Super Tuesday surprises
Hundreds of students began an interesting journey Tuesday as part of the school’s ambitious mock presidential election, “The Road to the White House Starts at Western Illinois University.” The first of five evening events simulated the primary season, or at least the first half of it, for the nation’s two largest parties, the Democrats and Republicans.
The independent service we’re calling “News-meister” will print a newspaper and distribute it Thursday in the University Union, Morgan Hall, and Simpkins Hall. Presented here, though, are shorter versions of some of those stories, and a few pieces unique to the online package.
Our coverage of the first night:
• The Republican campaign season didn’t produce a surprise winner, but one candidate far exceeded expectations.
• The Democratic campaign produced a near tie between Clinton and Edwards, but neither was the big winner.
• Only the national campaign of Barack Obama sent a professional campaign aide to speak to the Macomb crowd.
• The Edwards camp had to scramble to prepare its speech when their planned speaker canceled.
• The Green Party is waiting in the wings for its turn next week.
Real-time commentary:
Want to get a sense of what it was like “on the campaign trail” Tuesday night? Take a look at the descriptions and commentary on our real-time blog, http://newsmeisterrealtime.blogspot.com
-- Mark Butzow, assistant professor of journalism
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