time.com - 1/8/2009
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The House and Senate are coming together in a centuries-old tradition to count the electoral votes from the November election and formally declare that Barack Obama will be the 44th president of the United States
Republicans Gain 6 Electoral Votes
outsidethebeltway.com 12/26/2008 — Republicans may be in the midst of a losing at the polls but they continue to pick up seats in the House and Electoral College thanks to the decennial census.
Texas will lose some influence in Washington when President George W. Bush leaves the White ...
McCain wins Missouri's 11 electoral votes; Obama still president-elect
latimesblogs.latimes.com 11/20/2008 — Fifteen days after the presidential election, John McCain was declared the unofficial winner of the state of Missouri, his 0.12% victory over Barack Obama delivering the Show Me State's 11 electoral votes to the Republican ticket.
Unfortunately ...
Oregon House votes to end the Electoral College
oregonlive.com 3/13/2009 — The Oregon House voted today to end the electoral college system in favor of the popular vote in electing a U.S. president. House Bill 2588, which passed 39-19, now moves to the Senate. Four states have endorsed legislation to ban the current system, ...
The Barack Obama Body Count
wizbangblog.com 1/24/2009 — 15 civilians including three children. Hey, look, I'm just trying to be fair. For the last seven years, all we heard from the far left was "the President is personally...
Obama Wins Nebraska Electoral Vote
huffingtonpost.com 11/14/2008 — OMAHA, Neb. — President-elect Barack Obama has won one of Nebraska's electoral votes, making history in a state that has never split its electoral votes.
After all remaining ballots were counted Friday, Obama emerged with a 3,325-vote lead ...
Alaska vote count continues today: 2008 Election
adn.com 11/18/2008 — Elections workers today will count 24,000 votes from Anchorage, the Kenai Peninsula, Southwest and Southeast Alaska. Senate race As it stood before today's count began, Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich led Sen. Ted Stevens by 1,022 votes in the race for ...
Celebrities Count Down To Inauguration Day
etonline.com 1/20/2009 — ET was at a pre-inauguration party where celebrities came together for a New Year's Eve-style "Countdown to a New Day." ET spoke to Teri Hatcher , Gerard Butler , Val Kilmer , and The Huffington Post co-founder and Editor-in-Chief Arianna Hufington. ...
- Electoral college reform by direct election of the President
nationalpopularvote.com 12/5/2008 — The National Popular Vote bill would guarantee a majority of the Electoral College to the presidential candidate who receives the most popular votes in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The bill would reform the Electoral College so that ...
No Surprises in Electoral Tally
nytimes.com 1/9/2009 — The House and the Senate gathered in a joint meeting on Thursday to go through one of the last formalities of the presidential election: counting the electoral votes. >
Change You Can Count On
powerlineblog.com 11/2/2008 — This new ad by the RNC takes aim at Barack Obama's ever-changing definition of "the rich." It's pretty good, although it doesn't point to the most reliable indicator: Obama's vote to raise taxes on income-earners down to $42,000.
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