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Presidential Politics
In an all too obvious grab for media attention, presidential candidate Barack Obama and his former democratic rival Senator Hillary Clinton will be in New Hampshire on Friday (06/27).
Unity is what Obama, and Clint want to display in the New Hampshire town of Unity, go figure.

Republican candidate Senator John McCain is trialing his democratic rival Senator Barack Obama in most national polls, but only by a small margin.

Both Obama and McCain have problems connecting to their individual bases. Obama has to attract the female voters and working class voters who flocked to Hillary Clinton. Obama needs Clinton to make inroads into this demographic. On the other hand, Clinton needs Obama to pay off a 20 million deficit left over from her primary campaign. Friday’s, Unity appearance is their first public appearance together since Clinton lost in the primaries.

McCain has problems energizing the evangelical conservatives who flocked to President George Bush. He needs both their logistical and financial support. McCain paints himself as a maverick conservative, who has no problem breaking the mold. Both candidates attract their share of independent voters.

New York Public Art

New York tends to be too busy to notice most public art projects that other cities would herald as a ‘second coming’. As the heat and humidity rise in this overheated city there is a new cool public art project on the East River in Manhattan. The ‘New York City Waterfalls’ received major publicity on Thursday (06/26) when Mayor Michael Bloomberg unveiled the project. The ‘Waterfalls’ consist of four temporary waterfalls cascading under four major bridges along Manhattan’s East River. The water is pumped from scaffolds erected under each bridge. Danish artist Olafur Eliasson is responsible for the 15.5 million dollar project. New Yorkers can see the project from land or by water from June 26 through to October 13.

The last major public art exhibit in New York that received this kind of media attention was “The Gates” which comprised of 7,500 saffron (scarf like) panels covering miles of pathways in Central Park.