US Election Coverage 2008

[Nyani Ngabu]

Kuna tofauti Nyani...Sean Hannity is not a journalist...Gwen is.

Journalist my where the sun don't shine. If you believe she's not in the tank then I've got a bridge I want to sell to you for $10.00......

 

[BAK]

Questions raised about moderator's impartiality in Biden-Palin debate
Published: Wednesday, October 1, 2008 | 7:37 PM ET

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK - PBS journalist Gwen Ifill, moderator of the upcoming vice-presidential debate, dismissed conservative questions about her impartiality because she is writing a book that includes material on Barack Obama.

Ifill said Wednesday that she hasn't even written her chapter on Obama for the book "The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama," which is to be published by Doubleday on Jan. 20, 2009, the day a new president is inaugurated.

"I've got a pretty long track record covering politics and news, so I'm not particularly worried that one-day blog chatter is going to destroy my reputation," Ifill said. "The proof is in the pudding. They can watch the debate tomorrow night and make their own decisions about whether or not I've done my job."

The day before the Joe Biden-Sarah Palin debate, columnist Michelle Malkin wrote in the New York Post about Ifill's book, saying, "She's so far in the tank for the Democratic presidential candidate, her oxygen delivery line is running out."

John McCain, though, spoke highly of the reporter in an interview with FOX News Channel. "I think Gwen Ifill is a professional and I think she will do a completely objective job because she is a highly respected professional," he said Wednesday.

In its online description of the book, Doubleday says that Ifill "surveys the American political landscape, shedding new light on the impact of Barack Obama's stunning presidential campaign and introducing the emerging young African American politicians forging a bold new path to political power."

Ifill said Obama's story, which she has yet to write, is only a small part of the book, which discusses how politics in the black community have changed since the civil rights era. Among those subjects is Colin Powell, secretary of state in the Bush administration.

The host of PBS' "Washington Week" and senior correspondent on "The NewsHour" said she did not tell the Commission on Presidential Debates about the book. The commission had no immediate comment when contacted by The Associated Press.

Ifill's resume includes jobs at the New York Times, Washington Post and NBC News. She moderated the 2004 vice-presidential debate between Dick Cheney and John Edwards.

She said it was the publisher, not herself, who set the Inauguration Day release date. It will be released then whether Obama wins or loses.

Although Malkin raised the topic of Ifill's impartiality the day before the debate, the PBS journalist said that Time magazine noted she was writing a book in August, and that it has been available for pre-sale on Amazon.com. The book also is mentioned in a Sept. 4 interview she gave the Washington Post.

Ifill questions why people assume that her book will be favourable toward Obama.

"Do you think they made the same assumptions about Lou Cannon (who is white) when he wrote his book about Reagan?" said Ifill, who is black. Asked if there were racial motives at play, she said, "I don't know what it is. I find it curious."

 

[Nyani Ngabu]

BTW, the part about Obama has not been written yet by Ifill, sasa wanajuaje that she will be favorable toward Obama? This is racism from GOPers:
Ziiing! Bang! Huyu Babu yake Nyani needs Gingko Bilobao and I heard he is taking Neuro-1 but they are not taking effect yet! Hahahaaaa!

Yaani nyinyi hoja yenu ni racism tu wakati Dems kumejaa mi racist kibao kama Bill Clinton, HRC, Robert Byrd, Ed Rendell, Chelsea Clinton....

 

[Ab-Titchaz]

Florida GOP meets in secret as Obama passes McCain in polls​

By Alex Leary, Jennifer Liberto and Steve Bousquet, Times staff writers
In print: Thursday, October 2, 2008

TALLAHASSEE — Florida Republican leaders hastily convened a top secret meeting this week to grapple with Sen. John McCain's sagging performance in this must-win state.

Their fears were confirmed Wednesday when four new polls showed Sen. Barack Obama leading, a reversal from just a few weeks ago when McCain was opening up an advantage.

The polls come amid a cascade of bad news about the economy, an issue that McCain has struggled with in recent days.

With some grass roots organizers complaining about coordination problems with the campaign, Republican Party chairman Jim Greer gathered top officials at the state headquarters in Tallahassee on Tuesday afternoon. He swore the group to secrecy.

When asked about it by the St. Petersburg Times, Greer confirmed the meeting. He largely declined to discuss what was said, but sought to play down any strife.

Over the course of an hour, described by some as tense, Greer offered a forceful assessment of where McCain stands in Florida and what needs to be done to win in a battleground state that could decide the election.

"I have a responsibility to make sure things are done right, and we win these campaigns," Greer said. "I'm sure everyone in the room understands that I take that responsibility very seriously."

One of the concerns has been the relationship between grass roots volunteers across the state and far fewer paid campaign staffers. Complaints range from not getting yard signs quickly enough to knowing who will speak at events and overall manpower coordination.

"The biggest challenge is communication," said state Rep. Ellyn Bogdanoff, R-Fort Lauderdale, who is involved in the campaign but was not at the meeting. She said the Broward County effort is running smoothly but that her overall impression is that state campaign officials are somewhat limited due to national directives.

This friction and fretting goes on all the time in stressful campaigns, and especially when one side's candidate has hit a rough patch, as McCain has. Buzz Jacobs, the campaign's Southeast regional director, who sat in on the meeting, denied any tension and declined comment.

McCain supporter and former Republican Party of Florida chairman Tom Slade said he's been hearing rumblings over the past few weeks that the campaign is not fully utilizing volunteers, though he said that was not the case in Jacksonville.

"I get the sense that on the statewide basis, the grass roots Republicans don't quite feel like they have a natural fit within the McCain organization," Slade said.

The four polls released Wednesday show Obama leading, and for the first time, he has broken the 50 percent approval mark in the biggest battleground state.

What's more, a rolling average of Florida polls shows Obama ahead, albeit barely, for the first time.

• Quinnipiac: Obama leads 51-43.

• InsiderAdvantage/Poll Position: Obama leads 49-46.

• CNN/Time magazine: Obama leads 51-47.

• Suffolk University showed Obama leading 46-42.

• Real Clear Politics average of all Florida polls: Obama up by 3 percentage points.

"The Wall Street meltdown has been a dagger to McCain's political heart," said Peter Brown of the independent Quinnipiac University Polling Institute, who also cited a softening in enthusiasm for McCain's running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.

The Quinnipiac poll, with 5 percent undecided and 1 percent saying they would vote for another candidate, involved 836 likely voters and had a margin of error of 3.4 percentage points. It was conducted Sept. 27-29, after last week's debate, which focused heavily on the economy.

The McCain campaign dismissed the poll findings.

"Between now and Nov. 4th there will be numerous polls, but the only one that matters will be the last one on election night," spokesman Mario Diaz said.

Palin remains a big draw, and the McCain campaign plans to bring her to Clearwater and Fort Myers on Monday, and Jacksonville and Pensacola on Tuesday.

The participants in the Greer meeting included McCain's top Florida staffer, Arlene DiBenigno, as well as RNC staffers by phone from Washington.

Greer, whose hands-on approach has sometimes come across to fellow Republicans as too controlling, has spent the past two years, along with Gov. Charlie Crist, making inroads in the African-American and Hispanic communities. Greer said he wanted to make sure the campaign is adequately tapping those resources, along with state party staffers he has made available. The McCain campaign is housed in the state headquarters.

"It was just to ensure the ship is on its proper course as it relates to working with local party leaders and the grass roots volunteers," Greer said of the meeting. "I felt confident that the campaign is doing that."


[Last modified: Oct 02, 2008 10:58 AM]

Florida GOP meets in secret as Obama passes McCain in polls - St. Petersburg Times

 

[Nyani Ngabu]

Nyambala mkuu! Hawa GOP-ers wanachekesha sana. Sasa wanataka media na moderators they should go easy with Palin! Walivyokuwa wanamponda Hillary that she is a cry-baby? Why do they want a different treatment? Si wao ndo walisema hawataki affirmative action eti kila mtu ashinde kwa merit yake. Au wanasema Palin is intellectually challenged? Maana hapo wanaweza kuomba preferential treatment because it's like telling an amputee to run marathon with healthy athletes. Hahaa!
BTW nimesikia eti kuna OBAMA TV CHANNEL??!! Ni kweli?

Ni kweli...channel 073 on Dishnetwork......

...and Obama radio station.....

 

[Susuviri]

Yaani nyinyi hoja yenu ni racism tu wakati Dems kumejaa mi racist kibao kama Bill Clinton, HRC, Robert Byrd, Ed Rendell, Chelsea Clinton....

We acha ku-digress! GOP ilipata ma-racist wote wa South walipoamua kuivalia njuga civil rights! You know that 1968 etc...
BUt seriously why do you assume that Ifill is favorable to Obama? Ni uzushi kwa sababu hata chapter kuhusu Obama haijaandikwa.
Acheni kuwa 'whiners' haipendezi! You are the party of macho men like Nixon and Ronald Reagen.. kwikwikwiiii!

 

[Nyani Ngabu]

We acha ku-digress! GOP ilipata ma-racist wote wa South walipoamua kuivalia njuga civil rights! You know that 1968 etc...
BUt seriously why do you assume that Ifill is favorable to Obama? Ni uzushi kwa sababu hata chapter kuhusu Obama haijaandikwa.
Acheni kuwa 'whiners' haipendezi! You are the party of macho men like Nixon and Ronald Reagen.. kwikwikwiiii!

Oh yeah....she is in the tank for McCain then....

 

[BAK]

Florida GOP meets in secret as Obama passes McCain in polls​

By Alex Leary, Jennifer Liberto and Steve Bousquet, Times staff writers
In print: Thursday, October 2, 2008

TALLAHASSEE — Florida Republican leaders hastily convened a top secret meeting this week to grapple with Sen. John McCain's sagging performance in this must-win state.

Their fears were confirmed Wednesday when four new polls showed Sen. Barack Obama leading, a reversal from just a few weeks ago when McCain was opening up an advantage.

The polls come amid a cascade of bad news about the economy, an issue that McCain has struggled with in recent days.

With some grass roots organizers complaining about coordination problems with the campaign, Republican Party chairman Jim Greer gathered top officials at the state headquarters in Tallahassee on Tuesday afternoon. He swore the group to secrecy.

When asked about it by the St. Petersburg Times, Greer confirmed the meeting. He largely declined to discuss what was said, but sought to play down any strife.

Over the course of an hour, described by some as tense, Greer offered a forceful assessment of where McCain stands in Florida and what needs to be done to win in a battleground state that could decide the election.

"I have a responsibility to make sure things are done right, and we win these campaigns," Greer said. "I'm sure everyone in the room understands that I take that responsibility very seriously."

One of the concerns has been the relationship between grass roots volunteers across the state and far fewer paid campaign staffers. Complaints range from not getting yard signs quickly enough to knowing who will speak at events and overall manpower coordination.

"The biggest challenge is communication," said state Rep. Ellyn Bogdanoff, R-Fort Lauderdale, who is involved in the campaign but was not at the meeting. She said the Broward County effort is running smoothly but that her overall impression is that state campaign officials are somewhat limited due to national directives.

This friction and fretting goes on all the time in stressful campaigns, and especially when one side's candidate has hit a rough patch, as McCain has. Buzz Jacobs, the campaign's Southeast regional director, who sat in on the meeting, denied any tension and declined comment.

McCain supporter and former Republican Party of Florida chairman Tom Slade said he's been hearing rumblings over the past few weeks that the campaign is not fully utilizing volunteers, though he said that was not the case in Jacksonville.

"I get the sense that on the statewide basis, the grass roots Republicans don't quite feel like they have a natural fit within the McCain organization," Slade said.

The four polls released Wednesday show Obama leading, and for the first time, he has broken the 50 percent approval mark in the biggest battleground state.

What's more, a rolling average of Florida polls shows Obama ahead, albeit barely, for the first time.

• Quinnipiac: Obama leads 51-43.

• InsiderAdvantage/Poll Position: Obama leads 49-46.

• CNN/Time magazine: Obama leads 51-47.

• Suffolk University showed Obama leading 46-42.

• Real Clear Politics average of all Florida polls: Obama up by 3 percentage points.

"The Wall Street meltdown has been a dagger to McCain's political heart," said Peter Brown of the independent Quinnipiac University Polling Institute, who also cited a softening in enthusiasm for McCain's running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.

The Quinnipiac poll, with 5 percent undecided and 1 percent saying they would vote for another candidate, involved 836 likely voters and had a margin of error of 3.4 percentage points. It was conducted Sept. 27-29, after last week's debate, which focused heavily on the economy.

The McCain campaign dismissed the poll findings.

"Between now and Nov. 4th there will be numerous polls, but the only one that matters will be the last one on election night," spokesman Mario Diaz said.

Palin remains a big draw, and the McCain campaign plans to bring her to Clearwater and Fort Myers on Monday, and Jacksonville and Pensacola on Tuesday.

The participants in the Greer meeting included McCain's top Florida staffer, Arlene DiBenigno, as well as RNC staffers by phone from Washington.

Greer, whose hands-on approach has sometimes come across to fellow Republicans as too controlling, has spent the past two years, along with Gov. Charlie Crist, making inroads in the African-American and Hispanic communities. Greer said he wanted to make sure the campaign is adequately tapping those resources, along with state party staffers he has made available. The McCain campaign is housed in the state headquarters.

"It was just to ensure the ship is on its proper course as it relates to working with local party leaders and the grass roots volunteers," Greer said of the meeting. "I felt confident that the campaign is doing that."


[Last modified: Oct 02, 2008 10:58 AM]

Florida GOP meets in secret as Obama passes McCain in polls - St. Petersburg Times

Wamekutana ili wapange mikakati ya kuiba kura kama 2000 na 2004. Wanaona jumba jeupe ndiyo linawakimbia.

 

[Hofstede]

Wamekutana ili wapange mikakati ya kuiba kura kama 2000 na 2004. Wanaona jumba jeupe ndiyo linawakimbia.

Bubu
Not this time, Obama team and Dems have been well prepared this time. The only strategy to win election is take off the table Economy issue and replace it with security by either bombing Iran or North Korea, a move which will backfire. I Think even GOP knows that this time they have to let Dems fix the economy before they come back and plander it in 8 years to come.

 

[Nyani Ngabu]

Bubu
Not this time, Obama team and Dems have been well prepared this time. The only strategy to win election is take off the table Economy issue and replace it with security by either bombing Iran or North Korea, a move which will backfire. I Think even GOP knows that this time they have to let Dems fix the economy before they come back and plander it in 8 years to come.

Na nyinyi bila hata aibu mnaenda mnakusanya ma homeless na kuwatumia kupiga kura halafu mnawaacha waendelee kuhangaika.....what a shame

 

[Hofstede]

McCain amekuwa caned ameamua kuhamisha majeshi Michigan, Ukimsikiliza Michelle Obama utajua kweli GOP wamebanwa, wao wana Sarah Pain Ila Michelle yupo juu sana yaani Palin hamfikii hata 10% na huyo ndio first lady ana connect na voters vizuri sana, yupo free anajieleza bila kukaririshwa, Nafikiri strategy ya kumtumia Michelle kumnadi mumewe itakuwa inawaumiza sana vichwa GOP.

 

[The Truth]

If Americans were so angry against the financial bailout what makes Obantu think that Americans will go along with his entitlement programs? Plus now more evidence is coming out linking minority lending to the financial crisis. Obantu will get very few White votes. He will need a huge minority voter turn out to pull this off. Also a warning to many of you Obantu supporters, if you are not a legal citizen of America and you go ahead and vote for Obantu, you will face deportation even if your guy becomes president.

 

[Susuviri]

McCain amekuwa caned ameamua kuhamisha majeshi Michigan, Ukimsikiliza Michelle Obama utajua kweli GOP wamebanwa, wao wana Sarah Pain Ila Michelle yupo juu sana yaani Palin hamfikii hata 10% na huyo ndio first lady ana connect na voters vizuri sana, yupo free anajieleza bila kukaririshwa, Nafikiri strategy ya kumtumia Michelle kumnadi mumewe itakuwa inawaumiza sana vichwa GOP.

Yaani hiyo ni point muhimu sana mkuu, nadhani babu yake Nyani ana issues na wanawake maana hata Mrs McCain ni mara chache sana unamkuta yuko peke yake on the campaign trail. Kila wakati yuko na mume wake kama accessory, na huwa haongei, just dresses in expensive suits and smiles her weird smile. Huyo Palin pia ni kama decoration. Kweli Babu huyu hana imani sana na wanawake.

 

[Ab-Titchaz]

Here we go its show time.

 

[Susuviri]

Kisura mbona anadesa sana!!! Hizo notes zake anazisoma mno!!! Alafu hajibu swali pia sauti yaani pitch yake inazidi kupanda anapokuwa stressed..... ndo mwanzo hapo.......

 

[BAK]

Kisura kapigwa makonzi mawili mazito sana kwenye regulations na environment. Dakika 30 za kwanza mshindi bila wasiwasi wowote ni Biden bado tuna saa moja.

 

[Nyani Ngabu]

Hahahaaaaa....Kisura anamuaibisha Biden....mungu wangu....mmesikia hilo dongo la Biden kuwa honered ku run with McCain......ahahahahahaaaaaaaaa

 

[Susuviri]

Hahahaaaaa....Kisura anamuaibisha Biden....mungu wangu....mmesikia hilo dongo la Biden kuwa honered ku run with McCain......ahahahahahaaaaaaaaa

Dongo gani? Kisura wenu kagongwa amebaki kushangaaa mpaka kuna wakati alisahau alichotaka kusema EMBARASSING! Kwikwikwiiii!

 

[Rev. Kishoka]

Whats with the All of the above from Sarah? Maana sijasikia hata kimoja au listi ya kitu kusema jawabu ni E. All of the above, lakini karudia hilo mara nne!

 

[Rev. Kishoka]

Nukila or nuklia?