As an openly bisexual individual, I would like the option to marry my same-sex partner, should we decide that we want to spend the rest of our lives together. Now I realize that marriage to most conservative Christians is defined as a union between a man and a woman. Period. End of story.

I am a proudly declared Catholic member of the Democratic party. Here are some of the reasons that I, myself, support Senator Clinton over Senator Obama. As a woman, would love to see a woman elected as President of the United States of America, but that, but that is definitely not the only reason I support Senator Clinton, because I would just as much like to see the citizens of the U.S. move past their discrimination of African Americans and elect an African

On Wednesday, March 19th, 2008, I participated in my first peace protest. It was an eye-opening and thought-provoking experience. The peace protest was sponsored by Code Pink, a women’s peace organization with a branch here at St. Cloud State University that is against the war in Iraq. I stopped by the Code Pink booth one time in Atwood and talked with the young women there. Unfortunately, the meetings times for the group conflict with my schedule, but I gave them my e-mail which is how I found out about the student walkout and peace rally.

Criticism of our president has been very present, especially over the war in Iraq, yet his approval rating is much higher than congress. It is true; he may not be the greatest public speaker, but since 9-11, our country has enjoyed six years of security. After all, the citizens of the United States elected him for eight years. In a matter of weeks a dangerous dictatorship was toppled and oppressed people were free. It is far too early to say the Iraq invasion was a failure.

Recently, the argument has been made that the democrats should lose the whitehouse, but continue fighting for seats in Congerss. This is so because many predict the economy will continue to falter, so the Democrats should let Senator McCain win, and they should blame everything on him. This would result in massive FDR style, congressional takeover, and a Democrat in the whitehouse 4 years from now with significant congressional support. Would this work?

If one goes to votesmart.org, they can see every candidate’s interest group ratings. For some odd reason, during the last session, most Republican candidates received unusually high ratings from the NAACP. However, Senators Jon Kyle and Jim Demint received a 0. What does this mean; does this matter?

Arkansas is located in the south, but its residents vote democratic. For example, 3 of its four house members are democrats. Both senators, as well as the current governor are members of the Democratic Party - though they are fairly conservative democrats. Of course, former Democratic President Bill Clinton was from Arkansas, and along with Tennessee, it is the only other state in the south with more registered democrats than republicans. Why is the Democratic Party so strong in Arkansas?

With the Pennsylvania primaries coming up, it could certainly make or break campaigns. Pennsylvania is a large and diverse state that offers Sen. Hillary Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama distinct demographic advantages.

It might be Clinton's last chance, who trails Obama by 144 delegates, with more than 4 million democratic voters in the state of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, the states most populous city, is a big key to winning the primary.