Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Inside Eye......The Best Of The Rest

It’s a long way to the top.....

We at The Observer would be quite remiss to not mention the other exec positions up for grabs this Wednesday.The sole reason for this disproportionate coverage is that we simply ran out of time. We would very much like to have covered every position and their respective candidates and do big fancy articles like we did for the presidential candidates. Time may be relative, but you try telling that to a deadline.

So what we’re going to do here is go through each position and VERY briefly discuss who we believe will win. I’ll point out now that these aren’t necessarily who I think people should vote for, or who I myself am voting for on Wednesday. These are merely breakdowns of the odds on favorites. Here goes....

VP Education/Welfare

Observer Pick To Win: Lydia Farrell

Despite the by this point very familiar refrain of “Let Liz love your student body” from Liz Murray’s re-election campaign, the most effective of the advertising campaigns has been from Lydia Farrell. From the artistic posters, to the free cake, to striking the first blow in the Chalk War, Lydia has entrenched herself in poll position coming into poll week. Accessible on the campaign trail, and with a team that has been ever present on North Campus, it would appear that on Wednesday Lydia will be leaving the opposition cursing a blue streak.

VP Comms/Dev

Observer Pick To Win: Rob Munnelly

In a close race it would appear that experience is going to win out. David Tuohy is a nice guy, very enthusiastic, and could cause an upset. Even after Monday’s disastrous hustings performance, he is still extremely popular. But it’s more likely that Rob, having proved time and time again that he is amply qualified for this job, will win this one.

Finance Officer

Observer Pick To Win: Declan Meenagh

Experience, class, humour, and a sweet top hat- just some of the words that can be used to describe Declan Meenagh’s campaign for Finance. His manifesto sets out the best and most achievable goals of the lot, and his opposition comes in the form of one man who is too pre-occupied with ridding the world of Sex and The City, and another who suffers solely from not being as good as Declan. Meenagh for the win.

Ents

Observer Pick To Win: Pat Byrne

The Ents job is all about having a laugh, and no one made The Observer laugh more at hustings than Pat Byrne. Whereas his opposition took the hustings very seriously, Pat came up and told a story about him, his mates, and a tumbleweed hanging out in the SU. When everyone tried to grab attention with wordplay or whipping their top off, Pat made what can only be described as an incredible campaign video. Look it up. Winner.

Cultural Affairs and Irish Language Officer

Observer Pick To Win: Naoise Ó Cearúil

We honestly have no clue about this job, and struggle to watch TG4 even when the shows are in English, so we base this solely on crowd reactions at hustings

St. Pats Rep

Observer Pick To Win: Micheál Hughes

A no-brainer. Micheál is running unopposed in this category. A dedicated and politically enthusiastic candidate, and an overall nice guy, Micheál should win this one.


-Pangloss

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