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Science Policy and Debate in the 2008 Presidential Election
With less than two months left before the next U.S. president is elected, ScienceBlogs wanted to dedicate a space to campaign politics. A Vote For Science is a group blog that will focus on the candidates' science policies. It is managed by many interested ScienceBloggers, as well as guest blogger Ivan Oelrich of the Federation of American Scientists.
The Scientists and Engineers for America's SHARP network allows you to click on the map to see where your candidates stand on important science issues.
Category: Congress
Most of you have by now heard of the 14 questions that a coalition of science organizations asked McCain and Obama. But I thought I would highlight the parallel efforts to ask a series of 7 questions of all candidates...
Posted by Michael Stebbins at 12:25 PM • 0 Comments •
Category: Communicating about Science & Politics
Video interviews on framing, science, policy, the election, Dawkins, and more...
Posted by Matthew C. Nisbet at 12:11 PM • 0 Comments •
Category: Presidential Candidate
Not too early to think ahead to the next election...
Posted by Matthew C. Nisbet at 12:01 PM • 0 Comments •
September 24, 2008
Category: Facts, Stats and Data
How much might be out there, and how much do we need.
Posted by Alex Palazzo at 4:35 PM • 4 Comments •
September 23, 2008
Category: Presidential Candidate
From the New York Times to the LA Times, Obama's and McCain's answers to the 14 top science questions are getting great coverage, but the biggest question remains: Who's better for U.S. science? Now's your chance to weigh in on...
Posted by Sheril R. Kirshenbaum at 9:00 AM • 1 Comments •
September 22, 2008
The five years of the Iraq war have cost more than $100 billion LESS than this bailout
Posted by Matt Springer at 6:45 PM • 7 Comments •
Category: Health care policy
You can help WNYC produce their "Health Care Policy" program for their "30 Issues in 30 Days" series -- here's how!
Posted by "GrrlScientist" at 5:18 PM • 0 Comments •
September 21, 2008
Category: Health care policy
Socialized business loans are fine, but socialized medicine -- NO WAY! Does anyone see the problem with this picture?
Posted by "GrrlScientist" at 7:24 PM • 48 Comments •
September 20, 2008
Category: Budget and Funding
McCain promises to freeze all spending -- including funding for scientific research -- if he gets into the White House
Posted by "GrrlScientist" at 8:15 PM • 11 Comments •
Category: voting technology
It does not matter what the candidates think or what the voters think if voter database management and voting technology problems determine the outcome of the next election. ...a new study by Common Cause and the Century Foundation finds that...
Posted by Greg Laden at 11:05 AM • 4 Comments •
