2008 Woodie Awards
Clinton has clout, Obama has momentum
Kyle West
Issue date: 2/16/08 Section: Forum
That's right, now you don't have to win over the people any more thanks to the Democratic Party's introduction of super delegates this season. Super delegates are select party officials and important Democratic figures who are not required to make their vote public, and are free to change their mind at anytime, unlike the pledged delegates, who must vote for who won them in their state.
Regardless of how either candidate is doing, the fact that more people have gotten out the vote is a sign of the change that we all so desperately seek in our America. Only 5,000 Democrats voted in Idaho in the 2004 presidential election, but Obama won the state this year with 15,000, and in a primary no less. This past Tuesday, half a million people got out the vote for Obama in Virginia, and this is just a primary! Voting may seem like something that doesn't change much, but it's the way our government works, and if you want anything changed, you MUST vote. And in this election, there's no reason not to.
If our life and liberty are under attack, if our happiness is made silent, if our voice is made feeble, we can only blame ourselves if we do not act against such things. So vote, don't mope.
Regardless of how either candidate is doing, the fact that more people have gotten out the vote is a sign of the change that we all so desperately seek in our America. Only 5,000 Democrats voted in Idaho in the 2004 presidential election, but Obama won the state this year with 15,000, and in a primary no less. This past Tuesday, half a million people got out the vote for Obama in Virginia, and this is just a primary! Voting may seem like something that doesn't change much, but it's the way our government works, and if you want anything changed, you MUST vote. And in this election, there's no reason not to.
If our life and liberty are under attack, if our happiness is made silent, if our voice is made feeble, we can only blame ourselves if we do not act against such things. So vote, don't mope.
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