Young Ohio Voters Blog about the Election - Colleen O’Kane

After quite a long day, I have come to the solid conclusion that Senator John McCain will win Ohio without any problem. The reason I was able to come to this conclusion was through being a part of the biggest rally that I could ever imagine today at The Ervin J. Nutter Center. When I first heard about this event I thought to myself, “This will be a good reason to get people to skip school and will get people a little more interested in politics.” Boy did I completely underestimate this event. After taking a shuttle to the arena because there was literally no parking, I found myself at the gate and was being turned away. The police that were manning the door said the Fire Marshall had shut down the building and they weren’t letting anyone else in- even in the media. I thought “Oh well this is great, how am I going to write my blog?!” After spending the morning at The Marriott with the campaign staff I knew that THE Senator would be arriving shortly and I was still on the ... (link)