@khuntercourant The inauguration of President Joe Biden means that much will change regarding how the COVID-19 pandemic is handled. Biden vows to respond to the
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“Women in the Workforce Wednesday” Offers Financial Insight
Eva Pace, Reporter @espcourant “In this day and age, women make 78 cents for every dollar a man makes,” Cary Carbonaro, Certified Financial Planner, featured
Grading the Debates #2: Vice-Presidential Debate
Juan Pablo Rivera Garza
Blogs Editor
Vice presidential candidates serve as a supplement for the presidential candidates they run with. Usually, they are chosen for one of three reasons: to balance the ticket geographically, to boost partisan confidence in the presidential candidate, or to cover an area where the presidential candidate does not have enough expertise or experience in. The choices of the two vice-presidential candidates this election season, Vice President Joe Biden and Congressman Paul Ryan, are no accident. Vice President Biden helped then-Senator Obama win the 2008 election by covering the relative inexperience of the young Illinois Senator (especially in terms of foreign policy) with a long career in the Senate, including five years as the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. He also has proved a great campaigner in blue-collar states like Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Iowa. On the other hand, Congressman Ryan has provided a great level of excitement among Conservative Republicans, a group that too often has felt distant from Governor Romney. His work as the Republican Budget point-man has helped to shape the election’s focus to issues like Medicare, the deficit, and the role of Government. Another detail of note is that this election marks the first time there are two Roman-Catholic vice presidential candidates. Even with their shared faiths, the two visions these respective gentlemen have for the country are wildly different than each other, setting up a very interesting debate.
Mitt Romney and the War on Women
Steffi Badanes
Blogs Editor
In 2002, Mitt Romney was pro-choice. He strongly believed in protecting women’s rights to choose. Now in 2012, he’s pro-life and carelessly tells America that he plans on “getting rid” of Planned Parenthood and instead give tax breaks to the wealthiest Americans. So the man who once believed in protecting women’s rights now believes that women shouldn’t be able to have access to cancer screenings, pap smears, STD tests/treatments, and other forms of basic health care? He would rather help Americans who need it the least?
Newt Gingrich: It’s time for you to go.
Steffi Badanes
Blogs Editor
I am surprised that Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich has stayed in the race for this long. Since our May 25 2011 post, Looking ahead at 2012: Newt Gingrich, Gingrich has certainly proven me wrong and has actually managed to launch his campaign. Gingrich has managed to avoid the bottom of the polls, coming in 4th place in the Iowa Caucus with 13% of the vote, and 4th place again in the New Hampshire primary with 9% of the vote. But there is still a lot that will keep Newt Gingrich from getting the Republican nomination. Like I said in our previous post, coming out against Congressman Paul Ryan’s plan to slash Medicare spending lost Gingrich the support of extreme conservatives. His patriotic affair and three marriages haven’t helped his image either.