Jan
27
The End of Presidential Campaign 2008
Filed Under Elections
It seemed like the recent Presidential campaign lasted longer than those in the past. Maybe it was the insane and constant media coverage or the fact that I followed it closely due to the current economic crisis, but did we learn anything about our candidates through the media coverage? I learned about the presidential and vice presidential candidates through the debate information exchanged at the several debates held prior to the election. In the debate forum, they were speaking about problems our country is facing and experience that would prepare them to deal with our current problems.
Another benefit of using debate information to make election decisions is you are making your own decision and not allowing media influences to cloud your judgment. Each media outlet has a bias toward one candidate. While they claim to be fair or balanced, one candidate tends to get more positive press depending on what news channel you watch or which newspaper you read.
No matter which candidate you voted for on November 4th, I wish President Obama luck in fulfilling the promises he made to the American public during his debates. His success and failures as a president will be played out on the stage of public opinion and the media has the clips to play over and over again if he doesn’t fulfill his objectives.
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Welcome to the city Barack! We welcome you with open arms and hope for a successful 2009. I agree with you that it took forever for the elections to be over, and that the coverage was just insane. I remember watching CNN and they actually had people analyzing what he was wearing and all of that, just nonsense to me!
In my opinion the presidential campaign is still going on. President Obama is still on the campaign trail, still pushing his ideas and plans. Too bad that it all boils down to campaign promises and everyone knows those are never kept.
I don’t think that anyone learned anything about the candidates. People were very emotional and forceful about who they were voting for but no one could really seem to explain why they were voting for their chosen candidate.
this election was great. Our first black president! I am very excited to see the things that he is going to do for our country!
This presidential campaign was certainly interesting. I voted for Barack Obama and I’m really glad he was elected!
The incredible amount of press coverage made me glad to watch the debate. I appreciate the straightforward format of a debate and I feel like I can learn a lot about the candidates. It definitely beats the uselessly biased overflow of commercials, wow!
I thought this was truly one of the most engaging and fascinating elections we’ve ever had, with the exception of the embarrassing Ms. Palin. She claimed to speak for all women without ever grasping the fact that she spoke for only one.