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Washington comes to NUI Galway on Thursday October 30, when the University hosts a US Presidential Election Debate featuring senior representatives of the Democrat and Republican parties. Just four days before the closely contested election, Grant Lally, national co-chairman of the Irish American Republicans, will go head-to-head in a debate with Bruce Morrison, former US Connecticut Congressman and author of the Morrison Visa Program.

“WATCHING BARACK Obama get to The White House was such a one-off experience. For him to go from such obscurity to the highest political position in the world in such as short space time was an unparalleled journey in American politics.”

US presidential election victor Barack Obama is the ‘real deal’, according to Green Minister Eamon Ryan, who visited Kilkenny this week.

What they do in America, they sooner or later try here. The US presidential election some ‘town hall’ style debates between Barack Obama and John McCain - and now Fine Gael is going to try the format here.

I think a round of applause is needed. Fighting the cliche of apathy, young voters in America were determined to have their voices heard last week when record numbers of them came out to vote.

Never before has the world taken such an interest in a Presidential election as they did in the American race to the White House.

When Barack Obama made his victory speech after last week’s US presidential election, he said: “Change has come to America”.

Any vision that Fianna Fáil would be able to wrest control of both the Galway city and county council chambers after the Local Elections has well and truly evaporated in light of the savage and poorly thought out Budget presented by Minister Brian Lenihan, and the equally catastrophic polls in the last few weeks.

Could Ireland ever produce a Barack Obama? Someone who can inspire hope, not only in his own country, but throughout the world?

Joe the Plumber eat your heart out