President Bill Clinton

On Tuesday, March 25, I had the opportunity to watch former President Bill Clinton give a speech in Frankfort. This was a rally to get supporters for his wife in Kentucky. Now, although I am not a Clinton supporter I wasn’t going to dog Hillary or protest against her, but I wanted to give him the chance to tell me why I should vote for her. I have to be honest with you, he was an excellent speaker, but he did not persuade me enough to vote for Hilary. President Clinton spent the first 15 minutes of his speech talking about how great it is to be a democrat. Now, I am not disagreeing with him, but I wanted him to get the crowd fired up and for him to jump straight into why I should give Hillary my vote. He didn’t do this; instead he focused on being a democrat and what happened in the 90’s. Now the 90’s for the most part was great, but we are in 2008, so let’s focus on how we are going to try and change the economy and the war we are currently in. I loved listening to him speak and thought he was an awesome speaker, I just wished that he would have focused more on Hillary and her campaign.

Votes--Brienne

The way that the United States typically votes is somewhat unfair. In general elections, the people vote. Whichever candidate, republican or democrat, receives the most votes, all of the electoral votes go to that candidate. Now, it is the same in the republican primary. However, in the democratic primary, it is based on percentages. Say 60% of the democrats in one state vote for Obama and 40% of the democrats in that state vote for Hillary. Around 60% of the delegates will be counted for Obama and 40% will be counted for Hillary. This seems to me to be a much more accurate way of getting what the people want. For example, in the general election, one candidate could get more of the popular vote (or the votes by the people), while the other candidate could get more electoral votes. I feel like we should do our elections based on percentages, as it is done in the Democratic primary. It brings the people closer to the executive branch and people would feel like their vote really could make a difference. It would encourage more people to get out there and vote. Some people say that the reason we do not do this now is because it takes too long to count. However, I feel that the president of the United States is a very important profession. If it takes longer to count votes, so be it. The presidency should be based on what the people want, or the popular vote.