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Perhaps the best piece of campaign trail gossip to leak since Election Day is the report—by Fox News, of all places—that Sarah Palin couldn't name the countries involved in the North American Free Trade Agreement. But if the question is which countries constitute North America, the answer isn't so simple. Like the definition of the Bush ...

CNN is reporting that Obama received 60 percent to McCain's 38 percent of the female vote with just less than 50 percent of national precincts reporting. This 22-point margin is much higher than polls predicted. Adding Sarah Palin to the ballot didn't attract the women vote as McCain and the Republicans might have hoped. After picking Palin as a ...

Republican North Carolina incumbent Sen. Elizabeth Dole's loss means that for the first time in more than three decades, there won't be a Dole or Bush in office. Dole lost her seat to Democrat Kay Hagan. With 13 percent of precincts reporting at 8:45 p.m., Hagan led 57-41 with a lead of 245,000 votes. Most major networks called the race for Hagan ...

See all Swift Boat Watch entries here. Who They Are: Right Change Purpose: Though claiming to be nonpartisan, the group has run all anti-Obama ads. Executive Director: Tim Pittman Funding: According to IRS reports, the group received almost $5.5 million from its president, Fred Eshelman, who is also the CEO of PPD, a pharmaceutical research ...

See all Swift Boat Watch entries here. Who They Are: Public Campaign Action Fund Purpose: To promote publicly financed elections and hold politicians accountable for their sources of campaign money. Director: David Donnelly, co-author of Are Elections for Sale? Funding: MoveOn.org contributed $400,000 for this ad. Cost of the Ad: According ...

See all Swift Boat Watch entries here. Who They Are: Let Freedom Ring Purpose: To promote a conservative agenda and to counter liberal messaging. In this election, they support John McCain. President: Colin A. Hanna Funding: NPR reports that John Templeton, a physician and wealthy Republican donor, is a contributor. Cost of the Ad: $5 ...

Michelle Obama has been called elitist, Cindy McCain spoiled, and Sarah Palin has been criticized for, well, everything. Jill Biden, on the other hand, has received very little press. Why? She's too busy teaching, according to a profile in the Washington Post.Jill teaches English at a community college in Delaware four days a week. She has ...

See all Swift Boat Watch entries here. Who They Are: Republican Jewish Coalition PAC Purpose: To advocate for issues relevant to Jewish Republicans. In this election, they oppose Barack Obama. Executive Director: Matthew Brooks, who also directs the Jewish Policy Center. Funding: Individual donations. Cost of the Ad: More than $1 ...

A new message to Sarah Palin popped up on YouTube this weekend. The video features young girls begging that she not ''undo everything they (the girls' feminist mothers and grandmothers) fought for.'' What stood out to me was the statistic that ''women in Alaska get raped over twice as much as women in the rest of the country.'' It's true. ...

See all Swift Boat Watch entries here. Who They Are: MoveOn.org Political Action Purpose: To elect progressive candidates. In this election, they support Barack Obama. Founders: Joan Blades and Wes Boyd Funding: Federal PACs cannot accept donations greater than $5,000, so MoveOn.org relies mostly on small donations. The group has deep ...