The one Republican who could call 2008 a breakthrough success career wise is Governor Sarah Palin. She may not be the Vice-President-Elect, but she rose from being a recently elected governor of an often ignored state to one of the prominent national leaders of the Republican Party. She can thank John McCain for that, but [...]
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We Can’t Count on the Media
Throughout the recent election season, media bias was at an all-time high. This is no new phenomenon. Bias has always been evident in the media, and today, the debate continues surrounding the effect of media bias on voters. The media’s effect on this election is shown by a Zogby Poll released today in which Zogby conducted [...]
Ways McCain Could Have Appealed to Youth Voters
Ironically, this came right before the election, and I had no time to put it up before the election, so now I will try to post it posthumously as it were. I’ve had a little trouble with logging in, and thus the posts have been slow, but this was a semi-relevant essay for a class, written [...]
Lessons of the 2008 Election
Please note that this is by no means a comprehensive list of all of the lessons we should take from this year’s election. These are just a few of the many important recognitions we must make moving forward. The GOP’s electoral map has shrunk. As much as it pains me to say it as a [...]