I’m in a Political Campaign Communications class at my particular University and it’s a great one to be in at this time in my life. I’m old enough to at least begin understanding how things work with elections, to be affected by the issues, and to be targeted by the candidates. I’m also old enough to vote — this will be my 3rd Presidential election, and I’m sorry to say I voted for Bush twice — so any help I can get in placing a well-educated and rational (nod to Dr. Wiese) vote is welcome.

I’m currently watching coverage of the Republican National Convention, hearing side #2 of this unfortunately two-sided election. Earlier I got my long-awaited dose of Bill Maher via Podcast of his show that returned after too many months hiatus. No one makes more sense to me on politics than he does.

I’ve got my TV programmed to quickly switch between the three major cable news networks (CNN, MSNBC, FoxNews) so I can get the overall reaction to things. I’ll also be tuning in to Barack Obama on Bill O’Reilly tonight.