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Wednesday, October 22, 2008
By Fronnie Lewis Wednesday, October 22, 2008
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Nearly 20,000 new voters beat the deadline to register in Los Angeles County

FLLewis/A Writer’s Groove Voters at a Burbank polling place during last February’s Presidential Primary Election. The get out the vote campaign in Los Angeles County turned out to be a super success. Last weekend, the number of voters registered in the county hit a record-breaking 4,195,016. The last time the registration rolls leaped the 4 million mark was back in 2002. Monday was the deadline […]
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Monday, October 20, 2008
By Fronnie Lewis Monday, October 20, 2008
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Obama campaign keeps the pedal to the metal

  Democratic Presidential Candidate Barack Obama is on a roll with the destination being the White House. Yet, his campaign is not letting up, despite leading in the polls, getting impressive endorsements, and raising mega-bucks. I think that shows Obama is running not only an inspiring campaign, but also a smart campaign. Yesterday, I got another one of those Obama […]
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Monday, October 20, 2008
By Fronnie Lewis Monday, October 20, 2008
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Los Angeles County voter registration breaks a record

  FLLewis/A Writer’s Groove A voter marks his ballot during the February 5, 2008 California Presidential Primary. If you want to make your voice heard in the upcoming historic November 4 Presidential General Election you need to get a move on and register to vote today. October 20 is the deadline to register. In Los Angeles County, folks have been registering […]
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Thursday, October 16, 2008
By Fronnie Lewis Thursday, October 16, 2008
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Real life election scandal headed to the Big Screen

  Convicted Ex-GOP political consultant  Allen Raymond, with the help of co-writer Ian Spiegelman, described the dirty campaign tricks that caused his downfall in his memoir, “How to Rig an Election: Confessions of a Republican Operative.” Fox Searchlight reportedly has picked up a movie project based on Raymond’s story, which was back in the news this week. Raymond was convicted of orchestrating a phone-jamming […]
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Thursday, October 16, 2008
By Fronnie Lewis Thursday, October 16, 2008
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The final Obama/McCain showdown packs a punch

The formal greetings were barely over at the third presidential debate, before Republican candidate Senator John McCain went on the attack, throwing verbal punches, jabs, and a few low blows at his front-running opponent, Democratic nominee Senator Barack Obama. The final presidential debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York had the most drama and the most clashes between the candidates. McCain was aggressive, sarcastic, and determined. Again, […]
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Wednesday, October 15, 2008
By Fronnie Lewis Wednesday, October 15, 2008
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Obama heads into the final debate as the front runner

  Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama has a sizable lead in two major polls over his Republican challenger Senator John McCain. The Obama camp is probably cheering that good news, but it would be unwise for them to throttle back on their efforts. Clearly Senator McCain is the underdog, but I’ve seen too many come from behind victories to count him out. Nevertheless, […]
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Monday, October 13, 2008
By Fronnie Lewis Monday, October 13, 2008
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Obama campaign plans big time TV ads

  FLLewis/A Writer’s Groove Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama’s campaign is gearing up for a multi-million dollar TV ad blitz just days before the general election. The Hollywood Reporter says the Obama campaign has brokered a deal with CBS, NBC, and is negotiating with the other networks as well. The CBS deal is for a half-hour of primetime reportedly at a cost $961,000. NBC is selling […]
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Friday, October 10, 2008
By Fronnie Lewis Friday, October 10, 2008
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Did McCain make a gaffe in 2nd debate?

Google image It is no secret that Republican presidential Senator John McCain needed to make a strong showing at last Tuesday’s debate in Nashville. During the town-hall style gathering, McCain worked hard to get his views across and to try to cast doubt on Senator Barack Obama’s ability to lead. In pursuit of those goals, did McCain trip himself up? Yesterday, a reader left a comment on […]
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Thursday, October 9, 2008
By Fronnie Lewis Thursday, October 9, 2008
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AIG gets $37.8 billion more in federal money

  Some of us are still getting over the $85 billion bailout insurance conglomerate AIG got from the federal government a few weeks ago. Now comes word AIG is getting billions more in federal money. You’d think the company would have sold off some of its vast assets before coming back to the bailout well again, but no. Yesterday it was announced, the New York Federal Reserve is lending […]
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