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Student Reactions to the Obama rally at Mason

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Mason Votes caught up with a few students to hear their reactions and thoughts on the morning’s rally.

On Friday, October 5, President Barack Obama visited George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. Speaking to a crowd of 1935, Consisting of Mason students, faculty and other supporters from the area, President Obama laid out his vision for America if he were to serve a second term.

MCN Man on the Plaza: The First Debate

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Mason Cable Networks’ Man on the Plaza, Riggs Ordonez, turned out for the first Presidential Debate Watch Party held at George Mason University in the Johnson Center Atrium, Wednesday, October 3, 2012 to get student reactions to the candidates debate performance. The event was sponsored by Mason Votes. Here are student reactions to the first debate interviewed by Riggs Ordonez.

Mason Students Line Up Early For Obama Tickets

President Obama Talks Jobs and the Economy at Mason

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President Barack Obama held a campaign Rally on Friday, October 5, at George Mason University. The event took place on Mason’s Fairfax campus at the Center for the Arts. The President spoke to a crowd of 1,935 students, faculty, staff, and other supporters from the Northern Virginia area.

Before the President spoke and made his own case for why he should be re-elected, former Virginia Governor and Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate Tim Kaine shared why he believed President Obama should be re-elected.

The President took the stage with good news on the jobs front. A few hours before speaking the U.S. Department of Labor released its monthly jobs report for September. The report showed the economy added 114,000 jobs and the unemployment rate dropping to 7.8%.

The economy was the main focus of the Presidents speech. He also spoke directly to issues that have an impact on young people particularly college students. Issues such as college tuition cost, jobs, and healthcare.

Virginia is a swing state in this election cycle. President Obama won the state in 2008 and hopes he can pull off a repeat victory on November 6.

President Obama’s full remarks can be seen here:

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NAACP/MasonVotes Voter Registration Drive

1-on-1 with Mason Votes: SEP Presidential Candidate Jerry White

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Recently, Socialist Equality Presidential candidate Jerry White visited Virginia to speak at Northern Virginia Community College. Before his speech he stopped by the George Mason campus to deliver a 1-on-1 interview with Mason Votes reporter Nathan Moore.

The interview covered such diverse topics as the relevance of Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky’s theories in the world today to the SEP’s policies that would benefit college students and free them from debt.

1-on-1 with Mason Votes: GMU College Republicans

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Mason Votes sat down 1-on-1 with Chair of the George Mason University College Republicans Kristie Colorado. She explained what the GMU College Republicans were doing in preparation for this year’s elections. She also spoke about the enthusiasm level that she has experience when speaking to students, registering people to vote, and canvassing neighborhoods.

More information about the Fairfax Republican party, their candidates, and how you can volunteer can be found at their Fairfax Victory Office. The office is located at 4246 Chainbridge Road. Hours of operation are 9:00 am- 9:00 pm.

1-on-1 with Mason Votes: Rep. Tim Ryan

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On Sunday September 30, 2012 Mason Votes sat down 1-on-1 with United States Congressman Tim Ryan of the 17^th district of Ohio. Congressman Ryan is a member of both the House Armed Services Committee and the House Budget Committee.

The conversation covered issues regarding to the budget, defense, foreign policy, and the current state of this year’s presidential election. Congressman Ryan also spoke about his new book titled “A Mindful Nation” and why he believes the practices of mindfulness are important and beneficial.

A Conversation About National Debt

Recently, I had the opportunity to sit down and talk about our country’s national debt with Dr. Don Boudreaux, an economics professor here at George Mason University. He is a former chairman of the economics department and was also the president of the Foundation for Economic Freedom. Dr. Boudreaux is considered an expert in his field and has been published in numerous papers and periodicals. During the show we talked about national debt, the problem with it, how it affects the economy, and what solutions we can use to fix the problem. Here’s our full conversation:

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Take it to the Hill is my new radio show, it’s the only political talk show on WGMU. I broadcast live every Monday at 10PM and Thursday at 10AM. To learn more about Take it to the Hill, click here.

Romney Rolls through Fairfax

Photo By|Dakota Cunningham

[This post has been Updated 09/21/2012]

On Thursday, September 13th, Mitt Romney hosted a rally at Van Dyck park in Fairfax, VA, which is less then 10 minutes away from George Mason University students on the Fairfax campus. Governor Romney was warmly welcomed by citizens from all over Northern Virginia. Mitt Romney spoke about his 5 point plan to fix the economy and took a few jabs at the President, like when Romney said, “I didn’t just study the economy in school, I actually lived in the economy for 25 years.” Romney briefly discussed the recent tragedy in Libya, but was interrupted by a couple of hecklers as he was going to try and have a moment of silence. The hecklers’ voices were quickly drowned out by the crowd loudly chanting, “USA USA USA…” Romney didn’t let the interruption bother him as he moved on to present his plan for a better America.

I wasn’t expecting a significant crowd at this rally considering it was in the middle of a work day and there was very little notice about the event. Sure enough, citizens from all over the area came out to support Romney. The whole designated area for attendees completely filled to capacity and overflowed into the surrounding area. People were even watching Gov. Romney speak from a nearby playground. I could feel the energy and enthusiasm resonating from all of the attendees. Now, I have been to one rally for each candidate and I can honestly say, in my bias opinion, I believe the Romney crowd was much more energetic and excited than the Obama crowd in Leesburg, VA, about one month ago. In fact, it’s very arguable that Romney had a larger crowd here in Fairfax, VA, than President Obama did in Leesburg, VA. The fact that Romney’s event brought in a similar sized crowd compared to the President’s and Romney’s was in the middle of a work day compared to Obama’s being in the evening, is at least notably impressive.

It was an encouraging event for Presidential Candidate Romney as he hopes to win in the “battle ground” state, Virginia. Real Clear Politics reports the most recent polls in Virginia show Obama with 47.3 and Romney with 47.0, giving the President a very close 0.3 lead. The vote in Virginia could easily go either way, so I think we can expect to see the candidates back in town before the election.

Mitt Romney’s full remarks:

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