Marquette Tribune Nov. 5 2008 Special Edition

By Ashley Niedringhaus and Jack [email protected]@marquette.edu

“The new dawn of American leadership is at hand.”

On Nov. 4, 2008, as Barack Obama accepted the presidency of the United States, he told the world that change has come to America. In the most historic election of our generation, Obama became the fi rst black, as well as the youngest, president-elect.

Obama’s election completed a full shift of power in the House and Senate, giving Democrats full control of both legislative and ex-ecutive branches for the fi rst time since 1994.

In what Arizona Sen. John Mc-

Cain called “the most challenging campaign in modern times,” he could not escape the shadow of the Bush administration and the Republican image. McCain failed to maintain control of traditionally “red” states, including highly con-tested Ohio and Florida. In a key step to victory, Obama took con-trol of seven formerly Republican states that brought in 86 electoral votes.

Colorado and Virginia, two states that were reclaimed by the Democrats, had a 44-year Repub-lican voting streak.

This truly was an election for change. The election was more than just political parties and campaign platforms. The winner of the election would inherit two wars abroad and the biggest fi nan-

cial crisis since the Great Depres-sion.

It all started with Ohio. Leading up to Election Day, all

eyes were on Ohio, one of seven battleground states, as both Obama and McCain fought fi ercely for its 20 electoral votes. Obama even-tually edged out McCain by only three percentage points.

Historically blue Pennsylvania, and its 21 electoral votes, was an-other “must win” for both candi-dates in their race to the necessary 270. Obama claimed Pennsylva-nia with 55 percent of the total vote, delivering a major blow to McCain.

“McCain had hopes of fl ipping Pennsylvania,” said John McAd-ams, associate professor of politi-cal science. “McCain’s failure to win Pennsylvania and Ohio indi-cated it was over.”

Some argued that for McCain, the race to the White House would be a diffi cult battle.

“Being a Republican in this cli-mate meant you were facing an uphill battle,” said Julia Azari, assistant professor of political sci-ence. “Attributing the failure of this election to the McCain cam-paign is not entirely fair.”

But McCain did keep it closer than some expected. McAdams said the election “wasn’t a blow-out.”

Kirsten Kukowski, communica-tions director for the Republican Party of Wisconsin, stressed the impact of the economic crisis.

“The economy had a lot to do with the outcome,” Kukowski said. “America is facing a tough economic time. We are hoping America can hope together, and hoping that Obama can lead us in a new direction.”

McAdams also stressed the im-portance and key role of the eco-nomic crisis.

“The stock market crash really, really hurt McCain,” he said. “He

also made the tactical error of suspending his campaign (to deal with the crisis).”

Obama’s platform of change, fresh take on Washington politics and carefully constructed cam-paign helped him to victory on Election Day.

The Road to Election DayObama’s road to the White

House began in Springfi eld, Ill., on the steps of the State Capitol, where Abraham Lincoln gave his famous “A House Divided” speech in 1858.

Nearly 150 years after Lin-coln’s speech, on that symbolic site, Obama offi cially announced his candidacy for president of the United States.

Obama’s message of change started early. After serving as com-munity organizer on Chicago’s South Side, he attended Harvard

SPECIAL ELECTION EDITION

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BARACK OBAMA ELECTED44TH PRESIDENT

Illinois senator to serve as country’s fi rst black commander-in-chief

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President-elect Barack Obama waves after giving his acceptance speech at Grant Park in Chicago. The election results were announced at approximately 10 p.m. Tuesday. As of press time, Obama had received 349 of the 538 electoral votes. He needed 270 electoral votes to win the race. In Wisconsin, 64 percent of voters ages 18 to 29 voted Democratic, according to exit polls.

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The marathon for the White House has fi nally come to an end, after months upon months of campaigning, conventions, fundraising and advertising. But we urge voters not to shelve until 2012 the is-sues this election highlighted.

We congratulate Obama on his victory. More importantly, we ap-plaud American voters for going to the polls in record numbers to make this the election of a lifetime.

But when the voting booths are returned to storage, the confetti and balloons are trashed and the oath of offi ce is sworn, this country remains at a precipice.

The United States is in a recession and our economic woes have only compounded the global economic crisis. It has become increas-ingly diffi cult for borrowers to obtain loans and mortgages. We are fi ghting two wars in the Middle East, and threats to our security remain. So while we’ve fi nally selected our next president, there is still much work to be done.

Marquette Tribune readers have selected the following issues as among the most important of the election. We go further to argue that these issues are some of the most important of our lifetimes. They must not be forgotten or ignored simply because the campaign season has come to a close.

EconomyGiven that Obama is taking offi ce during a recession, his adminis-

tration will likely be credited with — or blamed for — whatever eco-nomic situation the country faces four years from now. During the campaign, both presidential candidates pledged to reign in spending and balance the budget. Obama will need to aggressively pursue that proposal if he wants to improve the country’s fi nancial situation.

Further, voters should carefully watch how the government’s $700 billion bailout of fi nancial institutions is handled. The fi nancial res-cue package is being put together with taxpayer dollars, and voters must not write the federal government a blank check.

We need to ensure our money is spent wisely to aid homeowners and to help banks begin lending again. That way voters — particu-larly students — will have access to the credit market, which will assist them in purchasing their fi rst cars and homes and in paying off student loans.

Energy and EnvironmentVoters of every party and political stripe can agree that our nation’s

dependence on oil is troubling. We urge young voters to buy smart and consider gas mileage and fuel emissions — when they purchase vehicles. Don’t forget the campaign promises to “go green.” Begin introducing green practices into your daily lives in small doses and hound elected offi cials to fund the research and development needed to fi nd alternative energy sources.

Saving our planet cannot be done in one fell swoop. Protecting the environment will take the concerted efforts of every American.

IraqThe wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have largely been shoved from

the front pages of the nation’s newspapers due to economic troubles and energy woes. But the men and women in uniform who risk their lives every day should not be forgotten.Obama has promised to set a timeline for the withdrawal of troops from Iraq, in order to re-focus the war on terror where it began — in Afghanistan.

The war in Iraq is undoubtedly a hot-button issue. But regardless of voters’ personal stances on the war, they should remind Obama of his campaign promises regarding the war’s end.

Countless other issues face our nation, from health care to educa-tion to social issues to immigration, and none of these issues will disappear when Obama takes the oath of offi ce on Jan. 20. For the next four years, it is up to us to hold Obama and his administration responsible for the direction in which they take our nation. We must unfailingly work toward that “more perfect union” the Constitution proclaims America should be.

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Voting not enough for ‘perfect union’

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Could it be? Is it really true? I don’t want to jinx anything, but I think after two years of campaigning, mudslinging, ex-aggerating, villainizing, poli-ticking, scandal mongering, pig-lipsticking, assassination-plotting, whiskey-shot-taking, curveballing, YouTube-ing, campaign shopping, vote stumping, will.i.am remixing, celebrity endorsing and Tina Fey-ing, the 2008 presiden-tial election is at long last…OVER!!!

Maybe now there will be some more real news instead of pseudo-news about Joe the Plumber’s licensure.

Now that the confetti’s been swept away and the champagne spills have been mopped up, the morning-after nostalgia has be-gun to set in.

Having psyched myself up for the last few months, I woke up yesterday at 7:30 a.m., Christ-mas-morning excited to cast my ballot. I expected my fi rst time voting in a presidential election to be accompanied by trum-pet fanfares and rockets’ red glares and maybe the Found-ing Fathers looking down from heaven, nodding in approval. Instead, it was just two hours in line and a little attitude from the poll workers.

Slightly disheartened, I walked out of the Alumni Me-morial Union and made my

way to Starbucks to get my free coffee (CNBC estimated the company would lose $2.25 million in revenue for the day’s handouts) and start my day of nonstop election coverage for the Tribune’s special election section. Shortly thereafter, I spilled the coffee and, worst of all, my “I Voted” sticker fell

off, leaving me ineligible for all the free stuff offered to voters, including Ben & Jerry’s ice cream, Krispy Kreme donuts, beer, combo meals, bottles of champagne, tat-too removals, reduced zoo ad-mission, and…ahem, uh, adult toys.

Feeling like I was in a Charlie Brown movie or the title char-acter in “James and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Election Day,” I sulked as I interviewed election workers and voters. But being constantly bombarded by eager citizens, it was impossible to stay grumpy.

Everywhere were signs telling people where and how to vote. Posters hung in students’ win-dows — both for John McCain and for Barack Obama. I talked to a community organizer who said 400 high school students in Racine were going door-to-door, encouraging neighbors to get to their polling stations and even offering free transporta-tion there. It was even charm-ing (for the fi rst hour) to hear cars honking in support of their candidate.

While I was in line for those two hours, I talked to several interesting people. One was an ex-Vietnam vet who talked about the draft and his military service. Another was a woman who felt so compelled by the intensity of this election that for the fi rst time she opted to work the polls Tuesday. Students had many different ideas about what the election’s most crucial issues were and how to solve them, but most agreed that in-formation about the candidates

and the issues was more widely available to vot-ers this year than ever before.

Seven years ago, author Rob-ert D. Putnam wrote a book called “Bowling Alone: The Col-lapse and Reviv-al of American C o m m u n i t y . ” The book is about

how Americans no longer feel connected to one another. He calls it social capital.

Well, no matter who they supported on Tuesday, Ameri-cans should feel one heck of a bond with one another because for two years, we’ve had a con-stant conversation topic. For two years, people have pon-dered aloud to each other what the outcome would be. And two years later, the world still has its eyes on our fantastic nation.

We the American people are members of a coveted group, and I think that’s something we can all agree on.

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“Oh dear, what can the matter be?” sang the woman in an old-fashioned dress. “Women are wanting to vote.”

Voters outside Central Li-braryCentennial Hall, 733 N. 8th St., were welcomed to their poll-ing place yesterday evening by “Suffragium,” a performance art project that included jazz singing and a video documenting histori-cal events in American voting.

Singer Annie Denison served as a “living sculpture,” said friend Jill Sebastian, a Milwaukee In-stitute of Art & Design sculpture professor who came up with the idea for “Suffragium.” Sebastian enlisted the help of Denison, who performed on the steps of the li-brary.

The performance was one of 11 that occurred at polling locations throughout Milwaukee. My Vote Performs, a non-partisan organi-

zation, produced the projects.The purpose of MVP is to en-

courage voting, said Laura Mak-er, a volunteer for the group.

“It’s about civic involvement and getting your voice heard,” Maker said.

The State Elections Board (now the Government Accountability Board) and the Milwaukee Elec-tion Commission approved MVP, Maker said. The commission also approved each project concept and its polling site.

Inside the library, a video pre-sentation of animated Milwaukee Public Library sculptures and his-torical factoids greeted voters as they headed to the polls.

“Reconsidering this history in Wisconsin reveals how fragile and precious our right to vote continues to be,” read the project description on Sebastian’s sign.

Denison said the 2008 presiden-tial election is the most important election of she and her children’s lifetimes.

“I have seen today that kids are voting,” Denison said. “I’m so proud of my country right now.”

Performance art encourages votersMy Vote performs at 11 polling locations

By Marie Gentile and Jeff [email protected]@marquette.edu

Five minutes before the polls closed, a Marquette freshman sprinted to her polling location near campus to cast her vote in yesterday’s presidential election.

Kimberly Campbell, a freshman in the College of Business Ad-ministration, was the last voter at Central Library Centennial Hall, 733 N. 8th St. Campbell was still undecided throughout the day, but felt it was necessary to make her voice heard.

“Every vote counts, whether it’s one in a million or one in a dozen,” Campbell said. “I believe it’s im-portant to vote if you’re going to have any say in the government.”

Like many other Marquette stu-dents, Campbell voted in her first presidential election yesterday.

Freddy Terrazas, a freshman in the College of Health Sciences, arrived at the polls in the Alumni Memorial Union at 6:40 a.m. to cast his vote.

“Not only is it my first election, but it’s one of the most monumen-tal elections in United States his-tory,” Terrazas said.

Another first-time voter, Kelly L’Esperance, said it is everyone’s duty as an American citizen to ex-ercise his or her right to vote.

“You’re not allowed to com-plain if you don’t vote,” said L’Esperance, a freshman in the College of Health Sciences. “We’re the next generation, and this election will affect us more than other people. We have to take the opportunity (to vote).”

Alison Wessendorf, a graduate student in the College of Health Sciences, voted in her second pres-idential election. She said voting this year was important because of the many critical issues at stake.

“There’s lots of issues that will have an effect in the future, like health care, Social Security and the war (in Iraq),” Wessendorf said. “I think the election has shown young people how they can have an impact with their votes.”

Janet Boles, professor of politi-cal science, said she believed the youth vote would benefit Barack Obama more than John McCain.

In exit polling conducted by

Edison Media Research for media organizations, 68 percent of vot-ers between the ages of 18 and 24 supported Obama and 30 percent voted for McCain.

In an effort to make Election Day go smoothly, Marquette stu-dents, faculty and staff worked to register students in advance. Roughly 1,500 students registered before Nov. 4, according to Steve Schultz, manager of governmental and community affairs in the Of-fice of Public Affairs.

As of Oct. 31, 86 percent of youth had pre-registered for the-election, a 3 percent increase from the 2004 presidential election, ac-cording to a Gallup poll.

Matt Willems, a sophomore in the College of Business Adminis-tration, volunteered as an election observer at the Central Library. He said he saw many pre-registered students at the polls.

“They’ve done a good job reg-istering students on campus,” Wil-lems said. “It’s pretty impressive. Overall, there’s been a good effort to make registration available to everyone.”

Aria DeBenny, a freshman in the College of Communication, regis-tered in the Cobeen Hall lobby in October. She said it was easy to register and that the student volun-teers were helpful.

The polling locations at the AMU

and Central Library experienced a few minor problems involving vot-ers’ confusion about where to vote and having the necessary identifi-cation for registration. However, Schultz said that overall, voting went smoothly Tuesday.

“I think things went very well. It was very orderly,” Schultz said. “It went as fast as possible given all the checks and balances within the voting system.”

Schultz observed both polling places throughout the day. He said both locations had a heavy turnout early in the day, then tapered off.

The final tally of voters at Cen-tral Library was around 2,050, while the AMU had around 2,300.

Schultz said he was extremely impressed by Marquette students’ enthusiasm and participation in the election.

“As members of the Marquette community we’d like our students to be part of the political process,” Schultz said. “We’re thrilled to see how they’ve turned out and that they’ve exercised their right to vote. We’re hoping that this is something they take forward with them once they graduate.”

Polling places experience few problems

Photo by Therese Bowes/[email protected]

Around 2,300 students voted in the Alumni Memorial Union, while 2,050 voted at Central Library. Students and voters arrived as early as 6:40 a.m. to cast their votes in the 2008 presidential election.

First-time voters make voices heard


Students wait in line in the Alumni Memorial Union third floor ballrooms to vote. Only a few minor problems were encountered by voters.

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Why did you choose to vote?

“It’s something new. I didn’t do it before.”

-Patrick Kurish, junior,

College of Communication

“I voted to be civically responsible.”

-Chelsea Du Fresne, freshman,

College of Arts & Sciences

“It is a right that you have in this country and that other

countries don’t.”-Michael Chapman, junior, College

of Business Administration

“A lot of things need to be changed, one being the

economy. We need change.”-Thomas Fera, freshman, College

of Business Administration

“It is my right and I care about who is elected.”

-Ashley Reed, 4th year,

School of Dentistry

“I voted because I believe in Barack Obama.”

-Bryan Miguel, freshman,

College of Communication

“Because there are people in the world that don’t have this right and it is our privilege.”

-Kelly Krol, junior,

College of Nursing

“It is important to exercise my right and have a say.”

-Jessica Green, senior,

College of Health Sciences

“You have the right and you must exercise it.”

-Jon Newman, freshman,

College of Engineering

Reporting and photos by Rupali Varma, Andrei Greska, Ross Geiger/Special to the Tribune | Graphic by Terri Sheridan/[email protected]

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By Erin [email protected]

It’s 8:51 p.m. on Election Night and the Marquette chapter of Students for Obama is clut-tered in lawn chairs around a small television in a St. James Court basement office.

The light chatter at the apart-ment building, 831 W. Wiscon-sin Ave., is cut by stark silence as the popular vote update flash-es across the screen, announc-ing that Sen. Barack Obama is in the lead. The students had been working tirelessly up until the last possible minute for the Obama campaign, and were now anxiously waiting to see if their work paid off.

“A half-hour ago I was sprint-ing from door-to-door asking people if they voted because I wasn’t sure if we were win-ning Wisconsin,” said Kathleen Scott, a junior in the College of Communication and deputy field organizer for Students for Obama. “Now I’m pretty confi-dent because it’s looking really good for us. To go from that to this is surreal.”

The Obama campaign gave Students for Obama the base-ment of the apartment building on Friday to use as its student headquarters. There isn’t a spot on the wall that isn’t covered with an Obama poster, and each student in the office is heavily decorated with Obama regalia.

“If Obama doesn’t win, I’m fleeing to Canada,” said Me-lissa Vermillion, a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences. “I missed class all day working on the election and making phone calls. The past few days I’ve been freaking out, but right now I’m feeling really good.”

Shortly after 9 p.m., Obama is projected as the winner of New Mexico and the students imme-diately flip from eager to elated. A few hugs are exchanged as they start to gather their things to move to the Hyatt Regency Hotel, 333 W. Kilbourn Ave., where they will celebrate with the rest of Milwaukee’s Obama supporters.

Scott and her crew can barely move in the ballroom, which is overflowing with an assembly of supporters of different ages and colors. Shortly after 10 p.m., the room erupts with screams, tears and hugs as election returns in-dicate Obama has more than the necessary 270 electoral votes needed to win.

As the crowd celebrates, Scott can be spotted standing still in disbelief with tears rolling down her cheeks.

“All of the hard work paid off. I feel so relieved,” Scott said. “It feels like a huge weight was lifted off of my shoulders. The mix of people here is incredible. This is what I want America to be like all the time!”

Liz Bailey, a junior in the Col-

lege of Health Sciences, said Obama’s victory was “unreal.”

“It’s so inspirational to see all of these people here. It’s a testa-ment to what his campaign was (about),” Bailey said.

For these students, who had made campaigning a priority, the victory was both personal and emotional.

“To me, this really means change,” said Doug Hynes, a graduate student in the College of Engineering and member of Students for Obama. “I feel that having Barack in office will make so many changes that I can’t even begin to name them.”

The chaos calms as the reality of the evening’s historical event

sets in. The students exchange congratulations and long hugs with faces of sincere joy.

“I wanted to find a president who I could be proud of again,” Hynes said. “I feel that I found that in Obama and it’s awesome that so many others share that feeling with me.”


By Dan [email protected]

Spirits were high and excite-ment filled the air as Marquette College Republicans joined the Wisconsin GOP Election Night Party while polls were closing across the state.

The party at the Country Springs Hotel in Pewaukee offi-cially kicked off at 8 p.m. Sarah Bartlett, the College Republicans' director of communications and a junior in the College of Commu-nication, was the first Marquette student to arrive on the scene.

After a long day of vot-ing and mak-ing volunteer phone calls at the McCain headquarters in Waukesha, Bartlett was optimistic as early returns were coming in.

“I’m excited, I'm nervous, but I'm also very confident,” Bartlett said. “The popular vote is even at about 10 million votes each, but it’s still too early to be delving too deeply into emo-tions.”

At 9 p.m., the ballroom was filled with supporters of Sen. John McCain. However, the ex-citement in the room began to de-cline soon after.

At that time, the popular vote was still about even, but the all-important Electoral College count favored Sen. Barack Obama. He led 195-70, according to projec-tions airing on television sets throughout the room. That lead included Wisconsin’s 11 electoral votes.

Most of the other members of the College Republicans arrived at the viewing party closer to 10 p.m. after an evening of poll watching. Matt Dambach, the Students for McCain Marquette chapter chair, said he knew Mc-Cain’s chances of winning the election looked bleak.

“About an hour ago I was op-timistic, but it’s not looking very good right now,” said Dambach, a senior in the College of Arts

& Sciences. “Right after we lost Ohio, I be-gan to think it was pretty much over.”

Just before 10 p.m., McCain trailed Obama in the projected electoral vote count 220-120.

Dambach said McCain would need to win ev-

ery toss-up state left to pull off a victory.

“Basically, it will take a mira-cle,” Dambach said.

Patrick Sholl, a junior in the College of Business Administra-tion, was another College Repub-lican running low on optimism shortly before 10 p.m.

“It’s not over, but the map doesn't look particularly good

right now,” Sholl said. “I’m a lit-tle disappointed. We've put a lot of hard work towards this cam-paign.”

At 10:05 p.m., the results be-came official. “Obama Elected President” flashed across the two projection screens in the ball-room, which seemed to evaporate any last rays of hope still linger-ing in the crowd.

Dambach didn’t hesitate to con-gratulate President-elect Obama.

“I wish him the best of luck in the next four years. He ran a very good campaign,” Dambach said.

“President-elect Obama spoke a lot about unity on the campaign trail. I hope he is able to follow through and unify the country, because our country is at its best when all Americans are work-ing together — Republicans and Democrats alike,” Dambach said.

Matt Rossetto, a College Re-publican and freshman in the College of Communication, said that he plans on giving Obama his full support and hopes Obama will follow through on his plans for taking the country in a new direction.

“I think it’s pretty clear that the American people have given President-elect Obama a mandate and bought into his promise for change,” Rossetto said.

Although the vast majority of people left the viewing party dis-appointed, Bartlett put things into perspective just before heading back to campus.

“We’re Americans first and Republicans second. At the end of the day, that is what’s impor-tant,” Bartlett said. “We need to appreciate this historic moment in time.”

College Democrats celebrate big victoryStudents look for change following historic presidential election win


The Marquette chapter of Students for Obama gathered in St. James Court to view election results prior to meet-ing other Obama supporters to witness President-elect Obama address the crowd at Grant Park in Chicago.

College Republicans join Wisconsin GOP for election resultsOptimism dims as evening draws on


A disappointed John McCain supporter reflects on the evening’s results at the Country Springs Hotel in Pewaukee.

“President-elect Obama spoke a lot about unity on the campaign trail. I hope he is able to follow through and unify the country, because our country is at its best when all Americans are work-ing together — Republicans and Democrats alike.”

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FOND DU LAC COUNTYMcCain 53.9%Obama 44.9%100% reporting

JEFFERSON COUNTYMcCain 49.5%Obama 49.3%97% reporting

KENOSHA COUNTYMcCain 39.8%Obama 58.9%95% reporting

MILWAUKEE COUNTYMcCain 33.2%Obama 65.7%99% reporting

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By Sarah [email protected]

Chanting and banging on drums, hundreds of students thundered through the streets last night ex-pressing their support of Barack Obama, the next president of the United States.

Students crammed into cars plastered with posters and sped down Wisconsin Avenue. Other students ran out onto the streets, darting and dashing through the cars that honked in approval. Still others linked arms and skipped down the street singing.

Patriotic chants of “U.S.A.” rang through the air.

“Let’s do this every day for the next four years,” a faceless stu-dent screamed from the depths of the crowd.

His declaration was followed by an eruption of cheers.

The horde of students began at McCormick Hall and ran toward the Alumni Memorial Union. They flowed out onto Wisconsin Avenue and rallied in the street between 15th Street and Olin Engineering Center. The group continued through the lobby of Raynor Library and back through Schroeder Hall. They proceeded to 16th Street and Wells Street, then back to McCormick. The group went back for round two through the AMU and the library and down to Straz Tower Hall.

Many students said they didn’t know exactly what was going on, but just followed the crowd and the immense commotion.

Hiriam Bradley, a freshman in the College of Communication, led the crowd with friends An-drew Fowler, a freshman in the College of Education, and Kiarri McBroom, a freshman in the col-lege of Arts & Sciences.

The pack-leaders said they kept a close eye on incoming poll re-sults from their rooms in McCor-mick.

“The margin was so big we just had to come out here and lead the pack,” Bradley said.

“We’re all for change,” McB-room added. “We just wanted to be here for a change.”

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Beth Russo, a senior in the Col-lege of Education, said she imme-diately knew Obama had locked the vote when she heard screams emitting from the rooms up-stairs. Russo said she then heard residents rumble down the stairs, through the hallway and out the door.

As the crowd went by, Russo said she saw a sole McCain sup-porter hugging a McCain poster held to his chest.

He wasn’t saying a word, “al-most in disbelief,” she said.

Students working at the Cir-culation Desk at Raynor Library said they heard the crowd charg-ing down the street and weren’t surprised when students entered the library.

Students came through the lob-by taking pictures and screaming “Obama!” said Natasha Eslami, a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences.

“It was very inspiring but some people got mad,” Eslami said.

Leslie McGrath, a senior in the College of Nursing who also works at the desk, said one library-goer yelled at the roaring students to “get the f*** out of the library.”

Both McCain and Obama sup-porters were met with profanity and vulgar name-calling as they raged through campus.

Sean Ivers, a junior in the Col-lege of Communication, said someone told him to “f*** off” as he and his friends expressed their delight in Obama’s election by chanting and banging on a metal pot.

“We decided we needed to hit the streets,” Ivers said. “I brought a pot to make noise to exemplify how excited I am.”

Ivers and his friends marched from 17th Street to the Obama party at the Hyatt. There Ivers

started a chant that he said the crowd echoed: “I don’t know what I’ve been told; George Bush is getting old; I don’t care what Republicans say; Barack Obama’s gonna save the day.”

Mary Walz-Chojnacki, a Mar-quette alumna, said she and her children attended the Hyatt Re-gency Hotel, 333 W. Kilbourn Ave. She stopped her car on Wis-consin Avenue to honk at Obama-supporting passersby.

“We’re totally celebrating our time for change and we’re totally psyched,” Walz-Chojnacki said.

But not everyone was so spir-ited about Obama’s victory.

Sumeet Uttamchandani, a freshman in the College of Arts & Sciences, said he wished America had chosen someone with more foreign policy experience and first hand military experience. Ut-tamchandani is from New York and knew 15 people who died

on Sept. 11. But he said he rec-ognizes students’ right to parade through the streets.

“As much as I don’t like it, the fact is they have this freedom,” Uttamchandani said. “All soldiers died and gave them this freedom. I hope they recognize that. I’m happy they have the right to get out and do what they do.”

Uttamchandani added that he hopes no one died in vain. At this point, he said he hopes Obama will do the right thing.

“Now I have to be supportive of Obama,” he said. “I don’t have a choice.”

Campus celebration hits the streets Students run through dorms and buildings


Student supporters of Barack Obama gather in the middle of Wisconsin Avenue last night in celebration of the Illinois senator’s victory. Students also ran through residence halls, Olin Engineering Center and Raynor Library.


Students parade down Wells Street in reaction to Barack Obama’s appointment as the 44th President of the United States. Student workers at Raynor Library and McCormick Hall reported a stampede of excited students running past and bystanders expressed mixed reactions.

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By Brooke [email protected]

As Election Day came to a close, excit-ed chatter filled the ballroom at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, 333 W. Kilbourn Ave., where hundreds of Milwaukee Obama campaign members, volunteers and sup-porters gathered to watch their efforts materialize in the election results.

Campaign members waited with bated breath for the final results of their months of labor.

The crowd-swollen room periodically burst into animated chants of, “O-ba-ma! O-ba-ma! O-ba-ma!”

As the results came in, campaign vol-unteers and supporters learned Obama had not only won Connecticut, Vermont, New Hampshire and Massachusetts, but had also taken Iowa and the impor-tant swing state of Florida. Anticipation mounted.

Chris Spehert, an Obama campaign vol-unteer, said he had spent the last couple of months helping the campaign. Spehert said he knocked on doors for nine hours in Greenfield, Wis., to “get out the vote” on Election Day.

As a long-time Democratic Party sup-porter, Spehert said he noticed more support for Obama than for other Demo-cratic campaigns in his past volunteering experience.

“Obama’s a different kind of candi-date,” Spehert said.

Democratic Congresswoman Gwen Moore won the election for her third term and spoke at the party.

“We have an amazing candidate for president,” Moore said before the final results came in. “Let me tell you some-thing, as I walked around Milwaukee today I have never seen so many people taking shift after shift at knocking on doors.”

Mary Anne Cavadias, a campaign vol-unteer, said she decided to volunteer for Obama’s campaign because of his man-tra of change.

As large televisions displayed Obama’s increasing lead, Cavadias erupted into fits of “Obama” cheers.

Moore said, “Let me tell you some-thing, this proves something. This proves that ordinary people can be the change that they want to see in the world. This young man stepped up to this challenge. We’ve got to be there for him.”

According to the Associated Press, the results of preliminary exit polls showed that one-third of voters said the qual-ity that mattered most was a candidate’s stance on change, Obama’s enduring

campaign slogan.Lisa Rowe, a campaign vol-

unteer and Sarah Palin imper-sonator, sported a red business suit, sleek glasses and a hairdo that rivaled that of the Alaska governor.

“I just wanted to do something to win people over with humor,” Rowe said.

The Palin pretender clutched a sign that read, “Alaska Gover-nors for Obama. I changed my mind for Obama.”

The clock approached the 10 o’clock hour and the sea of fans erupted into waves of ex-citement as Obama was named president-elect.

Supporters and volunteers danced, hugged, sobbed, smiled and screamed.

A table of young voters danced and shouted, “Landslide! Land-slide! Landslide!”

American optimism permeated the room. Voices uttered, “Yes we can.” The crowd’s words grew and resonated through the room, “Yes we can!”

Henrietta Smith, a campaign volunteer, while dancing for joy said, “I am just elated! I have never been so happy in my life!”

Smith said she knocked on doors for four hours on Monday, encouraging citizens to vote.

“I can’t wait to see Michelle Obama as the first lady,” Smith said.

The television flashed images of Obama’s celebration in Chi-cago. Energy and enthusiasm electrified the room.

“I think it’s a great, great day for people all over America,” Democratic Sen. Herb Kohl said. “This is a victory not of a party but of a country. It’s gon-na bring about a period of unity in this country.”

Sarah Kikkert, a campaign volunteer and freshman in the College of Communication, said she supported Obama for more than just his eloquent speaking style.

“As cliché; as it sounds, we need change,” Kikkert said.

She said she values being part of a monumental election.

Paula Hegwood, a campaign volun-teer and nurse at the Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, said she just finished her shift and was on her way to Milwaukee’s Obama celebration when she heard the news.

“It was unbelievable,” Hegwood said. “I was crying on my way here.”

She said she wonders what her dad and her grandfather would have thought of the historic day.

The election symbolizes how far Amer-ica has come, but we have to continue to work together, Hegwood said.

“I hope Obama will unite us all,” Heg-wood said. “We have work to do and it starts with us.”

As the party began to wind down, Obama echoed over the airwaves, “America is a place where all things are possible.”

The crowd clapped, cheered and waved their hands.

“At this defining moment change has come to America,” Obama said.

Rosemary Lane contributed to this report.


Milwaukee celebrates Obama victoryCity’s supporters declare, ‘Yes we can’ downtown

Photo by Lauren Stoxen/[email protected]

“Somebody pinch me,” said Deborah Paige, an Evangelist minister from Milwaukee, as she celebrated Obama’s victory at the Hyatt Regency Hotel.

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Hundreds of Milwaukee Obama campaign members, volunteers and supporters gathered to watch Obama make his first televised speech as president-elect at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in downtown Milwaukee. It was an emotional experience for many of those who gathered there.


By Kaleigh [email protected]

Last night Republican Sen. John McCain supporters from around Wisconsin gathered in a ballroom at the Country Springs Hotel in Pewaukee. Two projec-tors displayed Fox News’ election coverage while citizens of all age groups awaited the results of the election.

Many influential public figures spoke to the crowd, including At-torney General J.B. Van Hollen, chairman of the Republican Party of Wisconsin Reince Priebus and Congressmen Paul Ryan and Jim Sensenbrenner.

The speakers remained hopeful and continued to deliver inspiring messages to the members of their party through-out the night.

In one of several short speeches, Van Hollen said the Republican Par-ty of Wisconsin is not only alive and well, but it is as strong, if not stronger, than it ever has been.

“The strength of a party is built upon our ideas, the strength of a party is built upon our philosophy and the strength of a party is built upon our people,” Van Hollen said.

He said he operates indepen-dently as Wisconsin’s attorney general, but he is still a proud Re-publican.

In his address to those in atten-dance, Priebus said the Republi-can Party of Wisconsin has raised and spent more money in this election than ever before.

“Everything is at stake in this election,” Priebus said. “Every-thing we believe in as a party is at stake in this election.”

Ryan said that Republicans are going to need to learn some les-sons from this election.

“First of all stand up for what you believe in,” he said. “Second of all, don’t be afraid to take po-litical risks.”

Ryan said his party should not look back at this election as the time McCain lost. He said Re-publicans should look back at this election and say it was the time Republicans turned things around.

“The Democrats ascended to power tonight,” Ryan said. “We are going to need to work with them when we agree ... and when we oppose them we have to pro-pose alternatives.”

Perfecto Rivera of Milwaukee, who ran for U.S. Congress in 2006 and chairs Wisconsin’s Re-publican Hispanic Assembly, said in general he thinks his political views have been well received.

“However, we are in a time and age of new voters who don’t know the history and the foundation of this country. They often fall prey to a message or a messenger who promises to make their lives easi-er,” Rivera said.

Rivera said he wishes voters

had to participate in some form of national test or curve, which would qualify them as educated voters.

“It is not about wanting to take votes away from people, it’s about making people understand the re-sponsibility that is part of the pro-cess of voting,” Rivera said.

He said he has noticed that vet-erans represent the group that is most receptive to his political ef-forts.

“They understand that free-dom isn’t free, even when they are fighting for the freedoms of people that protest against them,” Rivera said. “They understand the dynamics of this country.”

Ryan Mahony, deputy com-munications director for the Re-publican Party of Wisconsin, said his experience with this election has been good overall, though the result was not what the GOP wanted.

“I think the party tonight went well. It was open to the public and the invitation was state-wide,” Mahony said.

He said his campaigning efforts were generally well-received, with a few exceptions.

“In Madison specifically I had a hard time, a lot of people gave me dirty looks just for wear-ing a McCain fleece,” Maho-ny said. “It just depends on the area.”

Joe Medina, a minister in W a u k e s h a , said Waukesha

County is heavily Republican.“I think we lost a lot of the His-

panic vote because we wanted to stay away from the border issue,” Medina said. “I think that defi-nitely hurt us.”

Medina said he is glad that so many people have shared their opinions about the election.

Louis Young, a resident of Mus-kego, said he noticed that Demo-crats were much more aggressive in this election.

“I just wish the state of Wiscon-sin would make voter identifica-tion more consistent and better policed,” Young said. “It is very lopsided. Sometimes there are different rules from city to city.”

Mary Anne LeDuc Jarowski, a resident of Pewaukee, said she participated in campaigning this year for the first time because she believes this is the most important election of our lives.

“For the first time in my life I feel that our democracy was sto-len from us. We should pursue all possible avenues until we get to the bottom of it,” Jarowski said.

She said she is disappointed that U.S. citizens failed McCain. She said he is a man that loves our country, that supports the United States and its troops, and that would do everything in his power to protect all of us.

“I did not work on this cam-paign for myself, I did it for my children and my grandchildren ... and I am not going to stop,” Jarowski said.


Election results disappoint RepublicansLocal officials still optimistic about the party’s future


Wisconsin McCain supporters gathered together at the Country Springs Hotel in Pewaukee to watch the results of the presidential election. One supporter shows her disappointment after McCain’s loss to Obama.

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By Michael [email protected]

Congresswoman Gwen Moore was offi cially re-elected to her third term in her Fourth District position early Wednesday morn-ing. Moore was the only person on the Milwaukee County ballot who ran opposed.

While Moore won by a land-slide, receiving 88 percent of the vote over independent Michael D. LaForest, it was Moore’s reaction to Sen. Barack Obama winning the state of Wisconsin she sin-cerely seemed excited about.

“It’s over, it’s over!” Moore yelled as she ran around with tears in her eyes. “This shows this blue collar state really got it. People believe Obama cares about ordi-nary people like them. He identi-fi es with them and he’s going to get the job done.”

Moore said she thinks Obama, who won Wisconsin by earning about 56 percent of the vote, has what it takes to be a great presi-dent.

“He has inherited some prob-lems,” Moore said. “A terrible economy, two wars, terrible mili-tary situations on the horizons, global warming, but he was born for such a time.”

Moore also seemed to look forward to working through the democratic-controlled Congress.

“Certainly I don’t think a presi-dent like Obama is going to just role over for a liberal agenda,” Moore said. “I’m excited about having a working majority.”

Moore has even more to cel-ebrate now that the Milwaukee Paid Sick Leave Referendum was overwhelmingly passed with 68 percent of the vote. Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, who believed it would cost the city jobs, heav-ily opposed the bill.

Since the referendum was passed on the ballot, Moore has stood behind paid sick days.

“About half of all workers na-tionwide have no paid sick days,” Moore said in a press release. “So when they get sick, they cannot

afford to miss work and they drag themselves in anyways, infect-ing other coworkers who in turn spread it to others.”

While the entire Milwaukee

County ballot was made up of ei-ther a blow out or unopposed race, the Milwaukee County Sales Tax Referendum was only just ap-proved by receiving 57 percent of

the vote.As listed on the ballot, now that

this referendum has been passed, Wisconsin will grant Milwaukee County the authority to add an additional 1 percent to the county sales tax which will go towards, parks recreation culture, transit and emergency medical services. This 1 percent will provide $67 million dollars of tax relief annu-ally.

Neil Albrecht, executive di-rector of the City of Milwaukee Board of Election, said he was very satisfi ed with how the elec-tion was run in Milwaukee.

“At around 10:30 p.m. a major-ity of our wards have reported in,” Albrecht said. “There have been no problems at any of our sites as to closing our sites or transmitting the election results to the central processing center.”

Albrecht, who has been stand-ing in for Susan Edman since she broke her hip, explained how long it took to make the Milwau-kee balloting process work as smoothly as possible.

“Preparation for the election of offi ce starts a good year be-fore the election,” Albrecht said. “We all work long hours through the summer particularly in the months prior to the election.”

As Milwaukee’s polls came to a close, some people were sur-prised to see the results in Mil-waukee, as well as Wisconsin overall.

Barrett McCormick, a profes-sor of political science, said he was surprised about Obama’s large victory in Milwaukee, which earned about 76 percent of the vote.

“I think people not just in Mil-waukee, but Wisconsin, thought Obama would do a better job with the economy and there was skepticism in (Sarah) Palin,” Mc-Cormick said.

While McCormick said he was surprised about the blowout by Obama in Milwaukee, he was very happy about the victory by Moore, who helped support a pe-tition he helped organize at Mar-quette a few years ago. Not long after she received the petition she was arrested for protesting on the steps of the Sudanese Embassy in Washington, D.C.

“When she was escorted to the police car she told a reporter she was inspired to act by the stu-dents at her alma mater at MU,” McCormick said. “She is a good friend to Marquette.”


4th District re-elects Gwen MooreLandslide victory over independent Michael LaForest

Photo by Lauren Stoxen/[email protected]

Local Democrats gathered at the Hyatt Regency Hotel to listen to Congresswoman Gwen Moore. Together, they celebrated Moore’s re-election to her third term and Obama’s victory.

Law School, where he earned his law degree and became the first black president of the Harvard Law Review.

Obama was elected to the Illi-nois state senate in 1996, where he spent eight years. On a national scale, Obama’s visibility exploded during the 2004 Democratic Na-tional Convention. He gave a stir-ring keynote speech, in which he sought to break down party lines and unify the nation.

His appearance and performance at the DNC ignited speculation of where Obama fit in the Democrat-ic Party, including the possibility of a future presidential run.

McCain’s bid for president be-gan eight years ago.

In 2000, McCain was the top challenger against the eventual Republican nominee and current president George W. Bush. Prior to his campaign against Bush, McCain had served two terms in the U.S. House of Representatives starting in 1982 and been Arizona senator since 1986. But despite a history of successful campaigns, McCain carried only seven states

and lost the 2000 Republican pri-mary.

After the loss, McCain re-turned to the U.S. Senate, where he worked with Democratic Wis-consin Sen. Russ Feingold on the McCain-Feingold Act, a biparti-san bill that worked on campaign finance reform and fought to in-crease the role of soft money. Mc-Cain also supported Bush in his bid for re-election in 2004.

With current Vice President Dick Cheney not seeking elec-tion, the Republican race was up for grabs and on April 25, 2007, McCain officially announced his second bid for president.

McCain entered a race against 11 other candidates, including for-mer New York Mayor Rudy Giu-liani. The Republican field was eventually narrowed to three main candidates — McCain, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee.

In the first half of 2007, cam-paign finance issues plagued McCain. At the same time, both his campaign manager and chief strategist quit his campaign. As a result, McCain found himself coming in last in early polls. But resurgence came in the second half of 2007 and McCain became

a forerunner for the party nomina-tion.

As 2008 rolled in, so did caucus season. Huckabee, the most tradi-tionally conservative of the three, swept the Jan. 3 caucus in Iowa, with Romney claiming second and McCain tying Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson for third place with just 13 percent of the vote.

On Super Tuesday, after almost a month of continuously rising poll success, McCain claimed 60 percent of the necessary delegates needed to secure a nomination. A week later, as his competition fizzled, Romney announced his resignation from the campaign. Huckabee held on for another month but, after losing the re-maining primaries on March 4, conceded victory to McCain.

As the Republican Party secured its nominee, it watched the Demo-crats fight for a decisive winner for another three months.

Obama’s possibility of a run for president came to fruition in 2007, when he emerged as one of front-runners for the Democratic nomi-nation, along with New York Sen. Hillary Clinton and former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards.

As the primaries got underway, some voters struggled to adjust to the idea of a black man as presi-

dent. But when Obama won the Iowa Caucus, voters started to be-lieve that perhaps the junior sena-tor from Illinois really could win the election.

But Obama’s campaign wasn’t without its rough spots. In mid-March, video of Obama’s former pastor, Jeremiah Wright, surfaced, in which the pastor radically criti-cized the United States. Obama underwent heavy scrutiny after the video was spread via the Inter-net and cable news programs.

Following a hard-fought, con-tentious and sometimes bitter campaign, Obama’s message of change trumped Clinton’s experi-ence. Clinton ceded the nomina-tion June 7 and the battle we’ve been watching for the last five months officially began.

Enter the running matesWith only eight weeks until

Election Day, both Obama and McCain finalized their ticket with strikingly different picks.

Obama selected Delaware Sen. Joe Biden as his vice presiden-tial candidate on Aug. 23, giving assurance to those skeptical of Obama’s experience and foreign relations capabilities.

In late August, in an attempt to pick up female and conserva-

tive voters, McCain made a gutsy move, finalizing his ticket by choosing Alaska Gov. Sarah Pa-lin as his running mate. Initially, Palin was not thought to be on McCain’s short list of candidates, which some predicted included former opponent Romney.

“Palin was initially selected to attract former Clinton and young voters but it didn’t seem like she did that,” Azari said. “The choice was considered hasty and that she was someone he chose without careful vetting. It questioned his decision-making process.”

Kukowski disagreed, citing ex-citement about Palin in the Re-publican Party.

“She is now a leader in the Republican Party,” she said. “I think we’ll be seeing her around again.”

McCain graciously bowed out of the race as he thanked his sup-porters, praised his opponent and vowed to continue to serve his country.

“The American people have spoken, and they have spoken clearly,” McCain said.

“These are difficult times for this country. I will do all in my power to help Obama lead.”


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Photos by Associated Press

President-elect Barack Obama addresses his supporters at Grant Park in Chicago (top). Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) delivers his remarks at his rally in Phoenix, Ariz. (right). Close to a million supporters greeted Obama and Vice president-elect Joe Biden after the results were announced (left).

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