Back in the day, politicians didn’t have to watch their every move, and worry that someone was going to videotape them saying something inappropriate or stupid. During the 1948 campaign Harry Truman could be as candid as he wanted to be while out on the stump. Now things have changed. Everyone has a cell phone [...]
Archive for October, 2008
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Posted in Uncategorized on October 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
September Was a Good Month for Obama
Posted in Uncategorized on October 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
More than 150 million dollars – that’s how much money that the Obama campaign raised during the month of September. That is by far the largest amount of money Barack Obama has raised in one month, more than doubling his previous record held in August of almost $70 million.
Obama added 632,000 new donors bringing the [...]
Well, maybe video games aren’t so bad after all
Posted in Politics & Technology on October 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Barack Obama is going where no other presidential candidate has ever gone. No, not to space—better than space—he’s entered the virtual world of video games. The Obama campaign has purchased virtual ads that will appear in nine video games all from Electronic Arts: “Madden ’09,” “NFL on Tour,” “NHL ’09,” “Nascar [...]
Costumes, Cookies, and Pint Glasses?
Posted in Uncategorized on October 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I was thinking about who to be for Halloween this year and I came across some interesting options. With 24 days until the presidential election, political figures are increasingly popular at costume stores. I could make my own Sarah Palin costume for under $100, or I could make my boyfriend get a Barack Obama mask and we could [...]
Whose team are you on?
Posted in Uncategorized on October 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
There is only one team who can win first place. One team who will make it all the way to the White House. Which team is it going to be? The Red Team (John McCain & Sarah Palin) or the Blue Team (Barack Obama & Joe Biden)? Voters only have 27 days to decide who [...]
The Numbers Game
Posted in Uncategorized on October 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
69.9 million—that’s how many people watched the Vice Presidential debate last night between Gov. Sarah Palin and Sen. Joe Biden. That can be compared to the population of Iran, which is a little more than 70 million. Although, I don’t think that many people in Iran were watching the debate last [...]
An Animated Look at the Credit Crunch
Posted in Uncategorized on October 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I really like the stories that Robert Krulwich does for ABC. One of my professors once said that a good journalist helps me understand something better. Robert Krulwich tells stories in an interesting and simple way.
Check it out.
