Articles in the General Election Category
General Election, Local News, Obama, featured »
The front lines of the political battlegrounds have shifted west this year, and Indiana right in the middle. Traditionally conservative and cautious about change, the stakes are high enough, and the choices important enough, that Hoosiers are taking notice and about evenly divided, so writes The Economist.
Jay McCann, a professor at Purdue University in West Lafayette, argues that Democratic presidential candidates simply haven’t spent the money to make the state competitive, giving priority to nearby Ohio and Wisconsin instead.
Not so Barack Obama, who has gone on the offensive in Indiana. …
General Election, Obama, Taxes, featured »
The Economist magazine surveyed responses from 146 economists, and found overwhelming support for Barack Obama’s economic plan. Some interesting statistics:
Over 75% of economists think that the economy is either 4 or 5 on 5-point scale from “not important” to “very important”, with 5 being “very important”
80% of respondents think Barack Obama will pick a better economic team
80% of respondents think Obama has a better grasp of economics
About 70% of respondents would rather work for Obama
Some telling quotes:
“Although I have tended to vote Republican,” one reply says, “the Democrats have a …
