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November 2008
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All Presidential Elections are historic ... but the 2008 election has so many "firsts". We had a woman in prime contention for her party's nomination as President. We have an African American male who now leads that party. The opposing party has for the first time named a woman to the ticket as Vice President nominee. Some polls say this is a runaway ... even if the popular vote is close ... the Electoral College vote will be a landslide. Other polls say this is still very, very close in key battleground states. From this reporter's perspective ... the Obama camp has been locked down firmly. The McCain camp has some supporters with one foot in and one foot out ... in other words .. not fully committed ... but prepared to vote the GOP ticket. There are still undecided voters ... even this late in the game. I do find that amazing .... considering the months of campaign battles and the clear differences between the two party leaders. How and why could so many still not know .. at this late stage? I asked one woman and she said, I don't like either one of them. If she represents some of the undecided ... will they even go to the polls? If you read this AFTER the votes are counted ... we will know how solid the polls were ... how strong the undecided were ... but at this hour ??? With more than 45 years in broadcasting ... I've covered Presidential elections that had surprises ... and some that had landslides. On our website at KMOV.COM ... we now have some clips from one of those years: 1976. I encourage you to view some of that video. You will see a young reporter ( with a lot of hair) named: Larry Conners. You will also see some other reporters you might recognize. The candidates were also younger ... for instance, you will see a young John Danforth. At the time he was Missouri Attorney General and running for U.S. Senate for the Republican Party. Danforth was facing former Missouri Governor Warren Hearnes who was suddenly the Democratic nominee after Missouri Congressman Jerry Litton was killed. Congressman Litton was flying to a victory party to accept his party's nomination when his plane went down on take-off from Chillicothe. Danforth ended up winning by a large margin, but in that same election ... while the Republican candidate won the Senate race ... the Democrats won Missouri .. and the Presidency. The GOP Nominee was President Gerald Ford and his VP Bob Dole. The Democratic winner was Governor Jimmy Carter and his VP Walter Mondale. In that 1976 race ... as in many others ... Missouri elected the President. Will that happen this time? Take a look at the 1976 Election clips ... I'd be interested in your thoughts about those days .. and the current election. 8 CommentsLeave a comment |
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How do you find the ballot on your website?
I went on line Monday pm during the 10pm news to download the sample ballot and Could not find it. Does this happen all the time with ch 4 news?. You say look up something and its not one your web page.
this year election has been very interesting. I am very proud to be watching this race and how much this years elelction has got me involved. I never expected a woman to be involved in this race,and like I said very proud to be alive and watching this years election
I just wondered how many trees were killed to make all of the hundreds of political endorsments that I alone received at my home. Not to exagerate but in one day alone I received ten thick paper political adds..... I think it really sucks when they expect all of us to recycle, and they were not made of recycled paper!!! I am Roxann and I approve this comment!!!!
I saw in a news report Mo.voters would be voting on a minimum of 39 different things .Your station said you had a link to see a sample ballot.I could not find the link on your site.I went to Robin Canrahan's web site but the sample ballot site wasn't working.I went to several Mo.election web sites but was unable to find a sample ballot.I received a sample ballot with my voters card by mail,however it did not list that many things to vote on.I would like to be fully prepared when I go to vote.Can you give me any futher info.on what all be be on the ballot tomorrow?Thank you
Larry.
Call me crazy, but I think you look better now than back in "76.
How is Julius doing these days?
Don
I Voted for the first time in 1976. At the time I knew very little about the election process, and nothing about how the government worked on paper and how it was really works.
Today so many people, even at my age, Who do not understand
how things work and I'm still confused. So many are counting on ad's and debates. Many vote for the candidates who promise to do what we want to happen like balance the budget lower taxes and stop a war. We forget that the candidate cannot deliver on his or her promises without the support of congress.
At least we seem to out grown the trend or voting for the best dressed or who is tangled in scandals. Yet do voters really look into voting records of candidates in their current positions, or do they depend solely on what we hear or read in ads? Are students and future voters being better educated on government?
These questions are as hard to predict as which state will really be the one to vote for the new winner this year.
Don, when you start your remarks .. call me crazy ... you might get some takers. Thanks for writing and offering your comments.