EFCA: How President-Elect Obama Might Change Labor Management Relations.
Will President-Elect Obama Sign The Employee Free Choice Act? The just-ended political campaigns have familiarized many voters with the fact that some candidates have promised to support a bill called the "Employee Free Choice Act," and that the bill would take away the right of working people...

November Senate elections to decide their fate For Some Babies, It's Now or Never.
Remember the exhilaration of the 2000 elections? Remember how, after four years of pro-abortion Bill Clinton, we worked so hard to elect a pro-life president, only to be told by the media that Al Gore had "won" Florida, and probably with it, the presidency? Well, a very...

The polls: presidential referendum effects in the 2006 midterm elections.
Many commentators saw the 2006 midterm elections as a referendum on George W. Bush's presidency, especially his unpopular Iraq War policy. Presidential referendum effects may be highly likely given the degree of party polarization and the concomitant attachment of large numbers of voters to the Democratic and Republican parties....

Meera is rooting for Hillary!
Byline: Anil Sadarangani Hillary Clinton is in the race for the US senate elections from the state of New York, coming up on November 7 and good friend, entrepreneur and socialite Meera Gandhi says Hillary is sure to win. Hillary Clinton is in the race...

Rejecting the parties.
Byline: The Register-Guard John Frohnmayer is not likely to be Oregon's next U.S. senator, but it's good to have him in the race anyway. He's saying things worth hearing, and he's speaking from a position of uncompromised idealism. If nothing else, his candidacy will shed light on...

Close Senate Races in Missouri, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Virginia; Democratic candidates lead in Montana and New Jersey.
Byline: Frank Newport, Jeffrey M. Jones, Lydia Saad, and Joseph Carroll Synopsis: The final USA Today/Gallup pre-election polls for the U.S. Senate in six highly competitive races find the Democratic candidates in New Jersey and Montana holding significant leads, but the races are too close to call...

On the spot: a functional analysis of congressional television spots, 1980-2004.
Introduction Congressional elections are crucial to the American political system. They offer citizens an opportunity to influence the direction of government, hold their representatives accountable (Maisel, 1999) and reinforce the legitimacy of the American political system (Jacobson, 2001). Although congressional elections occur twice as often as--and include...

Women presidentiables.
Byline: Hern. P. Zenarosa NEW YORK, New York - Hillary Rodman Clinton, with all the support she is generating now in the campaign for the Democratic nomination, and on to next year's presidential elections may yet emerge as the first woman US President after George Washington, the...

Democrats hoping for, but also fear a big win.
WASHINGTON - With just weeks to go before the Nov. 4 elections, Democrats have reason for hope and fear.They may win both the White House and US Congress for the first time in 16 years, and then face pressure to deliver on expensive campaign promises amid projected record federal...

In 1906, the Smoot affair put Mormonism in spotlight.
Byline: Albert B. Southwick COLUMN: ALBERT B. SOUTHWICK On June 1, 1906, The Evening Gazette published an editorial titled: THE CASE OF REED SMOOT. It went on to report that the U. S. Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections had issued a strong statement on...