The 2008 US Presidential Election is quickly approaching and the race to lead the country is being lead by Republican & Democratic Candidates - Hillary Rodham Clinton, John Edwards, Mike Gravel, Dennis Kucinich, Barack Obama, Rudy Giuliani, Mike Huckabee, Duncan Hunter, Alan Keyes, John McCain, Ron Paul, Mitt Romney and Fred Thompson. Who will you vote for a at the polls to be your next US President?
Stay updated with all the 08 Presidential Election news and the political topics fueling the our nations vote.
NBC: Obama to nominate Clinton for State
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:51:51 GMT
Transition and Democratic officials say the? junior senator from New York will be nominated for secretary of state sometime after Thanksgiving, barring unforeseen issues.
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Gov't: AG gets clean bill of health after collapse
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:04:50 GMT
The attorney general? was given "a clean bill of health" and hoped to check out of the hospital after extensive medical tests following his collapse, the Justice Department said Friday.
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Bush signs bill providing extra jobless benefits
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:48:40 GMT
President George W. Bush on Friday ensured that millions of laid-off workers will keep getting their unemployment checks as the year-end holidays approach.
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Turkeys killed as Palin addresses media
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:16:41 GMT
Gov. Sarah Palin has granted the traditional Thanksgiving pardon to one lucky turkey, but the video that shocked some viewers captured what was happening in the background.
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Bush to promote action plan to deal with crisis
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:56:00 GMT
Struggling to get ahead of a global financial crisis, the president hopes to win more converts at a summit in Peru for a plan aimed at showing governments have the will and means to halt the turmoil.
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Newsweek: How will Alaska remember Ted Stevens?
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:59:57 GMT
Despite his conviction for violating federal ethics laws, Sen. Ted Stevens may be best remembered by Alaskans for helping secure an endless stream of federal dollars for the state he helped found.
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Obama team springs leaks
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:15:05 GMT
Barack Obama was famously able to impose discipline and control over his presidential campaign, but it didn't take long for him to discover that running a transition is something quite different.
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NYT: Obama fund-raiser quells Cabinet rumors
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:14:43 GMT
NYT: The business holdings and connections that made Penny Pritzker a key to the Obama presidential campaign?s fundraising may have kept her from a job as commerce secretary.
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Phone workers peek at Obama's cell records
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:36:06 GMT
Verizon employees snuck a peek at President-elect Barack Obama's old cell phone records and will be reprimanded accordingly, the company said late Thursday.
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Why Democrats gave Big Three a reprieve
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:49:06 GMT
A look at the political reasoning behind the decision by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to give the Big Three auto makers another shot at a $25 billion loan.
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Obama team gets 200,000 resumes, and counting
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:55:51 GMT
An Obama transition official has told NBC News that they've received more than 200,000 work applications through the official transition web site.
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Napolitano eyed for Homeland Security
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:42:23 GMT
An early Barack Obama supporter from the southwestern part of the country, the former Arizona attorney general is a leading contender for the job of secretary of homeland security.
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Bum nominations hard to avoid, history shows
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:36:26 GMT
No matter how careful he is, sooner or later President-elect Barack Obama is likely to make a bum nomination or two.
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Emanuel: Got ideas? Call my cell
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:56:12 GMT
Incoming White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, on Capitol Hill today to meet with House and Senate Republicans, says that the lines of communication will run across the aisle in an Obama administration.
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Dems demand business plan from Big Three
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:09:10 GMT
Democratic leaders in Congress decided to delay a vote to bail out automakers until December and will first demand the Big Three show how the funds would transform the industry.
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The 2008 Presidential Primary election is February 5, 2008. To vote in the primary election you must belong to a political party and vote for the party you belong to. In order to change your party affiliation for the February 5th primary election the form had to have been done prior to October 31, 2007. The election is scheduled to be held on November 4, 2008.
The candidate that receives a majority of votes for president will be the president-elect of the United States; 270 votes are needed for a majority. If no presidential candidate receives a majority in the Electoral College, then the president-elect will be selected by a vote of the House of Representatives, with each state receiving a single vote. The president-elect is scheduled to be inaugurated on January 20, 2009.
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