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@badamhill What’s the point in voting when the popular vote matters none?#election2012
@TShook27 Im republican but Im okay with Obama getting 4 more years. He’s done okay, and I dont necessarily agree with some of Romney’s ideas.
ANOTHER FOUR YEARS
@jdmckiev Looks like I’m going to Grad School now. Cause I’m sure as hell not getting a job in the next 4 years. #Election2012
@Walker_Abel Congratulations to Obama, and props to Romney. Both ran a great campaign, but the Electoral College selects Obama in the end.#Election2012
Voters reaffirm their support for President Barack Obama, giving him a second term. Democrats gained Senate seats while Republicans kept control of the House.
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‘The best is yet to come’ Oxford reacts to re-election WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama rolled to re-election Tuesday night, vanquishing former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney despite a weak economy that plagued his first term and put a crimp in the middle class dreams of millions. In victory, he confidently promised better days ahead. Obama spoke to thousands of cheering supporters in his hometown of Chicago, praising Romney and declaring
his optimism for the next four years. “While our road has been hard, though our journey has been long, we have picked ourselves up, we have fought our way back and we know in our hearts that for the United States of America, the best is yet to come,” he said. Romney made his own graceful concession speech before a disappointed crowd in Boston. He summoned all See OBAMA, PAGE 3
Supporters of President Barack Obama gathered at the watch party at City Grocery on the Square on Tuesday night to watch the election results and cheered as President Obama was declared the winner after he was projected to win the state of Ohio. Jesse Kelley, a third-year law student, could not contain her enthusiasm. “I’m so excited,” she said. Kelley explained why she
voted for Obama in the election. “I worked with the women’s campaign fund this past summer, and we support non-partisan women candidates who are pro-choice, and so that’s my keynote issue,” she said. “And it’s not just about abortion. That’s the huge factor for all women, I think, in this election, is that ‘Are you going to allow me to have contraceptives? Are you going to allow me to have an
Okay. I work 3 jobs (over 40 hours a week) and am a full time student. Mitt Romney was going to take away my Pell Grants and keep me in debt
abortion?’ But it’s really, ‘Are you going to allow me to have equal rights?’” Republican supporters watched the returns at the Library on the Square. After Republican challenger Gov. Mitt Romney conceded the election to Obama, many Romney supporters were upset to discover that their candidate had lost. Anna Gray Young, a hosSee REACTION, PAGE 4
Students clash after election Following the announcement of the re-election of President Barack Obama, tempers flared on campus. BY GRANT BEEBE AND JENNIFER NASSAR thedmnews@gmail.com
Hundreds of Ole Miss students exchanged racial epithets and violent, politicized chants in response to the announcement of the re-election of President Barack Obama. What began as an argument around midnight quickly spread across campus. UPD responded to a fire alarm being pulled in Brown
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Exclusive NewsWatch footage available on theDMonline.com.
A university police officer forcibly removes a student from the crowd gathered at Kincannon Hall late last night.
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Hall as crowds gathered near Kincannon and Stockard. Just as all seemed to calm down, those in disagreement moved to the Grove. UPD cleared the Grove on the grounds that it closes at midnight. Displeased, crowds continued to grow and returned to Kincannon. UPD responded and forcibly dispersed the crowd. “Disperse or go to jail,” UPD officers said.
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