The United States presidential election of 2008, scheduled to be held on November 4, 2008, will be the 55th consecutive quadrennial election for president and vice president of the United States. There also will be elections for all 435 members of the U.S. House of Representatives and elections for 34 members of the United States Senate.
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Tuesday, 07 August 2007 |
Will Gay Marriage Force Black Churches to Reconsider Democratic Party?
President Obama's affirmation of gay marriage threatens to undermine the near-monolithic black support Obama enjoyed in 2008. Several members of the black clergy now say they intend to sit out the presidential election. One poll from last November found black opposition to gay marriage at 58 percent, higher than the rest of the country, which is about evenly split.
Gay marriage is back as an election-year issue
Same-sex marriage will be an issue in Georgia elections again this year, thanks to President Obama's evolving views on the topic.
Africa: How Gay Marriage May Derail Obama's Re-Election Fortunes
[This Day] Three weeks ago, I exuberantly and exultantly proclaimed here that Obama will annihilate Mitt Romney in the November's U.S Presidential election and be resoundingly re-elected for a second term. I had gone ahead to analyze the several factors that would blow the wind of victory in Obama's electoral direction. Most readers who had read that piece which I ran in two parts sent me text ...
Maryland OKs out-of-state gay couple's right to divorce
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Maryland's highest court on Friday recognized the previously denied divorce of a same-sex couple who wed in California but sought to divorce in Maryland, where gay marriage is not yet legal. The state's Court of Appeals ruled 7-0 that Jessica Port and Virginia Anne Cowan have the right to divorce in Maryland because they were legally married in 2008 in California. Maryland ...
Will President Obama's support of gay marriage cost him black votes?
FROM CNN's Jack Cafferty: While President Obama's support for gay marriage is sure to fire up parts of the liberal base, it could alienate others - including black voters. In other words, backing same-sex marriage might be a risky position for the president in an election year when it comes to one of his core [...]
Obama and gay marriage: What he's risking in an election year
WASHINGTON -- President Obama’s endorsement of gay marriage is an election-year boost to his liberal base that comes with some risks.
Obama's support for gay marriage an election gamble
U.S. President Barack Obama's surprise backing of same-sex marriage gets mixed reviews around the world, but appears to be doing him no harm in this U.S. election year.
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