Government & Political Articles September 2008



Revealed: Oil-funded Research in Palin's Campaign Against Protection for Polar Bear

Eat Your Cats and Dogs

Republicans Accuse Speaker of Shattering Fragile Bail-out Deal

Theme is Reform, Not Rescue, As Paulson Plan Goes Through Shredder

When Smalltown Usa Turned on 'fraud Street'

Who cares if the next president is bald?

Phil Gram Eats Spam

Edward Kennedy Hospitalised in Massachusetts

A Desperate Plea - Then Race for a Deal Before 'sucker Goes Down'

The Political Scene of Vanuatu Has Not Settled Yet

90 Minutes in Tv Spotlight That Will Make or Break Candidates

THE TRILLION-DOLLAR GAMBIT: Corporate Socialism

Now Everyone Wants a Podium Moment, in Life As in Politics

Carol Thatcher Was Rebuked for Revealing Her Mother Had Dementia, But It is Nothing to Be Ashamed of

The True Conference Star, Though, Was Super-vince

University and College Students Could Hold Keys to Power in the White House

Groundhog Day Election Forces Rival Teams to Alter Strategy

Campaigning Suspended in Victims' Honour

Lipstick on a Pig

Sex and Drugs for Us Oil Firm Regulators

Unintelligence in Federal Intelligence Agencies

Washington's Moral Maze

Libertarian Counter-convention Attracts 10,000

Back to Basics With the Republic's Revolutionaries

Republicans Look to Get Convention Back on Track

Republican Convention: Low-fat Huckabee Puts Yoghurt and Jogging on the Gop Menu

Minnesota Welcomes the Republicans

Diary

US Politics: Biggest Show for One of the Smaller Cities

Bill Clinton Will Hold First Rally for Barack Obama

Bill Clinton Holds First Rally for Obama But Doubts Persist About Commitment

Congress Approval Rating Just 10% As Bush Goes From 'lame to Dead Duck'

Who is Responsible for the Economic Meltdown?

Georgia Lemon Law

Palin Begins Three-day Cramming Course for Crucial Tv Showdown

Obama Lead Gets Bigger - and the Fight Gets Uglier

Sarah Palin Begins Cramming for Crucial Tv Showdown

Congress Agrees Deal on $700bn Banking Bail-out

Candidates Vie for Credit Over Bail-out

Hockey Moms Are Key Players in Hunt for Women's Vote

World Briefing: Bypassing Bipartisanship

McCAIN’S WORST NIGHTMARE: Economic Meltdown

'Tell Them About Vietnam, John!'

Honours Even As Rivals Lock Horns

US Election: No Clear Winner in First Debate Between Mccain and Obama

Wall Street Bailout, Congressional Cover-up, or Sarbanes-Oxley?

US Banking Bail-out Teeters As Obama and Mccain Clash

Obama Is Not A Muslim

$700bn Bail-out Stalls As Recriminations Fly Over Mccain Intervention

Debate an Opportunity for Candidates to Sway the Minds of Voters

John Mccain 'undermining' Bail-out to Lift Campaign

Stock Market Meltdown - Watching Rome Burn

A NEW DEAL FOR THE 21ST CENTURY: Hoover Versus FDR

Never Mind Palin's Politics. Just Check Out the Earrings

Video Shows Palin in Anti-witchcraft Prayer

Congress Demands More Time to Scrutinise $700bn Rescue Plan

George Bush Focuses on Terrorism During Un Address

US Election: Obama Begins Rehearsing for First Debate

McCain Drives Into Trouble Over Fleet of Foreign Cars

US Candidates Drilled for First of Make-or-break Debates

The Blame Game: John McCain, Teddy Roosevelt and the Economy

Types of Common Fraudulent Transactions

Barack Obama and John McCain - the Leader and History

Understanding how the Pennsylvania Lemon Law Protects Car Owners

Laser Guided Weapons and Portable Lasers

Country Needs Nation

Presidential Election Day 2008 in my Dream

The Texas Governor's Mansion

Feel Like You Don't Know Palin? Meet the Most "Green" Candidate

A Better U.S. Constitution?

The Fallout From the Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Takeover

Murder Mayhem or Madness in Fidel Castro's Rule?

Feds Now In Control of Fannie Mae and Fredie Mac

New Mesothelioma Lawsuits in Madison County, Illinois

Mexico’s Military Invasion of the United States Border

Exit Gordon Brown and oh no it's Tony Blair!

The Super Women of the World

Sarah "Barracuda" Palin: A Moose in Every Pot?

Servicemen can Now Buy a Home with no Down Payment

Obama Makes Move Into the Conservative Deep South

US Election: Inexperienced Palin Swots Up on Diplomacy With Busy Un Visit

US Election: Palin to Get a Taste of International Diplomacy During Un Visit

ABC Of The World

US Election Candidates Prepare for Make-or-break Presidential Debates

Wall St Woes Help Obama Overtake Mccain Express

List of European Countries

US Election: Alaskan Inquiry Delayed Until After November 4

US Election: Troopergate Findings May Be Delayed Until After November 4

Fall of Kismayo, TGS in Addis Ababa, Crumbling ARS and Puntland: Somalia under Spotlight

US Election: Mccain to Give Palin Crash Course in Diplomacy

US Election: Candidates Vie for Votes in Crucial State of Florida

FBI on the Trail of Hackers After Palin's Emails Made Public

FBI Investigates Sarah Palin's Yahoo Account After Hackers Break in

Palin Aides in Legal Battle to Block State Trooper Inquiry

Economic Meltdown Returns Initiative to Obama in Polling

US Election: Republicans Fight to Block Inquiry Into Palin's 'troopergate' Affair

Rubber Dodo Award for Governor

American soldiers and War crimes in Iraq

US Election: Barack Obama and Mccain Lock Horns Over Wall Street Crisis

Democrats Ask Court to Defend Right to Vote

US Election: Obama Accuses Mccain of Dishonest Campaigning As Candidates Respond to Financial Crisis

Obama Starts Fightback With Ad Questioning Mccain's Integrity

Who is Joe Biden?

Democracy for Dummies

Palin's Travels Broadened the Horizons

Palin Uses Hillary to Taunt Obama

US Election: Early Voting Could Alter Campaign Strategies

Obama Asks Bill Clinton to Help With Fightback

US Election: Obama Asks Bill Clinton to Help With Fightback

Republicans Manoeuvre Palin on to Tv Circuit

US Election: Palin to Answer Questions From Abc's Charles Gibson

Bush Secret Order to Send Special Forces Into Pakistan

White House Candidates Go to War Over a Pig With Lipstick

McCain Forced Into Supporting Role on Tour As Republican Crowds Flock to Palin

US Election: Swing State Crowds Turn Out for Palin - and Catch a Glimpse of Mccain

Bill Clinton Addresses Victims' Families on Eve of 9/11 Anniversary

War in Iraq: Bush Announces 8,000 Us Troops to Be Out of Iraq By February

Bush Urges Pakistan to 'take Responsibility' for Extremists

The Palin Effect: White Women Now Deserting Obama, Says Survey

McCAIN, BUSH, ROVE: Not a Penny's Worth of Difference

McCain and Palin Widen Key States Tour

US Election: Mccain and Palin Hit the Campaign Trail Together As Polls Show Republican Bounce

US Steps in to Rescue Failing Home Loan Giants

US Candidates Clash Over Palin's Politics and Experience

The Week Middle America Bit Back

Gadafy Gets His Reward With Historic Rice Visit

Barack Obama and John Mccain Begin the Battle for Women Voters

US Election: David Bossie's 'hype: The Barack Obama Effect' Aims to Portray the Democrat As an Extremist Radical

'This Person Loves Jesus'

Republican Convention: Mccain Falls Back on Biography As He Struggles to Connect With Republican Activists

US Election: Mccain Tries to Steal Message of Change From Obama, But Delivery Falls Flat

US Election: Let's Work Together to Fix America's Problems, Mccain Urges

US Election: Obama Tells O'reilly That Iraq Surge is Working During Interview on Murdoch's Fox News Network

Defiant Cheney Vows Georgia Will Join Nato

US Election: All Eyes on Battleground States As Mccain Hits the Road

Obama Campaign Perplexed Over How to Handle Palin

Obama Team's Discipline Hit By Surprise Pick

'She's Something Different - Out of the Box': Rising Star's Speech Fires Up Party Grassroots

Sarah Palin Seen As a Unifying Force for Republicans

Cheney Attacks 'illegitimate' Russian Invasion on Visit to Georgia

Focus On Iran 2

Dick Cheney Warns Russia Over Regional Bullying Tactics

US Election: Sarah Palin Storms Convention With Prime-time Speech

US Election: Wasilla Cheers Its Hometown Heroine - Sarah Palin

US Election: Sarah Palin Energises Republicans in Prime-time Debut

US Election: Mccain's Onetime Rivals Take the Stage in St Paul to Voice Their Support

Sarah Palin's Newsflash - Fighting Talk As Republican Makes Her Debut

Firewall Around Palin Ahead of Her Big Moment

DECONSTRUCTING SARAH PALIN: The Republican Wunderkind

Condoleezza Rice to Meet Gadafy As Reformed Libya Reaps Long-sought Reward

Obama Support Climbs to 50% in Poll

Republican Convention: How Mccain Plans to Pass the Vital Test

Locked Away Palin Rehearses Her Big Moment

Republicans Round on Critics to Protect Palin

John Mccain Arrives in Minnesota

Palin, With Her Meat Loaf and Rifles, Reminds Us That There Are Two Hopelessly Incompatible Americas

Republicans Rally Behind Sarah Palin Ahead of Her Convention Address

US Election: Republican Party is Pulled in Two Directions on First Full Convention Night

US Election: Republican Convention Gets Off the Ground With Addresses From Thompson, Lieberman and Bush

My Fellow Alaskans: Independent Views Hit Mccain's Running Mate

How Murdoch Called Obama-fox Truce

Republican Convention: Mccain Cuts Bush's Time in the Spotlight

US Election: Campaign Diary

US Elections: Fred Thompson to Lead Praise of John Mccain

Why 401(k) Retirement Plans Really Don't Work

US Elections: New Questions Over Mccain's Choice of Running Mate

US Election: Palin Under Intense Scrutiny Upon Acknowledging Teen Daughter's Pregnancy

US Election: Cindy Mccain and Laura Bush Call on Republicans to Donate to Gustav Victims

Missing Bounce Leaves Obama Close to Mccain

Brave Faces As Gustav Rains on Their Parade

Republican Convention: New Questions Over Mccain's Choice

Sarah Palin Confirms 17-year-old Daughter is Pregnant

The Joke That Should Have Sunk Mccain

Obama Fails to Get Post-convention Bounce

Republican Convention in Tatters As Bush Heads to Hurricane Zone

Hurricane Gustav: Republican Convention Thrown Into Chaos

OBAMA TO McCAIN: Hyperion to a Satyr

US Politics: Mccain Defends Running Mate's Experience

Republican Convention Thrown Into Chaos By Hurricane Gustav

Michelle Obama's Purple Reigns Supreme on the High Street