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The Third Annual Latino Congresso started today at the Bonaventure Hotel.. John McCain and Barak Obama was originally listed as speaker, then "invited" and in the end their names were not on the final program at all. Spanish Media was there, as was KTLA and the Associated Press. The event opened with the leaders of the various groups outlining their agendas. The two main issues were Latino Voter Registration and Immigration. The have committed Five Million Dollars to getting Latinos registered to vote for the presidential election. The speakers seldom used the term "Latino" constantly referring to "our community, our...

The American Secret Society of Illegals (ASSI) will endorse a candidate for president this year. We believe it will be crucial to elect a president friendly to immigration "reform," i.e. We promise once again to halt illegal crossings if you extend amnesty to the 30 million illegals already here, after which, as in 1986, we'll flood across again. Sponsored by the American Secret Society of Illegals. Washington DC 20002 For latest news, advice and sales products for Illegals, VISIT: http://americansecretsocietyofillegals.blogspot.com/ ONLY ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS ARE ALLOWED TO VISIT THIS CLOSED SITE – NO AMERICANS PERMITTED!!!! The Dilemma - Barak or McCain?...

Poll: Congress got mad hate for ya votahs.Americans have one more thing to whine about. According to a recent Zigby poll, members of Congress have never had a lower opinion of the American people. The poll indicates that for the first time congressional opinion on the people they serve has fallen to single digits. A total of eight percent of Congress members say they have a "good opinion" of the American people. Only six percent of the members surveyed said they had a "great opinion" of their constituents. "This is historic," said Raymond Zigby, who runs Zigby polls and still...

Outlook The precarious state of the economy has eclipsed the presidential election as the principal topic of conversation among politicians in Washington. The shaky condition of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (see below) shows how far the subprime crisis goes with the danger of more banking failures threatening the whole economic structure.

Obama was famous in the Illinois Senate for avoiding tough votes by voting “present.” This tactic, of course, is the last refuge of linguini-spined, unprincipled politicians. His voting record is at Project Vote Smart, and you can search the database by issue to check particular votes. Check out how many "NV" (No Vote) entries there are, compared to the "Y" or "N" votes. Here's one sample page. If this guy worked for a private company he would have been fired long ago for not getting his lazy ass into work to do his job. Could it be that he was...

Soldiers stood directly behind Raddatz as she queried GI’s walking past. She asked 60 GI’s who they planned to vote for in November. 54 said John McCain, 4 for Obama, and 2 for Hillary. When the story ran, they didn't even mention the 54 that chose McCain.

If Ron Paul does not win the nomination in September who will you vote for? Barack Obama Bob Barr Chuck Baldwin John Mccain Ron Paul (WRITE IN) None of the above

In 1776, some wise and brave men decided they had had enough, drew up a list of grievances and submitted it to the world, "We Are Independent".Were you there?Was I?Wellll ... no ... we weren't, so none of us can truly internalize the results of that decision and stand.We read the history of men, families and lives broken or ended .... but .... we weren't there.Our nation has a history of dramatic participation in it's birth, developement and preservation.We have contributed to the planet, in such a short time, many inovated developements that bettered and advanced the lives of every...

Can I ask some freepers to please tell me what the average American thinks of Obama? I mean the guy in the cubicle next to you, or your neighbor whom you casually say hello to while he's watering the lawn etc..... I live in Israel now, so I don't really know what the good-ol Americans think. I guess it's fair to say that the black community is 95-99% Obama--but does anyone have any Hispanic or Oriental co-workers, neighbors, etc.. that have mentioned anything about their choice? Other than the blacks, hollywood loonies, muslims, and some bleeding hearts--Are people really fawning...

A list of reasons to vote against Barack Obama. The list will be updated throughout the campaign. Email it to undecided voters.

Why do people vote? Genetic variation in political participation A groundbreaking new study finds that genes significantly affect variation in voter turnout, shedding new light on the reasons why people vote and participate in the political system. The research, conducted by political scientists James H. Fowler, Christopher T. Dawes (of UC San Diego) and psychologist Laura A. Baker (of University of Southern California), appears in the May issue of the American Political Science Review, a journal of the American Political Science Association (APSA). "Although we are not the first to suggest a link between genes and political participation," note the...

In November 2004, Christian Wheeler stood in line at a local church and waited to cast his ballot in the US presidential election, which pitted President George W. Bush against the democratic candidate, John Kerry. As Wheeler waited, his thoughts began to wander. “I was thinking about the election and how Bush was highly affiliated with religion,” says Wheeler, “and it occurred to me that this church couldn’t possibly be a neutral location. This has to be affecting people’s thoughts.” So Wheeler, a professor of marketing at Stanford University in California, decided to study whether the location of a polling...

What do Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean and National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman John Ensign have in common? The answer is that both agree, at least for now, that the Democratic Party will increase its present 51-to-49 seat advantage in the U.S. Senate after elections this November. In back to back meetings hosted by the Christian Science Monitor in Washington last week, the chairman of the DNC and head of the campaign arm for Senate Republicans differed only in the number of seats they anticipated Democrats will have after the ’08 elections. Dean told a Monitor breakfast on Wednesday,...

It might not be perfect, but the manner in which the presidential candidates are chosen in the United States works. snip the $64 million question is staring everyone in the face: Where do Hillary Clinton’s supporters go from here? These are their choices: Support Barack Obama, the rival she ran such a ferocious campaign against; cross party lines and give their vote to Republican John McCain; or go for the unthinkable — abstain from voting. snip Even after Obama increased his Latino voter outreach, the numbers didn’t move his way. Major endorsements from high-profile Latino politicians such as Rep. Luis...

Irish voters struck a blow for democracy in Europe this week, stopping a power play by the Continent's political elites. On the ballot was the Lisbon Treaty, which European Union grandees in Brussels pitched as a tidying-up exercise to make the bloc's institutions work better. Most everyone else saw Lisbon for what it really was: An attempt to sneak through a dolled-up version of the failed "EU Constitution." That constitution was hailed as Europe's entrée to a U.S.-size presence on the world stage, complete with a nonelected president and a beefier defense and foreign policy. It was rejected by French...

Substantial election returns showed Friday that Ireland's voters have rejected the European Union reform treaty, a blueprint for modernizing the 27-nation bloc that cannot become law without Irish approval. Several senior Irish government figures conceded defeat for the treaty, which would be a major blow to the EU. An EU constitution failed after French and Dutch voters rejected it in 2005. Ireland was the only member that subjected its would-be successor, the Lisbon Treaty, to a national vote. The Irish constitution requires all EU treaties to be ratified by referendum. Justice Minister Dermot Ahern said he expected all other 26...

Where would we be without our constant daily reminders of the general stupidity ... occasional ignorance ... of American voters? I think you'll really enjoy this line. The question in the newspaper is: Should Congress Continue To Fund National Public Radio? Now .. click on the link and look at the citizen who responded to this question. http://sayanythingblog.com/entry/should_congress_continue_to_fund_national_public_radio/ The highly-intelligent and no-doubt Democrat stalwart Richard Guess said: "Congress should continue paying for it because if they don't, the taxpayers will end up paying for it." Just damn. Does the average voter in America actually believe that if Congress passes a...

OK, South Carolinians, we have waited eight long years for this day. It is now the time to 'term limit' Sen. Graham. Let's let him know we have seen his true colors and he can't fool us again. VOTE for the future of South Carolina AND the country. We can't wait for another eight years.

Zimbabwe: Robert Mugabe accused of using food as 'political weapon' By Peta Thornycroft in Harare and Christopher Munnion in Johannesburg Last Updated: 8:25PM BST 06/06/2008 Zimbabweans have been given the stark choice of eating or voting, as Robert Mugabe tightened his grip ahead of the final round of voting in presidential elections. The government has been accused of trying to become the sole distributor of food to help President Mugabe win the election The US ambassador to Harare, James McGee, said that President Mugabe was using food as a "political weapon", allowing members of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change...

THE LISBON Treaty could face a shock rejection with the No side now in the lead, according to the findings of the latest Irish Times /TNS mrbi poll. It will take an unprecedented swing in the last week of the campaign for the treaty to be carried. The poll shows the number of people intending to vote No has almost doubled to 35 per cent (up 17 points) since the last poll three weeks ago, while the number of the Yes side has declined to 30 per cent (down 5 points). The number of undecided voters is still a significant...

Malicious Legislation Watch Climate Security Act is about NeitherOnly US Senators would have the overbearing arrogance--think Al Gore--to think that they can vote to change climate. But the Senate votes tomorrow on a piece of Buffoonery called the Climate Security Act. Maybe the Senators attach a rider outlawing tornadoes and floods, while they're at it. Tomorrow's Senate vote, which will cost every American THOUSANDS of dollars more--while accomplishing NOTHING. Instead of filing this under "Legislative Mischief", this bill needs to go into the "Malicious Legislation" file. The Climate Security Act will affect neither climate nor security. It will, however, affect...

From Biofuels to Barack Hussein Obama By Rene Guerra Biofuels are creating a garden variety of problems worldwide. Read UN Food Summit Battles It Out On Biofuels by AP’s Ariel David.Unintended consequences? Or...intended? "Deepen, exacerbate existing contradictions [i.e., problems], and if they don't exist, create them or convincingly claim that they exist, and then deepen, exacerbate them...and, in the resulting chaos, blame our enemies." Vladimir I. Lenin Who is being blamed for the mess, which the leftist environmentalists started? The good old USA...of course! And who is blaming the USA? The Left...of course! David's article confirms it. By the way,...

Like many people I am very conflicted about casting my precious vote for Senator McCain this November. I want to suggest a way to send an irrefutable signal to him that we are voting for him as the least of the evils and NOT because we think he is the Conservative leader we had hoped for. I think that if Conservatives voted for him by using the Write-In vote as a signal that we demand that he adopt, and actively promote and defend CONSERVATIVE principles and our U.S. Constitution a very strong message would be sent loud and clear. It...

For those of you that enjoy a poll, this is a repeat of a morning poll. 68 people voted, I wanted to see how the afternoon crowd voted. Thanks for your indulgence.

For those of you that would like to participate in one of the first after the nomination polls.

PORT ST. LUCIE - Melissa Barton said she is considering legal action after her son's kindergarten teacher led his classmates to vote him out of class. After each classmate was allowed to say what they didn't like about Barton's 5-year-old son, Alex, his Morningside Elementary teacher Wendy Portillo said they were going to take a vote, Barton said. By a 14 to 2 margin, the students voted Alex -- who is in the process of being diagnosed with autism -- out of the class. Melissa Barton filed a complaint with Morningside's school resource officer, who investigated the matter, Port St....

The government of the Netherlands has banned electronic voting machines from future elections because of a risk of eavesdropping. The nation will return to paper voting. "Research indicates that a secure voting machine that is immune to the risks of eavesdropping can't be guaranteed. Developing new equipment furthermore requires a large investment, both financially and in terms of organization. The administration judges that this offers insufficient added value over voting by paper and pencil," the Ministry of Internal Affairs said Friday evening. In its decision, the government also banned so-called voting printers. Because they leave a paper trail, the printers...

Vote Tallies1935 Social Security Act Proposal Introduced in Congress Shortly after the 74th Congress convened in January 1935, President Roosevelt sent his "Economic Security Bill" to Capitol Hill. The Administration proposal was transmitted to the Congress on January 17, 1935 and it was introduced that same day in the Senate by Senator Robert Wagner (D-NY) and in the House by Congressman Robert Doughton (D-NC) and David Lewis (D-MD). The bill was referred to Senate Finance Committee and the House Ways & Means Committee. Hearings The House Ways & Means Committee held hearings on the bill from January 21, 1935 through...

Republicans had lined up in the past to hold a vote open in protest, and Hoyer did not want to keep members on the floor any later than necessary, because most were rushing to the airport for flights home. Blunt told his counterpart that most Republicans wouldn’t be changing their votes at all. The final result: The amendment authorizing money to fund both wars died on the House floor. The vote was 141-149, with 132 Republicans voting present and most Democrats voting against it. The Senate is expected to add the money back to the package this week, but the...

GOP leaders are showing signs of panic after the Republican Party lost three straight House seats in what should have been safe territory. Scandal, campaign financing barriers and a mixed message have left the party waiting for the other shoe to drop.

In the threadbare border towns of South Texas, one of the country’s poorest regions, enterprising locals like Candelaria Espinoza have long been paid to round up votes for candidates on Election Day. There is even a name for these electoral soldiers of fortune: politiqueras. So when Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton’s presidential campaign arrived in South Texas in February seeking an edge in its uphill battle against Senator Barack Obama, Ms. Espinoza was happy to oblige, for a price. The campaign paid her and seven other members of her family $100 to $200 each to knock on doors, deliver fliers and...

Did Republican presidential candidate John McCain vote for President George W. Bush in 2000? Liberal Internet blogger Arianna Huffington says McCain told her he did not. But the Arizona senator says he did vote for Bush, a fellow Republican, in 2000 and campaigned for him all over the country after his own attempt to win the party's nomination failed. The claims and counterclaims may provide an entertaining distraction from the day-to-day battle for votes for this November's presidential election, when McCain will face one of two Democratic contenders, Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton. But Huffington said in an interview the...

Barak Obama and his people should be happy about the headline attached to the new Gallup analysis: Obama Beats McCain Among Jewish Voters. But truly, that is a misleading headline. Even in his wildest dreams no McCain activist was hoping that his candidate will beat Obama fair and square among Jewish voters. American Jews are liberal Democrats. A Democratic nominee cannot conceivably lose most of the Jewish votes. In their dreams, the McCain people hope that their candidate will be able to pull out the almost 40% Ronald Reagan got from Jews back in 1980. "Barack Obama is faring better...

Online vote (non scientific) of whether public tax funding of PBS should be continued. http://www.parade.com/articles/editions/2008/edition_05-04-2008/Intelligence_Report

The Supreme Court gives us more good news this morning: Indiana's voter ID law has been upheld. Half of the states have passed similar laws. The race-mongers and open borders lobby will be in an uproar. CQ summarizes:

Though it is true that Jesus did not tell the Disciples how to vote, He certainly did instruct them on how to live. Why is it that whenever the issue of voting is raised, red flags are raised with some people?

OC Order: Don't Vote Early in NCApril 17, 2008 BEGIN TRANSCRIPT There's a directive from headquarters for those of you in North Carolina. Early voting in North Carolina for the primary there on May 6th starts today. Early voting, North Carolina, starts today. I am asking, I am commanding all Operation Chaos operatives in North Carolina, do not vote early. This primary is too volatile. There's too much effervescence going on here. This campaign could change on a dime. You vote now instead of on Election Day on the 6th, your vote might not count. Hold your fire. You got...

I am looking for help/source material for demonstrating the imapact of illegal alien voting in Oregon. As you may know, Oregon has given driver licenses to illegals, and has encouraged them to register to vote while getting their license. I need some cold facts about illegal immigrant voting in Oregon, please. Thanks!

ABC White House reporter Martha Raddatz, formerly that network's Pentagon correspondent, is clueless when it comes to federal law regarding U.S. military personnel and what they can and cannot say publicly about their politics, bloggers Richard Gardner and James Joyner argue in an April 8 post at Outside the Beltway. Gardner was prompted to flesh out his strongly-worded complaint by an April 7 Raddatz article at ABCNews.com entitled "Surprising Political Endorsements By U.S. Troops.": "Why not 'Government Employees Cannot Participate in Partisan Political Activity'? Or how about government employees are not allowed to state who they support politically? How about...

We were baptized into the Body of the Resurrected Jesus Christ, the Church, and no matter what our state in life, we are invited to participate in her missionary activity. That mission includes Political participation.

Vote Fraud and How to Combat It Introduction I have been involved in campaigns and volunteering at the polls since 1994. In every election where I have been involved there was evidence of vote fraud. Based on personal experience I estimate that in important national elections up to 10% of all votes cast are fraudulent. Did you notice how polls that favor Republicans to win on Election Day are almost always off by a significant amount when the votes are counted? Have you noticed how Philadelphia turns in more ballots than the number of adults in the city? Who are...

"We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately". - Benjamin Franklin "Whether Soldier, Sailor, Airman, or Marine, we all shared a common goal in Iraq: victory. As Republican candidates for Congress we share a vision for America's future, her security, and that of future generations. We are unified in our commitment to relieve the Democrats of their command of Congress. Voters want to restore leadership and honor back to Washington. Who better to accomplish that mission than our generation of warriors? All veterans whose service to the United States brought them first to Iraq and now...

It’s unfortunate that young Americans, ages 18-29, are the least likely to vote, despite the fact that their lives are affected the longest by the decisions of elected officials. One 18-year-old is trying to change that by encouraging students to find their voices in a way that appeals to them, and that works. It all began when Michael Gershoni, a high school senior at David Posnack High School in Plantation, FL, noticed that less than a handful of students in his class were registered to vote. To encourage his peers to get involved and stay informed, the teen decided to...

TEHRAN, Iran - Conservative opponents of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad made a strong showing in Iran's parliamentary elections, according to partial results Saturday. The split could mean frictions between the president and former supporters disillusioned by his fiery, populist rule. Reformists, meanwhile, claimed to have made better than expected gains even though most of their candidates were thrown out of the race by Iran's clerical leadership. If reformists succeed in expanding the largely muted bloc of around 40 lawmakers they had in the outgoing parliament, it would be a blow to hard-line attempts to bury the movement, which calls for reducing...

Democratic stew nearing boil in Fla., Mich.By Michael Luo and John M. Broder New York Times Article Launched: 03/15/2008 01:31:09 AM PDT Democrats in Michigan and Florida struggled Friday to resolve the impasse over the disputed January primaries, coming up with a plan to hold a June primary in Michigan while remaining deadlocked in Florida. Reflecting how pressurized the situation has become, influential fundraisers for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton have stepped up their behind-the-scenes pressure on national party leaders to resolve the situation, with some even threatening to withhold their donations to the national party unless it seats the delegates...

No ‘deal’ on FloridaBy The Hill Staff Posted: 03/13/08 06:58 PM [ET] The Florida Democratic Party floated a new proposal for getting the state’s delegates seated at this summer’s convention in Denver, but few involved think a resolution is near. A memo from Florida Democratic Party Chairwoman Karen Thurman suggests a mail-in re-vote coupled with limited in-person voting precincts. Thurman sent the memo to Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chairman Howard Dean, members of Florida’s congressional delegation and representatives of the campaigns of Sens. Barack Obama (Ill.) and Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.) The state party also opened a spot on its...

In an episode of the sitcom, Will and Grace, the two end up as political adversaries when they back opposing candidates in a mayoral election.   Political naïveté finds Will backing a city-council candidate because he's gay, and Grace behind another because she's a Jewish woman.   To settle matters, the roomies host fund-raisers attended simultaneously by both aspirants.    After listening to each respective candidates stump speech, turns out one's cruel and heartless and the other's a racist.   Becoming disillusioned, they both decided not to vote at all.   But when Jack asks, "So, did you vote?"   Will answers, "We don't...

The Democrats held the vote open after they had lost. They strongarmed three Democrats, apparently, to change their vote to help create an extra layer of bureaucracy. Matt Blunt and other Republicans are yelling "Parliamentary Inquiry!" Republicans are asking why the Democrats changed the rule and then did NOT follow the rule

A lawsuit filed Thursday in a New York federal court by Latino immigrants seeks to force immigration authorities to complete hundreds of thousands of stalled naturalization petitions in time for the new citizens to vote in November. (snip) The class action suit was brought by the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund on behalf of legal Hispanic immigrants in the New York City area who are eager to vote... (snip) “It is astonishing the government should be so unresponsive to immigrants who have enthusiastically taken all the steps to become Americans,” said Janet Murguía, president of the National Council...

I am going to need a list of every FReeper who advocated keeping Mrs. Clinton in this race, so I can send each and every one and insulting FReep Mail on the day of her Inaugeration. Now, I could painstakingly sift through posts, starting with last night's Live Thread, of you could all just save me a lot of time and effort and self-identify on this thread. Come on, own up! You thought this was a good idea 24 hours ago, right?