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the Answer is Obama-Biden

Send students on a virtual scavenger hunt through a network of websites. Each site/page presents a question with possible choices that Obama has proposed. Each choice is a link to an evidence-based response of what Obama or Biden has done or has proposed in previous legislation. another policy question etc.

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Get College Students to Switch Registration

A concerted effort in swing states to have out-of-state college students change their registrations could make a pivotal difference. Say you're from Illinois and go to college in Ohio. Switch your registration so your vote really counts!

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Student Debt Relief

We all know how important it is for high school graduates to get a handle on loans & grants for college education. What about folks who graduated from college recently, who were told all through school they could be whatever they wanted to be, yet are now UNEMPLOYED or UNDEREMPLOYED and are saddled with debt for years and years?

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Text Message Voting Information and Deadlines

Having been around a lot of lazy college kids, I know that many of them, even the well-informed, are unable to register to vote in time, especially if they are out of state. If we want to bring out the young Obama supporters we need to stress the deadlines for registering and other important information necessary to make voting easy and less of a seemingly daunting task.

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Obama should come to Virginia Tech

Obama needs to come to Virginia Tech, or the surrounding area, to campaign. Southwest Virginia is the most Republican part of our swing state, and provides a very good opportunity for him to get votes. Much of the region follows the university very closely and is closely tied to it as well.

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College Kids in the Middle of Nowhere

As a college freshman, I would love to hear more from the candidates, especially Obama. If he could go to one college that is kind of "out there" in every state, then maybe he could help convince the teenagers of our society to become involved with politics and make the right decisions for their country.

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College Campus Tour

Considering the massive problems with education and higher education funding, a college campus tour with a plan on how to help with student loan debt, funding for education programs, etc, would be huge.

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How should Obama respond to McCain's negative campaign?
Stay above the fray - this campaign is about a new kind of politics
7%
Respond forcefully when necessary but keep talking about the issues
51%
Respond forcefully and hit back hard but make everything pass the truth test
36%
Get in the gutter with McCain and beat him at his own game
3%
Other - add comment
3%
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