National News Links

to advertise in this space, contact
Dr. Bill Siroty here...

Primary News	New Hampshire News	Articles	HOME

(on this page:) National Polls	War/Terror/Security	Other News & Views


NH News Links:	National News Links:	Primary News Links:
NH News Op Ed People/Candidates Political Columns NH Polls	National Polls War/Terror/Security Other News	Democrats Republicans Other Presidential Candidates First Primary General National Campaign

National polls...
Back to Top

How Bush Ratings Complicate McCain's Presidential Fight

By John D. McKinnon
Wall Street Journal
July 2, 2008 9:33 AM

WASHINGTON -- President Bush's record unpopularity is playing an unprecedented role in the 2008 campaign, complicating John McCain's task among key constituencies. Mr. Bush received a 66% disapproval rating in The Wall Street Journal/NBC poll for June, tying his own record for the highest ever for any president in the Journal/NBC poll...His disapproval rating in the Journal poll is particularly striking among a number of key voter blocs for Mr. McCain in the November election: older voters (67%), women (71%) and independents (75%)...

Hispanic Voters Solidly Behind Obama
Few demographic differences evident among Hispanics

By Jeffrey M. Jones
Gallup News Service
July 2, 2008

PRINCETON, NJ -- Hispanic registered voters' support for Barack Obama for president remained consistent and strong in June, with Obama leading John McCain by 59% to 29% among this group...

CNN Poll: Candidates' wives viewed favorably

By Alexander Mooney
CNN
July 2, 2008

A new CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll shows a majority of voters view Michelle Obama in a favorable light, while Cindy McCain is less known. Those numbers contradict an AP/Yahoo poll released earlier Wednesday that showed more voters viewed Michelle Obama negatively than positively...

Real Clear Politics Poll Summary: General Election: McCain vs. Obama

Includes links to individual state polls

war/terror/SECURITY ...
Back to Top

A Shortage Of Troops in Afghanistan
Iraq War Limits U.S. Options, Says Chairman of Joint Chiefs

By Josh White
Washington Post
Thursday, July 3, 2008; A01

The nation's top military officer said yesterday that more U.S. troops are needed in Afghanistan to tamp down an increasingly violent insurgency, but that the Pentagon does not have sufficient forces to send because they are committed to the war in Iraq. Navy Adm. Michael G. Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said insurgent Taliban and extremist forces in Afghanistan have become "a very complex problem," one that is tied to the extensive drug trade, a faltering economy and the porous border with Pakistan. Violence in Afghanistan has increased markedly over recent weeks, with June the deadliest month for U.S. troops since the war began in 2001...

Believe Me, It’s Torture
What more can be added to the debate over U.S. interrogation methods, and whether waterboarding is torture? Try firsthand experience. The author undergoes the controversial drowning technique, at the hands of men who once trained American soldiers to resist—not inflict—it.

By Christopher Hitchens
Vanity Fair
August 2008

Here is the most chilling way I can find of stating the matter. Until recently, “waterboarding” was something that Americans did to other Americans. It was inflicted, and endured, by those members of the Special Forces who underwent the advanced form of training known as sere (Survival, Evasion, Resistance, Escape). In these harsh exercises, brave men and women were introduced to the sorts of barbarism that they might expect to meet at the hands of a lawless foe who disregarded the Geneva Conventions. But it was something that Americans were being trained to resist, not to inflict...

other news and views...
Back to Top

Articles...

Article1 Back to Top


Article 2 Back to Top


Article 3 Back to Top

Primary News |

New Hampshire Links |

Articles

| HOME