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Political Friday: 6 reasons Obama won the election

1. Exciting the base One thing that Obama was able to do better was to excite his Democratic base (at least after Hillary Clinton dropped out of the race). United parties support their candidates more. In this election,…
Political Friday: 6 Reasons Why McCain lost

I truly believe that the Election of 2008 is going to be one that we'll study and think about a long time from now. This election was unique in many ways but the bottom line is that Barack Obama ran a better campaign whi…
Political Friday: Econ and me

I probably watch the economy more than a lot of people out there. I'm fascinated with the stock market and eagerly gobble up my subscription to The Economist every single week of life. It seems that the candidates have …
No, I don't vote with my boobs. Thanks anyway! (now with edits!)

Indulge me for a moment... I've tried to limit my discussion of politics to Fridays but I read an article that really made me mad yesterday and must wax poetically for a bit. A little background, the school that I curre…
Political Friday: Whatcha waiting for? A female VP or somethin?

Political Hangover: These weeks are going to be exhausting. I think I'm excited about my classes but they're just going to be time consuming. When I finally got home last night, I was ready to be excited by Obama's spee…
Political Friday: Veep Fever Pitch and the End of War?

So Obama still hasn't chosen a running mate and the Democratic National Convention is next week. He's due to pick in the next 24 hours. I was guessing that he would have picked the VP on Wednesday or Thursday to give peo…
Political Friday: No more por favor

Oops, he did it again! John McCain has another celebrity Obama attack ad out this week. This one doesn't feature Paris Hilton or Britney Spears. It simply says something like "Is the biggest celebrity in the world ready …
Political Friday: Let's get dirrrty?

It's gotten ugly out there. These days I feel like things are so scary, I almost shouldn't watch tv alone... you know with all the supposed Presidential campaigning going on. See, I'm in the same viewing area as Virginia…
Political Friday: Let's be best friends for forever and ever

Yesterday Barack Obama spoke to his largest crowd ever albeit to a crowd of people who mostly cannot vote for him. He spoke in Berlin, Germany. Some, including John McCain, are a little miffed why Obama would choose to e…
Political Friday: Economics are not sexy.

The one and only Ragin' Cajun, James Carville, was on to something when he coined the phrase, "It's the economy, stupid" during Clinton's first run at the presidency. Unfortunately for this election, this whole economy t…