The Best Democracy Money Can Buy Dem. Sen. Barack Obama is the most successful fund-raiser in the history of American politics; this allowed him to spend more in the last two weeks of September alone than Rep. Sen. John McCain’s...
Israel heads for early elections Israel is heading for elections early next year after Tzipi Livni, leader of the ruling Kadima party, conceded at the weekend that she did not have sufficient support from other parties to support...
Israeli election seen after Livni calls off talks The decision by Livni, the designated successor to scandal-hit outgoing Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, means an election is likely in late January or February. The next parliamentary poll had been...
Waiting for the Election WAIT UNTIL THEY’RE DONE – Some issues -- like Iran, Lebanon, Hezbollah, Iraq and Syria -- won’t be discussed until the candidates are done campaigning, given their obligatory pro-Israeli tilt. After...
AP presidential poll: Race tightens in final weeks The presidential race tightened after the final debate, with John McCain gaining among whites and people earning less than $50,000, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll that shows McCain and...
Palin exuberant about VP duties US Republican contender John McCain's running mate Sarah Palin suggests that the Vice President is 'in charge of the United States Senate.'
Ministry suspends MCCI election The MCCI said voting took place till late yesterday before the suspension was announced. The results of the elections was to be announced yesterday after voting had been completed. But before that...
The Barack backlash America may desperately desire to close the book on the Bush presidency. Yet there is, as of now, no hard evidence it has embraced Obama, his ideology, or agenda. Indeed, his campaign testifies, by...
US blowback in Iran's elections For this Iranian presidential election the landscape is unique. Three factors dominate. First, Iran has moved ahead with its nuclear enrichment program despite drawing several rounds of United...
Aliyev 'wins Azerbaijan elections' The ruling Azerbaijan party has claimed victory for incumbent President Ilham Aliyev in an election that was boycotted by the opposition.
Canada's Conservative Party 'wins' re-election Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, the first major world leader to face voters since the global financial meltdown, led his Conservative Party to victory in Tuesday's election but was forecast...
Tymoshenko says no to Ukraine elections Ukraine's premier challenges President Viktor Yushchenko's decree and says parliamentary elections will not be held as announced.
Iraq passes poll law, vote expected before Jan. 31 Iraq’s parliament passed a provincial elections law Wednesday after months of arguing between Arabs and Kurds, and called for the vote to be held before Jan. 31 next year, legislators said.
Slovenia's opposition wins elections Slovenia's opposition has defeated the ruling center-right conservative party of Prime Minister Janez Jansa in the parliamentary elections.
Death Becomes Her: Let’s Make Her Our President Sarah Palin is the person we need (and deserve) to lead us on our incessant quest for global hegemony and in our ongoing orgiastic gang rape of the Earth. A former beauty pageant contestant noted for...
The American Election: What Is Not Being Said As US presidential elections near, most Americans are ill-informed and distracted from urgent problems confronting the US and the world. Republican presidential candidate John McCain and his running...
Obama chided for 'pig in lipstick' remark Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama has caused a stir after he implied that Governor Sarah Palin is a 'pig in lipstick'.
Zardari sworn in as Pakistan president Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of the slain former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, has been sworn in as Pakistan's new president.
Japan ruling party executive keen for November... Former foreign minister Taro Aso, the frontrunner, could face up to six rivals in the party leadership race, which is shaping up as a debate over how to balance the need to stimulate Japan’s...
McCain thrashes Obama in new poll McCain's supporters at Republican National Convention.
US Democrat Presidential candidate Barack Obama has slumped in the polls behind his rival John McCain, a new Gallup survey reveals.
