Wednesday, January 23, 2008 |
( Photos: Corey Brunson / SCSU Student )
Barack Obama and many of his celebrity supporters stopped by South Carolina State University in Orangeburg, S.C., on Tuesday to speak with the students. Among the celebs were Kerry Washington, Chris Tucker, and Usher.
Corey Brunson, a student at SCSU sent in these photos and a recap:
Just thought I would share these pics with you guys! I attend SCSU and went to the Obama event.
…Barack hit strong points as to why we should vote for him, lowering gas prices, college tuition, extending the age teenagers can stay on their parents health insurance and much more. It was a packed house and afterwards they were all willing to take pics and sign autographs. It was great!
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Tuesday, January 22, 2008 |
According to a recent CNN poll, 72 percent of whites and 61 percent of blacks surveyed believe America is ready for a black president. Two years ago, only 65 percent of whites and 54 percent of blacks felt that way.
Both whites and blacks are concerned about the following in the same order: the economy, Iraq, terrorism, health care, gas prices and Iran.
In regard to race relations, 52 percent of black Americans say the issue will pose a problem in the United States, compared to 43 percent of whites. Fifteen years prior, though, in 1993, 55 percent of blacks and 53 percent of whites felt that way.
The survey was conducted by phone Jan. 14-17 with 1,393 adult Americans: 743 whites and 513 blacks.
If you haven’t done so already, check out the Concrete Loop 2008 Issues Poll.
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Sunday, January 20, 2008 |
Sen. Hillary Clinton emerged as the popular vote winner of the Nevada Democratic presidential nominating competition. “I guess this is how the West was won,” she told cheering supporters Saturday.
According to the Washington Post, the chairwoman of the Nevada Democratic Party insists that the contention that Sen. Barack Obama won more delegates in today’s caucus is incorrect.
“The calculations of national convention delegates being circulated are based upon an assumption that delegate preferences will remain the same between now and April 2008,” said Jill Derby, the chairwoman of the state party. “We look forward to our county and state conventions where we will choose the delegates for the nominee that Nevadans support.”
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Sunday, January 20, 2008 |
(Photos: Splash Images)
Hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons, self-help guru Deepak Chopra and civil rights leader Benjamin Chavis want answers from our Presidential hopefuls.
The trio sent an open letter to the (then) eleven Democratic and Republican candidates still in the race for nomination asking them six questions on issues ranging from diversity to the environment, reducing poverty in America and ending the war in Iraq.
The letter promises to post whatever answers they receive on the internet. I wonder if they forgot about Mike Gravel (Democrat) and Alan Keyes (Republican).
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Thursday, January 17, 2008 |
When (NOT IF) you vote this November, Concrete Loop wants you to decide who to choose based on what you feel, not what the media tells you. Vote for who best reflects your personal beliefs on the issues that matter most to you.
I’ll use the results of the following poll in an upcoming entry outlining the most important issues to the CL community and where the major candidates (both Democrats and Republicans) lie on those issues.
Wednesday, January 16, 2008 |
Mitt Romney won Michigan’s Republican presidential primary, beating Senator John McCain and gaining a victory that gives his campaign new life.
Romney becomes the third different winner in three major early-state contests, and his victory brings dramatic confusion to a GOP race that gives new meaning to the word “unsettled.”
Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts, was counting on Michigan to regain momentum after losses earlier this month to Huckabee in Iowa and McCain in New Hampshire. With each of the three leading contenders having a victory under his belt, the Republican nomination race is a free-for-all going into South Carolina and the caucuses in Nevada on the same day.
“Only a week ago, a win looked like it was impossible,” Romney said at his celebration in Southfield, Michigan. “But then you got out and told America what they needed to hear.”
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Tuesday, January 15, 2008 |
Withdraw from Iraq immediately. Eliminate the No Child Left Behind law. Legalize marijuana.
Those were just some of the goals stated by candidates at the Green Party presidential debate Sunday in San Francisco.
Source: John Bazemore / APFormer Democratic Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney who converted to the Green Party last year was, at one point during the debate, acknowledged as the front-runner. Ralph Nader, who ran on the Green ticket in 2000, spoke at the event but did not take part in the debate. Nader has not yet announced whether he will run for president again.
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