However, a question remains whether all these public opinion polls are accurate. It’s a question that must be asked because Barack Obama is the first black Presidential nominee and because of the possibility that social desirability bias will have an effect on the results of public opinion polls . Social desirability bias is a term used in scientific research to describe the tendency of    .. more …

While the city of New York (March 10) hung its head in commemoration of a 65 ton staircase salvage from the World Trade Center rubble-a symbol of survival for many who escaped the 9/11 tragedy by way of the 37-step staircase-New York Gov. Eliot L. Spitzer hung his head in shame.Gov. Spitzer was recently linked to a prostitution ring which he acknowledged and apologized for his shortcomings. The    .. more …

The media reaction to the recent ABC Presidential debate in Pennsylvania was almost unanimous. Television moderators Charles Gibson and George Stephanopoulos were widely ridiculed for not asking a single question on an issue of political substance for more than the first fifty minutes of the Presidential debate. Indeed, there was not a single question on health care, the war in Iraq, the economy,    .. more …

The Democratic primary campaign for the party’s nomination will continue at least until the Pennsylvania primary in about six weeks. Hillary Clinton may continue to contest the race into the beginning of the summer and maybe even right up until the August convention. However, the race for the Democratic nomination in the 2008 Presidential election is, by every measure of democratic due process,    .. more …