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Al Gore campaigning in New
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National Primary - March 7-14
Election 2000
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Presidential campaign
kicks into full swing
meredith flowe
Believe it or not, it
is that time again... This
November, voters across
the nation will go to the
polls to cast
their vote for
the next
president of
the United
States of
America.
Science and
Math stu
dents need to
be made
aware of the
good, the
bad, and the
ugly of each
candidate. In
the past week
the presiden
tial race has
taken some interesting
turns—from McCain’s un
derdog victories in Ari
zona and Michigan to the
slugfest between Al Gore
and Bill Bradley at the
Apollo Theater in Harlem.
The New Hamp
shire primary was pre
dicted to be McCain’s
only victory, but he has
clearly proved his critics
powerful message across
America—a message
that our party wants real
reform from the real re
former,” said McCain.
Three-term Michi-
George Wf Bush campaigning in New Hampshire.
wrong. He not only re
ceived 60% of the vote in
Arizona, his home state, he
captured 51% of the vote
in Michigan.
“Michigan sent a
gan Governor John
Engler, who had prom
ised victory for George
W. Bush in Michigan,
was clearly ruffled by
McCain’s win. Engler ac
cused McCain of renting
Democrats because
McCain would not have
won without party votes
from Demo
crats and In
dependents.
“Be a man,”
said McCain
in response to
Engler’s at
tacks.
At the
Democratic
debate last
week, Al Gore
and Bill Brad
ley butted
heads over
numerous is
sues includ
ing police
brutality, ra
cial profiling, affirmative
action, gun control, health
care, and education. In a
last attempt to prevail, Bra
dley, who has fallen further
and further down in the
polls since New Hamp
shire, has resulted to at
tacking Gore for unwise
decisions he made twenty
years ago as a represen
tative of Tennessee in the
Al Gore greats some opiisyxmngestfans.
U.S. Congress.
In doing this, he
completely disregards all
the accomplishments of
the Clinton/Gore Admin
istration in the areas of
health care, gun control,
the environment, world
peace, and the American
economy. Bradley ac
cuses Gore of voting
against several gim con
trol measures
when he was a
congressman.
Gore responded
by reminding
Bradley that as
vice president
he broke a tie in
the Senate,
which enacted
the ban on as-
g sault weapons,
p “And where
P were you?”
^ Gore asked Bra-
I dley, “You had
already walked
away.”
McCain
is still giving Bush a run
for his money in the race
for the Republican Party
nomination. Bradley on
the other hand has
drowned in the polls and
left Gore a shoe-in for the
Democratic nomination.