A Night of Politics, A Week of Hell

Like I mentioned, I have to catch up on my blogging, so I am going to Catch up with number one on my list.

1. The election review, where I was, what I was doing and why the election has ruined my social and blogging life.

Obama Wins!

So I spent my entire election night furiously reading stories for the paper the following day. Around me, fellow editors and writers huddled around the TV, watching the poll results file in and CNN projecting the outcomes of states.

My colleagues and I spent the entire week creating a voter's guide, informing students of the propositions that were available in the Santa Clara County, and it drained us.


Some of the staff writers managed to keep us entertained through the entire ordeal, live blogging the election coverage and adding their own tidbits of humor. The occasional photo of the presidential candidates in funny or awkward situations. The good stuff always arises during humor.

The infamous moment that will live on in Daily humor came with CNN's use of a hologram of Will.I.Am. CNN thought it would be smart to have a hip-hop artist give his views of the idea of an African American being elected President.

I think that was why they had him on, but I don't remember because everyone was laughing too hard. Mainly at the fact that one of the live bloggers posted a picture of R2-D2 from "Star Wars" projecting Princess Leia's message to Obi-Won Kenobi.

But after the elections were over, most of the Daily staff was excited and happy it was over, because the majority of us were up until the early hours of the morning each day, providing the campus with political information. It was debatable if they cared or not.