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Stay up-to-date with our coverage from the campaign trail, which goes past whistle-stop towns, into the far corners of the blogosphere, social networks, and beyond. And to see what U.S. presidential candidates have to say on all things technology, check out CNET News' 2008 Technology Voters' Guide with its interactive map.
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November 4, 2008
Technology voter guide 2008
CNET News grades the presidential candidates, and the rest of Congress, on tech-related votes ranging from Net taxes to H-1B visas. Also: Nader's favorite gadget is a typewriter?• Technology voter guide: The map
• E-voting worries linger as Election Day nears
October 31, 2008
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Republicans try for four more years
We bring you all the latest news from the Republican National Convention as the party takes its bid for the presidency to Minneapolis.September 4, 2008
Democrats' quest for the White House
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Election 2008: Technology Voters' Guide
Here's how the 2008 U.S. presidential candidates responded to a CNET News.com poll on all things technology.January 2, 2008
Think Obama and McCain really care about tech? Yeah, right
Silicon Valley is important but don't buy into the mistaken notion that it has become a political power in its own right. Not in this election, at least.September 8, 2008
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much better than Paul in American politics -- he is truly a man of
the people's liberty.
Show me how Bloomberg's record is better than Paul's? Hint: it's
not happening...
Real nice, rounded coverage there cNet!
It's expected from the wimpy city.
Democrat attack ADS on Republicans?
(which would look biased as well). Clinton goes first because of
her name, not her stands.
Too bad most of the stupid "I'm a conservative so I'll run things
my way" Republican candidates didn't take the opportunity to
engage with readers who are among the most educated and
intelligent of any Americans, the C|Net readers. But maybe that's
expected of them. Republicans prefer sheep to informed voters.
are the views that are missing? Or is this just hyperbole? Give us
some facts please.
poorly on them for not doing so.
I am happy w/Ron Paul's responses -- in line with the way the Fed.
Gov. is supposed to run under the USA Constitution.
no one seems to care that at least one or more americans dies everyday because of unconstitutional laws. there's no statistics that i'm aware of on how much property is confiscated between the local state and federal gov'ts. then we have 40,000 swat raids a year.
the fed is printing funny money in hopes that interest will back it up not gold. and of course we all know that every president that has tried to do something about that has endured a assasination attempt. most of them successful.
our country is falling apart and the only thing that riles people is harry potter and lack of free nfl football.
this country is going down and down hard if we don't wake the hell up. put down the remote and the ipod, park the suv and start to give a damn. cause when america falls the whole world falls as far as freedom is concerned.
CNet = Democrat shills
Why did you immediately assume that it was CNets fault, I guess you did not see the name you wanted to see and so you did not read? Having read some of what the Republicans have to say about tech issues I think they were rightly afraid to respond and assumed this the reason they did not. But wanting to know more detail sent them all email asking them to reconsider responding.
The viewpoints republicans like McCain and Hatch take on tech subjects clearly show a misunderstanding of technical issues and frankly scare me. For crying out loud, McCains favorite tech gadget is his cell phone, now maybe that would be ok if it was an iPhone, but a RAZR?
My gripe is with the providers---specifically my provider Comcast. We have a lot of down time in spurts, no adjustment in rate for downtime, lousy customer service, and lousy in-home technician call time. For me, that is what needs to be regulated.
I have always railed against government regulation, but in my advanced and wiser years I've come to recognize that American business can't be trusted to do the right thing, but then they want to whine when someone makes them (unless you have more money than the government, like MS). Self policing---horse pucky; clean up your act and there won't be need for government regulation.
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Privet Comrade!
Every other article is how Al Gore is a genius and Bush is ruining the world with global warming. Than crap like this. Cnet is the exact same audience as Digg (which was founded by an ex cnet guy I think). Nothing but moveon.org and dailykos propaganda...
Did you just go off Congressional Voting records? Where is Bill Richardson, Mitt Romney, Dennis Kucinich, and all the other active candidates that are out there?
Incomplete reporting is just as bad or worse as intentional misinformation
``Since 1949 the unemployment rate has never risen by this magnitude without the economy being in recession,'' John Ryding, chief U.S. economist at Bear Stearns Cos. in New York, said in a note to clients. ``We now put ourselves on recession watch.''
Factories have already slowed. ISM's manufacturing index for last month fell to 47.7, the lowest since April 2003, the purchasers group said this week.
Factory payrolls decreased by 31,000 after falling 13,000 a month earlier. Economists had forecast a drop of 15,000 in manufacturing employment. Builders reduced payrolls by 49,000 after cutting 37,000 jobs in November.
Government payrolls increased by 31,000 during the month, indicating private payrolls declined by 13,000.
Jan. 4 (Bloomberg) -- The Federal Reserve will increase the size of two scheduled auctions of emergency loans by 50 percent to $30 billion as part of a global attempt by central bankers to restore faith in the money markets.
NYT
Of 1,000 owners surveyed nationwide, only 28 percent said they felt economic conditions for their businesses were improving, while 65 percent said conditions were getting worse.
After inching down in recent weeks, average gas prices across the nation rose by 7.3 cents last week to $3.053 per gallon, 71.9 cents higher than the same period last year, the Energy Information Administration reported Wednesday.
Business Week
"Staying at [the $100] level will mean inflation and economic hardship," says Fadel Gheit, senior energy analyst for Oppenheimer Holdings (OPY). "The price has nothing to do with fundamentals, but it has a broad impact."
Here's a question for you. How many books on economics has your candidate read? How many has he WRITTEN? The best economist in the world can't convince someone to whom he can't explain the problem. It looks very like we are headed for a recession or a depression. Before you cast your all-important primary vote, shouldn't you find out who has the most education on economics? This is not one of those times when you basically get bragging rights. This time, it may make the difference between you keeping your job and house or living on the streets. Remember, if we ALL sink there will be no one to give you welfare. Even people who OWN their house could be dispossessed by incredibly high real estate taxes. I know everyone says he is a long shot, but PLEASE do yourself (and me) a favor and research Dr. Ron Paul. The house you save may be your own.
The average age of the world's great civilizations has been two hundred years. These nations have progressed through the following sequence: from bondage to spiritual faith, from spiritual faith to great courage, from courage to liberty, from liberty to abundance, from abundance to selfishness, from selfishness to complacency from complacency to apathy, from apathy to dependency, from dependency back to bondage.
Alexander Tyler, 1787
Not all Techies are liberals folks.
And I see no liberal bias on CNET. I do know, however, that quite a few Republicans refused to give CNET any information. It's a little harder to cover people when they won't give you information.