It’s beginning to look a lot like primary season…

January 11th, 2008 at 12:15 am

Birds are singing, the weather is beautiful, and politicians are everywhere you turn. With the South Carolina primaries not so far in the distance it makes sense that many of our presidential candidates in both parties are beginning to make their stops thoughout the state, in particular college campuses. A recent statistic has shown that over 30% of the participants in the Iowa Caucuses in early January were young people of ages 18-25. This is the election that students are beginning to take part in. We have seen that our voice can make the difference and we are turning out in record numbers.

Today, College of Charleston hosted Senator Barack Obama in our Bully Pulpit Series: Reflections on Presidential Communication. In a surprise turn of events, Senator John Kerry first came to the stage to endorse Senator Obama. In all the hullabaloo I couldn’t quite get the best picture with the Senator but told him thank you for supporting the ONE Campaign. And his reply? “There’s nothing else like it, thank you for being part of it; it’s a great campaign.”

Also, Senator John Edwards made his way to North Charleston to volunteer at a local Food Bank which is a distribution center for soup kitchens to feed local impoverished people. When asked for a picture, Senator Edwards jumped to the opportunity stating that the time and effort that we put in as members of ONE is truly extraordinary.

The times, they are a changin’

I’ll continue with updates from South Carolina- Huzzah!

-Seaton, College of Charleston