Barack Obama - the Democratic presidential candidate - has promised to aid Afghanistan in the talks with their Western-backed leader and to continue with the war on terror “with vigor” if he is elected. During the second day of the international tour Obama and other U.S. senators talked for two hours with President Hamid Karzai in the capital of Afghan.
Barack Obama told voters on Saturday that he will be pushing for a more aggressive economic agenda if he wins the presidency by raising taxes on the wealthy, lowering taxes for the middle class, and putting money into “green energy” and making sure that more employees will be given retirement saving plans.
While many of the presidential candidates are stressing and drawing up ideas on who could be their Vice President Senator John McCain says that it is no problem for him. All he needs to do is Google the question and he’ll find his answer.
John McCain joked this week that he could use the popular search engine – Google – to investigate and find him a Vice President. “You know, basically it’s a Google,” he said to laughter at a fund-raising luncheon when asked how the selection process was going. “What you can find out now on the Internet — it’s remarkable.”
Senator Hilary Clinton has finally made the decision to end her presidential bid this weekend while in Washington, D.C. Surrounding her were her faithful supporters who were less than happy and also a bit angry by the look of their faces. She became famous as being the nation’s first woman to run for presidential nominee and now it is over.
There are only two Democratic primaries left and Senator Barack Obama is ready and prepared for the final part of the race. Clinton on the other hand is determining whether or not she should stay in the race or call it quits. Many believe that she is staying in only to delay the fact that she lost.
Senator Hilary Clinton has hoped and planned on beating out Obama during an early knockout on Super Tuesday. Obama on the other hand has prepared and researched the congressional districts in the states with the primaries that were still months away. Because of this they have planned to win delegates even after they would have lost some states.
The Democratic National Committee is given Senator Hilary Clinton may decide to give millions of the disputed votes from Michigan and Florida to Clinton this Saturday. Of course whether or not this will truly affect the outcome of the presidential nomination has not yet been determined.
Clinton’s campaign stated that the her and Senator Barack Obama will not have enough pledged delegates to be able to claim the party’s nomination when the Democrats convene for their convention in August. Now, for Clinton, it’s about winning the remaining uncommitted superdelegates’ faith in her.
Senator Hilary Clinton is trying desperately to beat out Obama though many are telling her to give it up, pack her bags, and go home. She is running out of money, delegates, and with only a few more primaries left she is running out of time. Unless something drastic happens Obama will win the Democratic nomination in June.
Yet, Clinton has promised that she will stick to the race till the end. The final primaries are Puerto Rico, South Dakota, Kentucky, Oregon, and Montana.
Representative Bob Barr – the former Republican – decided to change things up in the Presidential election and will be putting in his Libertarian Party bid. He stated this week that the voters are ready for something new and need someone who will be able to dramatically change things in the country.
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has finally had enough with his opponent Hillary Clinton. He said on Sunday that he would not be debating with Hillary until after the nominating contests in Indiana and North Carolina are finished. This will take place on May 6th.
Clinton had challenged the Illinois senator and front-runner for the Democratic White House nomination to a 90-minute debate in Indiana without a moderator, but Obama turned her down.