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Election Day has finally come to an abrupt end, and everyone knows that our new president is Barack Obama. I understand that there has been a political rift between who should have won, but what I don’t get is why people are still in conflict over it. Everyone is allowed to have his own opinion...
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It was quite a night. In the light of day, Barack Obama's achievement seems almost miraculous. How did he do it? I think the answer may lie in areas that the Republicans have disparaged - his intelligence and experience. These alleged weaknesses actually might have been his strengths. When Obama...
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Tom Waseleski With Barack Obama's landslide victory in the electoral vote last night, I was reminded of a very different election outcome on a very different night. In 1984, Republican President Reagan won a second term with his own drubbing of Democrat Walter Mondale. The vote was proof that Reagan...
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by Marcy Held Change. Change is a word that we have been hearing a lot lately, but last night, that word became an event. This abstract concept became a concrete reality as the rudder steering the social and political course of our nation released an audible groan underneath the grounds of Grant Park...
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Martinsburg , Pa – The brilliant tactics of our candidates’ strategies for becoming the next president of The United States of America are soon coming to an end with Election Day approaching. One must wonder how can a candidate guarantee the presidency? There is a simple strategy of winning...
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Presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama are both campaigning in Pennsylvania Monday and Tuesday, with McCain contending the state and its 21 electoral votes are very much in contention despite polls that give Obama a double-digit lead here [ read PG story ]. Is the race tighter than polls...
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Tom Waseleski Newspaper endorsements -- people love 'em or hate 'em. At the Post-Gazette, we think they're important if you intend to have editorials that speak out for the paper on issues of the day. To the relative few newspapers that run editorials but refrain from endorsing candidates...
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By: Brandon Niro '10 This year has truly been a year of the unexpected and political rarities. For the first time in our country’s illustrious history, both parties are shying from conventional politics and shifting ideals to form the mold of modern politics. Never before have we ever had an...