At this point, the most important issue to me in the 2008 election is the economy.
The economy affects everyone directly or indirectly whether for the best or for the worst. At this point, the economy is in a dire need to change. Gas prices are still high, banks are failing, and mortgages are harder to obtain. We have all witnessed the rising gas prices earlier this year as it reached its highest number yet during the summer months. For some states the price of gas reached over four dollars a gallon! Wow, that is a lot of money! Just think, a car may need 16 gallons of gas to run and 16 x $4 is $64.00! That is a lot of money for gas! As of right now, the gas prices have leveled out since the summer and let's hope it lasts! Banks are continuing to have a hard time with the economy because they have to deal with their own investments while still providing for those who entrusted their money in them. The country is trying to fix this by spending billions of dollars to companies so they can stay in business and at the same help the economy. The banks are also tightening their rules on mortgages because of the wobbly economy. Many banks are making sure their customer's will be able to pay back the money they borrowed.
If the economy continues to change there may come a time in the future where it will affect other aspects such as, the rising cost of food, clothing, a higher unemployment rate, and with foreign investments. An example of a change in foreign investment is Japan. My recent current event was about Japan's falling economy due to the decrease of exported goods and the high cost of oil. Japan has recently announced that this is their first economic deficit in 26 years. The article also stated that exports from Japan to the United States dropped 21.8% in just one year. Could our weakened economy be part of reason Japan's economy is lower?
A state/local issue is Virginia's old infrastructure. The state needs more money to repair old bridges and to prepare new roads for travel. An example of a local old infrastructure would be the debated idea whether or not to build a metro rail from Tyson's Corner to Dulles Airport.
I think both candidates performed well at the Debate, even though it felt like both of them did not fully answer each question that was given. Both candidates began to answer the question asked, then molded the question back into their original statements/views. Both candidates took awhile to start debating against each other but once they started, they both had good comebacks in their defence. However, when Senator Obama continued to repeat, "You're wrong" to Senator McCain, I felt that was unfair. I believe that all in all, both candidates did well in the debate but neither significantly stood out from each other. In the recent polls, Senator Obama is only up by a few points from McCain. This is a very close campaign!
The electronic media plays a significant role in the 2008 campaign. Many citizens of the United States and all across the World can stay in tune with the campaign events from the media. The use of the television is significant because many spectators can watch the news/Political Conversions/Debates/Speeches, etc. The use of the Internet is also significant because there are always polls being asked, (ex. Who's ahead in the campaign right now?) as well as blogs such as these so others may read and interact with each other about their views on the campaign. The electronic media plays a very important role in keeping us informed with the campaign.
7 comments:
Great points Sarah! The national economy that affects us all and the old state infastructure are definitelly points the new candidates need to focus on. As this week proved, we are still in need of a plan to help the failing companies like Fannie Mae because the $700 billion plan failed in the first vote. I basically stated the same things about the debate. They are never really exciting...bummer! Both candidates could have expanded more on issues and I would have liked to see some real debating. That would really engage the audience! Media has really helped me along while i've been following this campaign. With so many forms of media, I can only imagine how it's affecting all of the American population.
First I would like to say I love the font colors changing! As for the issues I agree, but as for the debate, I'm not sure I do. The both did equally well, but they also did equally poorly. I feel like both Obama and McCain played it safe, so neither really stood out as doing well, which is sort of what the debates are for. Anyway great blog!
Sarah! The font colors are really cool lol :)
I agree with you on the economy a lot, I also believe that we need to focus on it mainly above all else at this time. Because as much as we all hate to say it, one thing that drops and fails affects the other in a chain, just like you mentioned, rising food costs, higher unemployment, higher clothing costs and etc. As for the election I think they both did a decent job, however I just viewed Obama just as a better public speaker then McCain just because I guess he's more charismatic. Electronic Media is so important to us I think, mainly because we use electronics more then anything in our time of age, it's the fastest source, I mean rarely someone now goes read a newspaper for things, when you can like search stuff on google! Or even read it online on like the washington post website! :)
Good Job Sarah :)
Great comments. I also agree that the economy is one of the biggest issues currently. Both candidates fared well in the debate, though neither seemed to have a dominant lead over the other. I too noted how none of the questions were really answered, and that really annoyed me, but I suppose that's politics for you. I wished that McCain had engaged Obama in a discussion rather than constantly trying to avoid eye contact with the man; I suppose that is what he was prepped to do but I think it made him look stupid. Looking forward to watching the VP debates later, hopefully these will prove more interesting.
Dude...yes sarah...the economy is in trouble. And YES they both totally ignored/dodged the question that was asked of them. McCain never looked at Obama, and they never really gave a good answer to anything. Gas prices suck, and are going to suck as lon as we are using foreign oil. BOO GAS...and yes, I agree with ronny, nice font colors!!!...so creative!!!...That metro line from Tyson's Corner to dulles would be great. And thanks to the south, we get bad names for our roads. Boo the south...but we are all Virginians...its those Canadians that we need to watch out for!!!...AWESOME JOB!!!
THE MOST IMPORTANT COMMENT FOR ME IS THE ECONOMY TOO! I like what you had to say and I also have to agree with Carrie that it should be their main focus because of the new bill and all...as for the election...it was weird for me.
Great blog Sarah!! I agree that the economy is the most important issue and will only get worse if a solution is not reached!! It will definitely affect us in the future if something doesn't happen. As for the debate, I agree that neight candidate really stood out.. however I do believe that Obama is a stronger public speaker than McCain.
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