By: electionwatch (Diary)  |  July 23rd at 08:37 AM  | 

A new series of polls of presidential matchups between announced and potential Republican presidential candidates by Rasmussen shows that other candidates are showing momentum against Barack Obama besides former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, the frontrunner in the race currently. Romney beats Obama 43%-42% in the poll, and this win is probably because he is currently perceived as the frontrunner for the Republican nomination. Obama leads | Read More »

By: electionwatch (Diary)  |  July 22nd at 11:59 PM  | 

Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney has won a major straw poll in the state of Ohio: the Ohio Republican Party Straw Poll. This is a major step in Romney’s campaign to win the 2012 Republican nomination in a large delegate state like Ohio. In a poll released last week by Quinnipiac of the 2012 Republican field in Ohio, Romney leads 16%-15% against Former Alaska Governor Sarah | Read More »

By: electionwatch (Diary)  |  July 19th at 03:30 PM  | 

A Baltimore Mayoral candidate has decided to introduce a new tax to the voters of Baltimore: a “bullet tax.” According to Baltimore Mayoral candidate and former planning director of the city Otis Rolley, he would propose (if elected) a new $1-per-bullet tax on all bullets sold within the city. He says this will help decrease crime and increase the cost to commit a crime. He | Read More »

By: electionwatch (Diary)  |  July 12th at 07:22 PM  | 

Today is a little noticed state House special election in Arkansas in a traditionally blue district based in Crittenden County in the eastern portion of the state, where Arkansas meets borders Mississippi and Tennessee. It is in the suburbs of Memphis, which is why it is a traditionally blue district. The Democrats currently hold a 54-45 majority in the House, making it pretty close in | Read More »

By: electionwatch (Diary)  |  July 12th at 01:36 PM  | 

A frenzy of applause went around the sports world to Derek Jeter on Friday after he hit a home run off of David Price of the Tampa Bay Rays in the Yankees win. He became the second player ever to hit a home run for their three-thousandth hit, behind Wade Boggs, who hit his when he was with the Tampa Bay Rays in 1999. The | Read More »

By: electionwatch (Diary)  |  July 7th at 01:41 PM  | 

A big question on the minds of conservatives in the upcoming presidential election is who to support. We need to carefully examine each candidate so that we know their credentials and their views. We all want to know what wings of conservatism each presidential candidate belongs to and what views that they share with each wing.  All of these wings will support one or more candidates in the 2012 presidential election. | Read More »