Carnival of Politics

Welcome to the Carnival
The carnival wasn't supposed to officially start until a week from now, but we've received enough submissions that we're going to go ahead and have a pre-inaugural edition. This week's edition is divided into two parts: "Elections" and "Drugs, Sex Scandals, Religion, Truth and Humor."
Elections
Layla Elizabeth Gonzalez of The Hill Chronicles writes The Oprah - Obama Link: Oprah is saying nothing and staying true to distancing herself regarding the direction Wright’s ministry took. Oprah now is in a bind. She endorsed Obama, but she cannot come out to defend Obama while outing Wright to help him now. If Oprah were to do this then she would not only be complicient in admitting that she knew the truth, which is why she left Wrights church, but if she knew, that means Obama knew.

Trish of Pensito Review writes Dean Comes Under Fire for 48-State Strategy: Howard Dean seems to believe that the Democratic candidate can take the White House even while losing the electoral college votes of Florida and Michigan. He imagines that Democrats will be so strong they will trounce McCain without breaking a sweat. Recent polls don’t bear that idea out. Dean was wrong once before, about his own chances. We will all be screaming like banshees if we let him bungle again.

nunoftheabove of nunoftheabove provides Friendly Fire May Bomb Obama: After a week of trying to distance himself from the inflammatory remarks of his former pastor, Obama may still be hurt by the incendiary remarks made by the new pastor of the Trinity United Church of Christ during the Easter sunrise services.

dandelionsalad of Dandelion Salad forwarded along an article written by Peter Phillips entitled An Election Without Meaning: "Will November 2008 bring a meaningful change to America? Will getting rid of George W. Bush and Richard Cheney without impeachment or indictment really make a difference? Will a 600 billion dollar war/defense budget be cut in half and used for desperately needed domestic spending? ..."

Yitzchak Goodman of Judeopundit contributes Some metaphors for the current state of the presidential race: Excerpts from opinion articles which try to sum up the Hillary-Obama race in metaphor. Inspired by Maureen Dowd's odd "Terminator" metaphor. I hope this isn't a repeat submission.
Drugs, Sex Scandals, Religion, Truth and Humor
Anon Guy of Dullard Mush contributes Grandma's First Aid Kit: Another Casualty of the War On Drugs: How the war on meth even affects people who just want to buy iodine for scrapes and such.

The Dean of Cincinnati of The Cincinnati Beacon writes Ohio Board of Regents Potentially Engaged in “Unethical” OGT Training Programs: (Cincinnati)—Justin Jeffre, a multi-platinum recording artist from the band 98 Degrees turned independent media activist, continues his investigation of the Ohio Graduation Test—this time sending formal requests for the Ohio Board of Regents to justify its funding of teacher-training programs in terms of Ohio’s “standards for the ethical use of tests.”

Manila Ryce of The Largest Minority provides God Damn America - The Fear of a Mortal Empire: A commentary regarding Christian liberation theology as it relates to Reverend Jeremiah Wright's speeches.

Michael Alexander of Sonicfrog.net brings us "You Want The Truth? You Can't Handle The Truth!"....: Hillary has a vivid recollection of event surrounding a trip to Basnia. Too bad the actual events don't match her description of the trip.

MyBeema of Beema Blog - Humor brings us Spitzer Tries To Defend His Actions: Eliot Spitzer refers to his political brothers in the sex scandal category; Bill Clinton and Larry Craig who want to have nothing to do with Spitzer’s company.

Thanks to everyone who submitted articles, if you'd like to submit an article for a future edition go to www.carnivalofpolitics.com/submit. The real inaugural edition will be here again next week, after that hosting is open at www.carnivalofpolitics.com/signup-to-host.