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The Presidential Race isn't as Close as You Think

Todd Herron | Posted 12.18.2012 | Canada Politics
Read More: Supreme Court, Iowa, US Supreme Court, California, USA-Election-Polls, Ohio, Elections 2012, Obama, Nevada, Romney, Colorado, Texas, Virginia, Swing States, Electoral Votes, Electoral College, North Carolina, Popular Vote, Slideexpand, Canada Politics News
Todd Herron

Is the U.S. election really a neck-and-neck race, like the pollsters in the mainstream media keep reporting? Not really. It would be close, if the popular vote indeed decided the Presidency, but it's the Electoral College that determines who wins. That's why Obama and Romney don't bother to campaign in California, New York, or Texas; the outcomes there are "givens." The swing-states are where the action is -- and this time around, Ohio is the "swingyest" of them all.

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War on Mexican Drugs Not Fast and Furious Enough

Miranda Frum | Posted 12.13.2011 | Canada
Read More: Customs, America, Firearms, Mexico, Sinaloa, American-Mexican Border, Weapons, Eric Holder, Drug, Rick Perry, Guns, Los Zetas, Texas, Straw Purchaser, Cartel, Atf, Fast and Furious, Drug War, Mexico Drug War, Canada News
Miranda Frum

The government is aware that American guns are travelling into the hands of very dangerous people, however nothing is really done. Rick Perry has spoken of a potential American involvement in Mexico, complete with sending troops over the border and maintaining order. But is this effective?

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