Post #3

My latest political cartoon depicts President George W. Bush riding on a donkey in the opposite direction of a sign pointing to "common sense". This is a last jab at a seemingly unintelligent president before he turns over his presidency to Barack Obama. This cartoon is probably a result of a war that has had very serious consequences, as well as a financial defecit that is the worst the United States has seen since the Great Depression. But then again, support for Bush was very very high at the beginning of his presidency, much like the unwavering support for Barack Obama right now. Hopefully, president elect Obama will have more common sense than our current president and pull America out of its financial crisis.

Post #2

This week my cartoon depicted a military general declaring that we must increase violence in iraq to halt the mindless violence in iraq. It is meant to poke fun at military officials who were supporting the surge into iraq. Though the surge seems to have been very effective, this cartoon still has the support of many anti-war democrats, criticizing republic military officials. It will be interesting to see how Obama handles the war, seeing as the surge was so effective and Obama is so strongly for pulling out of iraq. He will be faced with a difficult choice that will be watched closely by everyone.

2nd Quarter Election Post #1

This week my political cartoon dealth with immigration, a topic i have been studying intensely in polysci over the last 2 weeks. Upon meeting rep. Jose Serrano, and finding his views on immigration policy, i decided to create my cartoon. It represents America's distaste for illegal immigrants, but all of the immigrants that were being discriminated against were from south carolina. My cartoon shows this "racism" as some would call, in the form of the Statue of Liberty allowing European immigrants into the USA while rejecting those from Mexico. Measures such as a physical fense along the Mexican border influenced me to create this cartoon, which was done before Mr. Stroud had made the assignment, so i lucked out and didnt have to do it. And that is the overview of my cartoon, as well as a backgroud of where its influence came from.

Volunteer Post 3

On suday i went canvasing again for the obama campaign in herndon with katie. We were sent over to the reston community center to meet and get maps. I would say about 3, maybe 4 people opened their doors. They wanted to talk to us for as little time as possible, but they were generally nice about it. One lady we saw walk in her house, and then hide away as we rung the doorbell three times. It got dark fast, and we finished our list which was pretty short. We went back to the community center area and got our sheets filled out. We then went to diary queen (which was a bad idea becuase it started getting cold) and talked to one of the volunteers, who was very active for the democratic party, for about 15 minues. Like i said in my last post, the work wasn't very exciting, but it was easy, and it gave me the feeling that i made a difference in the election (but really probably not).

Volunteer Post 2

For my 2nd volunteer activity, i went canvasing for the democratic office in herndon. I drove the neighborshoods in reston and knocked on a lot of doors. The majority of the people i talked to( and there werent many) didnt really want to talk to me at all. Most either said right off the bat "im for obama" or "im for mccain" and asked me to go away. The majority of people ignored me, or werent home. It was simple work, not very fun, but easy. Im glad i was able to support Obama by contributing in my community.

Volunteer Post 1

For my first volunteer activity i volunteered to march with the young democrats in the herndon parade with Connor Shannon, Chad Schaner, and Shannon Story. It was a lot of fun. We all got to meet Judy Feder, who seemed like a nice enough person. We walked down the street holding democratic signs, while Judy Feder walked along the sidewalk shaking hands will all of the people watching the parade. The even only lasted about an hour, but there was a long time setting up. We met at eight but didnt start to march until nearly 9:45. But the weather was nice, and I was able to meet Judy Feder and talk with my friends. Overall it was a good experience.

Election Post #6

The presidential race is now just around the corner. For the majority of the election race Obama has held a significant lead. Now that the election is upon us, the lead seems to be closing in. Even though Obama is still the projected leader, his 9 point lead has been cut down to a 7 point, and with error in polling, it could only be so much as 4% of the popular vote. I believe that this election truly could go either way, comming down to a few key states. If Obama follows through and wins key republican states such as Virginia and Colorado, I think that he has a very good chance of winning the presidential election. I believe that Obama will lead the popular vote by at least 3-4%, but I believe that the electoral votes will be almost as close as the 2000 election. I predict that Obama will win with somewhere between 275-300 electoral votes.

The Senate race is basically decided. Warner leads the republican candidate Gilmore by about 30 points. Throughout the last months it has been a clear democratic victory, and at this point it looks like Warner is a sure winner for the Senate seat in Virginia. I know that he has my vote.

Currently Wolf has a lead over Judy Feder. I believe that wolf will continue to on to win the Virgnina house seat due to his impressive actions in this position over the last few years. This assumption goes along with America's fear of change, because he has done a good job at addressing Virginia's needs, Virginians will continue to vote for his because he has proved to be a good representative.

Connolly is facing off against Fimian. From what i can tell, the democratic nominee (Connolly) is currently favored in the district against Fimian, the rebulican nominee. I truly do not know how this election will turn out, as i have not been following this election very closely, but I will agree with the polls and predict taht Connolly will emerge victorious this upcoming Tuesday.