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Election night was on November 4th, yet the fight for a Minnesota Senate seat rages on between Democrat Al Franken and incumbent Republican Norm Coleman. The end, however, seems near and it's looking like former comedian turned politician over night, Al Franken, will win the seat. The real question, though, is... can't they both lose?
This pas...
Now that the year is coming to a close, it’s time to look back at all the things we loved and hated about 2008.
Best: The Election. This year’s historical election brought us the first black president and the first female vice presidential candidate. Between the history that was made and the hilarious SNL sketches that ensued (not to mention t...
Surely you heard the story of Ann Nixon Cooper in Obama's victory speech on Tuesday night. What you might not have heard is that her grandson graduated from UF in 1986. Ernest Hooper is now a columnist at the St. Petersburg Times but he once walked our campus as public relations student and even wrote for The Alligator (though, lets be real, who...
The first thing I did upon witnessing last night's election results was call my mom and scream myself hoarse with my wonderfully democratic roommates.
The second thing I did was of course, check Facebook. Only half an hour after Obama's victory was announced, Vanderbilt students were celebrating, rejoicing, complaining and questioning via Face...
Last night was the most wired I’ve been in a very long time. Early returns showed Obama down in Virginia and Florida, which put me on the edge of my seat in panic mode. But then as CNN dove into their Magic Map county by county, it was clear that the Democratic regions hadn’t been counted yet.
Then the results started to come in. The first big...
On the uncharacteristically warm evening of November 4th, 2008, Barack Obama was declared the winner of the election around 11 PM, and deliriously overjoyed college students flooded the streets of New Brunswick in celebration. Most were drunk on happiness (and in general) as they passed through downtown New Brunswick. After our happy mob swept t...
Today, for the first time, I (like many of my peers across the nation) voted for the first time in a presidential election. Since I had class from 10 to 4, and was afraid of there being long lines in the evening, I decided to go exercise my civic duty first thing in the morning. I also didn’t sleep very much the night before (a mix of doing ho...
This guy had a beer, had an elightment and gave into the Obama believers.
It’s no secret that Obama is a sports lover. He even has a former Duke basketball player as a body man to keep him in shape and he scrimmaged with the UNC team on the campaign trail. Clearly he likes to have athletes around. In fact, if it were up to Obama, the entire government would be filled with sports superstars. To indulge our new presiden...
Welcome folks to OTR's liveblog of the presidential election results. We'll be at it until we have a winner, which could be as early as maybe 8:30 or as late as December. You never know. Well, here we go:
5:54 - First polls close at 6. I'm watching CNN all night (sorry Jon Stewart) because they have magical touchscreens floating around everywh...
Election time is full of news, and it's important, but the consequences of voting will take a while to come to fruition.
One bit of election news that may be more relevant for Massachusetts residents is the status of Question 2.
It's not yet final, but it's looking like Question 2 is going to pass in Massachusetts. All of the votes have no...
In what is I'm sure one of a bajillion covert efforts to surpress voters going on right now, this pair of e-mails sent to George Mason University students have been floating around the internet:
First:
-----Original Message-----
From: ANNOUNCE04-L on behalf of Office of the Provost
Sent: Tue 11/4/2008 1:16 AM
To: ANNOUNCE04-L@mail04.gmu.edu...
I admire their determination. But early voting is where it’s at. Err, was at. But yeah, hopefully this will be the year that the mythical “youth vote” actually turns out. I think it will.
Joe the Plumber is saying _________ to Megan McCain.
As any FSU student has witnessed from the bombardment of each campaign's flyers and voter registration stands, our campus has been extremely involved in the 2008 election.
The big day is quickly approaching, so make sure you leave yourself plenty of time to vote and read up on the local issues as well. Now FSU and its politically active studen...
After months of polls, debates and SNL sketches, the historic 2008 election is now just a weekend away. A new president signifies a lot of things for our country, and for college students, it signifies another opportunity to get piss drunk.
The election night drinking game is simple and guaranteed to keep you drinking for hours. And if this is...
The Obamabot was in full campaigning mode this afternoon on campus in Turlington Plaza. Aside from being a clever little engineer, Bryan Hood, the bot's creator is quite a cutie.
A bunch of black kids, (and one poor rhythmless white kid) put together a rap about the election so good, it warranted its own half hour special on CNN. Seriously.
The kids are from Ron Clark Academy and someone talented on staff rewrote the lyrics to T.I.'s Whatever You Like, changing the message from "I'll get you anything you want includin...
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