Propositional Objects

 Do you remember when we told you right before the elections about ballot measures, propositions and other items of interest and great import waiting for you in the ballot booth?  Did you ever wonder what happened with all of them?  
So did we.  But THANKFULLY we didn’t have to do much more than that, since [...]

The 411 on Voting tomorrow: WHAT

You’re definitely voting for president, Congress and all of your local elected officials.  But how do you feel about gay marriage?  Or stem cell research?  Or paying for schools with slot machines at Jiffy Marts?   If you’ve never thought about those issues, now may be the time.
Before you head out to vote for your favorite [...]

Janes, Is You Learning?

When President Bush asked, “Is our children learning?”, we think he answered his own question, at least in regard to the Oval Office School of Hard Knocks.
But Janes, is you learning? We know one Jane who is: Our very own Nisha, who has produced the latest CJP “Compare Your Candidates” chart on [...]

A Taxing Question: Obama or McCain?

So what’s your tax bill going to look like under President McCain or President Obama? We can’t tell you what your local taxes will look like, but we CAN tell you what the these two are planning for personal income taxes:
If you make: Your Average Cut/ Increase is:
Above $2.87 M- [...]

What is Public Financing?

As may know, Barack Obama yesterday decided not to use public financing for his campaign, while John McCain announced that he would use public financing. This leads to the obvious question: What is public financing anyway?? So glad you asked.
“Public financing” is a process created in 1974 to create [...]

The judges…

  Last week, the Supreme Court issued a 5-4 decision that prisoners at Guantanamo Bay have the right of Habeas Corpus, meaning they have the right to tell a U.S. federal court that they think they’ve been unlawfully imprisoned.   That decision got a blistering reaction from John McCain and a welcome note from Barack Obama.  [...]

Now Serving: Hot Topics

Janes, have you and your friends ever had a fight about politics or morality or social issues? If not, we’re here to help. Now on the CJP “Candidate Compare” page is the latest CJP chart, comparing McCain and Obama on all the topics you avoid in polite conversation. Many [...]

Obama and McCain, Side by Side

They may not be close together on the campaign trail or on the issues, but Barack Obama and John McCain ARE now together on CJP’s new, updated “Candidate Compare” page. Remember that in addition to the info on the charts, you can click on the candidate to go to their web sites [...]