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Obama Addresses Crowd in Downpour; McCain Cancels
Posted: 30 Oct 2008 12:52 AM CDT
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by Marlene H. Phillips
Tuesday was a tough day to be outside in Greater Philadelphia. The rain poured
and the wind howled. The weather turned so nasty that the fifth (and possibly
final) game of the World Series game scheduled for the night was postponed.
John McCain canceled a Tuesday morning rally at Memorial Stadium in the Philly
suburb of Quakertown.
Back in the city meanwhile, in driving wind and rain on the campus of Widener
University in Chester, Senator Obama was greeted by thousands of supporters who
cheered Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell when he introduced the Democratic
presidential nominee and kept right on cheering as Obama took the stage and
addressed the crowd. The crowd was multi-racial, wildly enthusiastic and
drenched. Attendee Charlene McGrady was impressed with the enthusiasm but not
surprised by the crowd's tenacity. "Philadelphia Phillies fans waited hours in
the rain for the third game of the World Series. McCain either doesn't know
much about the people in this area or doesn't have much faith in his
supporters."
In a photo taken of the event taken by Robert Ford, Obama appears determined
and hatless in the open air, buffeted by the storm.
Among the crowd at the Obama rally were many children. Described as an
"historic day in Chester," the local school district closed the schools and
Superintendent Gregory Thornton encouraged parents to take their children to
the rally. He said they should "take advantage of this educational
opportunity."
"The passion and persistence of Obama and the crowd that turned out to hear and
see him despite the weather speaks volumes," said McGrady. "It's a telling
contrast to the fair-weather attitude of the McCain campaign, which threw in
the towel at the first drop of rain." She went on to add that John McCain and
Sarah Palin went ahead with an indoor rally today in Hershey, Pennsylvania,
which caused McGrady to comment wryly: "$150,000 for clothes and they
apparently didn't buy her a raincoat."
McGrady felt the Pennsylvania cancellation was indicative of the entire McCain
campaign, adding: "What a washout his campaign has been, in more ways than one."
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Weekly Reader Student Presidential Election Poll: it's Obama in a landslide!
Posted: 29 Oct 2008 07:18 PM CDT
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Posted by AzBlueMeanie:
PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y., Oct. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Just days before Americans choose
our next president, voting has concluded in the Weekly Reader Student
Presidential Election Poll. And the nation's students resoundingly say that
Barack Obama will be the country's next leader. In the 14th Weekly Reader
election survey, with more than 125,000 votes cast from kindergarten through
12th grade, the result was Obama 54.7% and John McCain 42.9% (with "other"
candidates receiving 2.5% of the student vote). The Obama victory in the
classroom electoral vote was even more resounding: The Democrat won 33 states
and the District of Columbia, garnering 420 electoral votes, while McCain took
17 states and 118 electoral votes.
For the past 52 years, the results of the Weekly Reader poll have been
consistently on target, with the student vote correctly predicting the next
president in 12 out of 13 elections. (The only time the kids were wrong was
1992, when they chose George H.W. Bush over Bill Clinton.) This year, as in
2000 and 2004, the student election was conducted in conjunction with noted
polling organization Zogby International.
"Historically, our poll has been an amazing indicator of the presidential
race's outcome, so we're all waiting with great anticipation to see what
happens on Election Day," said Neal Goff, President of Weekly Reader.
"Throughout the past few months, we've delivered cutting-edge multimedia
election materials directly to schools so that students could cast an informed
vote. We're excited to have given kids this important forum to express their
opinions about who should be the next president."
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The Arizona School Voucher Question in the Courts
Posted: 29 Oct 2008 10:25 AM CDT
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by David SafierThe Arizona Supreme Court will soon decide on an issue with huge
potential educational consequences: are private school vouchers constitutional
or unconstitutional?
As things stand now, a Court of Appeals decision says vouchers are
unconstitutional. The State Supreme Court has agreed to review the decision.
It all comes down to the meaning of two provisions in the AZ Constitution:
One prohibits the use of public money for "any religious worship, exercise, or
instruction, or to the support of any religious establishment." The other bars
the appropriation of public money "in aid of any church, or private or
sectarian school."If the provisions mean the state can't use tax dollars to
send children to private schools, vouchers are out. If they mean, as voucher
proponents claim, that tax dollars can go to students who spend them at private
schools but not directly to the schools, vouchers are in.
We now have a limited voucher program for 500 students. If the courts decide
that program is constitutional, the push for more vouchers from the right will
escalate.
In LD-26, two-and-a-half of the three Republican candidates support vouchers
(The half if Vic Williams, who was before vouchers before he was against
vouchers before he was . . . You get the idea). All of the Dems are against
vouchers. I don't know the views of specific Republicans running elsewhere, but
lots of them are voucher supporters. Most Dems say No.
Have I mentioned before how important this election is? Let us count the ways.
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