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Ready, Set, Debate!
As we were told by the lovely family who's housing us in Oxford, tonight will be a combination of debate-watching and tailgating. Issue alley is situated in the Grove, what seems to be the nerve center of the Ole Miss campus, where a lot of tailgating goes down during football season. Lots of locals and students have been setting up their lawn chairs and digging in for tonight's big event. The debate will happen in the Ford Center. Last night we walked around campus and saw the ginormous media tent, a.k.a. the "spin room," where pundits and camera crews will gather for pre- and post-debate coverage. 
We're having a lot of fun telling people about our Constitution Voter campaign, getting lots of signatures to the pledge, and lots of photos. (Check out the entire Flickr set if you don't want to wait for the pix to scroll through.) We're cheered to see how most people want to hear the candidates talk about the Constitution in this campaign, so we're hoping for some meaty, substantive questions about the Constitution in this and following debates. Protecting the Constitution is something that all voters can get behind. Our intrepid Multimedia Producer Joel Engardio is talking to Ole Miss students about the election, so stay tuned for video from today. For a taste, check out our Constitution Day video on YouTube!
Tags: Civil Liberties News, constitutionvoter
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Oct 6th, 2008 at 6:07am
Many politicians are no friend to the payday loans industry. In order to raise voter support they choose to ignore what is best for the citizens. Some states including, Georgia, North Carolina, and Oregon have completely driven out the payday loan companies. Politicians still choose to disregard the benefits of the industry even though statistics in these states show a spike in bankruptcy filings, bounced checks and foreclosures. Even though these negative statistics have come to light, several governors are still trying to follow suit. If the efforts to wipe the industry completely off the map prove successful, some possible repercussions might consist of increased unemployment rates, more debt, more foreclosures and an even more inapt economy.