Edd Leg Reflection

I found it was interesting that Ed thought that Obama was the best thing that has happened to America. I realize that many people feel that he hasn't been as impressive as people had hoped and it will be interesting to findout if other people in the government feel the same way about Obama that we talk to.

After talking to Ed about the benifits and payment of being a represenative, it really shows how much people that are in that field care about making a difference because as we found out the pay isn't much at all.

one thing that really stuck out for me was how open he was about answering questions and talking about his life experiences and actions. I didn't think he would be as open at first.

He said that the actuall job isn't a huge stress to him, but the biggest thing that stresssed him out was the campagining.

Edd Legg Questions

1. I would imagine that working for the government can be a very stressful job sometimes, but do you find it to be stressful?/Do you enjoy what you do as a Rep.?

2. WHen you were growing up, did you always know you wanted to be a rep/government job?

Liberal

I feel that currently I would consider myself a Liberal. I do not know a massive amount of what being a Liberal means, but I feel that I have enough knowledge to confidently say I am a Liberal. I see all things as being important, and that everyone should have a fair chance in life, and if that means that the government provides assistant to the less fortunate people of America.

Article Summary

Obama and McCain’s Battle gets heated towards the End.


As the Election Day gets closer and closer, both Obama and McCain are deffiently not going to give up until the end. Both McCain and Obama with only a day left until the election are now being very defensive towards each other including their vice presidents. Sarah Palin recently attacked Obama for a comment that he stated about wanting to bankrupt the coal industry. Barack Obama explained his plan to the San Francisco Chronicle this year, early this year. And he said that, sure, if the industry wants to build coal fired power plants, then they can go ahead and try, he says, but they can do it only in a way that will bankrupt the coal industry and he’s comfortable letting that happen.

After watching this film. I realized how careful and conscientious you have to be about almost everything you do. Not only regarding politics, but everything since its so easy to trick the minds of other people with the right connections. I thought that the fact that this happened to the people of Florida in 2000 was horrible and it should have never happened. The fact of the election was undermined should be enough for anyone to see how wrong this was, but It didn't work for most people. I'm glad to know that the state of Maine uses paper ballots instead of the touch screen ballots to vote. Just knowing that you're vote is on a piece of technology would make me uncomfortable thinking that someone could mess with the touch device. I'm not aware of which states if any use the touch devices to vote, but I'm glad to know that Maine uses paper. I'm sure that's reassuring to many state citizens.

Debates

I think that after watching all three debates so far, that this last debate we watched was the the most interesting to watch. I think that since this was the last debate until the debate that both candidates wanted to make sure that they got to say every possible thing they could, since this is the last major advertising for them until the election. This past debate was very important for both McCain and Obama since this is such a close election. I would say that the second presidential debate was the hardest to sit through because it was more of a continuation of the first.

HQ Questions

Question # 1. About how many people do you have on an average day visit the HQ?
Answer. They just opened and havn't had to many people come on yet, but they are still getting the word out that they are located there.

Question # 2. Do you think Obama will visit Maine before the election?
Answer. I never got to ask this question, but my own thoughts are that he won't come to Maine again before the election. He is very busy and came to Maine a little while ago.