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McCain cutting into Obama numbers
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Thursday 21st August, 2008
John McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee, has dramatically sliced into Democratic rival Barack Obama's lead in most nationwide polls, bringing the presidential race to a dead heat.
An average of national polls showed Obama clinging to a 1.2 percent lead, a statistical tie.
It is the closest margin in months and just days ahead of the Democratic convention in Denver, Colorado.
The analysis has also shown that McCain has taken the lead in the electoral college, the state-by-state breakdown that ultimately determines the winner of a presidential election.
The analysis included polling in 'toss up' states that can quickly swing the election, but for the time being gave McCain a slight 274-to-264 lead in the electoral count.
McCain's jump on the Illinois senator came on Wednesday, while Obama was taking a break from the campaign trail and vacationing in Hawaii.
The conflict between Georgia and Russia that erupted Aug 7th may have also been a factor.
McCain made several tough statements criticizing Russia, a move that further strengthened voters' perceptions that he is more experienced and capable when it comes to foreign policy.
McCain, 71, has also hammered Obama, 47, for his hardline stance against offshore oil drilling, with the Arizona senator striking a chord with voters unhappy about high petrol prices.
McCain's attacks forced Obama to shift his position and back limited offshore drilling as part of his comprehensive plan to address the energy crisis.
But Obama can expect a boost in the coming days when he announces his vice presidential candidate and accepts the Democratic nomination Aug 28th.
Historically, presidential candidates experience a 5-percent jump after the conventions.
Obama's, however, could be short-lived because the Republicans begin their gathering Sep 1st in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Media attention has begun to focus on the vice presidential picks.
Obama is expected to announce his running mate Saturday in Springfield, Illinois, where he declared his candidacy.
The Obama campaign has been carefully vetting the short list believed to include Delaware senator Joseph Biden, the 66-year-old chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Biden's experience on foreign policy could help Obama close the gap with McCain on the issue.
Other candidates include: Evan Bayh, 52, a popular senator and former governor of Indiana, Bill Richardson, 60, the governor of New Mexico and Tim Kaine, 50, the governor of Virginia.
Hillary Clinton's name has also been thrown around, but Obama's chief rival for the Democratic presidential nomination is not considered a likely choice.
McCain is believed to be considering Mitt Romney, the 61-year old former governor of Massachusetts who could help garner support for conservative Republicans sceptical of McCain.
Other possible candidates are former Pennsylvania governor Tom Ridge, 62, and Connecticut senator Joseph Lieberman, 66. Lieberman, once a Democrat and now an independent, openly supports McCain and the Republicans on most foreign policy issues
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08-21-08, 09:08 AM |
McCain cutting into Obama numbers
Remember the bush vs gore election, Where bill clinton said elect gore and continue to invest the savings being made in budget Reductions would set the US Peoples ON THE BEST PATH?
We now know he was correct, because lil bush not only wasted Our Futures his ganf stole most of it!
Remember how lil bush soon made an enemy of Venezuela?
Well, compare how the 'LEADERSHIPS' have performed, and ask yourself what’s your direction?
An recent article on Venezuela’s Direction:
Venezuelan Economy Grows 7.1% in 19th Consecutive Quarter of Growth
August 20th 2008, by Tamara Pearson - Venezuelanalysis.com
Mérida, August 20, 2008 (venezuelanalysis.com) — Reflecting the increase in living standards and national production sovereignty, Venezuelaâs gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 7.1% in the second quarter of 2008, relative to the same quarter in the previous year.
This growth is significantly higher than the 4.9% experienced in the first quarter of the year. It means an overall growth of 6.0% for the first half of the year.
The total demand for goods and services (domestic aggregate demand) also grew, driven by the revival of gross fixed investment.
This year in particular the government has focused on achieving economic sovereignty, which involves producing and processing products in Venezuela, rather than importing them. Investment in construction grew by 13.5% and in machinery and equipment by 4.4%.
The economic growth was sustained as much in oil related activity as in non-oil related activity, with the latterâs growth at 7.8%.
The favourable result of oil activity in the second quarter resulted mainly from the growth of production of crude oil, by both state and mixed companies, with an overall increase in the amount of external sales.
The main non-oil activities that contributed to the growth of Gross Value Added (GVA) (where goods and services obtain extra value in the productive process) were communications (24.6%), construction (11.7%), community, social and personal services (9.4%), business (8.9%), transport services (6.5%), manufacturing industry (4.5%) and the agricultural sector (3.9%).
Such results were principally brought about by higher demand, as much by spending on consumption as by investment and favored by the implementation of the plan of public and private investment, the continuation of the revival of family earnings, the higher level of employment and the consolidation of the governmentâs social programs at a national level.
The private manufacturing industry continued its pattern of expansion for the 19 consecutive quarters. This sectorâs growth by 4.6% was fundamentally determined by growth in the manufacture of clothing (21%), paper (19.4%), non-metallic minerals (8.9%), wood products (8.1%), food, drinks and tobacco (7.1%), rubber and plastic manufacture (5.6%), printing and publishing (4.8%) and manufacture of chemical products and substances (1.4%).
The food industry continued to make significant progress in meeting the growth in demand, especially with the production of fats and oils (10.8%), bread products (10.1%), and the production, processing and preservation of meats and their derivatives (8.8%).
Construction activity registered a rebound in the second quarter, showing an increase of 11.7%, which was derived from an increase of 1.5% in the public sector and 23.2% in the private sector. Public sector growth was driven by the corresponding growth in the oil companies.
Private sector growth can be attributed to the housing industry, which grew by 18.8% and to non-residential construction (23.3%).
Owing to increased social investment, government sectors have also shown some economic growth (4.5%), with teaching and education growing by 4.8% and health by 1.6%.
Commercial activity grew by 8.9%, mainly as a result of the increase in the supply of tradable goods- both of national origin, and imported.
The volume of exports increased by 3.3%, with non-oil exports at US$1.6 billion, a decrease of 5.8% compared to the second quarter of last year, owing to less sales of the key products, such as common metals and auto vehicles.
Imports of goods increased by 10.8%, with an expenditure of US$11 billion. Main imports included medicine and pharmaceuticals, chemical substances, machines and equipment, oil, fats, meat, milk, cereal, and mobile phones.
Total assets increased in both the public and private sectors.
Public sector assets registered an increase of 38.4%, mainly owing to the amount of government deposits in Fonden (National Development Fund) and the joint China-Venezuela Fund, as well as the increase in outstanding receivable bills from the oil industry.
In the private sector, assets increased by 22.2%, which mainly comes from deposits in foreign banks and from an increased availability of foreign exchange through the issue of government bonds in foreign currency.
Other notable economic changes include the shift of employment from the informal to the formal sector, going from an almost even 50/50% in July 2004, to 57.5% in the formal sector and the remaining in the informal sector, in July 2008.
Inflation in 2008 has been significantly higher than last year (32.2% up from 22.5%), but the average under Chavez (20.9%) is still significantly lower than the previous two presidents (59.4% and 45.3% respectively).
Food scarcity in July dropped to 12.1%, down from a short-term peak of 24.7% in January of this year.
Public debt as a percentage of GDP fell to 19.3% in 2007, from 38.4 in 2004 and 45.9% in 1996.
It is worth noting that this growth comes during a time of international economic volatility. In comparison, United Statesâ 2007 GDP growth was 2.2%, Canadaâs was 2.7% and Colombiaâs, 6.5%. In 2007, Venezuelaâs GDP grew by 8.3%.
Other countries, notably many from Africa, experienced quite high GDP growth. However because GDP is a total figure, it obscures inequalities.
In a graduation ceremony of the Cultural Mision, Chavez argued that a cultural revolution must accompany this well being of the country.
âFascism is defeated with consciousness and consciousness is achieved with culture and knowledge,â he said.
Printed: August 21st 2008, http://www.venezuelanalysis.com/news/3735
License: Published under a Creative Commons license (by-nc-nd). See creativecommons.org for more information.
Will either gang attempt to redirect the US 'POLICY'? Hell NO!
We can hear obama, and we can look forward to people gains if there is enough left over, but the people first? noway! McCain has 'no bones', and simply slimes his way around!
McCain has one promise, only four years are his likely term, versus eight obama years.
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SuzyQ
08-22-08, 12:11 AM |
obama numbers
Obama does have trouble with numbers, after all, he says there are 57 states in the USA.
When is the fact that William Ayres, a known terrorist, paid $25,000 for Obama to learn from Alinsky? From an article by Sandy Rios a radio commentator. What will he want in return?
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Anonymous
08-21-08, 11:08 AM |
McCAIN's GOOD LUCK GOLD COIN "888" selling like hot cake.
This year of 2008, the U.S. Gold Coin “888” selling like HOT CAKE. No doubt about the 2009 JOHN McCAIN administration can appoint a Conservative JACK KEMP to serve as Secretary of Commerce (or perhaps Secretary of Treasury), a Conservative graduated from Southern California’s Pepperdine University who surely knows how to bite a real Gold in his mouth. Next year to fulfill the “I.O.U.S.A." program, the 2009 McCAIN administration will pawn more our US yellow Gold Bars, no doubt about the US Federal Reserve can expand to mint more pure yellow US-GOLD-US-minted “Muslim Gold Dinar” to trade in Malaysia’s Muslim Securities Trading Center to profit more US revenue to pay for our U.S. national debt and federal budget. A question we like to ask the Saudi Arabia whether the Muslims can have pure “Muslim Platinum Dinar”, because pure Platinum is more valuable expensive which is Asians' most favour, we are sure can sell well, but is Platinum allowed to Muslims ? That’s a question.
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Anonymous
08-21-08, 11:39 AM |
Here's A Heart of (I) Sen. JOSEPH LIEBERMAN is McCAIN's running-mate.
If Here’s A Heart of (I) Sen. Joseph Lieberman is chosen to be the 2008 Presidential Hopeful JOHN McCAIN’s running-mate; then a Conservative DAN QUAYLE, who’s now teaching MBA will be appointed to serve as 2009 McCAIN administration’s Secretary of State. If (I) Sen. Joseph Lieberman is 2009 US Vice President, Here’s A Heart to Actor Tom Cruise and Film Director Cliff Eastwood to make an Oscar classic movie titled “Here’s A Heart To South Pacific’s Tanna, Vanuatu” to remember a WWII’s American G.I. JOHN FRUM’s story. Actor Tom Cruise will play G.I. John Frum who had promised he will return to Tanna, Vanuatu someday; perhaps Maggie Q may get a role to play ...
Here’s A Heart to McCAIN & Lieberman: “GOD BLESS AMERICA”.
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Anonymous
08-21-08, 03:59 PM |
Russian Scare !!!
Mc Cain will be most effective with
Russia !! Mc Cain looking into V. Putin’s
eyes saw KGB !! MC Cain knows all to well
how communists treat people. Mc Cain will
be Russia’s NIGHTMARE !!! I was going to
vote for Obma. After the Current Russian
Adventure, I must vote for Mc Cain !!
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