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After the December 7, 2008 national election and two presidential run-offs on December 28 and January 2, 2009, Professor John Atta-Mills, presidential candidate of National Democratic Congress (NDC), the opposition party, was yesterday declared Ghana’s president-elect by the Electoral Commission.
The presidential race between the candidate of the National Patriotic Party, Nana Akufo-Addo, and the [...]

Does Ghana Exist?

The Ghana 2008 Presidential/Parliamentary elections has been over since 36 hours ago and I find it interesting that many of the leading Western media outlets have not made a mention of Ghana 2008 Elections. Perhaps, Ghana does not exist on their radar screen. Ghana, like the rest of black Africa will only [...]

What an election campaign! Nearly two Earth revolutions around the Sun! Many candidates, but only the strong (read: clear-minded) stood above the rest. Obama/Biden vs. McCain/Palin.  What a vicious battle! Don’t forget Hillary Clinton & Huckabee etc. Or even for that matter; Former US President Bill Clinton.
Newsweek, however, has the mother lode–a seven-part series of [...]

How did Barack Obama win the U.S. 2008 Presidential election?
This question will be asked by many pundits; dis-believers; strategists and history buffs. Look for David Axelrod; Robert Gibbs; Chris Hughes; David Plouffe; and Julianna Smoot. They will go down in history along with President-Elect Barack Obama.
The New York Times newspaper has an interesting article about [...]

Obama’s Election Triumph is captured on almost every front page of the world’s leading print newspapers.
See some * here *
This one is probably the best tho’. All in Flash. Obama Headlines from around the world
Also read this CNN report on why these newspapers are dissapearing faster than anyone imagined! All I can say is that ‘Race [...]

Full text & Video: Obama’s victory speech
Barack Obama Election 2008 victory Speech from Grant Park in Chicago Illinois, USA on the night of November 4th is here in video and full text courtesy of [Click on this green link] BBC News.
Enjoy and Analyze!
NOTE: Play your own soul-stirring music behind it. I’m dead serious!
Here’s John McCain’s [...]

Barack Hussein Obama has been elected the 44th president of the United States of America! This was done by the participation of the majority of the voting population in the 2008 election. Scorecard as of election night was that: Mr. Obama captured an estimated 52 percent of the popular vote and 349 electoral [...]

Interesting election this time. All fresh faces but with high political positions as far as Democrats and Republicans are concerned.
Let’s take the first scenario. The U.S. Senate.
The United States Senate is the upper house of the bicameral United States Congress. Each U.S state is represented by two senators, rather basing the number of senators on [...]

More political humor! If you loved Homer Simpson trying to cast a ballot; then you will Loooove this!
Obama Vs. McCain
Barack and John battle it out on the Dance Floor B-Boy style!! courtesy of MMC Originals!

Last chance to get it straight + tools to follow all types of elections in the USA on Tuesday, November 4th on the Internet!
This part is for those who have NOT voted early and plan to visit a polling site tomorrow.
1) Please know the issues at stake as an American citizen.
a) Rabsworld - [...]

With just a few days until the November 4 presidential election, Barack Obama’s campaign has requested the help of Hip-Hop’s DJs and radio personalities around the country to urge young voters to make it out to the polls.
Say what?

You thought you knew! Well… there’s John McCain; Barack Obama. Hopefully; you know there story well.
But are you familiar with Charles Baldwin; Robert Barr; Cynthia McKinney; Ralph Nader, Róger Calero and Gloria La Riva and write-in such as Alan Keyes? Forget the Democrats and Republicans. What about the Green Party; The Socialist Worker’s Party; The [...]

The water cooler and Instant Messaging chat sessions are an endless blather of the U.S. political presidential election campaign. CNN Politics has done a great list of who (basically the four candidates for the US presidency and Vice presidency) stands for what issue. To me; this is the best way to vote. Know the issues [...]

Obama Ads Featured In Video Games
from SOHH.com Dailies
Democrat presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama continues to make history, becoming the first presidential candidate to purchase ad space inside video games.
Just in time for the final, official Pres candidate debate. I’m really curious to see what ads are in these games and how they were strategically placed.
Who [...]

Yes He Can,” Barack Obama Seals The Deal As 1st Black Prez Nominee
written by Brandi Hopper & Rab Bakari
Barack Obama made history June 3rd, winning the Democratic nomination for President and becoming the first black nominee ever, for either party.
According to the New York Post, about 17,000 people came out to the Xcel Energy Center [...]