WEEK 5-Swing States

Florida-27
North Carolina-15
Nevada-5
Missouri-11
Ohio-20
Indiana-11

All these states are still a tossup, Which means they are neither leaning towards Obama nor McCain. So as of now, both candidates are fighting to get those last important votes, Florida and Ohio being the most vital. In the most previous election, all of them voted republican,

Ohio and Florida:
Ohio hasn't voted Democratic since 1996, and has mostly Republicans in office...but will this be enough to hold them to the Right Side?
Florida also hasn't voted Democratic since '96, but just barely. They are also leading in Republicans in office. Recent polls suggesting them leaning right.

I think they'll both end up Republican, or at least, my fingers are crossed... :)

WEEK 5-CURRENT EVENT

While we all rejoice as the gas process continue to lift our spirits, other’s pull at their hair in agony. These people are the car dealers. Before the price of gas dropped under $100 a barrel, we were all gung ho to do the whole, electric car and hybrid idea. But now companies are terrified the demand will drop now that we’re back to where we used to be. Will the world forget about Global Warming, or the Ozone layer? Will we get so caught up in our relief of cost, that we will actually raise the demand and once again the price of gas?
I don’t really know for sure, but if it does, will we all learn out lesson. Are we so diluted that we have no common sense? The car companies will be sure to be pushing this idea, for fear of loss of popularity.
Another thought, will the economy effect our gas prices more than we thought. Yes, they’ve lowered, but will it prevent them from soaring again? Or will it keep us distracted with the cost of food and the taxes were sure to be pounded with soon enough?

WEEK 4-POLLS

Recently the polls have been pretty similar. No big errors anywhere. They all agree that in most states Obama is leading McCain by a few points or more. This factor leaves us still frozen as to whether or not it will stay like that to the end. Such as Minnesota, the recent polls say McCain 41 Obama 52, which is quite a lead (http://www.startribune.com/politics/state/31251714.html?elr=KArks8c7PaP3E77K_3c::D3aDhUec7PaP3E77K_0c::D3aDhUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU). Wile in others such as the Senate polls while have Obama leading 59 to 41. (http://www.electoral-vote.com/)

Although some think these polls are inaccurate, most of them leave us with a pretty accurate assumption of the leader. They help us see how certain party issues/platforms cann affect how we vote. This also gives us an idea of the most important issues in out nation.

They predict what we can only guess the world thinks.

WEEK 4- CURRENT EVENT

As most of us have been facing the consequences of the Stock Market crashing, nearly all of us have felt it in our pockets. Our wallets seem thinner, and so we wait, hoping for that glimmer of hope, the silver lining around the dark and gloomy cloud hovering above us.

We got our wish. On Wednesday October 15, 2008 the US rejoiced as we awoke to the prospect of having a full tank of gas. Yes my friends, we can finally fill up all the way with out worrying about breaking that $70 line.

As most of us experienced, gas prices have been steadily dropping. But this morning, they took a dive in our favor. With the cost of living so high due to the economy, the oil companies (mainly OPEC) have lost lots of business as Americans tightened their belts in order to make this month’s rent. And we finally got to them! The price of a barrel of oil dropped below $75, the lowest it’s been in 14 months. We got to reap the benefits the next morning when gas prices were the closest they have been to $3 in forever.

So now that we have our oil back, will food be next? I’m not sure, but I know we all hope so.

WEEK 3-Local Issues

So by now we all know Virginia is officially divided. We've never really been this equal towards both sides before. So, we're being mentioned a lot in the news. But this Presidential Election isn't the only election we're a toss-up for.

The Senate seat in Virginia is up for grabs once again. And although we would gladly nominate John Warned for another term, his lack of communication with us is causing chaos. A Republican, Mr.Warner is still considering running for his sixth term. Although sources tell us he's leaning in favor of running, we still can't be sure. And it is that lack of confidence that has all the other candidates lining up to replace him......

Introducing:
Republican George Allen, former Governor and Senate, he was recently crushed by a loss to Webb last month. Allen is currently trying to rebuild his ego and get it together enough to run.

Republican Jim Gilmore, former Governor and chairman of the RNC, Gilmore seems to be more interested in being Governor than Senate. This could hurt his chances..

Democrat and former Governor Mark Warner is in it again. He's already been deemed a front runner, but if J. Warner runs again, does he stand a chance? Well see...

I would name more Democrats, but really no one else stands a chance.

WEEK 2-Current Event

So this week a lot happened.

Most important, the bail-out-bill. Should we let the President take a risk with our money, and send us deeper into debt? Or, should we try and find a way around it?

I was not shocked to see that Senate denied the President's request for a $700 Billion bail out plan. Although it had a lot of thought put into it, especially about how the money would be divided, it was just too much money to take that kind of a risk on.

Some say that the answer was going to be "no" all along. Other's tend to disagree. Recently Republicans have claimed that a speech given by Nancy Pelosi may have lost them some votes. 12 to be exact. Wheter or not that's true, that just goes to show how on edge people are about this bill already.

And finally the big fall. What is the failure of this bill doing to Wall Street already? Well just as quickly as it was denied, Dow Jones fell a whopping 777 points. Thats the most it has ever fallen in one day. EVER. So if we ever had doubts about how this bill would effect us, here's your answer.

Untill we meet again....