Penn State College Democrats

Barack Obama

So why should you vote? I feel this is an important
question to address before talking about any of the candidates who are running in this important election.
As young adults, we are in the awkwardly wonderful stage between childhood and the "real world." This election is going to help shape the world we enter once we leave dear Old State, and it is your privilege to help shape it by voting on Nov. 4.
There are a lot of offices up for election this year, from the Presidency all the way down to the State Legislature. The most fuss is about the Presidency, which is why I am going to talk about why Barack Obama is the best candidate for the job.
So, you are a college student here at Penn State University. How do you think President Barack Obama will affect you now and in the future?
Barack Obama will be more of a friend to students than any president in the past. Not only because as more students vote, they gain the attention from elected officials, but because the costs of attending colleges around the United States have become out of reach for many students in the last eight years and needs to be addressed.

Sean Meloy

Penn State College Democrats President Sean Meloy thinks seniors should have two goals this year: to graduate and to vote.
"Everyone else's goals should be to vote and pass," Meloy said.
With Meloy at the group's forefront, voter registration has been the focus of College Democrats so far this semester, Meloy said. These efforts will continue in full force until the voter registration deadline of Oct. 6, he said, adding then they will need to focus on informing and mobilizing voters.
"It's going to be a close election, and I truly hope that students get out there and get registered, then get informed and then get out and vote," said Meloy, who said he'll work his hardest "to keep Pennsylvania blue."
Meloy became interested in politics during another close election -- Bush versus Gore in 2000. Though he went to school in a conservative school district, he began to do his own research and liked then-Democratic nominee Al Gore more than his opponent, President George W. Bush.

Please join us at our Weekly Meetings in 102 Thomas Bldg. at 7pm every Monday!!! We have alot of work to do in order to make positive change this year!

Our candidates that will bring change:

President and VP – Barack Obama and Joe Biden, US Congress – Mark McCracken, PA Auditor General – Jack Wagner, PA Attorney General – John Morganelli, PA Treasurer – Rob McCord, PA State House 171 – Joanne Tosti-Vasi, PA State House 77 – Scott Conklin.

 

Thank you to everyone who volunteered, planned, set up, and showed up to the Penn State College Democrat's oPROMa 2008! It was a great success and an even better party for everyone who has worked so hard with this club and this campaign.