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2008 Presidential Campaign
The 2008 political race for the US presidency between Obama-Biden and McCain-Palin
288 Questions
What countries are members of the G9?
There is a Wikipedia page which lists the 'Group of ten economic nations' (G10) - see related link.
How do states acquire sovereignty?
By the recognition of their citizens. (and by acceptance by other sovereign nations) In the US, states originally acquired sovereignty as recognized under the Articles of Confederation (1777) and the Constitution (1781). Later states, beginning with Ohio, established their authority under the Enabling Act of 1802 (based on the Northwest Ordinance of July 13, 1787). It should be noted that states are granted powers under the Constitution that they themselves ratified, on behalf of their citizens. In a democracy, the ultimate sovereignty lies with the people.
"Obama-ization," (or other forms of that), is usually a derogatory term meaning to radicalize something under the auspice and orders of President Barack Obama of the United States. In it's derogatory sense it is largely employed by those styling themselves "Tea Partiers," also called "Teabaggers" or the "Tea Party Movement."
It can also be used to denote something positive- for example, the "Obamazation" of the race issue within the United States (meaning the transcendence of racism), or other similar meanings.
By the same token, "Tea Bagger" is a derogatory term in itself, to describe honest Americans that love their country.
Who Endorsed Barack Obama in the 2008 election?
the Washington post, the Chicago tribune and the los angeles herald.
and all other smart people.
Is Obama a majority government?
The term 'majority government' is not generally used in the US. President Obama is a Democrat. Currently, the Republican Party holds a majority in the US House of Representatives, and the Democrats in the US Senate.
Their people that believe that if the candidate they voted for didn't win then their vote didn't count.
What is the President's main duty?
This is a matter of opinion. In my view, the leading contenders are: to be commander in chief of the military; and, to promote the general welfare.
Did President Obama deserve to win the 2008 election?
No. He lied. We know that all people likes him but he does not deserve to win!
Yes. In a democracy, whomever gets the majority of votes in an election deserves to win. President Obama deserved it.
What former presidents will be at the inauguration?
At President Obama's 2009 Inauguration, Former Presidents Carter, Bush Sr., Clinton & George W. Bush attended. For the 2013 Inauguration, George H.W. Bush was too ill to attend, and his son George W. also was not there. Presidents Clinton and Carter did attend however.
Which political figures have officially endorsed John McCain for President?
There are many. The full list is at http://johnmccain.com/supporters/ GENERAL CHAIRMAN
Robert Mosbacher
Former U.S. Secretary of Commerce, Texas
GENERAL CO-CHAIRMEN
Phil Gramm
Former Senator, Texas Thomas G. Loeffler
Former U.S. Representative, Texas Lindsey Graham
U.S. Senator, South Carolina Sam Brownback
U.S. Senator, Kansas Jon Huntsman
Governor, Utah Tim Pawlenty
Governor, Minnesota
NATIONAL FINANCE COMMITTEE Co-CHAIRS
The Honorable George Argyros, California Mr. Michael Ashner, New York Mr. Brian Ballard, Florida Mr. Lawrence E. Bathgate II, New Jersey Mr. Wayne Berman, Washington, D.C. Mr. Donald L. Bren, California Mr. John Chambers, California Mr. Jim Click, Arizona The Honorable James A. Courter, New Jersey Mr. Donald R. Diamond, Arizona Mr. Ray Dalio, Connecticut Mr. Lewis M. Eisenberg, New Jersey Mr. Jon Hammes, WisconsinMr. James B. Lee, Jr., New York The Honorable Frederic V. Malek, Virginia Mr. John A. Moran, Florida Mr. Carter Pate, Virginia Mr. A. Jerrold Perenchio, CaliforniaMr. Fred Smith, Tennesse Mr. John A. Thain, New YorkThe Honorable Ronald Weiser, Michigan
U.S. SENATORS
Sam Brownback, Kansas Richard Burr, North CarolinaSusan Collins, Maine Lindsey Graham, South CarolinaJon Kyl, Arizona Joe Lieberman, Connecticut Trent Lott, Mississippi Gordon Smith, Oregon Olympia Snowe, Maine John Thune, South Dakota John Warner, Virginia
FORMER U.S. SENATORS
Dan Coats, Indiana Peter Fitzgerald, IllinoisSlade Gorton, Washington Phil Gramm, Texas Warren Rudman, New Hampshire Mike DeWine, Ohio
U.S. REPRESENTATIVES
Spencer Bachus, Alabama Mike Castle, DelawareLincoln Diaz-Balart, Florida Mario Diaz-Balart, Florida Jeff Flake, Arizona Ric Keller, Florida Mark Kirk, Illinois Ray LaHood, Illinois Steven LaTourette, Ohio Dan Lungren, California Todd Platts, Pennsylvania Chip Pickering, Mississippi Peter Roskam, Illinois Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Florida John Shadegg, Arizona Chris Shays, Connecticut John Shimkus, Illinois Fred Upton, Michigan
FORMER U.S. REPRESENTATIVES
Steve Bartlett, Texas Jim Courter, New JerseyJoseph J. DioGuardi, New York Chuck Douglas, New Hampshire Greg Ganske, Iowa Tom Loeffler, TexasJoe Schwartz, Michigan Dick Zimmer, New Jersey
GOVERNORS
Mitch Daniels, Indiana Jim Douglas, Vermont Jon Huntsman, Utah Tim Pawlenty, Minnesota
FORMER GOVERNORS
William Clements, Texas Tom Kean, New Jersey Frank Keating, Oklahoma Jim Martin, North Carolina John McKernan, Maine Walter Peterson, New Hampshire Tom Ridge, Pennsylvania Buddy Roemer, Louisiana Jane Swift, Massachusetts
LAWYERS FOR McCAIN
Dick Wiley, Chairman, Washington D.C. Stanton Anderson, Washington D.C. A.B. Culvahouse, Virginia Hayden Dempsey, Florida Thomas Leary, Washington D.C., Former Federal Trade Commission Commissioner
STATE PARTY CHAIRS
George Gallo, Connecticut Alec Poitevint, Georgia
FORMER STATE PARTY CHAIRS
Winton Blout, III, Alabama Jean Inman, Massachusetts Marlys Popma, Iowa
ECONOMIC POLICY ADVISORS Grant Aldonas, Department of Commerce Carlos Bonilla, Sr VP Washington Group Jeff Brown, Associate Professor of Finance, Univ of Illinois Juan Buttari, Independent Consultant and Researcher in Development Economics Kathleen Cooper, Dean, College of Business, Univ Of North Texas Steve Davis, CRA International And University Of Chicago Graduate School Of Business Richard Dekaser, Senior Vice President And Chief Economist, National City Corporation John Diamond, Edward A. and Hermena Hancock Kelly Fellow in Tax Policy, Baker Institute Of Public Policy, Rice University Emil Frankel, Transportation Consultant And Former Assistant Secretary For Transportation Policy, Department Of Transportation Luke Froeb, Professor, Vanderbilt University Senator Phil Gramm, Former U.S. Senator From Texas Kevin Hassett, Resident Scholar And Director Of Economic Policy Studies, American Enterprise Institute(AEI)Greg Jenner, Former Executive Vice President, American Council Of Life Insurers & Acting Assistant Secretary(Tax Policy), U.S. Treasury Department David John, Senior Research Fellow, Heritage Foundation Tim Kane, Director, Center for International Trade and Economics, Heritage Foundation Melissa Kearney, Assistant Professor Of Economics, University Of Maryland Anne Krueger, Professor At The Johns Hopkins School Of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) & Former First Deputy Managing Director, IMF Adam Lerrick, Visiting Scholar For The American Enterprise Institute (AEI) And Friends Of Allan H. Meltzer Professor Of Economics For Carnegie Mellon Phil Levy, Resident Scholar for the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) and Former Senior Economist for Trade on the President's Council of Economic Advisers Will Melick, Gensemer Associate Professor of Economics, Kenyon College Michael Moore, Professor Of Economics And International Affairs, George Washington University Tom Miller, Resident Fellow for American Enterprise Institute (AEI) Tim Muris, Foundation Professor, George Mason University School Of Law, Former Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission Sean O'Keefe, Former Secretary Of The Navy, NASA Administrator, & Deputy Director Of Office of Management & Budget, The White House Gerry Parsky, Senior Economic Advisor Nancy Pfotenhauer, Former President, Independent Women's Forum James Rill, Partner, Howrey LLP and Former Assistant Attorney General (Antitrust), U.S. Department of Justice Kenneth Rogoff, Professor Of Public Policy, Harvard University Harvey Rosen, Professor Of Economics And Business Policy, Princeton University John Silvia, Managing Director, Chief Economist, Wachovia BankAquiles Suarez, Vice President For Government Affairs For National Association Of Industrial And Office Properties & Former Special Assistant To The President For Domestic PolicyDr. John Taylor, Professor Of Economics At Stanford, Senior Fellow At The Hoover Institution & Former Under Secretary Of Treasury Anthony Villamil, Chief Executive Officer, The Washington Economics Group, Inc. & Former Under Secretary Of Commerce For Economic Affairs Joseph Wright, Chairman Of The Board For Intelsat Mark Zandi, Chief Economist For Moody's Economy.Com FORMER U.S. OFFICIALS
Former Secretaries of State
Lawrence S. Eagleburger, Former Secretary of StateAlexander M. Haig, Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, Former Secretary of State, New York George P. Shultz, Former Secretary of State, California
Former Cabinet Secretaries
Jack Kemp, Former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Former U.S. Representative, New York Robert Mosbacher, Former Secretary of Commerce, Texas Peter Peterson, Former Secretary of Commerce, New York Anthony Principi, Former Secretary of Veteran Affairs, Maryland Former Governor Tom Ridge, Former Secretary of Homeland Security, Pennsylvania James R. Schlesinger, Former Secretary of Defense
Former National Security Officials
Tom Kean, 9/11 Commission Chairman, New Jersey Robert C. "Bud" McFarlane, Former National Security Advisor, Washington, DC R. James Woolsey Jr., Former CIA Director Robert Inman, Former National Security Advisor and Deputy Director of the CIA
Former Navy Secretaries
William Ball, Former Secretary of the Navy, South Carolina John Lehman, Former Secretary of the Navy, New York
Former Ambassadors
Chuck Cobb, Former Ambassador, Florida Sue Cobb, Former Ambassador, Florida Fred Malek, Former Ambassador, Virginia Ron Weiser, Former Ambassador, Michigan Al Hoffman, Former Ambassador, Florida
FORMER POW'S
Commander Ed Alvarez, (ret), Maryland Captain Mike Cronin USN (ret), Maryland Colonel Bud Day, MOH USAF (ret), Florida Commander Paul Galanti USN (ret), Virginia Lt Colonel Orson Swindle USMC (ret), Virginia Click here to read about more military Veterans who support John McCain and click here to read the endorsements of over 100 Admirals and Generals.
BUSINESS LEADERS
John Chambers, CEO of Cisco Carly Fiorina, Former CEO of Hewlett-Packard James Huffines, Banking ExecutiveFrederick W. Smith, CEO of FedEx Dax Swatek, President of Swatek and Associates John Thain, CEO of Merrill Lynch
ATTORNEYS GENERAL
Steve Carter, Indiana Troy King, Alabama Rob McKenna, Washington Henry McMaster, South CarolinaMark Shurtleff, Utah Wayne Stenehjem, North Dakota
SECRETARY OF STATE
Mark Hammond, South Carolina
STATE SENATE LEADERS
Glenn McConnell, South Carolina President Pro Tempore
STATE SENATORS
Joseph Delahunty, New Hampshire John Gallus, Michigan Hugh Leatherman, South Carolina John E. Lyons, Jr., New Hampshire Michelle McManus, MichiganRandy Richardville, Michigan Robert Watson, Rhode Island
STATE HOUSE LEADERS
Kevin Elsenheimer, Assistant Minority Leader, MichiganKevin Green, Minority Whip Leader, Michigan Bobby Harrell, Speaker of the House, South Carolina Jim Merrill, House Majority Leader, South Carolina Doug Smith, Speaker Pro Tempore, South Carolina Josh Tardy, House Leader, Maine Chris Ward, Minority Floor Leader, Michigan
FORMER STATE HOUSE LEADERS
Rick Johnson, Former House Speaker, Michigan Chuck Perricone, Former House Speaker, Michigan
STATE HOUSE MEMBERS
Judy Emmons, Michigan Fred King, Sr., MichiganFred King, Sr., New Hampshire David Law, MichiganChris Saxman, Virginia Glenn Steil, Jr., MichiganEric Stohl, New Hampshire Robert Watson, Rhode IslandLorence Wenke, Michigan
MAYORS
Tommy Joe Alexander, Irondale, Alabama Carlos Alvarez, Florida George Andersen, Iowa Rick Anderson, Iowa Ron Colling, Iowa Nelson Crabb, IowaDarrell Dobernecker, Iowa Darrell Downs, Iowa Thomas Ginger, Iowa Sandra Hatfield, Iowa Jim Heavens, Iowa Dave Kleis, Minnesota Dennis Kunkle, IowaVirgil Murray, Iowa John Nieland, Iowa Reynold Peterson, Iowa Ruth Randleman, Iowa Steve Samuels, Iowa Bernie Streeter, New Hampshire Bob Walkup, Arizona Ed Winborn, Iowa
FIRST RESPONDERS FOR McCAIN
Sheriff Lee Baca, Los Angeles County Sheriff John S. Dempsey, Captain, NYC Police Department (Ret.) Tom Kean, Former 9/11 Commission Chairman Frank Keating, Former Oklahoma Governor Robert "Bud" McFarlane, Former National Security Advisor for President Ronald Reagan Mr. Edward D. Mullins, President of the Sergeants Benevolent Association of New York City Tom Ridge, Former Secretary of Homeland Security
NATIONAL HISPANIC ADVISORY BOARD
Mayor Carlos Alvarez, Florida Honorable Lincoln Diaz-Balart, Florida Honorable Mario Diaz-Balart, Florida Pastor Mark Gonzalez, Texas Honorable Manuel Lujan, New Mexico Mr. Tony Orlando, Florida Honorable Illeana Ros-Lehtinen, Florida Mr. Solomon D. Trujillo, Colorado Major General Freddy Valenzuela, Florida Honorable Albert C. Zapanta, Texas
How much was Ashley Todd paid to fake the hate crime?
Not enough to compensate for her ruining her life and future reputation.
In the presidential election of 1824 jackson won the most popular vote but failed to?
win a majority of the electoral votes
How many people vote for a President in Massachusetts?
The number of electoral votes for each state is equal to the sum of its number of Senators and its number of Representatives in the U.S. House of Representatives. Based on the 2010 Census, there are 9 members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts. Therefore, Massachusetts has 11 electoral votes.
How many electoral votes do the president canadiates have?
Democratic Party candidate Barack Obama won the 2008 presidential election defeating Republican Party candidate John McCain. In the 2008 presidential election Barack Obama received 365 electoral votes and John McCain received 173 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Obama 69,297,997 and McCain 59,597,520.
District or city council provide services that are mostly focused on land use, urban and community development. These services can include local road and pipe networks (water supply and sewage disposal), rubbish collection, street lighting, public libraries, swimming pools and playgrounds. The ability to provide for local needs is one of the strengths of local government. This means services can differ from place to place. For instance, some councils may provide more public sports grounds and community halls, while others provide art galleries and other public places.
Can you vote for a democrat if registered for the Green Party?
In the general election, you can vote for whoever you like regardless of which party you are registered with. In less political terms, on election day you can vote for whoever you want.
