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The blood sport of Election 2004 is over, Bush is in for four more years and
those politically aware ask a collective, ‘OK, What’s next?’ Where does all
the energy and political interest go when the candidate you supported either
won or lost?

Win or lose, in politics there are two forms of campaigns, Electoral and
Issue based. In the electoral cycle, (which ended on November 2nd), a
campaign’s success is based on the power of its volunteers. However, the
‘sweat equity’ of campaign volunteers is typically spent the day after the
election, leaving little energy or interest in then moving the issues that
matter.

It is in that void of popular activism that the country’s professional
lobbyists go to work. Special interest groups ranging from the Tobacco
Industry to Motion Pictures employ full-time teams of legislative advocates
to work either pushing their issues into law or to defeat bills that may be
potentially harmful to their interests.

Two days after the November 2nd election in a small Colorado High School a
group of students barricaded themselves into their library for four days to
demand the newly elected administration hear their concerns. This protest
was an effort to air a desperate voice of concern based on important issues
affecting young people and their families. Issues such as the Rising Cost
of Public College Tuition, Jobs & the Economy, Healthcare and The War in
Iraq are issues of chief concern to young people in America.

While the volunteer base of both sides are either patting themselves on the
back or licking their collective wounds, the nation’s lobbyists and special
interests are working overtime shaping the public’s policy.

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