A few weeks ago I attended BlogWord Expo in Vegas. It was jammed packed with tons of social media sessions. One session I attended was: "Twitter: Building the Connections that Drive Traffic". The panel included Stowe Boyd (www.stoweboyd.com/), Laura Fitto

Tests in Taiwan have found minor doses of the industrial chemical melamine in milk powders produced in China by the European food giant Nestle, and those products are being withdrawn, Taiwan's health minister said Thursday.

Milk contaminated with the industrial chemical melamine has sickened more than 50,000 children in China in recent weeks. But the practice of adulterating milk seems to have started far earlier than is being reported — and one whistle-blower has been

In a surprising move on Friday, John McCain announced that his running mate is Republican Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. The most remarkable election year in generations became even more interesting. McCain’s Palin announcement was a successful media coup

Joe Biden enjoys widespread popularity among Democrats. Although he is not especially well-known, all political junkies have seen him on TV talk shows. He is especially articulate in speaking about foreign policy and he was an early forcefully critic of t

John McCain Struggles to Assemble a Winning Coalition John McCain and Barack Obama want to win over the center, the undecided voters, independents. At the same time, they need to keep their respective party bases happy and enthused. According to s

Will 2008 be the year for an insurgency of Libertarian politics? This could be the achilles heel of the John McCain campaign. The Republican coalition is breaking apart at least to some extent. If the Libertarian Party can make a splash in 2008...

Imagine an American leader with a specific strategy to fight a foreign enemy and save New York City. Then this leader meets with leaders from France and instead adopts a very different strategy, the French strategy. As we celebrate the 4th of July, rememb

Posted by John Publius Jr. on June 28th, 2008 — in General Election Rules, Barack Obama, John McCain, Blog, Election Referee

The rules for the election of the President of the United States are quite simple and clear. Unlike the rules of political parties, these general election rules are laws based on the U.S. Constitution and Amendments. The Electoral College has 538 Electora