2008 Woodie Awards
Video related to this article is available below.Issue date: 10/31/07 Section: News
Dems battle it out at Drexel
Presidential hopefuls clashed in Philadelphia during the fourth of six official debates
Ashwin Shandilya
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Hundreds of college students, politicos and protestors donning skulls gathered last night at Drexel University to show their support for - and criticisms of - the democratic contenders for the presidency.
Drexel University hosted the fourth of six Democratic Primary debates for U.S. presidential candidates last night, drawing in seven of the eight candidates: Sens. Joe Biden (D-Del.), Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.), Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) and Barack Obama (D-Il.), Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio), New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson and former Sen. John Edwards.
Mike Gravel was not allowed to attend because he failed to meet fundraising and polling requirements.
Most of the candidates used the platform - moderated by NBC's Brian Williams and Tim Russert from Meet the Press - to lob a string of attacks at Clinton, challenging her on everything from her relatively hawkish policy toward Iran to her fundraising sources.
Obama accused Clinton of "changing positions whenever it's politically convenient" and touted his own honesty and consensus-building skills in addressing economic and foreign policy problems.
The sharpest criticism came from Edwards, who accused Clinton of defending a "broken" and "corrupt" system by voting to designate the Iranian Revolutionary Guard as a terrorist organization.
At times, Clinton struggled to rebut the attacks, and when she backed off an earlier comment she made that supported issuing drivers licenses to illegal aliens, Edwards criticized her for "double-talk."
But in other instances, she remained resolute in her viewpoints, specifically her criticisms of the current administration.
"We've got to turn the page on George Bush and Dick Cheney," she said. "In fact, we have to throw the whole book away. This has been a disastrous period in American history, and we hope it will be aberration."
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J
posted 10/31/07 @ 5:17 AM EST
I still can't believe they held this at Drexel (instead of Penn) and on top of that that there weren't seats reserved for penn students.
Drexel to Penn
posted 10/31/07 @ 12:57 PM EST
As a transfer from Drexel to Penn, I can say the two schools are in different orbits. A few yards apart but nothing in common. There are alot of struggling students at DU but the ones who succeed are often better thinkers than your average status-obsessed Penn asshole. (Continued…)
Danielle Clarke
posted 11/01/07 @ 6:57 PM EST
Obama Supporter Helps Edwards People at Rally
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/10/31/112421/68
Darrell Hyde was our best cheerleader (1+ / 0-)
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I was there at 6am holding the best location for our
Campaign. (Continued…)
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