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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.

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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.

The Political Process:

Liveblogging the debate, part deux

Well, it's that time again. With the world economy in crisis, and the administration sticking to it's "Everything's gonna be OK" strategy, our candidates are holding a "town hall"-style debate. I live-blogged the last debate, and it wiped me out...

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Posted on October 7, 2008 8:51 PM • 5 Comments •

On Palin's Positions

Michael highlighted Sarah Palin's positions on evolution and climate change, explaining that her logic loops make him nervous. Me too. And that's why I'd like to debate her. And it turns out some readers, sciblings, many bloggers, and C-SPAN agree...

Posted on October 1, 2008 9:00 AM • 1 Comments •

Live blogging the debate

2100 hrs This is a bit of an experiment for me. First, I haven't done a lot of live blogging. Second, I don't know whether science will play any part in tonight's debate. 2102 Lehrer is introducing. Looks like McCain...

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Posted on September 26, 2008 8:59 PM • 14 Comments •

The Importance of Being Sarah

I really did not think I would live to see the day when a major political party in the U.S. would find it necessary to add a woman to the ticket in order to win the presidency. It's a shame...

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Posted on September 17, 2008 7:34 PM • 7 Comments •

30 Issues in 30 Days

Learn more about THE ISSUES BEFORE we get stuck with another moron in the White House

Posted on September 16, 2008 4:42 PM • 2 Comments •

Houston, we have a problem: Attending to structure and process of science and science education policy

Candidate's promises and positions do not always match what is constitutionally or procedurally possible. It is possible to wrap oneself in the Constitution and hide behind it at the same time. Several years ago, a child died when a...

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Posted on September 13, 2008 1:11 PM • 6 Comments •