http://politicsevolved.com Everything Politics Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:44:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Former vice presidential nominee and member of Hillary Clinton’s campaign finance committee Geraldine Ferraro has resigned her position after facing criticism for remarks she made about Barack Obama.  The trouble started when she said to a California newspaper, “if Obama was a white man, he would not be in this ... http://politicsevolved.com/clinton-campaign-staffer-resigns-over-controversial-comments/ Since the beginning of the 2008 campaign season there are several issues that have been on the top of candidates’ lists of priorities: Iraq, the economy, illegal immigration.  All of them have been debated and discussed.  One of them, though, has prompted members of Congress to sponsor a dramatic new ... http://politicsevolved.com/the-earmark-moratorium/ High-ranking Republicans in New York’s state government have given Governor Eliot Spitzer 48 hours to resign: "If he does not resign within the next 24 to 48 hours, we will prepare articles of impeachment to remove him," http://politicsevolved.com/ny-republicans-give-spitzer-48-hours-to-resign/ In the debate over what to do about Florida and Michigan, the Democratic party has been considering a wide array of options – some controversial, some experimental, but none universally accepted.  The latest fan favorite is no exception. http://politicsevolved.com/a-democratic-solution/ They call it the “Texas Two-step” – unlike every other state, the Democratic Party in Texas holds both a primary and a caucus.  The problem?  Hillary Clinton won the primary, but Barack Obama appears to have won the caucus.  So who gets to claim the state? http://politicsevolved.com/who-won-texas/ The Democratic National Committee decided that delegates from Florida and Michigan would not be seated at this year’s Democratic National Convention because the two states broke party rules by holding their election contests before February 5. Now, though, there is concern that alienating the two states’ voters could hurt ... http://politicsevolved.com/dnc-tries-to-settle-florida-michigan-delegate-problem/ Two things were clear leading up to the four primaries on March 4 – John McCain would likely end up the official Republican nominee, and Hillary Clinton needed to win big to still have a shot at beating Barack Obama for the Democratic nomination. http://politicsevolved.com/super-tuesday-ii-the-results/ Dmitry Medvedev has commonly been referred to as Vladimir Putin’s chosen successor to the Russian presidency.  Now that the results of the election are official (Medvedev won by a landslide), the flames of that idea are being fueled by comments made by European election observers http://politicsevolved.com/russian-election-called-undemocratic-by-observers/ After lengthy debate over the fate of three men, Iraq’s presidency council, whose members consist of President Jalal Talabani and two deputies, have approved plans to execute Ali Hassan al-Majeed, commonly referred to as “Chemical Ali.” http://politicsevolved.com/iraq-set-to-hang-chemical-ali/ Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki and opposition leader Raila Odinga have called for an end to violence after signing a deal that would establish a power-sharing government.  Violence had erupted along ethnic lines after Mr. Odinga (of the Luos tribe) accused Mr. Kibaki (of the Kikuyu tribe) of falsifying election results. http://politicsevolved.com/rivals-in-kenya-approve-power-sharing-agreement/