2008 Woodie Awards
Obama exhilarates youth electorate
Issue date: 1/31/08 Section: Editorial
Editorial
"While I am always happy to see Americans get refunds from the federal government, especially when so many of our citizens are struggling, I do have strong reservations about the economic stimulus package."
One might read the above comment on President Bush's State of the Union address Monday night and think it was made by one of the Democrat candidates campaigning for their party's nomination, but it wasn't made by any of them.
One might think some other Democrat in Congress said it, but it wasn't made by any of them either.
The statement was made in a press release by Chattanooga's own, Sen. Bob Corker.
Corker has spent less time in the Senate than any other current Republican senator, and yet even he is not afraid to openly criticize President Bush.
This is a sure signal that there is need for a serious change in the leadership in Washington, and the Democratic candidate who is promising that much-needed change is Sen. Barack Obama.
Many Americans were first introduced to Obama during his keynote address at the Democratic National Convention in 2004.
In this landmark speech, Obama stated his policy of unity, saying: "Now even as we speak, there are those who are preparing to divide us: the spin masters, the negative ad peddlers who embrace the politics of 'anything goes.' Well, I say to them tonight, there is not a liberal America and a conservative America; there is the United States of America. There is not a black America and a white America and Latino America and Asian America; there's the United States of America."
One can see the need for unity in America played out on our own campus.
Our own UC often appears to be segregated into the black section, the white section, the Asian section, and the Latino section.
Obama is a candidate who can unite all the different sections of the UC, and of America.
Obama's message of unity is recharging younger voters in ways that haven't been seen since President Kennedy.
Kennedy's daughter, Caroline, endorsed Obama in the "New York Times," writing: "I have never had a president who inspired me the way people tell me that my father inspired them.
"But for the first time, I believe I have found the man who could be that president - not just for me, but for a new generation of Americans."
And this new generation of Americans is responding to Obama, which is demonstrated by the increase in youth voter turnout in the primaries and caucuses.
According to UWire reports, youth participation in this election has been mostly attributed to the candidacy of Barack Obama, who gains much of his support from younger voters, Jack Citrin, professor of political science at UC Berkeley, said.
The most vital ingredient in this election is an informed electorate.
And when voting, choose change, choose a positive voice of unity, choose Barack Obama.
"While I am always happy to see Americans get refunds from the federal government, especially when so many of our citizens are struggling, I do have strong reservations about the economic stimulus package."
One might read the above comment on President Bush's State of the Union address Monday night and think it was made by one of the Democrat candidates campaigning for their party's nomination, but it wasn't made by any of them.
One might think some other Democrat in Congress said it, but it wasn't made by any of them either.
The statement was made in a press release by Chattanooga's own, Sen. Bob Corker.
Corker has spent less time in the Senate than any other current Republican senator, and yet even he is not afraid to openly criticize President Bush.
This is a sure signal that there is need for a serious change in the leadership in Washington, and the Democratic candidate who is promising that much-needed change is Sen. Barack Obama.
Many Americans were first introduced to Obama during his keynote address at the Democratic National Convention in 2004.
In this landmark speech, Obama stated his policy of unity, saying: "Now even as we speak, there are those who are preparing to divide us: the spin masters, the negative ad peddlers who embrace the politics of 'anything goes.' Well, I say to them tonight, there is not a liberal America and a conservative America; there is the United States of America. There is not a black America and a white America and Latino America and Asian America; there's the United States of America."
One can see the need for unity in America played out on our own campus.
Our own UC often appears to be segregated into the black section, the white section, the Asian section, and the Latino section.
Obama is a candidate who can unite all the different sections of the UC, and of America.
Obama's message of unity is recharging younger voters in ways that haven't been seen since President Kennedy.
Kennedy's daughter, Caroline, endorsed Obama in the "New York Times," writing: "I have never had a president who inspired me the way people tell me that my father inspired them.
"But for the first time, I believe I have found the man who could be that president - not just for me, but for a new generation of Americans."
And this new generation of Americans is responding to Obama, which is demonstrated by the increase in youth voter turnout in the primaries and caucuses.
According to UWire reports, youth participation in this election has been mostly attributed to the candidacy of Barack Obama, who gains much of his support from younger voters, Jack Citrin, professor of political science at UC Berkeley, said.
The most vital ingredient in this election is an informed electorate.
And when voting, choose change, choose a positive voice of unity, choose Barack Obama.
