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...Being a moderate is a difficult position to take, yet it’s this crucial subset of the electorate that eventually provides the four-year mandate for a candidate to lead. The undecided voter has a duty to take into account all pertinent issues before making an informed decision; the research is exhausting, but is worth a lot more than simply subscribing to the claims of attack...

Author: By Byran N. Dai, Nadia O. Gaber, and Jessica A. Sequeira | Title: Annotations: On November 4 | 11/3/2008 | See Source »

...Obama's stump speech still has all the soaring themes that got him this far, but with some practical advice: cheering supporters should not get complacent. "We can't afford to slow down or sit back or let up for one second," he says. With a massive turnout crucial to his calculus of the big victory that his strategists now believe to be tantalizingly close, Obama is delivering a tutorial on election mechanics at nearly every stop, exhorting people to get to the polls and vote - even if it means, as it has in early voting in Ohio, that they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama in Ohio: Optimistic but Cautious | 11/3/2008 | See Source »

Henderson, who was also crucial in Dartmouth’s 1-0 defeat of the Crimson last year, tallying the lone goal of the matchup, was one of the driving forces in the Big Green’s victory...

Author: By Alexandra J. Mihalek, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson Drops Close Contest for First Loss in Ivies | 11/2/2008 | See Source »

...Salter pointed to a recent Mason-Dixon poll that suggested the race had tightened since mid-October in Florida, a crucial state for McCain, with Obama's lead narrowing to just two points. (Other recent polls have shown the Obama lead as big as 7 points in Florida.) McCain has also recently retaken the lead in a Real Clear Politics average of polls for Missouri, where the race is essentially tied. The race has also narrowed in public polling of Pennsylvania, which McCain is targeting with events on Saturday and Sunday. Obama led in the state by an average...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: McCain Doesn't Let Up in the Final Days | 11/2/2008 | See Source »

...able to build and run refineries on Mexican soil as Calderon proposed in his bill filed in April. The thrust of the new law approved Tuesday is simply to allow government oil monopoly Pemex to subcontract foreign companies to explore and drill in specific parts of Mexico. Furthermore, crucial clauses allow Pemex to be able pay those companies by performance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Opening Up Mexico's Oil to Foreigners: A First Step | 10/31/2008 | See Source »

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