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The Poker Players Alliance (PPA) is the first step in card players and gambling enthusiasts realizing the strength of their political potential, and one of the initial exercises of this power will be seen in the upcoming Presidential election.

To that end, Rich Muny of the PPA has attempted to narrow down the position of the candidates, and grade them accordingly.

Muny gives John McCain a D, mostly for McCain’s voting against any legalization of sports gambling. The Republican candidate does not have strongly expressed views on online gambling or poker. McCain did not sign a pro-UIGEA staement circulated by anti-gambling factions.

Barack Obama was graded by Muny as a C. This grade was awarded despite Obama’s well-publicized votes against gambling initiatives while in the Illinois Senate, votes he defended as being against those particular measures rather than against gambling per se.

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One Response to “PokerPages – Poker Players Alliance Prepares to Flex Political Muscle (06/13/08)”

1. TheEngineer Says:
   June 17th, 2008 at 2:48 am

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