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Economic worries help obama

In Wisconsin Obama has recently been shown to have a minor but definite lead in a state which has been very close in the past. Obama was shown to have a great lead in Madison and Milwaukee, both areas that have been typically democrat but he has been taking a lead in the Fox River Valley which has been a Republican stronghold for decades. However due to the economic troubles many Fox River Valley residents have been pushed to the democratic side, feeling that Obama will do more or has explained himself better then McCain. But other residents still want to hear more and Wisconsin still promises to be a battleground state worth fighting for.

"Economis Worries tipping Wisconsin toward Obama" CNN. 10/8/08. http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/09/wisconsin.battleground/index.html?iref=newssearch

The Russian-Georgian Conflict

For this week I read a BBC article on the Georgian conflict. It concerns me that a country like Russia can just invade and now try to seperate parts of Georgia from the rest simply because they were unhappy with the direction Georgia was going. Russia's actions smack of soviet-era views where Russia would not allow any disent in the countries surrounding it so as to shield it. Now that Russia is attempting to remake their former soviet block it is more important then ever to allow Georgia to join NATO. Georgia has shown great democratic reform and progress and the fact that we have made great good will with them and then when they needed help we didn't come. The fact now though, that the EU is sending 500 million euros in aid and attempting to speed Georgia's acceptance into NATO shows great conviction and a good move against Russia's bullying tactics.

"Russia to keep troops in Georgia". BBC. 9/21/08 .

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Hi my name is Nils and this will be my ultra exciting outside reading blog for our enriched english class. Throughout the year my classmates and I will be responding to things I read outside of school. If you don't like our views I'll annihlate you, just kidding but the arguments here will, I'm sure, be some heated debates later in the year.

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Nils H