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Nov. 28, 2011 1 Comment
Barney Frank, one of the first openly-gay politicians and one of Massachusetts’ most well-known politicians, announced he would not seek re-election. Frank, who has usually coasted to re-election, has come under fire as chair of the House Banking Committee given the current state of the economy. Massachusetts Republicans were quick to comment on his decision [...]
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Parliamentary elections in Afghanistan will go ahead tomorrow, marred by allegations of fraud and tampering against election candidates, and, most recently, by the kidnapping of a candidate and 18 election workers by Taliban members. Earlier this week printers in Peshawar claimed they were told by Afghan election candidates to produce and laminate fake voter cards [...]
Oct. 26, 2009 Leave a Comment
If your country went through an outrageously corrupt election that was exposed by an “impartial” governing body, you’d think as president you’d have the balls to sack the chief of your electoral commission, especially after agreeing to a run-off election with your main opponent.
Oct. 8, 2009 Leave a Comment
State officials, high school students and advocates for new voting laws in Massachusetts urged the state Election Laws Committee to consider a bill that would change the landscape of voter registration for teenagers under the age of 18, yesterday at the State House. As part of the Massachusetts Freedom to Vote Act, the proposed measure [...]
Aug. 20, 2009 1 Comment
As ballots are counted in Afghanistan, reports have surfaced, despite the media blackout, that at least 27 people, including nine civilians, have been killed across the country in a slew of attacks on voting day, according to Global Post.
Aug. 18, 2009 Leave a Comment
A few weeks ago it seemed like Afghanistan’s main candidates for president, the incumbent Hamid Karzai and his former foreign minister Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, were locked in a dead heat, running side by side toward that coveted post; to govern a country rocked by economic troubles and war.
July 7, 2009 Leave a Comment
So it was back to square one, and now 30 years later, a revolution is brewing again. But this time, more work needs to be done behind the scenes. The people will fight, but religious leaders and Hashemi Rafsanjani need to challenge the legitimacy of this government before it gets out of hand.
June 14, 2009 Leave a Comment
In the video, Ahmadinejad compares the rioting to misplaced passion by fans of the losing team after a soccer match. Degrading.
June 13, 2009 1 Comment
“I personally strongly protest the many obvious violations and I’m warning I will not surrender to this dangerous charade,” said Mousavi, according to Reuters.
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According to CBS and Fox News, West Virginia and Arkansas are going McCain’s way.‚ Alabama and Georgia have also been called for McCain by Fox News. No surprise, McCain headed into tonight with a seven point lead in Arkansas and an 11 point lead in West Virginia.‚ He also had an over 20 point lead [...]
Nov. 4, 2008 1 Comment
Pennsylvania and New Hampshire have been called for Sen. Barack Obama, by NBC News and other media outlets. Losing Pennsylvania is a huge negative for the McCain camp, he hoped to carry that state.‚ He has spent a lot of time there recently and his advisors said he’d made a lot of ground. He really [...]
Nov. 4, 2008 Leave a Comment
New England’s lone republican congressman may be in a heap of trouble tonight. Chris Shays, 63, a veteran Fairfield County Republican is facing down the younger James Himes, 42, a feisty Democrat who may ride the Democratic tidal wave to Washington tonight. The early buzz coming out of Connecticut is that Shays has the fight [...]
Nov. 4, 2008 Leave a Comment
Barack Obama will win tonight with at least 53 percent of the popular vote, making him the first Democrat since Jimmy Carter in 1976 to win a majority. Here are all of the polls released yesterday, the last day that the major polling firms collected data. Obama’s aggragate average is approaching 52%, but I believe [...]
Nov. 4, 2008 Leave a Comment
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Just a day before the election, Sen. Barack Obama’s grandmother, a woman whom he says taught him “accountability and self-reliance,” has died of cancer.
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