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...index down nearly 40% since the PAD began its protest movement in late May. At a time when the government should be focusing on insulating the country from the global financial crisis, it is instead dealing with a clutch of protesters who want to replace a one-man-one-vote system with one in which representatives from different professional groups help elect the country's leaders...
...ability to win the GOP nomination. “I’m a moderate Republican, and we don’t survive closed Republican primaries because the conservative base always shows up,” Halcro said, referring to the fact that independents can’t vote in the Republican primary. “If I was going to invest my time and money, I wanted to actually get to the dance.” As for his thoughts on the current race as a whole, Halcro—who is not publicly supporting either the Democratic...
This November, Massachusetts residents will vote to clear for once and for all their state’s reputation as “Taxachusetts.” A libertarian advocacy group has placed a ballot question in front of voters which would repeal the state income tax. The measure, sponsored by the Committee for Small Government, would reduce the current state income tax rate of 5.3% to 2.65% beginning on January 1, 2009, and eliminate it completely the following year. Taxpayers would save an average of $3,600 a year, at a cost of roughly $12.5 billion, or 40 percent...
...McCain who had soared in national polls and Obama who was dealing with panic in his party. But McCain's campaign is now stuck playing defense. Over the weekend, his running mate, Sarah Palin, held a rally in Nebraska, a traditionally safe Republican state, but one where electoral votes are distributed by congressional district; Obama hopes to steal one such vote in the more liberal Omaha area. On Tuesday, Palin is scheduled to appear at a rally in North Carolina, another traditionally Republican region that Republicans once hoped they wouldn't have to invest time and resources into...
...Collins warns that it will discount any artificial use of the endangered words, meaning Motion's readers and Pound's constituents must actually take them up themselves. There's certainly interest in doing so. The Times of London asked readers to vote for the word they most felt should be spared from oblivion and attracted more than 11,000 votes in a week. The word embrangle (to confuse or entangle) won with 1,434 votes, while fubsy (short and stout) came in a distant second. Roborant (tending to fortify) and nitid (bright, glistening) failed to shine; they finished last, drawing...