Senator McCain, Moderate or Conservative

How will Senator McCain run his campaign, as a conservative or moderate. If McCain runs as a moderate he may take on a lot of Democrat voters who may like Senator Hilary and not Senator Obama. It seems as though Senator McCain is trying to become more conservative in his politics. Some may argue that Senator McCain has not always been the best representation of a true Republican Conservative. This has not prevented Senator McCain from getting this far, however it may discourage conservative based voters from turning out in the Presidential Election. Will his more moderate leaning approach attract voters that wouldn’t vote Republican otherwise to offset the lack of support from his base, or will he be left out completely by both parties leaving the democrats to control the Whitehouse and Congress.

Obama and Clinton vs. Canada ?

David Ljunggren did a pretty good job at hiding his bias in his article about Senator Obama’s meeting with the Canadian government and the resulting rumors. As I read through the article I was naturally skeptical. The article was fairly neutral regarding the two Democratic candidates. However, about ¾ of the way through Ljunggren wrote, “Canada's right-leaning Conservative government of trying to interfere in the U.S. presidential election,” http://www.forbes.com/reuters/feeds/reuters/2008/03/03/2008-03-04T000047Z_01_N03391783_RTRIDST_0_CANADA-OBAMA-UPDATE-1.html This line shows Ljunggren’s bias by leading one to believe that right-leaning Conservatives are devious and the cause of this confusion between Senator Clinton and Senator Obama. To the contrary, it is Senator Clinton who is the one who started the spread of this rumor. Ljunggren makes it sound as if Senator Clinton and Senator Obama are equally innocent and it is the big bad right-leaning conservative government that has gotten in between these two Democratic candidates to try and separate the party and create contention.

Clinton mischief

Senator Hillary Clinton is up to the elite bureaucratic behind the scenes mischief as usual. The article by Brad Watson of WFAA-TV posted at WFAA.com, delves into Senator Clinton’s attempt to save her campaign, but he played it a little to safely. Watson comes across as very casual in his explanation of the Senator’s actions. The super-delegates are assumed to be off limits to persuasion and are expected to vote as they see fit. Although, it is expected that the candidates will try and influence an election through the delegates, but there is a limit to the influence. Senator Clinton is bordering on unethical. Senator Obama has fewer super-delegates than Senator Clinton, but he argues they should reflect the voter.
Watson should have explored more of the shady aspect of Senator Clinton’s dealings. It seems as if he is reporting on the issue and ignoring the other side and every issue has two sides. Reporters should always present both sides of an issue without bias. This is one of the biggest problems with today’s journalistic media.

McCain tastes victory ?

This is an interesting article stating the current standings of the republican candidates. The article ignores McCain and Huckabee's possible strategy to work together against Romney. Instead mentioning only Romney and Huckubee trailing, seeming somewhat lost with little forsight. It is suspected by many that Huckabee has a grudge against Romney. Huckabee knows his only chance in the White House involves pairing with McCain and possibly getting the a seat as the VP. Therefore, Huckabee is helping McCain get the nomination as to facilitate his plan. The article is from FoxNews.com contributed by The Associated Press, http://youdecide08.foxnews.com/2008/02/06/still-in-it-romney-huckabee-craft-strategies-as-mccain-tastes-victory/.