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Federalism is useful for conducting experiments. If a state tries certain policies other states can learn whether or not they are effective. There are drawbacks to federalism definitely such as a lack of standardization. Each of these inverses carries pros and cons. The Electoral vote...

Rmsharpe's estimate is the most probable possibility. Clarence Thomas is the most likey candidate for Chief Justice. Though I do discount other possibilities. I know several people who seem to agree that this (Clarence Thomas becoming Chief Justice) is probable. The only other theory I have...

The original form of the Electoral College was even more peculiar. That version of the Electoral College perhaps would have lasted much longer if the electors had cast separate ballots for the Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates. I think that if one were to remove or amend the...

This explains the situation well. The United States is democratic however there are several mitigating factors largely owning to the original structure of the government. The founders of the United States actually feared a government being too democratic. However over time the U.S. has...

I do not think the President is the primary actor in the economy. Although the President does influence the economy the person occupying that office is only a small part of it. If perception determined the state of the economy to a large extent then a lot of Presidents would have had...

What about Japan? That is country is a major power. It would be the fourth major country in the list. So there are four rather than three perhaps.

The vast majority of the population of the United States lives in either a suburban or urban area. The rural vote was substantial however it constitutes a minority. Therefore the majority or red voters were not rural.

The economy went down before Bush took office as President therefore it would not be possible to blame him for the opening economic problems he inherited. Also Clinton did not have a Democratic Congress for most of his Presidency. The economy does not always go up during one Presidency and...

That is an excellent post. The U.N. may still be open to reform which is desperately needed. It would be probably be easier to reform it than to replace it. Note I am not in anyway saying that the U.N. is perfect (far from it).

Keirador brings up many interesting points. I think that the idea of a state seceding from the United States is definitely a harmful strategy. I think that the attempt to form the Confederate States of America in the 1860s was also quite harmful and should not have been done whatsoever...

Well I know that it is an almost certain fact that there will be a space battle at the start of Episode III. Anakin will participate in it. I tend to agree with this (not sure about whether or not the nostalgia syndrome holds true though) however I think this is probably a minority position...

This will be the best Episode. There will be a large quantity of lightsaber duels and a lot of the “problematic” elements of the other prequels will be eliminated. There are very strong rumours that there will be a team battle (possibly Anakin and Darth Sidious against three or four Jedi...

The only way to keep the U.N. under proper control and in check is if the United States remains a member at least for now. The U.N. had caused massive problems throughout the world however the more that countries with human rights concerns (though most countries sometimes ignore human rights...

One thing that happened is that for that polling data revealed that more people thought that Bush would be better on handling the economy than Kerry. The gap was very small (about 1%) however it was enough to give him the win since Bush had the upper hand on anti-terrorist policies. Since...

McCain would be preferable to Giuliani however I would not support the nomination of either. Both would probably be able to gain a lot of votes however. Bill Frist would be a viable option however he is not entirely ideal still he would be preferable to most of the recent Presidential...

Actually there is something that might be useful to mention: The red states are a diverse group. Texas and Alaska are quite different for example. The same applies to blue states (Maine or Hawaii compared to California). Something I should have mentioned in the previous post I made: I do...

I agree with you that politics does not always have as big an effect on differentiating the different states as it would seem on election day. There are more important factors in determining where you live than simply whether the state has a majority or plurality (often by a very slim margin)...

South Carolina has a lot of historical landmarks and has a varied culture. There are in fact large quantities of immigrants in the state so it is not at all homogenous. There are substantial numbers of immigrants from almost every continent and numerous different countries (at least the...

They do however it is doubtful the majority want NATO disolved or a rift in U.S.-E.U. relations. Perhaps a small minority do want to cause a rift however it is hard to imagine a majority of the electorate in the U.S. would. Anyways, most of the electorate do not take things like that in...

It is doubtful Koizumi will cease working with the U.S. Then there is Mexico and possibly Russia both of which are becoming friendlier and friendlier with the U.S. There seems to be an overreaction to the effects of this election on world opinion. There have been other Presidents who were...