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On the eve of the republican convention, a new national poll suggests the race for the White House remains even.

Speaking on Face The Nation Sunday, Rudy Giuliani said Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, who was announced Friday as presumptive GOP nominee John McCain's running mate, is more qualified to be president than Democratic presidential nominee Barack obama.

Sen. Barack obama has been campaigning with his running mate, Sen. Joe Biden, in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Michigan, states that could decide the election.

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) -- Barack obama seems to have only one problem with Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the republican candidate for vice president: She holds the same positions as john mccain, the GOP presidential candidate who tapped her....

thebestsophist writes 'A couple months ago, scientists and Engineers for America, science Debate 2008, and a bunch of other science organizations sent McCain, obama, and all the Congressional candidates a bunch of questions on science and technology. Topics included biosecurity, genetics research, and national security, as well as the more common questions on research and education. Well, Senator obama just answered.' Senator McCain has not responded to the questionnaire at this point in time, but the site has a profile of his views and actions relating to science policy, which provides a good basis for comparing the candidates' stances. We've previously discussed the differences between the two candidates' technology platforms. According to a recent NPR story, both candidates intend to keep politics out of science. of this story at Slashdot.

An anonymous reader alerts us to an Orlando Sentinel report based on a leaked NASA email, indicating that NASA is looking at options to extend the Shuttle program. The fighting between Russia and Georgia has put a strain on plans to rely on Russian boosters until the Shuttle's replacement flies in 2015. Yet extending the Shuttle's life is no sure thing. According to a former NASA program manager, 'We started shutting down the shuttle four years ago. That horse has left the barn.' And NASA Administrator Michael Griffin has told Congress that if the Shuttle fleet were to fly two missions a year until 2015, 'the risk would be about one in 12 that we would lose another crew. That's a high risk... [one] I would not choose to accept on behalf of our astronauts.' And then there's the matter of finding the $4 billion a year it would take to keep the fleet operational. The Sentinel mentions that john mccain has called for additional Shuttle flights, but doesn't mention that Barack obama has mad

Sens. john mccain and Barack obama began reconsidering their strategies for the presidential campaign - and some of their basic assumptions about which states and voters were in play - in a contest recast by McCain's unexpected selection of Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska as his running mate.

The effects of stimulus plans are debatable, and financing them by taxing oil companies, whose shareholders for the most part are not rich, does not seem fair.

The United States economy has grown faster, on average, under Democratic presidents than under Republicans, a new book says.

As the campaign gears up, Sens. Barack obama and john mccain are courting the working-class voters whose decisions could sway the election.