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November 2, 2000) Florida tracking poll: Gore leads Bush by 12% NY Times ^ Posted on Saturday, October 25, 2008 1:08:54 PM by Chet 99 Mr. Gore's campaign is convinced that the argument -- along with his stands on Medicare and the environment -- is crucial to winning Florida's 25 electoral votes, and that those votes may determine the election. He returned here today with recent polls contradictory. One tracking poll conducted for Reuters and MSNBC shows Mr. Gore with a lead of 12 percentage points in the state. A Los Angeles Times poll taken from Oct. 27 through 29,...

With all the talk among the Democratic presidential hopefuls about change, they may wish to consider this as they wander Indiana: People here practically revolted a few years ago when their governor, Mitch Daniels, pushed to change to daylight saving time like most of the country.Change, it seems, may not carry quite the same political magic in this state as it has elsewhere. “We hold onto a lot of traditional values,” said Brian L. Thomas, 39, as he bought a cup of coffee along the courthouse square here on Wednesday. “Saying you’re ready to change is probably not the best...

Times have gotten hard for fat cat Democratic Party fixers these days. The cruel and cynical America that sends Michelle Obama retreating to her prosac, has decided to take a hard and vicious look at the finances of Senator Obama’s and Governor Blagojevich’s Magic Man, Tony Rezko. It turns out Tony lives the life of Rielly on the bankroll of Wat Tyler. ABC News has decided to experiment in the black art of journalism and dishes the sordid details.Accused Illinois fixer Antoin "Tony" Rezko is in debt by $50 million and relies on "family" handouts of $7,500 a month to...

Accused Illinois fixer Antoin "Tony" Rezko is in debt by $50 million and relies on "family" handouts of $7,500 a month to pay monthly costs, according to a previously sealed court transcript reviewed by ABC News. Rezko's bleak financial picture raises the question of how the Rezkos were able to buy a vacant lot adjoining the home of Sen. Barack Obama in 2005, at a time Rezko says he was already in deep debt. Rezko also reveals in the testimony, before Judge Amy St. Eve on Jan. 16, 2007, that he already knew he was under federal investigation at the...

Posted on Sun, Feb. 03, 2008 Clinton's '35 years of change' omits most of her career Matt Stearns | McClatchy Newspapers last updated: February 03, 2008 11:09:08 PM WASHINGTON — To hear Hillary Clinton talk, she's spent her entire career putting her Yale Law School degree to work for the common good. She routinely tells voters that she's "been working to bring positive change to people's lives for 35 years." She told a voter in New Hampshire: "I've spent so much of my life in the nonprofit sector." Speaking in South Carolina, Bill Clinton said his wife "could have taken...

PRIME Minister John Howard has received two standing ovations after telling Liberal Party faithful in Sydney that it's not time for a change in government. Mr Howard used his address to a Liberal Party federal council breakfast this morning to spell out the difference between the coalition and Labor on social, foreign and economic policy. With polls showing Labor heading for a landslide win over the 11-year-old government later this year, Mr Howard said Labor's main proposition was that it was time for a change. "Now let me say in reply to that that it is never time for a...

Look at the troposphere data from NASA's graph's of temperature over time, and see if you can confirm what I read from the numbers: The "0.0" reference point used for global warming claims is the early-mid 70's. Current temperatures are higher by about .8 degree C, but have been oscilating steadily without increasing or decreasing since that single peak of 1998-1999. Since 2000, there has been NO detectable global warming. None. Zero. A lot of hype, but nearly 1/10 century has gone by and temperatures have not changed. IF global warming (more specifically, man-caused global warming) does exist, or if...

Dec. 22, 2004 18:04 | Updated Dec. 22, 2004 18:38 FM Shalom: PA needs to back words with actions By JPOST.COM STAFF In an interview with Army Radio Wednesday evening, Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom said that despite positive rhetoric, the Palestinian Authority has as of yet done nothing to reduce terrorism. Although the late Yasser Arafat was replaced with an apparently more moderate leadership which has claimed willingness to return to the negotiating table, Shalom said that they are sending a positive message but will ultimately be tested by their actions, not by their words. "The attempts to harm us...