Driving Political Opinion

Yesterday the C-SPAN bus arrived on campus and parked along side Lake LaVerne. A fellow classmate, Eloisa Perez-Lozano went with me for the scheduled interview. Eloisa is also a graduate student in the Greenlee School of Journalism and she is a staff photographer for the Iowa State Daily. She shoot some photos for me on the bus; it was fun to share this experience with this wonderful young woman and talented photojournalist. C-SPAN set up their camera outside for the interviews. It was cold Iowa afternoon with an ice storm looming (in fact the state was pretty much shut down today!). The interview went well. I shared the research and commented on the pre-caucus activist in the state. As soon as the interview posts to the C-SPAN site, I will link it to the blog. Arrangements are being made to transfer the “Bumper-2-Bumper” sculpture to a metro car dealership until the caucuses. ISU sent out a press release today to the media on the project and I have two more requests for interviews. I think there is interest in the bumper sticker as a tool of political advertising, as an icon of free speech, and as an emblem of the American election process. (Photo by Eloisa Perez-Lozano)