USF goes on the campaign trail
Adam Rodanski, 20, calls prospective voters from Hillary Clinton campaign office in Nashua, New Hampshire. [Martha Rial | Times]
Nineteen University of South Florida students (mostly political science majors on the St. Petersburg campus) descended on New Hampshire last week to experience and volunteer in the nation's first presidential primary on Tuesday. This is the second time professor and former White House staffer Judithanne Scourfield McLauchlan has taught the Road to the White House, which looks at the history of presidential campaigns and includes a 10-day internship in New Hampshire. Each student gets to choose which candidate they help, and they have done tasks that include waving signs, distributing literature and working phone banks. For several of the students it was the first time they saw snow, and several others were disappointed to learn that the restaurants in New Hampshire do not serve sweet tea. Most of them plan on volunteering for their candidates when they return to the Tampa Bay area.
Take a photographic journey with them.
Visit www.stpt.usf.edu/whitehouse/blogs.htm to read their blogs.
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That's ONE way to recruit volunteers for D candidates.
Posted by: | January 06, 2008 at 12:08 PM
That chick is hot
Posted by: | January 06, 2008 at 02:20 PM
Egad! I cant imagine who we'll get stuck with; all of them are awful. But Hillary will be the most entertaining. She reminds me of Miss Ballbreaker in the old PORKY'S movie.
Posted by: Jim Johnson | January 06, 2008 at 02:39 PM
More like Nurse Ratched, if she married Huey Long.
Posted by: Zhombre | January 06, 2008 at 03:11 PM
You Rs should be very afraid of Obama.
Posted by: | January 06, 2008 at 03:21 PM
The Buc's suck!! fire the coach.
Posted by: | January 06, 2008 at 04:02 PM
Don't you hate her voice when she yells???
Posted by: | January 06, 2008 at 04:20 PM
Don't you hate her voice when she yells??? She doesn't even have to yell. It's as if she's trying to sound like Eleanor Roosevelt and comes off as Margaret Hamilton from Wizard of Oz. There is hardly a more shrill, boring speaker in current American politics. if insincerity were an art form, Hillary Clinton would rival Frida Kahlo.
Posted by: | January 06, 2008 at 05:24 PM
You Rs should be very afraid of Obama.
No, bud, sorry but as usual you Ds overrate your candidates and think your own smug self assurance is some kind of guarantee of success. That is why when you lose the more brainless of your partisans call the election stolen or hoist signs like the dumbo in 2004 with his "Middle America sucks" sign.
Posted by: | January 06, 2008 at 05:29 PM
Here's a number you Rs should be very afraid of: 54.
That's as in 54% of New Hampshire Republicans have a FAVORABLE opinion of Obama. That's from the latest CNN/WMUR poll:
http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/2008/images/06/topnh11.pdf
Posted by: Gene Smith | January 06, 2008 at 07:04 PM
I have a favorable opinion of Obama too. Especially when compared to Clinton and Edwards. But will I vote for him? Not a chance.
Posted by: Zhombre | January 06, 2008 at 09:34 PM
from the same school that brought us Sammy Al-Arian
Posted by: asdfa | January 06, 2008 at 10:02 PM
Gene, in that link to polling data I see nothing regarding Republican impressions of Democratic candidates. Are you making stuff up again or are you simply unable to read statistics?
Posted by: | January 06, 2008 at 10:11 PM
10:11 PM,
Dammit, don't confuse Gene with facts. Now he won't be able to go to sleep tonight. Next thing you'll be saying, is that there was no '54' even connected to Obama's name on that polling report. Just plain crazy.
Posted by: Maverick | January 06, 2008 at 10:38 PM
What is wrong with you lazy, uninformed people??? At least these students are doing something important, rather than just sitting on the couch in their boxers complaining about the others. Whether or not you support Hillary is your own decision, but don't belittle these hard working students just because they are trying to make a difference in the world. Why don't you start by getting your GEDs and then, just maybe, you will see things a little more clearly. If you don't have something meaningful to contribute, don't waste our time!
Posted by: Daveux | January 07, 2008 at 01:52 AM
I think it's fine what the students are doing. If you actually go to the link provided, the students are attached to both Republican and Democrat candidates. It is the usual Demthug suspects who attempted to politicize this on partisan lines.
Posted by: Zhombre | January 07, 2008 at 05:11 AM
I'll amend that. To be fair, political flack came from both sides.
Posted by: Zhombre | January 07, 2008 at 05:15 AM
5:29 "Smug self-assurance" is what I call that smirk on GWB's face everytime he's lying to the people. You GOP's need to apologize to the US and the world for your lame homeboy and then shut up and let the Ds run the country for a good long while.
Posted by: | January 07, 2008 at 12:41 PM
Is that kid in the photo skipping class on the bright futures tuition we are all paying for him?
Posted by: | January 07, 2008 at 01:03 PM