Politics: Page: 3

This is page 3 of the Politics posts on Writers Write.


  • Bush Poll Numbers Hit a New Low (2007-05-05): As George Bush brushes up on his royal etiquette in preparation for Queen Elizabeth's visit and the most formal state dinner held during his administration, he can take consolation from the fact that the Queen is too refined to mention his horrifying low approval numbers.

  • John Edwards is the Only Twittering Candidate (2007-04-02): Most people using Twitter are aware that presidential candidate John Edwards has a Twitter at twitter.

  • Novak: Bush Out of Touch With His Own Party (2007-03-26): Bob Novak writes in The Washington Post that in fifty years, he has never seen a president so out of touch with his own party.

  • Senator Barack Obama Launches Social Network (2007-02-11): Senator Barack Obama recently announced that he will be running for president in 2008.

  • Hillary Clinton Starts a Conversation (2007-01-25): Senator Hillary Clinton entered the 2008 presidential race this past weekend with a video posted on her website titled, "I'm In".

  • Bill Frist's Political Career is Over (2006-11-29): Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R - Tennessee) has confirmed that he will not be making a run for the White House in 2008.

  • Slight Increase in Youth Vote During 2006 Elections (2006-11-08): The German Press Agency reports that there was a slight increase in voting by voters ages 18 to 29 during yesterday's midterm elections.

  • Photobloggers To Capture Democracy in Action (2006-11-02): AIGA, a professional association for designers, has launched the Polling Place Photo Project.

  • Pervez Musharraf Meets Jon Stewart (2006-09-29): Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf visited Jon Stewart on The Daily Show this week to promote his new memoir In the Line of Fire (Free Press).

  • Cute Little Elephants and Donkeys Required on New Political Blogs (2006-09-26): Mainstream media outlets are busy launching political blogs.

  • The Truth's Out: Rove Not Indicted (2006-06-17): Earlier this week Karl Rove was given the news that he will not be charged in the ongoing cia leak scandal.

  • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Writes A Letter (2006-05-09): Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad surprised just about everyone by writing a hefty eighteen page letter to President Bush.

  • More Americans Now Call Themselves Democrats (2006-03-29): A new Gallup poll shows that more Americans now consider themselves Democrats than Republicans, with 33% considering themselves Democrats.

  • Did George Clooney Blog for the Huffington Post or Not? (2006-03-15): A blog post on the Huffington Post attributed to George Clooney was very popular on the blogosphere earlier this week.

  • Match the Author With the Love Scene (2006-02-14): In celebration of Valentine's Day, we're sharing question #24 from GQ magazine's new quiz about Vice President Dick Cheney entitled "You Don't Know Dick.

  • Ashcroft Hires Democrat to Shop a Book Deal (2005-11-15): The New York Times reports that the extremely conservative former attorney general John Ashcroft is shopping a book proposal.

  • John and Elizabeth Edwards Book Forum Pick (2005-10-18): Former Democratic Vice presidential candidate John Edwards and his wife Elizabeth have chosen their first book for the their new Book Forum: God's Politics: Why the Right Gets it Wrong and the Left Doesn't Get It by Jim Wallis (HarperSanFrancisco).

  • Donald Trump Starts Blogging (2005-08-11): Donald Trump has started a blog, called The Trump Blog, which provides business and marketing advice.

  • John Edwards and the Hot New Political Book Trend (2005-06-01): Former Democratic Vice-presidential nominee John Edwards has inked a book deal with HarperCollins.

  • The Top 100 Speeches of the 20th Century (2005-05-22): Who has the "power of rhetorical eloquence" in America? That was the question addressed by Stephen E.