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Blog 10/8/08
The Vice Presidential Debate
I thought it was really interesting that Biden mentioned that the economy is all about the people. The people who need help are mainly the middle class because it’s hurting small businesses and the potentially people of the future. Palin seems to just ramble on about the things that I already heard from McCain. I still don’t find him to be a very good candidate because he is too old to run for such a position.
Palin definitely mentions the fact that people knew they couldn’t afford homes for $300,000 if we couldn’t even afford homes at $100,000. I think it’s interesting that she says that realtors and the federal government is at fault when the people choose to buy things that they don’t have money for. I think it’s the American’s fault because in some ways, they weren’t being “taken advantage of” we just didn’t know better.
Biden talks about how all McCain really wanted was deregulation instead of helping out the problem America had with Subprime Mortgage situation. On the other hand, Obama wanted people to know what was going on. I think it’s really important to show people that not only will they have problems growing; they need to be able to see the kinds of problems they are running into.

Blog 10/1/08
I read an article in the Tampa Tribune and found some interesting information. As I was going about my information, I stumbled across the words “but another Great Depression, some of us intend to elect a 72-year-old liar with a history of cancer, who thinks Spain is in South America,” and found it really interesting that people would actually describe McCain in that way.
I didn’t know that McCain proposed a freeze on spending expect for veterans and people in the military, whereas he opposed the Veteran’s Bill. What is the Veteran’s Bill anyway?


Blog 8.28
I am very much interested in much about the presidential election. I haven’t been keeping up with each candidate and their opinions and policies to running to country if elected, but I know there are many aspects in which each person can better contribute to the country. I know that Obama wants change in economic policies and change in sport policies as well. It shows that he’s not only focused on the United States and the way things run in the government, but he’s willing and in need of changing things within the U.S. that people treasure the most about our country, sports. I learned about this when my friend Mike Snock told me he views Obama as an inspirational leader.


Research Questions Matrix

What percent of people who are republicans are going to vote for Obama, who runs as a Democrat?
What is an idealistic candidate?
Why does the possibility of the first African American President present a fearful outcome?
What are candidates doing about keeping the green house effect from ruining our planet?
In what ways is McCain similar to Bush’s ideas on politics?
What kind of healthcare policy does Obama decide to take a stand on?
How many people are living in the United States that cannot afford healthcare?
What is a draft?
What makes candidate McCain want to re-instate the draft?
What will happen if McCain is elected and decides to keep troops in Iraq?
What is the position McCain holds with same sex marriage?
What specific changes to the social security program will Obama make if elected?
What have each of the vice presdients accomplished in their political careers?
What is a tax reform policy?
What stance does Obama have about stem cell research?
In what ways will McCain or Obama start to make our country less oil dependent?
Would questioning the right to bear firearms be questioning our Constitution?
How does Obama feel about the outcome of the war or will he choose to withdraw troops?
How many electoral votes were recorded for each party during the last election? Last 12 years?
What is an electoral vote?
How will international relations change between the United States and the rest of the world if either candidate is elected?
What will Obama’s tax reform policy have on small businesses?
What stance does McCain have towards the idea of Pro-choice?
How does McCain feel about the immigrattion laws?