Accounting News and Notes

As the Presidential race heats up, real issues are beginning to come to the forefront rather than political rhetoric alone. The candidates continue to jostle for position in a game of one up man-ship which will continue throughout the primaries, each convention, and indeed up until election day. News was made recently when both Oprah Winfey and Chuck Norris endorsed Barack Obama leaving the press reporters on all sides scrambling. While all of our citizenry are entitled to endorse publicly or privately their respective choices, no one should be able to influence the way you chose to cast your vote as it is yours alone. To that end I suggest that all spend quality time reviewing as many facts as possible about the race, the candidates, and their viewpoints. A good place to start this search would be  http://news.yahoo.com/fc/US/2008_Presidential_Election where you can look deeper behind the scenes and where candidates stand on real issues.

At present the race for the Democratic nomination has Hillary Clinton with a commanding lead of 43% over Barack Obama with 23% but still no majority, with John Edwards bringing up the rear with 13%. You and read more about the Democrats overall political platform at

http://www.democrats.org/

On the Republican side, Rudy Giuliani leads the pack with 25% while essentially Mike Huckabee, John McCain, and Fred Thompson in a dead heat with approximately 14% each.

Unlike past elections where the incumbent might be utilized as an asset, President Bush’s approval rating as resulted in the candidates keeping their distance choosing predominantly strike out on their own. If you visit http://www.gop.com/ you will be able to discover the Republicans premises of their platform.

This prognosticator believes the initial state caucuses will cause a uncertain environment in the polls which will rival that of the late 1960’s. Though time will tell, this race potentially offers many surprises yet to come.

And always remember, the vote you cast today will be the taxes you pay tomorrow.

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