John McCain recently proposed a plan that could save Americans an average of $2.35 every time they fill up their tank. The proposed plan is to do away with the federal gas tax which right now is 18.4 cents per gallon. The idea is that from Memorial Day to Labor Day the country could do away with that tax as this is the time when most people travel.

McCain points out that doing this would instantly stimulate the economy by putting more spendable money into the hands of Americans. It may not seem like a lot, but across the country if everyone that fills up saves that kind of money the overall economy would improve, and also it would help give people a better outlook when they look at gas prices in the future.

The federal government currently collects $38 billion per year on gas and diesel taxes while state and local governments bring in an additional $78 billion. These numbers are reported by the Federal Highway Administration. Of course this plan is being met with opposition by some anaylysts who feel that roads would go in desrepair.

What is your thought on this? Do you think it is a good idea?

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A hot topic for people around the country is the rising gas prices, and many people are turning to the federal government for help. The newly elected President could make a lot of people happy by focusing on improving fuel prices. Despite what the government does to help with the rising costs of fuel here are six ways that you can save money at the pump. Many of these you may already know.

1. Check Your Tires: Studies show that underinflated tires are the leading cause of poor fuel economy. One out of every four cars tends to have at least one underinflated tire. Gas mileage can drop two percent for every single pound of pressure that your tires are off. Check your tire pressure one every couple of weeks and get some free air at a gas station. You will notice you won’t have to fill up as much following this tactic.

2. Check Your Air Filter: A dirty air filter can reduce your gas mileage up to 10 percent. Check your vehicles owner manual for information on how to change your car’s air filter.

3. Check Your Engine: Old, dirty spark plugs for example could hurt overall fuel efficiency by 30 percent. There are other worn out components in your engine that could be bad.

4. Drive More Efficiently: Driving too fast can hurt you at the pump as well as accelerating too quickly, idling for unneccessary reasons, driving during rush hour, slamming on the brakes, etc. Higher speeds will reduce gas mileage.

5. Roll Down Your Windows: If it is a nice day outside and not too hot outside drive with your windows open some as turning on the air conditioner can reduce your fuel efficiency by up to 10 percent.

6. Check Your Gas Cap: Loose, missing, or damaged gas caps can make you lose more fuel. Check your cap soon.

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It never seems to end between Hillary Clinton and Barak Obama. Riding high after a recent victory in Pennsylvania, Senator Clinton is attacking the strenghts of Obama in an attempt to rally the Democratic party voters. One thing she is pointing out to all is that she has more popular votes than Obama and also the fact that her campaign has some new fundraising strength thanks to the recent victory.

In only a 17 hour period following the election Clinton’s campaign brought in an astoninishing $10 million through its website. It is amazing how one win can really make people jump on the band wagon. To win over the democratic party Obama is attempting to point out the fact that overall he has raised much more than Clinton which proves that he will be able to raise the funds necessary to win over John McCain (supposed Republican Nominee).

With the momentum on her side Clinton is trying to obtain an agreement which would allow for both her and Obama to be seated at the National Convention. Clinton made here statements today from Indiana as she begings to prepare for the upcoming Indiana and North Carolina primaries.

Today Clinton was quoted as saying, “I’m very proud that, as of today, I have received more votes by the people who have voted than anybody else.” After that she encouraged her supporters to give to the campaign using a little motivation that she won in Pennsylvania despite the fact that Obama outspent her by 3.5 to 1.

With her recent win in Pennsylvania, Senator Hilary Clinton, gets to survive for another day in this election. With Barak Obama gaining more and more of a lead each day, it can seem that her campaign is slipping away. Her budget is running dry and support seems to be dwindling. Even today Clinton took another blow when Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry stated that he was going to endorse Barak Obama for the presidency.

Obama is still positioned ahead of Clinton and as the primary comes to a close later this year it can seem more and more difficult for her to make a comeback and win the overall election. It seems like the rich get richer in the campaigns as Obama is spending more and more on advertising as his support rises. He is already spending twice the amount of money that Hilary is spending on upcoming primary states Indiana and North Carolina. Both of these states are essential for Hilary to be triumphant throughout the primaries.

Clinton is still in the race, but she will have to really work hard to win as many as possible if she wants a chance to represent the Democratic Party in 2008.

Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry has changed his mind and decided to choose a presidential candidate to endorse early. Henry has decided to support Barak OBama. He originally had stated that he would not choose someone to support until this summer’s national convention. It looks like this is just another feather in Obama’s cap during this 2008 presidential race.

Found a great article about the debate yesterday and how Barack and Hillary keep complaining about which candidate is the biggest complainer. Here is a little bit of the article but you can read the full article source here:

By NEDRA PICKLER, Associated Press Writer

RADNOR, Pa. - Democratic presidential rivals Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama are complaining about which candidate is the biggest complainer. The issue is their treatment in debates. Obama is objecting to the questions posed this week in one moderated by ABC News.

Many of the toughest questions were targeted at Obama, the front-runner for the nomination, and he’s said too much time was spent on political divisions instead of issues that matter to Americans.

Clinton said Friday that if Obama thinks the debate was tough, it pales in comparison to the pressures a president faces.

“I’m with Harry Truman on this — if you can’t stand the heat get out of the kitchen,” she told voters while campaigning in Pennsylvania. “Just speaking for myself, I am very comfortable in the kitchen.”

Found this great article: Bush to endorse John McCain by the Associated Press:

WASHINGTON - It’s not good to keep President Bush waiting. But John McCain did on Wednesday.

Bush joked with reporters and laughed and turned left and right as he waited for the Republican presidential nominee-in-waiting to show up at the White House for a promised endorsement.

McCain finally showed up and the two men went inside for lunch. “He’s going to win,” Bush said. He shook hands with McCain and kissed his wife, Cindy, on the cheek.

McCain was getting a formal welcome at the North Portico, followed by lunch in Bush’s private dining room and an endorsement in the Rose Garden.

In recent weeks, Bush has gone out of his way to defend the senator’s conservative credentials, saying criticism of the Arizona senator has been grossly unfair. The two were bitter rivals in 2000.

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So if the as we thought the race was over it just got that more difficult to understand with Hillary Clinton’s wins of Ohio and Texas. Even with these wins she is still behind in the delagate count. SO WHAT NOW? Below is an article by By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER, Associated Press Writer that helped me understand a little better:

WASHINGTON - Sen. Barack Obama survived defeats in three primaries Tuesday with his lead in the delegate race essentially intact.

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton netted only a 12-delegate pickup, despite winning primaries in Texas, Ohio and Rhode Island, according to an analysis of returns by The Associated Press. There were still 12 more delegates to be awarded.

In the overall race for the nomination, Obama had 1,562 delegates, including separately chosen party and elected officials known as superdelegates. Clinton had 1,461. It takes 2,025 delegates to secure the Democratic nomination.

For the night, Clinton won at least 185 delegates and Obama won at least 173.

Clinton’s victory in Ohio won her only 9 more delegates than Obama, with two delegates still to be awarded. In Texas, Clinton won four more delegates than Obama in the primary. But Obama trimmed Clinton’s lead to a single Texas delegate in the party caucuses. There were still 10 delegates to be awarded in the caucuses.

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Hillary Clinton wins Ohio, Texas, and Rhode Island. This is more than crazy and she is back from the dead. Here is an article from Yahoo News that I found to be a great synopsis on what is coming up in the 2008 Race:

WASHINGTON - Congratulations, Hillary Rodham Clinton. You did what your husband said you had to do and won Ohio and Texas.

Now what?

“Tonight we won three out of four contests and began a new chapter in this historical campaign,” the victorious Clinton told reporters on her campaign plane.

But even if she wins every contest left, Clinton still would have a hard time overcoming Barack Obama’s pledged delegate lead. In fact, her task got even harder because even though she won Texas, Ohio and Rhode Island Tuesday night, she didn’t do much to close the delegate gap — and with every contest that passes, the number up for grabs drops.

Obama focused on the math while addressing supporters in Texas. “We have nearly the same delegate lead as we did this morning and we are on our way to winning this nomination,” he said.

Clinton’s best hope is to try to rack up big margins in the spring contests. Even her own advisers acknowledge Obama will probably win the two other states left this month — Wyoming on Saturday and Mississippi next Tuesday. If she is able to continue turning voters against Obama in the races after that, she could plausibly clinch the nomination by persuading superdelegates to back her.

It won’t be easy.

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Sen. John McCain’s presidential campaign claimed vindication Thursday night after a sophisticated 24-hour counterattack turned a potentially lethal story in The New York Times into a conservative call to arms.

The piece about McCain’s friendly relations with a telecommunications lobbyist — long-discussed in political circles and planned for weeks by McCain operatives — was the first test of his ability to confront a public-relations crisis since becoming the GOP’s presumptive nominee.

But the reaction may have said as much about the mindset of the conservative movement on the brink of the general election as it did about McCain and his team.

“Even if they want to quibble within our own tribe, they’ll circle the wagons when we’re attacked by the Times,” said McCain campaign senior adviser Charlie Black.

Few commentators on the right — including some who regularly denounce ethical lapses or weaknesses of the flesh among Democrats — paused to assess seriously whether the Times’ suggestions of conflict of interest were well-founded…….

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Barack Obama has gained more ground over his rival, Hillary Clinton, in the contest to win the Democratic nomination to run for US president.

Mr Obama, the senator for Illinois, has won the primary in Wisconsin, and is also projected to take victory in Hawaii - his 10th win in a row.

This puts huge pressure on Mrs Clinton to win in Ohio and Texas next month.

John McCain won Wisconsin for the Republicans, boosting his front-runner status in his party’s contest.

Mr McCain is also projected to win a Republican primary in Washington state.

With 99% of precincts having reported in Wisconsin, Mr Obama had 58% of the vote to Mrs Clinton’s 41%……

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WASHINGTON - John McCain effectively sealed the Republican presidential nomination on Thursday as chief rival Mitt Romney suspended his faltering presidential campaign. “I must now stand aside, for our party and our country,” Romney told conservatives.

“If I fight on in my campaign, all the way to the convention, I would forestall the launch of a national campaign and make it more likely that Senator Clinton or Obama would win. And in this time of war, I simply cannot let my campaign, be a part of aiding a surrender to terror,” Romney told the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington.

Romney’s decision leaves McCain as the top man standing in the GOP race, with Mike Huckabee and Ron Paul far behind in the delegate hunt. It was a remarkable turnaround for McCain, who some seven months ago was barely viable, out of cash and losing staff. The four-term Arizona senator, denied his party’s nomination in 2000, was poised to succeed George W. Bush as the GOP standard-bearer.

Romney launched his campaign almost a year ago in his native Michigan. The former Massachusetts governor and venture capitalist invested more than $40 million of his own money into the race, counted on early wins in Iowa and New Hampshire that never materialized and won just seven states on Super Tuesday, mostly small caucus states.

McCain took the big prizes of New York and California.

“This is not an easy decision for me. I hate to lose. My family, my friends and our supporters … many of you right here in this room … have given a great deal to get me where I have a shot at becoming president. If this were only about me, I would go on. But I entered this race because I love America,” Romney said.

There were shouts of astonishment, with some moans and others yelling, “No, No.”

Romney responded, “You guys are great.”

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Democrat Race Winners:

Barack Obama Wins:

Alabama, Alaska, Colorado, Connecticut, Deleware, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, South Carolina, Utah

Hillary Clinton Wins:

Arizona, Arkansas, California, Florida, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, Tennessee

Democrat Delegate Count: (As of 7/7/2008)
Obama: 741
Clinton: 823

Republican Race Winners:

John McCain Wins:

Arizona, California, Deleware, Florida, Illinois, Missouri, New Hamshire, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, South Carolina

Mitt Romney Wins:

Alaska, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, North Dakota, Utah, Wyoming

Mike Huckabee Wins:

Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Iowa, Tennessee, West Virginia

Republican Delegate Count: (As of 7/7/2008)

McCain: 714
Romney: 286
Huckabee: 181
Paul: 16

So it is Super Tuesday and the Voting is going on in many states across the nation who won and who are the front runners. Here at President2008blog.com we will post all of the Super Tuesday winners as soon as they all are finished.

So does this mean John McCain is the front runner well we will let you decide that. Read Article below about Schwarzenegger endorsing John McCain:

LOS ANGELES - California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger endorsed Sen. John McCain in the Republican presidential race on Thursday, praising him as an extraordinary leader who can reach across the political aisle to get things done.

McCain predicted a “flood of endorsements across this country from both liberals and conservatives” would soon come his way as he tries to take command of the nominating fight after a bruising series of early primaries and caucuses.

“I won a Republican-only primary in the state of Florida but I also have been able to gain the support of independents, as well, which is vital to winning a national election,” he said.

McCain and his principal remaining rival, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, square off in 21 primaries and caucuses next week with more than 1,000 delegates at stake.

At a news conference, Schwarzenegger said McCain has the national security credentials to do the job, and is a “crusader against wasteful spending.”

Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani also attended the event, one day after he dropped out of the race and threw his support behind his longtime friend…. Read More at Source

Talk about cashing in $32 million dollars in one month WOW:

By JIM KUHNHENN, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama raised $32 million in the single month of January, a whopping figure that has permitted the campaign to boost staff and extend advertising to states beyond the sweeping Feb. 5 contests, aides said Thursday….. Read Full Story at Source

With McCains big win in Florida and the great momentum. Giuliani drops out of race and backs McCain.

Read great article from AP:

ORLANDO, Fla. - Rudy Giuliani, who bet his presidential hopes on Florida only to come in third, prepared to quit the race Tuesday and endorse his friendliest rival, John McCain.

The former New York mayor stopped short of announcing he was stepping down, but delivered a valedictory speech that was more farewell than fight-on.

Giuliani finished a distant third to winner McCain and second-place finisher Mitt Romney. Republican officials said Giuliani would endorse McCain on Wednesday in California. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity in advance of the public announcement.

“The responsibility of leadership doesn’t end with a single campaign, it goes on and you continue to fight for it,” Giuliani said, as supporters with tight smiles crowded behind him. “We ran a campaign that was uplifting.”

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Yes you heard it correctly John McCain is the winner in the Florida Primary. Although it was very close McCain takes all the delegates.

Here is a great article on McCain’s big win:

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MIAMI - Sen. John McCain won a breakthrough triumph in the Florida primary Tuesday night, gaining the upper hand in the battle for the Republican presidential nomination ahead of next week’s contests across 21 states and lining up a quick endorsement from soon-to-be dropout Rudy Giuliani.

“It shows one thing. I’m the conservative leader who can unite the party,” McCain said after easing past former Massachusetts Gov, Mitt Romney in a hard-fought contest.

“It’s a very significant boost, but I think we’ve got a tough week ahead and a lot of states to come,” he said in an interview with The Associated Press.

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton was the Democratic winner in a primary held in defiance of national rules that drew no campaigning and awarded no delegates.

The victory was worth 57 national convention delegates for McCain, a winner-take-all haul that catapulted him ahead of Romney for the overall delegate lead.

Giuliani ran third, his best showing of the campaign but not nearly good enough for the one-time front-runner who decided to make his last stand in a state that is home to tens of thousands of transplanted New Yorkers.

In remarks to supporters in Orlando, the former New York mayor referred to his candidacy repeatedly in the past tense — as though it were over. “We’ll stay involved and together we’ll make sure that we’ll do everything we can to hand our nation off to the next generation better than it was before,” he said.

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee trailed, but told supporters he would campaign on. Texas Rep. Ron Paul was fifth, and last.

Romney, who has spent millions of dollars of his personal fortune to run for the White House, also vowed to stay in the race.

“At a time like this, America needs a president in the White House who has actually had a job in the real economy,” he told supporters in St. Petersburg.

Florida marked the end of one phase of the campaign, the last in a series of single-state contests.

The campaign goes national next week, with 21 states holding primaries and caucuses on Tuesday and 1,023 party convention delegates at stake.

Returns from 73 percent of the state’s precincts showed McCain, the Arizona senator, with 36 percent of the vote and Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts, with 31 percent.

The victory was another step in one of the most remarkable political comebacks of recent times. McCain entered the race the front-runner, then found his campaign unraveling last summer as his stands in favor of the Iraq War and a controversial immigration bill proved unpopular.

The war gradually became less of a concern after President Bush’s decision to increase troop deployments began to produce results. McCain also sought to readjust his position on immigration.

By the time of the New Hampshire primary, he was primed for victory, and got it. He won the South Carolina primary last week, taking first place in the state that had snuffed out his presidential hopes in 2000……. Read More at Source

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Hillary Clinton won the Nevada Caucus but did she really win is the question. This will be the real debate on the news and around the politic world for the next week until Clinton and Obama battle it out in South Carolina.

I found these great articles on Hillary’s win in Nevada:

Nevada Spanish-Language Ad Irks Clinton Campaign

A union supporting Barack Obama is running a Spanish-language radio ad that slams Hillary Clinton over the Nevada lawsuit to bar the so-called “casino caucuses.”

A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the at-large caucuses to be held in nine hotels along the Las Vegas strip is permissible since internal party decisions are not under the court’s jurisdiction. Both the Nevada Democratic Party and Democratic National Committee last year signed off on the plan to give hotel employees the opportunity to go vote Saturday while they are at work.

A translation of the negative ad by labor group Unite Here says:

“Hillary Clinton does not respect our people. Hillary Clinton supporters went to court to prevent working people to vote this Saturday — that is an embarrassment.

“Hillary Clinton supporters want to prevent people from voting in their workplace on Saturday. This is unforgivable. Hillary Clinton is shameless. Hillary Clinton should not allow her friends to attack our people’s right to vote this Saturday.

RESULTS: Nevada

So who won in South Carolina?

John McCain

With Huckabee close behind John McCain pulled off a victory which he was not able to do in 2000 against Bush. Does this mean he is the now the Frontrunner? Well it sure gives him the advantage but there still is clearly no Frontrunner in the GOP race. It is now on to Florida where McCain, Romney, and Guiliani will fight it out in the next 10 days. If McCain pulls off another win in Florida, he can be pretty confident that he will be the GOP frontrunner to face Hillary Clinton, or Barack Obama.

Here are some great articles on the South Carolina Primary:

McCain wins South Carolina

John McCain won South Carolina’s Republican primary Saturday, rebounding from his loss earlier this week in Michigan and establishing himself as the leader for now in the still-uncertain GOP race. Fred Thompson and Mitt Romney were in a close duel for third place.

McCain’s narrow victory over Mike Huckabee came on a busy campaign day that also saw caucuses held across the country in Nevada.

McCain Defeats Huckabee, Rest of Pack in South Carolina Republican Primary

John McCain took the early lead in the South Carolina primary Saturday and never lost it.

With 93 percent of precincts reporting, McCain had 33 percent and Mike Huckabee, 30 percent. Fred Thompson had 16 percent, and Mitt Romney had 15 percent. Ron Paul was polling at 4 percent and Rudy Giuliani at 2 percent. Duncan Hunter, fairing poorly in both Nevada and South Carolina on Saturday, was returning to San Diego and planned to drop out, FOX News learned.

A win for McCain could be a big boost going into the Florida primary Jan. 29 and Super Tuesday Feb. 5, when 24 states hold a variety of primaries and caucuses for both parties. There has been no breakaway front-runner in the GOP race — Huckabee won the Jan. 3 Iowa caucuses, while McCain won the Jan. 8 New Hampshire primary. Romney won lower-profile contests in Wyoming, Michigan and Nevada, but leads the delegate count.

Well you heard it Mitt wins again here is a great article about his win and the upcoming Primaries and Caucuses:

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Mitt Romney won quiet Republican presidential caucuses in Nevada on Saturday while John McCain and Mike Huckabee dueled in a hard-fought South Carolina primary, a campaign doubleheader likely to winnow the crowded field of White House rivals.

Democrats shared the stage in Nevada, where Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama vied for a caucus victory and the campaign momentum that goes with it.

Romney’s western victory marked his second straight success, coming quickly after a first-place finish in the Michigan primary revived a faltering campaign.

Caucus-goers in Nevada said the economy and illegal immigration were their top concerns, according to preliminary results from surveys of voters entering their caucuses. Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, was leader among voters who cited both issues.

Mormons comprised about 20 percent of all caucus-goers, another advantage for Romney, who is trying to become the first member of the faith to win the White House.

Alone among the Republican contenders, Rep. Ron Paul of Texas aired television ads in Nevada, and the libertarian-leaning Texan was running a distant second behind Romney.

Nevada offered more delegates but far less appeal to the Republican candidates than South Carolina, a primary that has gone to the party’s eventual nominee every four years since 1980.

That made it a magnet for former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson, who staked his candidacy on a strong showing, as well as for Romney, McCain, the Arizona senator; and Huckabee, the former governor of Arkansas.

McCain, a former Vietnam prisoner of war, appealed to a large population of military veterans in South Carolina, and stressed his determination to rein in federal spending as he worked to avenge a bitter defeat in the 2000 primary.

Huckabee reached out to evangelical Christian voters, hoping to rebound from a string of disappointing showings since his victory in the Jan. 3 Iowa caucuses.

Romney campaigned on a pledge to help restore the state’s economy, much as he did in winning Michigan.

In South Carolina, the economy and immigration were cited as top issues, and preliminary survey data indicated a strong turnout by evangelical voters.

Survey data in both states were from polls conducted for The Associated Press and the television networks by Edison Media Research and Mitofsky International.

Mitt Romney is the winner for the Republican Party and Hillary Clinton is the winner for the Democrat Party. Here is a great article on the Michigan Primary Race:

Romney, Clinton Win Michigan Presidential Primary

So I said Barack Obama for the Democrats and Mitt Romney for the Republicans would win the New Hampshire Caucuses. This of course was my prediction and I will admit I was wrong. So the winners were:

John McCain (Republican Canidate)

Hillary Clinton (Democrat Canidate)

Although I am not happy with either of the winners it is what it is.