Greenville, located in the eastern part of North Carolina, is the home of the East Carolina University Pirates. In 2007, the population of Pitt County was estimated to be 76,058. With the increase of East Carolina University’s student acceptance rate, Greenville grows every year by the thousands. Greenville is the fastest growing [...]
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As cable news followed the countdown to Super Tuesday, the video clips they showed were very similar to ones found on YouTube or other viral internet websites. None of the cable news channels focused on the politicians platforms, but focused more on the latest controversy among candidates. The networks did like they did back during [...]
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The Washington Post article following Super Tuesday was concise. It read, “Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama share a problem as they move deeper into the primary season: They have both issued promises to withdraw from Iraq that are impossibly vague, unrealistic or worse. They must now rectify this — for the good of their campaigns [...]
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The major news companies such as CNN and NBC offered complete coverage of Super Tuesday on their websites and basically told the same stories.
Although there were not any absolute nominations awarded as a result of Super Tuesday, there were some significant effects drawn from the day.
The most dramatic results occurred for the Republican Party. John [...]
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Ever since the election race has begun, Clinton and Obama have been at the top of the headlines. Why should Super Tuesday be any different? Once again they have managed to dominate the headlines.
They seem to be on the cover of every magazine, and have their names in every headline. It is [...]
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The time is upon us yet again. When candidates hold no punches and put everything on the line. This may sound like the Super Bowl but it is much bigger than that, this is Super Tuesday. It was almost impossible to turn on your television Tuesday without hearing some kind of coverage on the elections. [...]
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During the election process that I watched on February 5 decided to ask a friend of mine Melvin Patterson how he found out information on the election going on between Obama and Clinton. Since he was every interested in politics and the government he would be an interesting person to ask. Melvin said that “I [...]
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Super Tuesday proved to be an important day not only for presidential candidates but for voters as well. It is imperative that when results are summarized in articles that they are unbiased so they won’t influence the reader. The East Carolinian (also called the TEC), a newspaper for the students at East Carolina University, did [...]
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The media provided the world with hard political answers on Tuesday and the days that followed. I did not witness any sensationalism or anything misleading, because numbers don’t lie. The avenue of inquiry taken by those around me consisted of CNN news on the tv and CNN.com’s up to the minute campaign coverage. [...]
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Leading up to Super Tuesday Democratic and Republican presidential hopefuls are campaigning in multiple states with the goal of gaining votes for the upcoming primary elections.
On Super Tuesday there are 24 states involved in narrowing down the candidates for this extremely close race to the 2008 presidential election. There are different rules for each [...]
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Senator John McCain took the lead with the Republican Party Super Tuesday, while Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton fought a close battle.
Even though some conservatives argue that McCain hasn’t captured their votes yet, McCain won nine states Tuesday. McCain won AZ, CA, CT, DE, IL, MO, NJ, NY, and OK. Mitt Romney came in [...]
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2008 Super Primary Tuesday didn’t have the same outcome for the democrats as the republicans. While Senator John McCain cleared away from his fellow nominees, Senator Hillary Clinton and Senator Barack Obama are still neck-to-neck.
Internet coverage for post Super Primary Tuesday depicted Clinton and Obama’s stand on health care and stimulating the economy.
Clinton [...]
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Super Tuesday proved not to put much separation between Clinton and Obama, the two presidential campaigns for the upcoming 2008 election, representing the Democratic Party.
Clinton and Obama would both win their home states, with Clinton taking New York, and Obama taking Illinois. The Associated Press in USA Today had Clinton winning six states as of [...]
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It is clear from the votes of the Super Tuesday election that race will play a major role in the nomination for the next president. Hillary Clinton has over 16 years of experience with the Hispanic community, while Barack Obama has just recently started moving in during the February primaries. States such as New Jersey, [...]
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“ Barack Obama Claims Delegate Lead…and So Does Hillary Clinton”. “ Duel Could Last for Months…”. “Barack Obama Looks Strong”. “Who Will it Be? ”. Continuing into February of 2008, the internet is swirling with headlines that can’t help but focus on the Democratic race that is sure to make history. Still, after Super Primary [...]
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Top media empire, Fox News, covered the Super Tuesday primary elections with great verosity. Ranging in topics from voter’s top concerns, candidate biographies, and the war to the campaign front-runners battle to reach the top spot, Fox News elaborated and shared opinions on every political issue imaginable.
Fox News made it known in more ways [...]
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John McCain would celebrate his win on Super Tuesday for the Republican Party, but for the Democrats, a win is not so clear. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have been the front-runners for the party for quite some time.
Many of their policies closely resemble each other, and they are both excellent speakers. [...]
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Primary Super Tuesday occurred on February 5 and was an important day concerning the elections. For college students, this is an important event to be interested in because most students are old enough to be able to vote in the elections.
The only problem is that college students don’t always have the time to sit and [...]
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