2008 Woodie Awards
The obvious main topic in terms of covering politics over the next ten weeks will be the Presidential election. After a summer off from writing for The Weekly, here are some initial impressions on the race before getting into more detail over the next couple of months.
And we're back. Back at school, back at work, and back stressing out about life. And to add to it all, it's an election year, and we are constantly bombarded with politics. It is impossible to escape, but it is nice to be here at the 'Berg, where everyone, ahem, almost everyone, seems to have similar political views, and that is a good thing, isn't it? Or maybe, it's all too similar.
Being the political science nerd that I am, I typically find myself engaged in conversation over one of society's greatest social taboos: politics. While I realize that most people don't share the same enthusiasm over the topic that I do, and I'm sure my friends and family are tired of hearing about my semester in Washington or listening to me ramble about key Congressional races this year, I am becoming increasingly shocked with the levels of apathy I've been witnessing.
I guess I got lucky. After receiving space for a column in The Weekly, I had to find something worth writing about, and it fell right into my lap. On August 29th, John McCain presented Sarah Palin as his running for Vice-Presidential nominee. I was ecstatic with his selection, as I was hoping she was going to get the nod for several weeks, but assumed it was going to Romney.