First, restore confidence Forget four years. In the first six weeks of his tenure, the new president's to-do list will include: Restoring a sense of public confidence that the country can meet and solve the financial challenges ahead. At campaign rallies, Obama already has quoted FDR's admonition that "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself." Guiding implementation of the financial industry rescue plan, including figuring out which toxic assets Treasury should buy from struggling institutions and how much to pay for them. The move to use $250 billion of the bailout to buy stakes in banks will put the government in the unfamiliar role of part owner of institutions that embody free-market capitalism. Beginning to revamp a regulatory structure largely built during the Depression so that it reflects the complexity of the current global financial system. Deciding whether and how to begin the drawdown of most U.S. combat forces from Iraq. Obama says he wants to complete the withdrawal in his first 16 months in office. McCain says a reduction is on the horizon but hasn't set a timetable. Responding to the urgent request this month by Gen. David McKiernan, the top commander in Afghanistan, for more U.S. troops there. Army Times reports that Gen. David Petraeus, who takes overall command of the region on Oct. 31, plans to deliver a report to the president in February after conducting a "top-to-bottom" review. Submitting the federal budget for fiscal 2010 to Congress in early February. It presumably will reflect the costs of the bailout plan and the revenue impact of the economic slowdown. Being prepared for terrorists to strike during the transition, a timing they have used before. The World Trade Center was bombed five weeks after President Clinton took office in 1993; the Madrid train bombings took place three days before national elections in Spain in 2004; car-bomb attacks were attempted in London and Glasgow days after a new British prime minister took office in 2007.

A Japanese venture company, Genepax, has unveiled a car on that runs on water. All it requires is a litre of water. In fact, any kind of water to be exact, whether its river, rain, sea water, or even Japanese tea. Its an electric powered car that runs solely on hydrogen dioxide.
"The main characteristic of this car is that no external input is needed. The car will continue to run as long as you have a bottle of water inside for you to add from time to time," said Kiyoshi Hirasawa, Chief Executive Officer of Genepax, after he proudly announced the company's invention.
Once water is poured into the water tank at the back of the car, the newly invented energy generator takes out the hydrogen from the water, releases electrons and finally generates electrical power.
"We highly recommend our system since it does not require you to build up an infrastructure to recharge your batteries, which is usually the case for most electric cars," said Hirasawa, who is hoping to advertise the car in time for the upcoming G8 Summit in Hokkaido, Japan.

That meaning is... For Fifty States. So ADD THE MISSING STATES- DNC! PEOPLE VOTED...AND WILL BE COUNTED. ALL 50 STATES = UNITED.

VOTE'S TELL TO STORY....NOT POLL'S!!!!

WE NEED GOOD TURN OUT'S IN EACH STATE IN DEMOCRATIC PARTY. ALL DEMOCRATIC PARTIES IN STATE ,TELL THE PEOPLE TO VOTE . NOVEMBER IS COMING SOON....

The Republican Party of Virginia was going to require voters in the Republican Presidential primary in February to sign a pledge stating that they would support whomever the eventual Republican nominee was in November. After facing a significant amount of criticism over the decision, however, the decision was just reversed at a party retreat.

Of course the party isn't using the public criticism of requiring a loyalty pledge as the reason for the reversal, but the fact that the Democrats are also going to be holding their Presidential primary on the same day. According to the AP article, GOP leaders argue that this means there is less likely to be Democrats or Independents trying to influence the outcome of the Republican primary.

This logic, however, doesn't make very much sense because it has been known for quite some time that February 12 was the likely date for the Virginia Democrats to hold their primary for at least 8 months now. Therefore, the Republican leaders shouldn't be having this sudden realization that Democrats have their own primary that day. In other words, this is just another example of how some members of the Republican leadership in Virginia simply don't know how to be straight forward and honest with the public.

As the primary season for the 2008 presidential election is rapidly approaching, I began to wonder what each candidate might do if he or she did not become the next President of the United States. More specifically, I wondered which candidates would still hold public office and therefore made up the following list which refers to how much time each candidate would have left in their current terms after the 2008 elections.

Term Ends in 2008

Sen. Joe Biden, Rep. Dennis Kucinich, Rep. Ron Paul, Rep. Tom Tancredo, Rep. Duncan Hunter

Two years left after 2008

Sen. Sam Brownback, Sen. Chris Dodd, Sen. John McCain, Sen. Barack Obama, Gov. Bill Richardson

Four years left after 2008

Sen. Hillary Clinton

Not currently in office

John Edwards, Rudy Giuliani, Mike Gravel, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Fred Thompson

What stood out the most to me is the fact that there are only two Republican candidates -- Senators Sam Brownback and John McCain -- who would remain in office if the weren't elected President. On the other hand, there are only two Democrats currently serving in office who would not hold public office if they lost the presidential election. Furthermore, none of the front-runners from either side of the aisle would lose their jobs if they didn't win the presidency.

Now does this information really mean anything when it comes to the election? Probably not, but one could argue that the people risking their position in public office might have an added incentive to win. Nonetheless, it is a rather interesting tibit of information to look at.