The Soapbox

Four years ago, when the candidate I voted for lost the Presidential election I was unhappy. Yet, in the midst of being on the losing side, a little bit of that Hope Obama preached about rubbed off on me. I truly wanted to give him a chance and I understood (and even appreciated) the historical [...]

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We voted. And now we wait.

by Andrea on November 6, 2012 · 1 comment

I always get emotional on Voting Day. It’s a huge deal that we live in this extraordinary country. I treat it like a holiday of sorts. Don’t tell but we actually listened to Christmas music during breakfast! So after I took Oscar to school, Calvin and I went to our polling place and I voted. [...]

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Do you affiliate yourself with a party? Which one? Republican Do you know who you will vote for in the Presidential Election yet?/Who? Mitt Romney Why did you choose this person? You know, I could get into a lot of rhetoric here because I honestly agree with many of Romney’s talking points. But I am assuming you are tired of [...]

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Welcome back to Who Gets your Vote? !! Each Tuesday I will be highlighting at least one reader opinion about the upcoming election. On election day, I will answer these very same questions myself! The point of this series is to get real people to answer real questions about this election. We aren’t all the same and [...]

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The end is near

by Andrea on October 22, 2012 · 5 comments

I’m talkin bout politics y’all. Too dramatic? Well the truth is, we are at the end of debate season. Tonight’s Presidential debate marks the last of the 3 and will prove to be far more important than I initially thought. Depending on which poll you are reading we are anywhere from a tie, to an [...]

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Tonight is the second of three presidential debates. I don’t know that anyone expected the debate season to be as eventful as it has been, but after Romney’s success in the polls after the first debate and Biden’s antics (for better or worse) in the VP debate, I think a lot of America is anxiously [...]

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I am taking a break from the Who Gets Your Vote series today to give you a friendly reminder to REGISTER! You can’t vote otherwise and wouldn’t that be awful!? In some states you only have a couple more days so be sure to look up your state and get to it! NC Voters, here [...]

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In the wake of the first of three presidential debates, I decided to throw out a little bit of commentary. I have really enjoyed the voter interview series I started here in August and I will still be answering my own interview questions on election day as promised. But after watching the debate from last [...]

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