Campus prepares for 2008
Jan. 30, 2007
As the 2008 presidential election draws near, there has been a wave of presidential hopefuls who have officially announced their candidacy. Several of whom, such as Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., and Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kan., have already embarked on the campaign trail in anticipation of next year's primaries.
The College Republicans and the College Democrats, played major roles during last year's midterm state and national election and are looking to do the same with the upcoming presidential election. Neither organization has endorsed any specific candidate.
"It's too early for the College Democrats to make any sort of endorsement at this time," College Democrats President Mark Buhrmester said.
The College Republicans shared a similar view in terms of endorsement of any particular candidate.
"Each candidate brings their own bag of positives and negatives," College Republicans President John Haynes said. "While I disagree with many of the (Democratic) candidates and would have serious reservations about them in the White House, I think that it is exciting that so many people are considering our nation's highest office."
Buhrmester said the early campaigning would help attract candidates to MU.
"We will be more likely to get candidates to come to campus because they will be running for a longer period of time," he said. "Students will be more interested because they will have more time to get familiar with the candidates."
Buhrmester said the longer campaigning shows how much drive a person needs to run for president.
"The earlier and earlier dates for campaigns simply show the focus that one must have today in order to have a serious chance at the presidency," he said. "I don't see it affecting campus activities, but simply the fundraising activities for the candidates themselves."
Haynes said so much interest in the presidency would be good for more political interest from citizens.
"Having a robust debate on who would be most fit to serve can do nothing more then strengthen the political debate in this country," he said.
Haynes said he hopes no one votes blindly.
"My main hope is that each person would seriously critique the candidates before choosing," he said.
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