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...Colorado politics is more complicated than a simple choice between national presidential candidates. McCain and Obama will share the ballot with a raft of voter-sponsored amendments, many of them touching on hot-button issues that the candidates can't afford to ignore. A controversial ballot initiative can fire up strongly committed constituencies and bring them en masse to the polls, where, of course, they'll also cast a presidential vote. This year's contenders range from a call for prayer time in public schools to a proposed sex strike to end the Iraq war. One of the highest-profile...
...Jews in Florida, and the most important old Jew in Florida is my grandmother. That's because, at least in 2000, Mama Ann voted twice: once normally and once when she sneaked into a booth to help a friend who couldn't see well and she punched the ballot for Al Gore. At least she thinks it was Gore...
...even if you're not the First Family. So the American Kennel Club (AKC), hoping to help usher the 23rd purebred dog into the White House, is conducting a survey (you can vote at presidentialpup.com before Aug. 19). Since the Obama girls have allergies, the AKC has limited the ballot to five hypoallergenic breeds. It suggests that the bichon frise's history as companion to French noblemen would qualify the breed for the White House, but I'm not sure that's the image Obama's looking for. It commends the miniature schnauzer as an excellent watchdog, for a little...
Besides, the voting starts soon. From what I can tell by looking at surveys of various state election rules, the first opportunity to cast a ballot between McCain and Obama will come on September 13, a mere nine days after the end of the GOP convention, when traditional absentee voting begins in Pennsylvania. The next day, September 14, Idahoans can walk into county election offices in that state and cast a vote in person. Within a week, voters in Delaware, Illinois, Iowa and Michigan, Virginia and Wyoming can cast their ballots by various means and under varying rules. Early voting...
...tactics may complicate the calculations of Obama as well. Even a symbolic troop drawdown in Iraq before the election could depress antiwar sentiment among Obama's most loyal voters. Obama knows that as troops are withdrawn, Bush's approval ratings will rise--giving Republicans up and down the ballot a possible boost. That bump will be far larger if bin Laden is captured or killed...