What does the November election in the United States hold for mining?  There will be a new president, and maybe control of both houses will change.  Will this be good or bad for mining?  In this posting we look at current trends that hold a clue to the 2008 US mining scene as sculptured by the newly elected politicians.

An analysis of future politics that affect mining is inevitably colored by the political views of the author.  My political views are therefore relevant.  You can take the facts I record below and reinterpret them for yourself on the basis of your political perspectives relative to mine. 

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