and blogs 2,3,4 - Tyler

National Blog #2- WOOHOO!!!
http://news.aol.com/elections/story/_a/mccain-erases-obamas-lead-in-new-poll/20080410150809990001

The Mac is back! Coming from 10 points behind both Obama and Clinton in last months AP poll, McCain has tied exactly with Obama and is only slightly behind Clinton. People speculate a bad month for Obama and the securing of the nomination by McCain as the main to reasons McCain is surging. The poll also shows that the prolonged primary process is actually damaging the democrats, but no matter how long it takes, the article said, this november election is going to be a close one.

This is great, I’ve been rooting for McCain basically from the start, and after seeing him fall so quickly at the beginning I have to say that this is awesome. I think McCain is the least polarizing candidate on board, he actually has the record of going across the aisle (like Clinton and Obama are saying), and I believe is worthy of more trust than the two dems. Its McCain 08 for sure!

International Blog #1- China Stops “terrorists”
http://news.aol.com/story/_a/china-foils-alleged-olympics-plot/20080410080209990001

A plot including 35 men who planned to kidnap reporters, athletes and fans attending the Olympic game was foiled on Thursday. The Ministry of Public Safety said they had uncovered the ring of 35 men had purchased 22 pounds of explosives and were planning on doing much harm during the event. China since Sept. 11th has tried to paint this group of individuals as being terrorists with ties to the middle east, but so far no proof of a connection like that has been found.

I think it is great that China has caught this before people were harmed. From the sound of the article, however, it sounds like some are questioning Chinas legitimacy on making the arrests. But at least it seems they are trying to protect tourists and officials, and hopefully the games will go down without incident.

International Blog #2- Terrorist Dead
http://news.aol.com/story/_a/us-says-top-al-qaida-terrorist-is-dead/20080409163409990001

A top terrorist of Al-Qaida is presumed dead on Thursday. The Egyptian terrorist leader was involved in the plans to attack the US in 2006, however intelligence found out the plan and averted the attack. But the terrorist was never caught. He died of natural causes in Egypt. This man is suspected of being behind the successful London transit attacks which killed 52 people and injured hundreds more.

Obviously this means good news for the fight against terrorism, but there will be someone to replace him, there always is. Hopefully we can find out who that next person is, where he is, and then we could be the reason for his death… just a thought.