http://www.dailypolitics.net Political News From Around the World Sat, 02 Feb 2008 20:29:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en About two months ago, Oprah Winfrey, the very well known talk-show host endorsed Barack Obama and was able to bring out tens of thousands of people to the arenas in New Hampshire, Iowa, and South Carolina, two of which he won. But, since that time, she has not done ... http://www.dailypolitics.net/oprah-is-back-with-obama/ We are less than a week away from Super Tuesday, probably one of the biggest days in the Presidential primaries. It is the day when Republicans and Democrats both try desperately to gain states as the primaries go national. For example, it is on that day that California, ... http://www.dailypolitics.net/mccain-and-romney-fighting-for-votes-in-california-and-elsewhere/ The ex-Senator from South Carolina who had hoped the state would revive his election is believed to be dropping out today.  The man, who after quite a few losses in the previous states, believes that his underdog state and his chances for success are, unfortunately, not possible.  Little is known ... http://www.dailypolitics.net/edwards-is-dropping-out/ But, although Clinton won, for her, it really meant nothing more than just a big push of momentum for her overall election coming in on Super Tuesday next week. But, for Senator John McCain from Arizona, coming off his win in South Carolina, this sort of a win is ... http://www.dailypolitics.net/mccain-and-clinton-win-in-florida/ Melitus Mugabe Were, a parliament member in Kenya was shot outside of his house Tuesday morning as he was getting out of his car to go inside. Mr. Were was a member of parliament who, by some, was believed to be the one person who could have unlocked Kenya's ... http://www.dailypolitics.net/melitus-mugabe-were-killed-in-kenya/ On December 27, 2007, Benazir Bhutto, a previous Prime Minster of Pakistan and the head of the Pakistan People's Party was assassinated in Rawalpindi. However, up until Saturday, it was not known who had done it; although, the CIA and the Pakistani government both said that it was militants ... http://www.dailypolitics.net/teenager-arrested-for-bhutto-assassination/ There were three victors today and there were some upsets today. First and foremost, John McCain, the Senator from Arizona, stepped up and won in South Carolina, beating Mike Huckabee who thought that he would be able to win due to the Evangelical vote. John McCain stepped up ... http://www.dailypolitics.net/mccain-wins-south-carolina-clinton-wins-nevada-romney-wins-nevada/ On Friday, President Bush asked for $145 billion dollars in the hopes of giving rebates to individuals and businesses with the hopes of, as he put it, "giving a shot to the economy." In a sense, a shot is like a booster shot for a vaccine. You get ... http://www.dailypolitics.net/bush-proposes-plan-for-145-billion-to-boost-economy/ There are debates going on right now in the White House over how strong the President should push Congress in making President Bush's tax cuts permanent. It's an issue that is a priority to the President; however, Democrats feel that a permanent tax cut could destroy the plan before ... http://www.dailypolitics.net/debate-in-white-house-on-economic-fix/ Back in 2000, when John McCain was campaigning for the nomination in South Carolina, one of the most notorious smear campaigns took aim at McCain and spread incredible lies about the Arizona senator and his wife. One of these was that his wife, Cindy, was a drug addict and ... http://www.dailypolitics.net/john-mccain-fights-off-smear-tactics-similar-to-2000/