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Primaries Offer a Ray of Hope
Burrus Update #01-08, Jan. 4, 2008
The results of the 2008 Iowa caucuses have been finalized, and Barack Obama and Mike Huckabee have been declared the winners. The results are surprising, and they offer a ray of hope about the democratic process.
It is far too early to draw conclusions about who the eventual Democratic and Republican presidential candidates will be, but the number of voters and the infusion of new participants in the process are cause for optimism.
Perhaps Americans have begun to turn away from the divisiveness of the past seven years. Perhaps hope has begun to replace fear, and the voters in November will cast their ballots for a new direction. Although APWU as an institution has not expressed preferences in the primary process, the Iowa results offer hope for the future.
We congratulate the Iowa caucus winners and the APWU members who participated in the process. As the remaining 49 states go to the polls in the coming months, we encourage APWU members to participate in the process by voting and supporting the candidate of their choice.
William Burrus
President
