DOCUMENTS IN THE NEWS - 2004
United States Politics

Election 2004

Campaign Desk (Columbia School of Journalism)
• Articles evaluating the accuracy of current election press coverage
• Links to campaign, campaign finance, and political web sites

How to Run for the Presidency

• Constitutional Qualifications (Cornell Law School)
• Election 2004: How to Run for President (Scholastic Magazine)
  • Web site for teachers to explain the election process
  • Focused on publicity and party affiliation
• How to Run for President in Massachusetts
  • Gives specific procedures for getting one's name on the primary and general election ballot
• How to Run in All States
  • See Political Resources for a list of State Secretaries of State
    • These web sites usually having filing information, deadlines, and campaign finance rules
  • See the Federal Voters' Assistance Guide for a list of state primaries by date
  • See the Federal Election Commission for federal campaign finance guidelines
  • See Politics 1 for a list of existing party and non-party candidates

Political Party Conventions

• Democratic National Convention
• Republican National Convention

Polling Report

• Summaries of Presidential preference polls since 2003
• Ratings of Democratic candidates and comparisons with President Bush

Presidency 2004 (Politics 1)

• Pictures and biographies of declared and undeclared presidential candidates
• Republican, Democrat, and third party, as well as independents
• Extensive links to positive and negative G.W. Bush web sites
• Additional annotated to links to presidential debates and public opinion polls
• The premier web site early in the 2004 campaign

Presidential Candidate Web Sites

• Constitution
  • Michael PEROUTKA
• Democratic
  • Wesley CLARK
    • Project Vote Smart Profile and Issue Positions
  • Howard DEAN
    • Project Vote Smart Profile but Not Issue Positions
  • John EDWARDS
    • Project Vote Smart Profiles but Not Issue Positions
  • Dick Gephardt Withdrawn
  • John KERRY
    Project Vote Smart Profiles but Not Issue Positions
  • Dennis KUCINICH
    • Project Vote Smart Profiles and Issue Positions
  • Joseph LIEBERMAN
    • Project Vote Smart Profiles and Issue Positions
  • Carol MOSELEY-BRAUN Withdrawn
  • Al SHARPTON
    • Project Vote Smart Profile and Issue Positions
  • Other Democratic Candidates (Politics 1)
• Green
  • Green Party Candidates (Politics 1)
    • Michael Moore is not running; Ralph Nader is not running as a Green
• Libertarian
  • Libertarian Party Candidates (Politcs 1)
• Natural Law Party
  • Dennis Kucinich
  • Christina Rosetti
• Peace and Freedom Party
  • Peace and Freedom Party Candidates (Politics 1)
• Prohibition Party
  • Prohibition Party Candidates (Politics 1)
• Reform
  • Jason PACIFICO
  • Ted Weill
• Republican
  • George W. BUSH
  • Additional Republican Candidates (Politics 1)
    • Brief biographies and links to web sites
• Socialist Party
  • Walt Brown
• Socialist Workers Party
  • Martin Koppel
• Independent Candidates
  • Independent Candidates (Politics 1)

Primary and Caucus Calendar

• State Primaries: 2004
  • List of primary elections by state or date
  • Primaries are statewide; they may or may not include Presidential preferences
• Calendar of Democratic Primaries and Caucuses (GWU)
  • Arranged by month
  • Best source for caucus dates
• Republican Party will not hold caucuses but will choose delegates to its convention

O'Neill's Price of Loyalty

War of Words Over War Plan (CBS)
• CBS coverage of its 60 Minutes interview with former Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill on January 11
• O'Neill charges that President Bush had decided to overthrow Saddam Hussein at the beginning of his presidency, before the 9/11 attack
• President seemed disengaged at cabinet meetings
• CBS web site includes numerous stories and videotape of interview
Iraq Liberation Act - 1998
• Provides up to $97 Million in funding to support a transition government in Iraq
• H.R. 4655, Public Law 105-338 (signed Oct. 31, 1998)
Iraq Oil Foreign Suitors (Judicial Watch)
• Map of Iraqi oil fields and a list of foreign countries interested in them
• Information comes from the Cheney Energy Task Force in March 2001 rather than the Pentagon as O'Neill suggested

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