The Sentinel

As someone with European pigmentation and facial structure, I have always revered minority groups in America. The troubles they have endured and still endure today signify their strength as a people. And to be honest, I have always wanted to be at least part black or Latino, but I was constrained to only imagine how great it must be to feel myself as part of a larger, more important whole.

Campaigning for the presidency is a full time job. Just ask the current presidential candidates. With the exception of Fred Thompson, our 2008 hopefuls have largely been treating the run like it is their job. Senators and congressmen have missed countless votes in their respective districts, Mitt Romney didn't leave Iowa over multiple weeks and Senator Chris Dodd went one step further: he actually moved to Iowa.

In November of 2004, when I stepped into the voting booth to cast my ballot for George W. Bush, I was not only voting for the President of the United States, I was also "electing" Supreme Court Justices. While I disagree with Bush often, my vote didn't hinge on tax policy or stem cell research, it was cast in support of his judicial nominations.

By the time this article comes to print, there will be telling messages coming out of Iowa and New Hampshire. We will see, based on the nominees, whether or not the Republican Party has a long-term strategy for maintaining electoral dominance, or a short-term plan based on pandering to traditional constituencies.

Abortion, religion, farm subsidies and health care are some of the main issues being discussed by the candidates for the 2008 Presidential elections. However, the issue which will have the most significant impact on young voters, Social Security reform, has barely shown up on the RADAR screen this primary season.

After breaking the single-day Primary fund-raising record on November 5th, with a $4.2 million haul, Ron Paul supporters did it again on December 16th: dubbed Tea Party '07, the campaign raised roughly $6.1 million in just twenty-four hours. The date was chosen in remembrance of the Boston Tea Party, and the event was spearheaded by Trevor Lyman.

Thumbs Thumbs Up Mike Hart 0-4 vs. OSU Suck it, Mike. Thumbs Down Writer's Strike. No Jack Bauer? No Lost? No The Office? And you're leaving us with Who Wants to Marry a Farmer? Thumbs Down Global Warming 12 degrees the first week of January? Really? That's all the better you can do? Words of Wisdom All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will to be rightful must be reasonable; that the minority possess their equal rights, which equal law must protect, and to violate would be oppression.