Posts Tagged ‘Obama’

President Obama was a hot topic on Thursday night during a book reading at Bluestockings bookstore in the Lower East Side. The book, “The First Black President: Barack Obama, Race Politics, and the American Dream,” was written by Dr. Johnny Bernard Hill, who is an ordained pastor. The book reading, which was more of an [...]

          On election night, the directors of the Here Arts Center, a SoHo theater, held an unusual event to celebrate Barack Obama’s victory.         Actors Amanda Sisk and Noah Diamond, who recently staged a comic play, “Life After Bush,” followed the election results on a big projector screen, flipping from news channel to news [...]

The Presidential election presented two candidates to our nation with very distinct views and two different backgrounds. Some Americans not only based their decisions on the candidate’s views, but their social upbringing as well. On Election Day, I interviewed two residents from Kips Bay in Manhattan. One was for Obama, the other for McCain. Both [...]

Huddled together were the cold and chilly on the corner of Farmers Boulevard and 136th Street in Jamaica, Queens early Saturday morning just days before the election, all hoping to steer the hand of fate and have their voices heard via the upcoming election.     “Knowing our bid in this election has been heard, [...]

  With record breaking attendance at the polls, there is no doubt that young voters sealed Barack Obama’s victory on Tuesday.  #mce_temp_url# But just how well was our next President able to relate to senior citizens? After all, they are said to be the most reliable voting group, with as much as 70% voting on Election [...]

       The beer taps were flowing at The Irish Rogue, a Hell’s Kitchen pub, on election night. Act Now volunteers and avid Barack Obama supporters crammed into the upstairs lounge of the pub and tuned into CNN to watch the election results.       With a cardboard cutout of Obama standing in the corner and all [...]

When the carpets at Rockefeller Center rolled up as the electoral votes rolled in, with Obama’s ascending the 30 Rock facade steadily from 175 to 207 votes, there was a mix of held breaths and excitement as some looked on wide-eyed while the elected 44th President of the United States was revealed. As Obama’s blue carpet scaled [...]

“Government is poisonous,” said Sarah O’Brien, a junior at the University of St. Louis and member of the Libertarian Party. During an interview in Kansas City, she said she supports the party because of its focus on smaller government and its strong sense of direction. But despite this, O’Brien said that she will be casting [...]

A lack of interest in the presidential election is the main reason people have decided not to vote, said a local gym member. A 20-year-old member at the YMCA on Houston Street, Danny Zhou, said, “I rather spend my time doing something productive than to spend my time having to keep up with the election.” [...]

The 2008 Presidential Election was unique in many ways, but one of the most striking was how involved, invested and interested the general public became in the journey to electing the 44th president of the United States. This interest led to many events being organized around the country– from the tried and true phone banks [...]

Virtual cries of joy flood internet social networks and fill text message inboxes almost immediately after Barack Obama’s historic victory. Facebook, a web-based social network, was overrun by Obama-based messages following his victory.  People were overjoyed by his victory and showed their excitement through their status messages, a brief message used to update your friends [...]

Ever since I’ve been able to vote, J.H.S. Magnatech 231, which I attended for 7th and 8th grades, has been the location for residents within my district to place their votes. The turnout from what I can remember from the times I would visit for each election wasn’t anything for the record books. I also would [...]