2020 presidential race on the clock

The 2020 race for president is beginning as new candidates announce their bids. Candidates who have officially announced their candidacy bids include Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar, Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren, California Senator Kamala Harris, who is the only African American woman in the running so far, and New Jersey Senator Corey Booker. It’s still early, more nominations will no doubt be coming. Will Joe Biden enter the race? Will Texas Senator Beto O’Rourke put his hat in the ring?

Obama Signs Farm Bill at MSU

President Barack Obama made a historical event at Michigan State University on February 7, 2014. He signed the farm bill, which ensures farmers with crop insurance, and allows people to buy fresh locally grown produce at an affordable price. Debbie Stabenow, who is the senator for Michigan, was the one who pushed this bill. It took her three years to get it though congress. Obama greeted the audience with a powerful “Go Green” so show is Spartan spirit.

U.S. Grant slept here, so Detroit house targeted for rescue

By ERIC FREEDMAN
Capital News Service
LANSING – During the Civil War, Gen. Ulysses S. Grant helped save the Union. Now the push is on to save the historic Detroit house of the future president, one of only two who lived in Michigan before going to the White House. Gerald Ford of Grand Rapids was the other. “This is not just any president. It’s U.S. Grant, who was the principal general that saved the nation, who then as president took his oath of office completely seriously and tried to enforce the Reconstruction amendments,” said state Historical Commission President Jack Dempsey, a lawyer in Ann Arbor.

Students in Final Push to Get Out the Vote

In the final days leading up to the election, students on campus with both the Romney and Obama campaigns are working hard in their final get-out-the-vote efforts. Will Staal has been volunteering with the Romney campaign since August. The MSU junior said he got involved because the implications of the this election couldn’t be greater. “For people, especially my age, we’ve had enough time of sitting on the sidelines and letting people in Washington make our decisions” Staal said. “I just wanted to stand up and fight for a cause I believe in.”