New Blog Requires Readership To Survive
More Information Given In Weekly Bite-Sized Chunks
Samson Felshman
Issue date: 11/1/08 Section: Blogs
As the pace of information increases, a monthly issue of stories and other things just isn't fast enough to cover everything. Therefore, I will be writing a weekly blog, sporadically covering major stories and other things. This blog will be:
-uncensored. My thoughts are my thoughts. As such, it is all solely mine, and does not reflect the overall thoughts of the Wright Times staff. I will most likely run a disclaimer at the beginning of each blog post to remind people of this, though I am fallible and may forget.
-at times irrelevant. Let's face it: sometimes there isn't much going on. Also, I am lazy, and ignore stories so that I can make crude jokes. [Isn't that great? You should definitely read this blog.]
-overly wordy. I'm probably not going to edit myself, and I like long words. [They're cool.]
- ... [will overly use parenthesis.]
That's out of the way, and so I need to talk about the biggest story of the last 3 days: Obama won the election. But why? Well, look, here's a Guardian article on it [which is the first hit on Google]: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/us_elections_2008/7709852.stm is the link. It shows that, as you could guess looking at the campaigns, Obama won overwhelmingly among young voters and first-time voters: more than a 2-to-1 advantage in each. He did win a massive amount of the black vote, as you'd expect: however, he also won a large amount of the 'Hispanic/Latino' vote. Women voted for Obama strongly, as well, though he still had a lead among men.
However, the main reason Obama won, in my opinion, was the worries of the economy. The economy 'dominated concern' according to the Guardian polls: 60% of people had it as their main issue, and the deregulation of the economy per Republican policies is the main reason that the subprime loan crisis happened. With regulation of crucial sectors [e.x.: make banks not bankrupt themselves in the service of greed], we can ensure that the economy won't crater after banking fads break. Not over-regulation. In the end, though, it will be interesting to see what happens. Can Obama bring change to the White House? Some questions can't be answered until you see them in action.
-uncensored. My thoughts are my thoughts. As such, it is all solely mine, and does not reflect the overall thoughts of the Wright Times staff. I will most likely run a disclaimer at the beginning of each blog post to remind people of this, though I am fallible and may forget.
-at times irrelevant. Let's face it: sometimes there isn't much going on. Also, I am lazy, and ignore stories so that I can make crude jokes. [Isn't that great? You should definitely read this blog.]
-overly wordy. I'm probably not going to edit myself, and I like long words. [They're cool.]
- ... [will overly use parenthesis.]
That's out of the way, and so I need to talk about the biggest story of the last 3 days: Obama won the election. But why? Well, look, here's a Guardian article on it [which is the first hit on Google]: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/us_elections_2008/7709852.stm is the link. It shows that, as you could guess looking at the campaigns, Obama won overwhelmingly among young voters and first-time voters: more than a 2-to-1 advantage in each. He did win a massive amount of the black vote, as you'd expect: however, he also won a large amount of the 'Hispanic/Latino' vote. Women voted for Obama strongly, as well, though he still had a lead among men.
However, the main reason Obama won, in my opinion, was the worries of the economy. The economy 'dominated concern' according to the Guardian polls: 60% of people had it as their main issue, and the deregulation of the economy per Republican policies is the main reason that the subprime loan crisis happened. With regulation of crucial sectors [e.x.: make banks not bankrupt themselves in the service of greed], we can ensure that the economy won't crater after banking fads break. Not over-regulation. In the end, though, it will be interesting to see what happens. Can Obama bring change to the White House? Some questions can't be answered until you see them in action.
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