thu, 03 Jan 2008 09:49:40 -0600 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPtPqhyqVjc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPtPqhyqVjc 141 4 <![CDATA[Interview with Iowa City Mayor Ross Wilburn following an appearance by Barack Obama at the university's Field House on December 5, 2007.]]> Thu, 03 Jan 2008 09:48:44 -0600 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dK5pikhzC14 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dK5pikhzC14 140 4 <![CDATA[interview with Tom of Iowa City moments before Rudy Giuliani took the stage at The University of Iowa Memorial Union in October.]]> Thu, 03 Jan 2008 09:47:44 -0600 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzLVOX4mk_Y http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzLVOX4mk_Y 139 4 <![CDATA[Senator Hillary Clinton appearing at a campaign rally at the Iowa City Sheraton Hotel on January 1, 2008.]]> Thu, 03 Jan 2008 09:46:57 -0600 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SInAvMhGTQw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SInAvMhGTQw 138 4 <![CDATA[Excerpts from an interview with Katelyn Strenge, a student at The University of Iowa from Minneapolis, Minnesota. The interview took place prior to an appearance by Rudy Giuliani at The University of Iowa Memorial Union in October 2007.]]> Thu, 03 Jan 2008 09:44:06 -0600 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waTmR5NSL3c http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waTmR5NSL3c 137 4 <![CDATA[video clip from John Edwards foreign policy speech at The University of Iowa on Monday, November 5, 2007. 365 days before the national presidential election.]]> Thu, 03 Jan 2008 09:42:43 -0600 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVuTLC6w4kM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVuTLC6w4kM 136 4 <![CDATA[Interview clip at University of Iowa Rudy Giuliani rally]]> Thu, 03 Jan 2008 09:42:06 -0600 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOCUBg7F9kg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOCUBg7F9kg 135 4 <![CDATA[Interview with Barack Obama supporter Erin Zintek, a student at The University of Iowa City, Iowa prior to an appearance by the candidate at the university's Field House on December 5, 2007.]]> Thu, 03 Jan 2008 09:38:29 -0600 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0VKkoLnWSo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0VKkoLnWSo 134 4 <![CDATA[Interview with Dianne Dillon-Ridgley of Iowa City, Iowa following John Edwards' foreign policy speech at The University of Iowa student union on November 5, 2007.]]> Thu, 03 Jan 2008 09:36:41 -0600 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_jrnLAgVH4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_jrnLAgVH4 133 4 <![CDATA[interview with Obama supporter Ethan Vale, UI Political Science major]]> Mon, 31 Dec 2007 16:58:20 -0600 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dw6vZoiMBCk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dw6vZoiMBCk 132 4 <![CDATA[]]> Mon, 31 Dec 2007 08:44:34 -0600 124 6 13 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Mon, 31 Dec 2007 08:45:20 -0600 125 124 1 <![CDATA[The Iowa Caucuses]]> Mon, 31 Dec 2007 08:45:54 -0600 126 124 1 <![CDATA[IOWA]]> Mon, 31 Dec 2007 16:53:26 -0600 127 124 1 <![CDATA[<div align="center"><em>Now is the time.</em></div>]]> Mon, 31 Dec 2007 16:54:02 -0600 http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/14_cameras_7575_314.gif http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/14_cameras_7575_314.gif 128 124 2 <![CDATA[]]> Mon, 31 Dec 2007 16:55:16 -0600 http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/14_crowd_7177_86.gif http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/14_crowd_7177_86.gif 129 124 2 <![CDATA[]]> Mon, 31 Dec 2007 16:55:42 -0600 130 124 1 <![CDATA[]]> Des Moines Register Dec 27-30 poll of likely caucus participants:
GOP Candidates:
Huckabee: 32% | Romney: 26% | McCain: 13%
Democratic Party Candidates
Obama: 32% | Clinton: 25% | Edwards: 24%]]> Mon, 31 Dec 2007 16:56:27 -0600 131 124 1 <![CDATA[]]> Mon, 31 Dec 2007 08:38:01 -0600 116 6 12 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Mon, 31 Dec 2007 08:39:17 -0600 117 116 1 <![CDATA[The Candidates]]> Mon, 31 Dec 2007 08:40:52 -0600 118 116 1 <![CDATA[HILLARY CLINTON]]> Mon, 31 Dec 2007 08:41:30 -0600 119 116 1 <![CDATA[<em>"I will restore the pride and progress in America that should be our birthright. That is who America is."</em>]]> Mon, 31 Dec 2007 08:42:01 -0600 http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/6_hillary_7588_314.jpg http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/6_hillary_7588_314.jpg 120 116 2 <![CDATA[]]> Mon, 31 Dec 2007 08:42:34 -0600 http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/6_hillary_7647_86_best.jpg http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/6_hillary_7647_86_best.jpg 121 116 2 <![CDATA[]]>
Iowa Jefferson-Jackson Dinner, November 10, 2007.]]> Mon, 31 Dec 2007 08:43:02 -0600 122 116 1 <![CDATA[]]> American Civil Liberties Union lifetime rating: 75%
American Conservative Union lifetime rating: 9%
NARAL pro-choice rating: 100% [2002-2006]
Americans for Better Immigration "Immigration Reduction" lifetime grade: D-]]> Mon, 31 Dec 2007 08:43:59 -0600 123 116 1 <![CDATA[]]> Mon, 31 Dec 2007 08:23:51 -0600 108 6 11 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Mon, 31 Dec 2007 08:25:32 -0600 109 108 1 <![CDATA[The New Year]]> Mon, 31 Dec 2007 08:26:25 -0600 110 108 1 <![CDATA[2008]]> Mon, 31 Dec 2007 08:27:07 -0600 111 108 1 <![CDATA[<div align="center"><em>"First in the Nation."</em></div>]]> Mon, 31 Dec 2007 08:27:40 -0600 http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/11_new_year_314.jpg http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/11_new_year_314.jpg 112 108 2 <![CDATA[]]> Mon, 31 Dec 2007 08:33:05 -0600 http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/11_new_year_8882_86.jpg http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/11_new_year_8882_86.jpg 113 108 2 <![CDATA[]]> On January 3, Iowans will meet in caucuses across the state in the first contest to determine the nominees of the Republican and Democratic Parties.]]> Mon, 31 Dec 2007 08:33:57 -0600 114 108 1 <![CDATA[]]> Voter registration: 174,800,000
Voter turnout: 122,294,978
% of voting-age turnout: 55.3%
Estimated 2008 Iowa Caucuses Turnout:
200,000 - 240,000]]> Mon, 31 Dec 2007 08:34:46 -0600 115 108 1 <![CDATA[]]> Sun, 30 Dec 2007 10:42:18 -0600 100 6 10 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Sun, 30 Dec 2007 10:43:05 -0600 101 100 1 <![CDATA[The Candidates]]> Sun, 30 Dec 2007 10:43:36 -0600 102 100 1 <![CDATA[DENNIS KUCINICH]]> Sun, 30 Dec 2007 10:44:06 -0600 103 100 1 <![CDATA["If you don't vote your heart, your heart never wins" <em>-- from www.dennis4president.com</em>]]> Sun, 30 Dec 2007 10:44:38 -0600 http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/7_dennis_7365_314.jpg http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/7_dennis_7365_314.jpg 104 100 2 <![CDATA[]]> Sun, 30 Dec 2007 10:46:52 -0600 http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/7_dennis_7359_86.jpg http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/7_dennis_7359_86.jpg 105 100 2 <![CDATA[]]> Sun, 30 Dec 2007 10:49:13 -0600 106 100 1 <![CDATA[]]> Dennis Kucinich is the only Democratic or GOP candidate with a plan for a universal, single-payer, not-for-profit health care system.]]> Sun, 30 Dec 2007 10:49:47 -0600 107 100 1 <![CDATA[]]> Sat, 29 Dec 2007 19:03:07 -0600 92 6 9 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Sat, 29 Dec 2007 19:04:09 -0600 93 92 1 <![CDATA[The Candidates]]> Sat, 29 Dec 2007 19:04:39 -0600 94 92 1 <![CDATA[JOHN EDWARDS]]> Sat, 29 Dec 2007 19:05:11 -0600 95 92 1 <![CDATA["Real lobbying reform must end the practice of corporate lobbyists writing our laws." <em>Marty Meehan</em>]]> Sat, 29 Dec 2007 19:05:44 -0600 http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/9_edwards_7372_314.jpg http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/9_edwards_7372_314.jpg 96 92 2 <![CDATA[]]> Sat, 29 Dec 2007 19:07:56 -0600 http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/9_edwards_7465_86.jpg http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/9_edwards_7465_86.jpg 97 92 2 <![CDATA[]]>
-- John Edwards, speaking at a campaign stop in Dubuque Iowa. December 29, 2007.]]> Sat, 29 Dec 2007 19:08:53 -0600 98 92 1 <![CDATA[]]>
Federally registered lobbyists gave over $23 million in the 2006 midterm election campaign.]]> Sat, 29 Dec 2007 19:09:26 -0600 99 92 1 <![CDATA[]]> Thu, 27 Dec 2007 23:13:27 -0600 84 6 8 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Thu, 27 Dec 2007 23:14:25 -0600 85 84 1 <![CDATA[The Issues]]> Thu, 27 Dec 2007 23:15:00 -0600 86 84 1 <![CDATA[JUSTICE]]> Thu, 27 Dec 2007 23:15:36 -0600 87 84 1 <![CDATA["Justice denied anywhere diminishes justice everywhere." -- <em>Martin Luther King, Jr.</em>]]> Thu, 27 Dec 2007 23:26:14 -0600 http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/8_justice_cu_5689_314.jpg http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/8_justice_cu_5689_314.jpg 88 84 2 <![CDATA[]]> Thu, 27 Dec 2007 23:29:32 -0600 http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/8_justice_5695_86.jpg http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/8_justice_5695_86.jpg 89 84 2 <![CDATA[]]> Thu, 27 Dec 2007 23:45:48 -0600 90 84 1 <![CDATA[]]> Appointments of Current Justices
George Walker Bush: 2
William Jefferson Clinton: 2
George Herbert Walker Bush: 2
Gerald R. Ford: 1
Ronald Reagan: 2]]> Thu, 27 Dec 2007 23:46:34 -0600 91 84 1 <![CDATA[]]> Thu, 27 Dec 2007 19:59:03 -0600 76 6 7 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Thu, 27 Dec 2007 19:59:49 -0600 77 76 1 <![CDATA[The Issues]]> Thu, 27 Dec 2007 20:00:41 -0600 78 76 1 <![CDATA[THE MUSLIM WORLD]]> Thu, 27 Dec 2007 20:01:30 -0600 79 76 1 <![CDATA[Ramallah, the unofficial capital of the Palestinian Authority, is located 10 kilometers north of Jerusalem.]]> Thu, 27 Dec 2007 20:01:58 -0600 http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/7_muslimworld_314.gif http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/7_muslimworld_314.gif 80 76 2 <![CDATA[]]> Thu, 27 Dec 2007 20:03:56 -0600 http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/7_muslimworld_8654_86.jpg http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/7_muslimworld_8654_86.jpg 81 76 2 <![CDATA[]]> lack of initiative - can have tragic consequences thousands of miles away - east and west. A fair and equitable resolution of the Palestinian situation is critical to the world's future collective wellbeing.]]> Thu, 27 Dec 2007 20:04:35 -0600 82 76 1 <![CDATA[]]> Benazir Bhutto June 21, 1953 - December 27, 2007
"Bhutto was the first woman elected to lead a Muslim state, having been twice elected Prime Minister of Pakistan. She was sworn in for the first time in 1988 at the age of 35."]]> Thu, 27 Dec 2007 20:05:13 -0600 83 76 1 <![CDATA[]]> Wed, 26 Dec 2007 16:05:41 -0600 68 6 6 <![CDATA[The Iowa Caucuses]]> Wed, 26 Dec 2007 16:07:01 -0600 69 68 1 <![CDATA[The Candidates]]> Wed, 26 Dec 2007 16:07:33 -0600 70 68 1 <![CDATA[BARACK OBAMA]]> Wed, 26 Dec 2007 16:08:27 -0600 71 68 1 <![CDATA["... this country will reclaim its promise, and out of this long political darkness a brighter day will come."]]> Wed, 26 Dec 2007 16:09:23 -0600 http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/4_obama_7276_314.jpg http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/4_obama_7276_314.jpg 72 68 2 <![CDATA[]]> Wed, 26 Dec 2007 16:10:41 -0600 http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/4_obama_8658_86.jpg http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/4_obama_8658_86.jpg 73 68 2 <![CDATA[]]> Wed, 26 Dec 2007 16:11:52 -0600 74 68 1 <![CDATA[]]> Americans without health insurance: 47,000,000 -- including 9,000,000 children.
The U.S. has the second highest newborn mortality rate in the developed world.]]> Wed, 26 Dec 2007 16:18:12 -0600 75 68 1 <![CDATA[]]> Tue, 25 Dec 2007 16:38:35 -0600 60 6 5 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Tue, 25 Dec 2007 16:39:51 -0600 61 60 1 <![CDATA[The Issues]]> Tue, 25 Dec 2007 16:41:30 -0600 62 60 1 <![CDATA[THE WAR IN IRAQ]]> Tue, 25 Dec 2007 16:42:40 -0600 63 60 1 <![CDATA[The world is getting smaller. Across the globe, eyes turn towards Iowa.]]> Tue, 25 Dec 2007 16:43:28 -0600 http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/10_iraq_314.gif http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/10_iraq_314.gif 64 60 2 <![CDATA[]]> Tue, 25 Dec 2007 16:45:07 -0600 http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/10_earth_2_86.gif http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/10_earth_2_86.gif 65 60 2 <![CDATA[]]> Tue, 25 Dec 2007 17:13:27 -0600 66 60 1 <![CDATA[]]> Civilian Deaths in Iraq: over 79,000
2007 Taxes for war paid by Iowans: $1,000,000,000
Equivalent to the annual salaries of 24,082 Elementary School Teachers in Iowa.]]> Tue, 25 Dec 2007 17:14:08 -0600 67 60 1 <![CDATA[]]> Tue, 18 Dec 2007 15:08:16 -0600 52 6 4 <![CDATA[The Iowa Caucuses]]> Tue, 18 Dec 2007 15:08:57 -0600 53 52 1 <![CDATA[The Candidates]]> Tue, 18 Dec 2007 15:09:41 -0600 54 52 1 <![CDATA[JOE BIDEN]]> Tue, 18 Dec 2007 15:10:53 -0600 55 52 1 <![CDATA[]]> Tue, 18 Dec 2007 15:36:56 -0600 http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/3_jbiden_8646_314.jpg http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/3_jbiden_8646_314.jpg 56 52 2 <![CDATA[]]> Tue, 18 Dec 2007 15:37:54 -0600 http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/3_jbiden_8639_86.jpg http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/3_jbiden_8639_86.jpg 57 52 2 <![CDATA[]]> Tue, 18 Dec 2007 15:39:16 -0600 58 52 1 <![CDATA[]]> Born November 20, 1942 in Scranton, PA
Assumed office January 3, 1973
Chairman, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
First presidential campaign: 1988]]> Tue, 18 Dec 2007 15:40:03 -0600 59 52 1 <![CDATA[]]> Tue, 18 Dec 2007 14:45:50 -0600 44 6 3 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Tue, 18 Dec 2007 14:46:52 -0600 45 44 1 <![CDATA[The Iowa Caucuses]]> Tue, 18 Dec 2007 14:47:46 -0600 46 44 1 <![CDATA[POVERTY IN IOWA]]> Tue, 18 Dec 2007 14:49:24 -0600 47 44 1 <![CDATA[Who wouldn't be depressed in these circumstances?]]> Tue, 18 Dec 2007 14:51:21 -0600 http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/2_poverty_7714_314.jpg http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/2_poverty_7714_314.jpg 48 44 2 <![CDATA[]]> Tue, 18 Dec 2007 15:01:15 -0600 http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/2_poverty_7719_86.jpg http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/2_poverty_7719_86.jpg 49 44 2 <![CDATA[]]> Tue, 18 Dec 2007 15:05:30 -0600 50 44 1 <![CDATA[]]> Mental Health Care by the Numbers
# of psychiatrists in Iowa: around 230
# at the Iowa City Community Clinic: 2
Wait time for an appointment: Over 2 months
Hours the Crisis Center Hotline is open: 24/7]]> Tue, 18 Dec 2007 15:07:34 -0600 51 44 1 <![CDATA[]]> Tue, 27 Nov 2007 11:52:36 -0600 36 6 2 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Tue, 27 Nov 2007 11:53:58 -0600 37 36 1 <![CDATA[The Iowa Caucuses]]> Tue, 27 Nov 2007 12:38:53 -0600 38 36 1 <![CDATA[POVERTY IN IOWA]]> Tue, 27 Nov 2007 12:39:29 -0600 39 36 1 <![CDATA[Snow has now fallen in Iowa. The temperatures have dropped to freezing and will soon sink way below.]]> Tue, 27 Nov 2007 12:40:12 -0600 http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/1_poverty_8887_314.jpg http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/1_poverty_8887_314.jpg 40 36 2 <![CDATA[caption for back image]]> Tue, 27 Nov 2007 12:43:22 -0600 http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/1_poverty_8889_86.jpg http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/1_poverty_8889_86.jpg 41 36 2 <![CDATA[]]> Tue, 27 Nov 2007 12:44:10 -0600 42 36 1 <![CDATA[]]> POVERTY
# of beds available for homeless at Shelter House: 29
# of people in need: Over 200
% who are victims of domestic violence: 13.2
% who have severe mental illness: 8.8]]> Tue, 27 Nov 2007 12:52:05 -0600 43 36 1 <![CDATA[]]> Wed, 21 Nov 2007 18:14:48 -0600 28 6 1 <![CDATA[The Electoral College]]> Wed, 21 Nov 2007 19:24:47 -0600 29 28 1 <![CDATA[The Iowa Caucuses]]> Wed, 21 Nov 2007 19:24:47 -0600 30 28 1 <![CDATA[IOWA]]> Wed, 21 Nov 2007 19:24:55 -0600 31 28 1 <![CDATA[Across Iowa, evidence of the state's proud history of family farms dots the landscape.]]> Wed, 21 Nov 2007 18:18:35 -0600 http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/farm_7713_319.jpg http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/farm_7713_319.jpg 32 28 2 <![CDATA[]]> Wed, 21 Nov 2007 18:19:52 -0600 http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/crowd_7137_86.jpg http://www.uiowa.edu/~interart/jwinet/images/crowd_7137_86.jpg 33 28 2 <![CDATA[]]> Wed, 21 Nov 2007 18:21:00 -0600 34 28 1 <![CDATA[]]> IOWA FACTS
First in pork production
First in corn production
First in egg production
Population — Iowa: 2,982,085
U.S.: 299,398,484 [2006 estimates]]]> Wed, 21 Nov 2007 18:22:37 -0600 35 28 1 <![CDATA[John McCain]]> Wed, 21 Nov 2007 17:29:46 -0600 http://iowa.johnmccain.com/ http://iowa.johnmccain.com/ 17 5 <![CDATA[Mitt Romney]]> Wed, 21 Nov 2007 17:29:46 -0600 http://www.mittromney.com/ http://www.mittromney.com/ 16 5 <![CDATA[Rudy Gulliani]]> Wed, 21 Nov 2007 17:29:46 -0600 http://www.joinrudy2008.com/index.php http://www.joinrudy2008.com/index.php 15 5 <![CDATA[Tom Tancredo]]> Wed, 21 Nov 2007 17:29:46 -0600 http://www.teamtancredo.com/ http://www.teamtancredo.com/ 14 5 <![CDATA[Joe Biden]]> Wed, 21 Nov 2007 17:29:46 -0600 http://www.joebiden.com/iowa/ http://www.joebiden.com/iowa/ 13 5 <![CDATA[Dennis Kucinich]]> Wed, 21 Nov 2007 17:29:46 -0600 http://kucinich.us/iowa http://kucinich.us/iowa 12 5 <![CDATA[Hillary Clinton]]> Wed, 21 Nov 2007 17:29:46 -0600 http://www.hillaryclinton.com/hq/iowa/ http://www.hillaryclinton.com/hq/iowa/ 11 5 <![CDATA[Bill Richardson]]> Wed, 21 Nov 2007 15:18:24 -0600 http://iowa.richardsonforpresident.com http://iowa.richardsonforpresident.com 10 5 <![CDATA[John Edwards]]> Wed, 21 Nov 2007 14:58:59 -0600 http://johnedwards.com/iowa http://johnedwards.com/iowa 9 5 <![CDATA[Barack Obama]]> Mon, 19 Nov 2007 17:55:56 -0600 http://iowa.barackobama.com/page/content/iowahome http://iowa.barackobama.com/page/content/iowahome 8 5 <![CDATA[]]> Mon, 19 Nov 2007 17:37:00 -0600 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIERLeZCRsk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIERLeZCRsk 7 4 <![CDATA[Johnson County Democratic Party Annual Barbeque<br />Iowa City, Iowa<br />October 6 , 2007]]> Tue, 06 Nov 2007 20:44:52 -0600 http://www.america-the-globe.net/images/hc_jocodems_w_7638.jpg http://www.america-the-globe.net/images/hc_jocodems_w_7638.jpg 5 2 <![CDATA[Video clip from John Edwards foreign policy speech at The University of Iowa on Monday, November 5, 2007. 365 days before the national presidential election.]]> Mon, 05 Nov 2007 19:49:20 -0600 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVuTLC6w4kM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVuTLC6w4kM 4 4 <![CDATA[Interview following John Edwards foreign policy speech at The University of Iowa on November 5, 2007. My thanks to DDR for the generosity of her time and insight.]]> Mon, 05 Nov 2007 19:48:41 -0600 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_jrnLAgVH4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_jrnLAgVH4 3 4 <![CDATA[Interview clip at University of Iowa Rudy Giuliani rally]]> Mon, 05 Nov 2007 19:46:00 -0600 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOCUBg7F9kg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOCUBg7F9kg 2 4