Government & Political Articles October 2008



Underdog Snaps and Snarls As He Enters the Final Round

With Victory in Sight, Wary Democrats Don't Yet Dare to Believe

The Quiet Revolutionary

Hanging Chad Guy Leads Army of Lawyers in Florida

Republicans Prepare for Worst and Plan Post-election Analysis

The Great Showdown

Democrats Train Their Sights on Fail-safe Majority in Senate

Republicans Fear Long Exile in the Wilderness

Threat of Big Losses Puts Republicans in a Spin

Bold and Confident v Shy and Retiring: Michelle and Cindy Square Up

Foul Calls on Voter Fraud

The SNL Effect-Satire or Something More?

A Recipe For Political Changes

Dirty Tricks Claims As Parties Battle Over Voter Registration

Lay Off Our Christmas, You Joyless Moaners

Crowd Control and Use of Force

All Hail Queen Sarah

US Senate Backs $700bn Bail-out Plan

Democrats Take Campaign Finale to Mccain Heartland

Me, My Son and Obama: One Father's Story

McCain Team Claims Obama's Lead is Narrowing

McCain Makes His Last Stand in a Town Called Defiance

Somaliland will never surrender to terrorist groups

Obama Becomes the Unmissable Candidate With $3m Ad

Rivals Slug It Out in Battleground State of Pennsylvania

Obama, Inshallah!

Obama Tempers Optimism With Economic Caution

McCain Prepares His Last Stand in 'must-win' States

Obama Presents Closing Argument to American Voters

McCain Stokes Fears of Democratic Dominance If Obama Wins Election

US Election: Democrats Prepare for Major Congressional Wins

Democrats Deny Taking Result for Granted

McCain Banks on Close Vote As Party Starts the Inquest

Republicans Split Over Running Mate's Intentions for 2012

Puntland's lucrative piracy business – Police Turn Pirates

Obama As We Knew Him... Man and Boy

Back-stabbing and Recriminations Begin But Mccain Team Insists He Can Still Win

Jobless and Angry, the Voters Who Hope Change Brings Respite

US Election: Mccain Aides Tout Hopes of Victory Despite Widening Gap in Polls

US Election: Economic Woes Push Ohio Electorate Towards Obama

Fear Is The Key – Why Obama May Not Be A Shoo-In

Sarah Palin and the RNC Shopping Spree-What not to Wear

Fair Game?

Campaign Footsoldiers Concentrate Efforts on Handful of Key States

Reasons Why People Should Vote

How to Spend $1.5bn on Elections - First Lavish $150,000 on Sarah Palin's Clothes

Bush Seeks United Front on Crisis

A Wardrobe for an American Mom

Campaign Costs Dwarf Millions Raised By Kerry and Bush in 2004

Confident Obama Takes Presidential Tone in Talk of Post-election Plans

Dead Bear Cub Covered in Barack Obama Posters Found at University

What is the Bradley Effect?

OCTOBER SURPRISE: The Redemption of Colin Powell

What are the Five Purposes of Government

Senator Fulfils Pledge to Secure Victory With Joint Appearance

McCain Has Only $47m Left for Final Polling Spurt

Evangelicals Start Soul-searching As Prospect of Obama Win Risks Christian Gains in Politics

Barack Obama - The Champion Of The World

Colin Powell Expected to Endorse Obama

McCAIN'S LAST STAND: It Ain't Over 'til it's Over

Foreign Poll Favours Democrat But Shows Hostility to Us

Emboldened Obama to Push Into Firmly Republican States

Obama Campaign Expands Battle to Republican States

The End of Attack Politics

Michelle Obama Campaigns for Her Husband in Conservative Indiana

US Election: Early Voting Benefits Obama

Ballots Already Cast Overwhelmingly Favour Democrats, Exit Surveys Suggest

Democrats' Confidence Evident With Indiana Rally

How Often Can You Say 'beaten at the Box-office By a Hollywood Chihuahua'?

New Poll Puts Obama 14 Points Ahead of Mccain

THE POT CALLING THE KETTLE BLACK: McCain’s Disingenuous Campaign

McCain Needs 'knockout Blow' in Final Debate As Poll Ratings Collapse

Rival Plans to Help Struggling Families

McCain Says He Will Attack Obama Over Ayers Connection in Debate

Who was the First President of the United States?

McCain Was Not Tortured, Pow Guard Claims

Obama Rolls Out $60bn Plan to Help Households

McCain Plays Valiant Underdog As Once-loyal South Looks Uncertain

Obama Campaign Finds Prejudice Lingers in Blue-collar Heartlands

US Election: Mccain Casts Himself As Underdog While Courting Military Vote

US Election: Obama Lays Out Details of $60bn Economic Plan

Sarah Palin - Just Another Disappointment

USA NCIC background checks

Palin Deflects Finding That Sacking Was Abuse of Power

Young Make 'great Schlep' to Persuade a Sceptical Generation to Vote Obama

McCain Tones Down Campaign As Critics Say Tactics Incite Hatred

Palin's Alaska Vendetta Adds to Mccain's Woe

Body Blow for Mccain As Palin Found to Have Abused Powers

Obama Negotiates 30-minute Tv Spot With Cbs, Nbc and Fox

McCain Dossier Aims to Limit Damage to Palin From Troopergate Report

Barak Obama - Where Did The Money Come From?

The Governments Response to the Housing Crises

McCain Turns Back to Economy After Failing to Win Debate

Obama

List of Human Rights Issues

McCain is Heading for Defeat, Says Republican Analyst

Anti-Obama Author Deported From Kenya

Cell Directory - Some Important Details

Republicans Aim to Undermine Obama By Making It Personal

Candidates Dig Up the Dirt Before Tv Debate

US Election: Mccain's Temper and Age Become Focus of Democrats' Ads

What's in a Wink?

Gloves Off: Mccain Gets Personal in Bid to Win Back Support

Bush Supports Plan for Us Thinktank Office in Iran

US Election Briefing: Bungled Bail-out Vote Bolsters Mood Swing in Favour of Obama

All Smiles for Obama in the Sunshine State

Palin's Winks and You Betchas Divide Women of Florida

Republican Spirits Lifted But Polls Tell Different Story

Palin Defies Critics and Delivers Punchy Performance in Debate Against Biden

McCain Quits in Michigan

Aloof But a Star: British Envoy on Obama

US Election: Fake Pollsters Trying to Discredit Obama, Democrats Claim

Stocks Plunge Again After Dismal Economic Figures Released

Visit to Republican Stronghold Marks Expansion of Battleground

Fake Pollsters Trying to Discredit Obama, Democrats Claim

A List of Presidents of the United States of America in Chronological Order

Sarah Palin v the Polar Bear: Who Will Survive?

Candid Obama Urges Hispanic Voters to Flex Their Muscles