Discuss “Campaign speeches reflect candidates' motives on college campuses”

Last Tuesday, the Democratic presidential primary occurred in Pennsylvania, and Hillary Clinton took the state, despite her apparent lack of support among many college campuses in the area. In the weeks leading up to the primary, many presidential candidates and their campaign members fought it out in the seeming Battle of the Candidates on Carnegie Mellon’s campus. Michelle Obama, Chelsea Clinton, and John McCain all came here with the intent to draw support from Carnegie Mellon, its surrounding communities, and the nation. However, each act put on a very different show to meet this goal.

The varied opening acts for the different orators' performance-like speeches, for example, were representative of their intended objectives in coming...