Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is the least Ron Paul-like candidate in the general election according to Liberty Maven's "Paul-O-Meter."
Obama received a score of 17, falling far behind the leading Ron Paul candidates Constitution Party nominee Chuck Baldwin and Libertarian Bob Barr who each have a score of 88.
Ralph Nader is in third place with 26 points followed by John McCain at 25. The next to last candidate is Green Party presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney at 20 points.
You can find out more about the "Paul-O-Meter" by going HERE.
Ray McKinney, who is running for the Republican nomination for Congressman from Georgia's 12th district, has attacked Barak Obama for endorsing incumbent John Barrow over State Sen. Regina Thomas for the Democratic nomination.
McKinney said: "How can the presidential candidate who always talks about change now endorse the status quo candidate for Congress? I can see how supporters of Regina Thomas might feel betrayed. Sen. Thomas and I disagree on several issues, but I admire her honesty and courage to speak what she believes. She deserves better than blatant hypocrisy from both Barrow and Obama."
Independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader has drawn attention from the major media channels and Barak Obama himself for these comments he made saying Obama talks "white."
Earlier today Sen. Edward Kennedy was hospitalized due to suffering from two seizures. All three of the major presidential candidates have put out statements on this matter.
Sen. Barak Obama (D): "I have been in contact with the family. Obviously they are in our thoughts and prayers."
Sen. Hillary Clinton (D): "My thoughts and prayers are with Sen. Ted Kennedy and his family today. We all wish him well and a quick recovery."
Sen. John McCain (R): "I was very sorry to hear that Senator Kennedy has taken ill, and like millions of Americans, Cindy and I anxiously await word of his condition. Senator Kennedy's role in the U.S. Senate cannot be overstated. He is a legendary lawmaker, and I have the highest respect for him. When we have worked together, he has been a skillful, fair and generous partner. I consider it a great privilege to call him my friend. Cindy and I are praying for our friend, his wife, Vicki and the Kennedy family."
The results are in, and Barak Obama has won the Guam caucuses held today.
Obama beat Hillary Clinton by 7 totall votes in this contest that will send just four delegates to the national convention.
The vote tally was: Obama: 2264, Clinton: 2257.
Former conservative Democrat sentor from Georgia Sam Nunn has endorsed Barak Obama for president.
At one point Nunn was involved in Unity '08, which was formed to run an independent presidential ticket but has since ended, and Nunn even showed interest in running as an independent himself.
Nunn will now serve as a national security advisor to Obama.
Independent presidential candidate John Bootie has given Miller Politics his personal thoughts on the controversy over Barak Obama's former pastor Jeremiah Wright:
"First the Speeches of Mr Wright, are filled with Hate and racism. I am in hopes he has given some CHRISTian based sermons about the Love of GOD. Second he makes no apologies for the content of his words.
The truth is I and most Americans have only heard about the controversial speeches. The speeches we have heard, are so vial and hate filled against whites. If given by a white pastor about a black society, would create such an up roar that no one would be able to get away from it. The only reason we even hear about it at all, is that Talk radio hosts have picked up and carried the ball. To see that every American hears about these hateful speeches. Barack Hussein Obama, seems to be just as hate filled, since he refuses to denounce the speeches or Mr Wright himself. It's apparently clear that Mrs Obama, is just as hate filled, with her "finally being proud for the first time in her adult life of America". Other black leaders are backing Obama, so their refusing to comment on the problem, except to say Mr Wright is being singled out.. YES I agree, he is being singled out. He wanted in the spotlight, and now he does not like white Americans complaining... Oh Poor Mr Wright, well I have no sympathy for you. For the most part in today's society blacks keep bringing the subject of RACE up, when ever its convenient for them to do so.....
Instead of denouncing Mr Wright's words, Barack Hussein Obama has chosen to criticize whites, and complain that blacks have been programed to hate and to be racist. From how I take his words, he even called his Grandmother a racist. To categorize her as a person who automatically fears when she sees a black person either coming at her or behind her. It's time we CHRISTians and Americans start making BLACKS accountable for their actions and words."
New Mexico Governor and former 2008 Democratic presidential candidate Bill Richardson endorsed Barak Obama for president yesterday.
Here is an interview with Gov. Richardson on the endorsement from MSNBC:
At Recent McCain for President rally conservative talk show host Billy Cunningham referred to Democratic presidential candidate Barak Obama as “Barak Hussein Obama.” True, Obama’s middle name is Hussein but it is evident that Cunningham was using the name as an attack to connect Obama with the former Iraqi dictator Sadam Hussein.
McCain, who did not attend the event, condemned Cunningham’s attacks saying that he is going to run a respectful campaign. In response Cunningham renounced the McCain campaign saying he will only consider supporting the Arizona senator in the general election if he apologizes for a number of issues the two disagree on.
First off, McCain was right to do what he did because the attacks made on Obama were pointless. But the real question is, why was Cunningham campaigning for McCain one day despite all their differences and the next day attacking him because of those differences? The bottom line is that Cunningham, who is being backed by fellow conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh, is not supporting McCain because he had his feelings hurt because McCain does not want to run a dirty campaign based on pointless attacks and he was not afraid to rebuke the comments that had been made, not because of their disagreements on the issues.
This is a personal issue Billy Cunningham has with John McCain and has nothing to do with the issues.
Yesterday former liberal Republican Senator Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island endorsed Democrat Barak Obama for president. This raises the question: why did so many high ranking Republicans support this guy in the first place?
Chafee was in every since a "Republican in Name in Only." While in the senate he was a supporter of gay marriage, abortion and high taxes. Despite all this and also being the only Republican in the Senate to vote against authorization of the use of force in Iraq this did not stop the National Republican Party of backing him for re-nomination against the more conservative mayor of Cranston, Rhode Island, Stephen Laffey. During the primary campaign both Sen. John McCain and First Lady Laura Bush, among others, campaigned for this liberal believing that he would be more electable in the general election, which he ended up losing. Chafee has sense left the Republican Party and become an independent.
So how could John McCain or any other Republican who supported Chafee have any credibility of attacking Democrats when they campaigned for a person who held the same positions but had the word "Republican" next to his name on the ballot?
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