Election watch... - October 23, 2008
On today’s election science round up:Obama on India’s space mission
Palin on stem cells
McCain talks ethanol
Wired is highlighting the perceived disagreement between McCain and his potential-vice president Sarah Palin over stem cells. Palin said yesterday that McCain backed the standard Republican party line which is opposed to embryonic stem cell research.
“McCain has stated his support for embryonic stem cell research, and has made it a campaign issue by running radio ads in battleground states with lots of independent voters ... [Palin’s statement] on Wednesday is important because it raises the question of whether McCain, as the scientific community fears, might reverse his stance once in office,” says Wired.
Marc Ambinder at The Atlantic has a transcript of Palin’s statement.
Meanwhile Obama has used the launch of India’s Moon mission as a peg to talk about NASA again:
With India's launch of its first unmanned lunar spacecraft following closely on the heels of China's first spacewalk, we are reminded just how urgently the United States must revitalize its space program if we are to remain the undisputed leader in space, science, and technology.
(Full statement on Space Ref)
In other election/space news, Keith Cowing at NASA Watch has put online ‘A Speech That I'd Like To See The Next President Deliver’.
Reuters takes another look at last week’s televised debate and pulls out McCain’s pledges to eliminate tariffs on sugar cane-based ethanol imported from Brazil and to cut subsidies on ethanol production.
For more on this issue check the NY Times ‘Of Farming, Ethanol Subsidies and Election ‘08’ piece from earlier this month.
Want more election science? Check past Great Beyond stories and Nature’s election special.
Comments
Whom to Vote?
Yes, we are very close to the presidential election. The politician are distributing the golden dreams and saying that they are fighting for you and me. We have seen enough ideologies, and political slogan for many years. Yes, we must not make a mistake choosing the wrong leadership. With a few good leaders, we have where we are now today.
We talk so much about one party and another party. I am not sure if being in one party or another party really shapes anybody's inner quality. If we can identify a candidate who has the better inner quality, I think that person will land us in better place under his or her leadership. If we could identify more hardworking, sincere, and positive attitude in these candidates, it will be much easier to decide whom to vote. Maybe we should judge these candidates based on what kind of leadership tools they poses. Which one is most hardworking? Which one has positive attitude? Which one can learn instantly? Most probably least appreciated but most valuable tool can be the instinct, the gut, the inner strength in them
How to find it?
One way is to review their past: How hard did they work? How willing were they to learn more? What have they done ? How nicely did they manage their team? How sincere were they?
Good luck in your attempt to find your best candidate to vote, I am still questioning myself,I am not sure yet.
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Posted by: Hari Paudel | October 24, 2008 02:46 AM