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Issues for Candidates

golref4wet — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 18:53:17 CDT

This page covers articles which seem to give equal time to issues and the candidates. Both Candidates -
Where they Stand - From Seattle Times June 3, 2008

On the Issues - a webpage which purports to identify every candidates' stand on every current issue.

Campaign Contributions - Obama's recent money plea.

Negative Ads

Obama Aired More Negative Ads Last Week

Campaign Finances

Follow the money - article discussing the strategies for raising money and the implications it has for the various races and possibly for the next two to four years.
Track the Flow of Campaign Contributions -- An interactive map showing contributions for all candidates and parties.

Terrorism

Is it War?

Flip-Flop

How do we define a political flip-flop?

2008 Presidential Candidates - from Zimbio.com. Provides links to many articles on the issues.

Education

Obama
Where do the Candidates stand?

Health Care

McCain
Obama

Energy

video from Obama http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bcl-rHPbRWo
Critical of McCain, Obama Quiet on Own Energy Vote

Abortion

Washington Post Editorial

Economy

Technology

Argument about McCain's position - 16 minute video about Net Neutrality and its importance.

FYS Research Home

golref4wet — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 06:49:48 CDT

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Archived link - Documents in the News - Elections 2008
The University of Michigan Government Documents Collection also has an archived link.
RealClearPolitics - provides polls and issues on both sides.
Speech Wars - Don't know where this goes. What do you think?
For good links to information go to Librarians Index to the Internet (http://www.lii.org)
The Council on Foreign Relations has links to resources which describe the impact of the 2008 election on foreign Relations

Television Coverage of political issues with the , most complete and nonpartisan, is at C-Span

For fun

golref4wet — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:14:37 CDT

Fictional Presidents and Campaigns.

Democrazy.net

Bias in the Media

golref4wet — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 10:27:21 CDT

Elements of a Political TV Ad - The site links to examples of real world ads to evaluate.
Media/Political Bias
How To Detect Bias in News Media

Are you Media Literate? Take the Media Literacy Quiz

Sites which check for bias

SourceWatch http://www.sourcewatch.com Secrecy News http://www.fas.org/sgp/news/secrecy/ Policy Archive http://www.policyarchive.org Politifact http://www.politifact.com FactCheck http://www.factcheck.org

Voting registration issues

golref4wet — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 12:23:27 CDT

Campus Vote Initiative Campus Compact has launched this initiative to encourage higher education instutitions to help educate and empower students and to make the process of staying engaged easier throughout the sometimes confusing election season.

National Absentee Ballot Forms

Voter Suppression Issues

Polls

golref4wet — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 16:43:18 CDT

PollyVote - a site which forecasts the election. Check out the research articles.
Rasmussen.com http://rasmussenreports.com/scoreboards/by_the_numbers2/by_the_numbers
Free links to some polling statistics on issues and voter preference. You can sign up for daily e-mail notices.

Campaign Coverage Index http://journalism.org/node/12200

Vice Presidents

golref4wet — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 09:07:29 CDT

Senator Joe Biden's Priorities

Issues

Governor Sarah Palin

Issues

Interview with Sarah Palin October 2007

Analysis is rife in the blogs. - This one debates the four issues Democrats are using to criticize Governor Palin
Dispelling Rumors in the Blogs -- This has many links to false rumors about Governor Palin

Sexism in the media - This is a blog.

Democratic Party

golref4wet — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 13:00:54 CDT

Campaign Website of Barack Obama

National Platform Document - Draft of the document.

Democratic National Convention

Republican Party

golref4wet — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 13:00:08 CDT

Is It War?

Campaign Website of John McCain
Voters split over McCain, Obama views on Iraq

Republican National Convention

Videos:
How To Speak Democrat

Other Third Party Candidates And Conventions

golref4wet — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 12:57:48 CDT

Green Party Here is listed the candidates, platforms, and various other issues related to this party.
Libertarian Party
Constitution Party
Comparison of Parties Interesting chart via Wikipedia.
Party for Socialism and Liberation
American Independent party
New American Independent Party
Socialist Party
Running as an Independent (no party) Ralph Nader

Sen. Barak Obama

golref4wet — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 12:50:51 CDT

6/26/08 articles as of 2:05 p.m. est (Google News) 3,846 .
Here are links to articles about Senator Obama. You decide the Bias.

Article	For	Against	Neutral
Barack's Resume Padding
Is Obama Teflon?
Brooks: The Two Obamas
Editorials on Barack Obama
The ACORN Obama Knows
Obama's Vision for Government Run Childhood
Barak Obama Breaks Promise
Audacity of Vanityhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/17/AR2008071701839.html
Obama Fatigue http://people-press.org/report/441/obama-fatigue			O
Obama Sounds Populist Themes

On the Issues

Senator John McCain

golref4wet — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 12:49:26 CDT

Article - You decide the stance of the article	For	Against	Neutral
Inside John McCain's Game Plan
John McCain's Gun Control Problem
McCain had 26.7 Million for campaign at end of June
Clinton Strategy Works for McCain

Article count:
June 25 - 835 articles reported on John McCain at 1:49p.m.
July 10- 129 articles reported on John McCain at 4:37 p.m.

On the Issues