Tuesday, April 22, 2008

m@yRA

Primary Elections
Clinton wins Pennsylvania, CNN projects
With about a quarter of precincts reporting, she was leading Barack Obama 54-46 percent.
Clinton will pick up a majority of the state's 158 delegates. Going into Tuesday's contest, Obama led in the delegate count -- 1,648 to 1,504, according to CNN estimates. Clinton got the support of older voters, with 61 percent of those 65 years or older backing her, according to the polls. She also received more support than Obama among white males, with 55 percent voting for her.
Opinion
I am very surpised that Clinton won Pennsylvania. It looks like she has many fans that support her. However, it was a close tie between her and Obama. It seems that Pennsylvannia is populated more by whites then blacks so that may be a reason why she won.

Wanted: Single women voters in Pennsylvania
Maria Wing is a lawyer in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She's 28 years old, single and in debt.
She and thousands of other women like her could prove key in Tuesday's Democratic Pennsylvania primary. Single women overwhelmingly vote Democratic and in Pennsylvania one in four voters is a single woman, according to the "Women's Voices. Women Vote Action Fund," a group trying to mobilize the nation's women voters. Gardner's group polled 1,000 unmarried women nationwide last month and found 58 percent of single women identify themselves as Democrats, compared to 18 percent as Republicans. Their support is almost evenly split between Sens. Obama and Clinton, favoring Clinton slightly, 50 to 48 percent. In Pennsylvania, 44 percent of unmarried women struggle with a household income of less than $30,000, compared to 14 percent of their married counterparts, while 87 percent of married Pennsylvania women have private health care coverage; the number drops to 66 percent for unmarried women. Additionally, unmarried women make 56 cents on the dollar compared to men. Married women earn 77 cents on the dollar.
Opinion
This explains why Hillary won the election. These woman know that if Hillary wins, she will do everything possible in order for these women to pay their debts. I don't know if this is a good thing or not, only God knows.

Extra Credit
International
In Chicago, fears of a long, bloody summer
Nine people were killed in 36 shootings over the weekend in Chicago, which what some community leaders say is a deadly breakdown in discipline among gang members after a crackdown over the past few years put many of their leaders behind bars. The shootings included drive-by attacks and one case in which someone shot up a plumbing supply store with an AK-47. At least 14 of the shootings were gang-related. CHicago fears that when June comes and all the children are on vacation there is going to be more gang fights because it is going to be hot and there will be more children outside doing nothing. In response to the bloodshed, Chicago police are making a show of force, deploying SWAT officers, something the department usually doesn't do until the summer, focusing more attention on areas where gang retaliation is likely and increasing their presence at schools.
Opinion
If I lived in Chicago I will also live in fear of the streets. I think that schools during the summer should have programs for kids, this will prevent many crimes. I think that police should also be more aware of what is happening around the neighborhoods. Parents should be watching their kids during the summer, checking who their children hang around with.

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