The 2008 election will be history making. The white house will see its first African American President or its first woman vice president. Many students in the Quinnipiac campus have been watching the conventions and figuring out how each side views the main issues.
Sarah Palin, the VP candidate of the republican team, has been in the media quite a lot, but what does anyone really know of her? Jordan Elkins, freshman journalism major, knows her as simply a hockey mom.
Elkins has known Palin since she was 5 and playing hockey on the same team as Palin’s oldest son Track. “The level I know her is not as the governor or Mrs. Palin, it's just been Sarah," said Elkins.
Elkins said it is very surreal to be interviewed; she has done television interviews with Fox and Channel 8. Of Palin’s politics, Elkins is confident that she does have the skills and passion to do the job in Washington.
Speaking of the controversy about whether Palin has enough experience to do what needs to be done. To that Elkins says, “"Who can say someone has enough experience until they are given a chance." Elkins also pointed out that while she does not follow the Obama campaign, she noted the similarity in news coverage concerning experience. Elkins says she does not think that Obama has much more experience than Palin.
Most of all, Elkins noted the determination of Palin. When she was elected as mayor of Wasilla, a town about 40 miles north of Anchorage, Palin was “all about the town, when she was governor, she was all about Alaska, and I’m sure if she gets Vice President that will translate over to the nation.” Elkins is a registered Republican and plans to complete an absentee ballot in November.
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