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...yesterday afternoon. “This is the strangest election that I’ve ever seen,” Castellanos said, citing the unprecedented media scrutiny and sharp turns that have marked both the primary and general elections. Castellanos, an émigré from Cuba and an IOP Fellow this semester, praised the bottom-up organization of the Obama campaign and its effectiveness in mobilizing support. He dubbed Obama’s grassroots call for change a “secular religion.” But the greatest factor in Obama’s favor, Castellanos said...
...learned English from a Miami bellhop. Taking a job with Kellogg’s in 1975, he rose to the top of the company as CEO in 1999. In 2005, he was appointed to George W. Bush’s cabinet. The secretary’s visit to the IOP gave fellow Cuban-Americans an opportunity to speak with not only a government official but a fellow countryman about the continuing American embargo against Cuba and stringent regulation of travel between the two countries. “How can we show the Cuban people there’s a different...
...much attention has been paid to the youth vote, especially since this group has become more active in politics in recent years," said Grayson, who is also a member of the IOP Senior Advisory Board. "But what we need to understand is what the rise of the youth vote means for this election and for future cycles...
Carl M. Cannon, a contributing editor for National Journal magazine and an IOP Fellow during the spring of 2007, talked about the events that led to the passing of the 26th Amendment, which lowered the minimum voting age to 18 years...
DENVER — Former IOP director Jeanne Shaheen gave a brief speech to delegates at the Democratic National Convention in Denver Wednesday evening. Shaheen, who is running for senate in New Hampshire, covered a number of domestic and foreign issues in her speech, including the economy and national security. "We need a new economic direction," Shaheen said, whose speech followed NY Sen. Charles Schumer ‘71. "No more country-club economics at the expense of working families and no more tax breaks for companies that ship jobs overseas." Shaheen said that a Barack Obama Administration and Democrat...