Wear It On Your Sleeve

Hundreds of Obama buttons

A Scientific America

After eight years of neglect, researchers are hoping the new president makes good on his promises, says Nobel laureate Sir Paul Nurse.

Yes We Did

He Made It

Check Your Ballot

Ballotpedia.org - Ballotpedia brings you detailed information about the various ballot initiatives around the country.

Selling The Presidency

Since 1998, the Wisconsin Advertising Project (WiscAds) has undertaken research initiatives to document how candidates, political parties and special interest groups communicate with voters. Initially, WiscAds studied campaign advertisements in the nation’s 75 largest media markets by collecting and analyzing all political advertisements aired on broadcast and cable stations. For the 2002 electoral cycle, the project increases in scope to the 100 largest media markets. This unique database contains information on the airing of over 1.5 million ads between 1998 and 2002.

Truth Be Told

John McCain’s Secrets

More Truth Or Consequences

Politifact - Has devised a "Truth-O-Meter" so you can see at a glance the validity of a candidate's claims. Content is organized with tabs such as "Chain E-Mails," "Flip-O-Meter," which shows candidates position flipping, and "Attack File," which reviews candidate's attacks and discusses their legitimacy. It is run by the St. Petersburg Times and Congressional Quarterly to help determine the truth of the respective presidential campaigns.

Paint By Numbers

The No Votes - Details on the Republican and Democratic representatives who voted against the $700 billion financial bailout plan.

A Lie Repeated

Ameritocracy - Dedicated to fact checking quotations made by presidential candidates and their entourages.

Lie Count - Tracks lies made by presidential candidates by both parties.

Ad Hominem

Debate Hub - C-SPAN's coverage of the presidential and vice presidential debates, including live video, transcripts, elections headlines, and analysis.

Empty Wheel

Did McCain Blow Off Letterman to Pre-Empt Sarah and Katie?

Power To Oppress

The Online Encyclopedia of Mass Violence provides chronological indexes, case studies, analytical contributions on socio-political violence in a given country, a glossary of the terms most often used in genocide studies as well as theoretical papers written by the most representative authors in the field.

An Informed Citizentry

Daily Analysis - Analytical briefs written by Council on Foreign Relations online staff on issues of the day with links to the news, analysis, commentary, and primary source materials.

Also from the CFR, this candidate profile outlines Barack Obama's statements on an array of foreign policy issues. This one looks at McCain's.

The Sequel

 Does anybody know who Thomas Eagleton is?

Goes Around Comes Around

VPILF- Just a heartbeat away from being PILF

A bit crass, but the right-wing have totally re-invented mud slinging, so here is mud in thier eye.

(Not that I think you should attack the woman, when the man is loony tunes enough, but she said yes to McCain, what goes around comes around)

Whistlestop Tour

Google Maps Elections Gallery

Set The Agenda

On Day One - A platform for gathering and sharing your ideas about what the next president can do on the first day of his or her administration to help address the world's most pressing challenges.

Have Not Forgotten

Eyes on Darfur

Political Tool

TechPresident is a new blog that covers how the 2008 presidential candidates are using the web, and vice versa, how content generated by voters is affecting the campaign.

Paint By Numbers

Poll Blogs and Sites

Pollster
Political Arithmetik
Crosstabs.org
The Polling Report
Electoral-Vote.com
R. Chung's Graphics
Prof. Wang's State Poll Meta-Analysis
Prof. Pollkatz Pool of Polls
Slate: Election Scorecard
Public Opinion Pros
Frank Newport: Gallup Guru
Carl Bialik: The Numbers Guy
Poll Positions: Kathy Frankovic
The Numbers: Gary Langer
Washington Post: Behind the Numbers