Shane Bryan, coordinator of TerpsVote, said there’s been a jump in voting at Stamp Student Union from 1,566 in 2008 to 2,321 this year. His favorite part of election night is the anticipation. “It’s the suspense – not really knowing but being able to speculate what’s happening,” Bryan said. Continue reading »
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A largely Romney table
Some high school students at Covenant Life School in Gaithersburg, Md. who came to campus for an internship sat at a table near the screens on the right side of the ballroom. Three of them at the table support Romney. Elliot Lowe, a sophomore at Covenant Life, said that he supports Romney’s economic policies, but … Continue reading »
A couple Obama voters
Lamontre Randall, a sophomore accounting major at the university, sat at a table in the far left corner of Stamp Student Union’s Colony Ballroom at the election night party. ”I love the atmosphere so far,” he said. Randall, who voted for Obama, said that the election party has not discriminated people of different beliefs. The room … Continue reading »
Tonight’s the night
It’s November 6. At Stamp Student Union, three live screens are forecasting tonight’s results: CNN live is on the left. John King has spent large segments dissecting an electoral map by swiping districts that are already designated red or blue. CNN.com is the center screen, with a map of the nation. So far (as of … Continue reading »
Summing up the last couple questions
Romney said troops will be out of Afghanistan by 2014, and that focus needs to go towards containing Pakistan. “I look at this as a need to help move Pakistan in the right direction and to get Afghanistan ready and they will be ready by 2014,” he said. Obama said we are now in a … Continue reading »
Libya Crisis and Foreign Policy in the Middle East
Romney says that Libya is an example of an “unraveling” foreign policy in the Middle East. He does not want “another Afghanistan or Iraq,” rather, he wishes to suppress Islam extremism. Says Al-Qaeda is the biggest threat to the US. Obama calls out Romney on some points. According to Obama, Romney stated that the biggest … Continue reading »
Final Debate: What to look for tonight
The final debate of the presidential elections will be on foreign policy and will take place in Lynn University in Boca Raton, Fl. This will be Barack Obama’s final presidential debate, so expect him to come out hard and unwavering like he did last week. Mitt Romney will try and make sure Obama doesn’t become … Continue reading »
