Behind the Byline: Primary coverage April 23, 2008
Posted by Chris Stover in Journalism, Philadelphia, Random Rubbish.Tags: 2008 Presidential Race
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As I stood in the balcony of the Bellevue ballroom last night, a surreal feeling came over me. In the past six weeks, I’ve been complaining more and more about the amount of political coverage I’ve been doing with partner-in-crime LeAnne Matlach. It all culminated with the Democratic debate last Wednesday…the debate we almost covered.
But last night was different than here, here, here, here and here. As I saw Hillary, President Bill Clinton and Chelsea on stage with all supporters - including Mayor Michael Nutter and Gov. Ed Rendell - I realized I won’t be covering something like this again for a long time - if at all.
Covering politics is tiring…I don’t understand how CNN reporter Candy Crowley does it day after day. And here I am, a college journalist following around the presidential candidates like a groupie. But being in attendance last night made me grateful for the career path I’ve chosen and the people I’ve seen and met along the way.
Until November, adios, Hillary.
Clinton wins Pennsylvania April 23, 2008
Posted by Chris Stover in Clips & Videos, The Temple News.Tags: 2008 Presidential Race, Hillary Clinton
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Content from The Temple News. See the other side of the story from LeAnne Matlach.
CHRIS STOVER
The Temple News
She has said she needed it. Tonight, she got it.
Sen. Hillary Clinton won the much-hyped Pennsylvania primary Tuesday, the first election in the past six weeks of this election cycle.
“Some people counted me out and said to drop out, but the American people don’t quit, and they deserve a president who doesn’t quit, either,” Clinton said after it was announced that she was the projected winner.
With 99 percent of the precincts reporting, Clinton has a 10-point lead over Obama, 55 percent to 45 percent. Of Pennsylvania’s 67 counties, Obama only won seven, including Philadelphia, Delaware and Chester counties.
Clinton at the Bellevue April 22, 2008
Posted by Chris Stover in The Temple News.Tags: 2008 Presidential Race, Hillary Clinton
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My goal for today has been achieved, and now I’m at the Bellevue Hotel in Center City Philadelphia.
CNN, which is being projected on the walls of the ballroom the press is shoved into, just aired a countdown to the close of the polls, and a Times-Squaresque scene occurred with the few Hillary supporters currently in the room. Cheers emerged as the countdown neared zero.
The latest exit polls showed Clinton had a 16-point lead over Obama throughout the state, 58 percent to 42 percent.
The music just started at the Bellevue as the mood shifts from anxiously waiting to cautiously partying. Fellow political reporter LeAnne Matlach and I will be posting articles on temple-news.com following the results of the night, whenever they may come. Stay tuned.
Finally here… April 22, 2008
Posted by Chris Stover in Random Rubbish.Tags: 2008 Presidential Race, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton
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After six weeks of build up, the Pennsylvania primary is finally here.
I will not be able to vote tomorrow, but would I be able to, my vote would be for Sen. Hillary Clinton. This may come as a shock to many. But, it’s true.
I previously vowed to leave the country with my cousin should Hillary become the next president. The world’s only psychic twins - Temple alumnae - say I should start packing my bags. But after stalking the Clinton family for the past six weeks for The Temple News, I’m beginning to sway.
When it comes down to it, Sen. Barack Obama scares me. I don’t trust him. Or Michelle. And I know people say the same about Hillary. But there’s a certain charisma - the one Obama possesses - that just irks me.
But I’ll let Pennsylvania decide - I have no other option. I can only hope.
Photo from National Constitution Center debate on ABC, courtesy Michael Bryant, Philadelphia Inquirer
