Musical Chairs

     Tensions have risen as the election Gabrielle Giffords Arizona House seat draws near. Last year Giffords was shot in the head by a gunman and is now giving up her seat to focus on recovery. Giffords has backed her former staffer Ron Barber, a Democrat, in his campaign for her seat, and though he has a double diget lead over the Republican candidate, Jesse Kelly, the race is still a tossup. Kelly went up against Giffords in the previous election when Giffords won by 4,000 votes.

      On June 5 democrats in Wisconsin, failed to defeat GOP Gov. Scott Walker. This shows some faltering in the opinions of the people, making Democrats unsure about Giffords seat. If Barber loses in this election it sends a message about the poor performance of Democrats in office, mainly president Obama. This election is harder to predict because it is a special election, not a regular one. This election will be a key one for the Democratic party.

       I chose this article because I had heard about the Gabrielle Giffords accident on the news a while back and when I saw that she was back in the news I was interested in seeing how everything had worked out for her after the accident. This article is worth reading because it shows how a simple special election of one House Seat can say so much about the state of our Government and how well our political leaders are doing in their jobs. I am interested to see who wins the election and what influence it will have on the upcoming presidential election.

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