Bob McCarty Writes

Hector Maldonado hasn’t gained much traction in his bid to win the Republican primary for U.S. Senate race in Missouri.  Recently, however, he did earned national headlines when he told a campaign crowd in Branson that he’s thinking about filing a lawsuit against Robin “Coakley” Carnahan, the lone Democrat in a contest littered with Republicans [...]

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During presidential campaigns, photographs of the candidates’ faces are everywhere.  Less often seen, however, are photographs of the candidates’ shoes.  That in mind, I decided to look back at the past five weeks of campaign photographs and found four photographs (below) that include images of what Democrat Barack Obama and Republicans John McCain and Sarah [...]

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Tuesday night’s election outcome in New Hampshire surprised many Americans, but it didn’t shock me one bit. Why? Because I’m one of those unseen individuals the polling firms should blame for the discrepancies between election-day forecasts and the results that followed the first-in-the-nation Democratic Primary. I’m a political opinion poll dancer. I should not be [...]

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In a post nearly two months ago, I introduced readers of this blog to Glassbooth, an online site described in that post’s headline: Sites Match Voters With Presidential Candidates. Now, it appears the site is going to be made available to DISH Network viewers through the launch of DISH Decision 2008. In a news release [...]

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Years ago, Hillary Clinton allegedly turned $1,000 into $100,000 in the cattle futures market. Today, however, the former first lady-turned U.S. senator-turned Democrat presidential candidate doesn’t seem so smart. According to the folks at The Politico, the Clinton Campaign has been handing out cards that encourage Iowa voters to caucus Jan. 14, 2008 — a [...]

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