Clinton Meets Sabato Students

Sen. Clinton and Larry Sabato join in “The Good Old Song.”
Photo by Jane Haley

On the eve of the Virginia primary, presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) attended Politics Professor Larry Sabato’s “An Introduction to American Politics” class (held with an audience of 1,000 in the Old Cabell Hall auditorium). Clinton stayed well beyond the 60-minute class period, fielding sometimes-pointed student questions. “I took [this class] because I was hoping something like this would happen during the primaries,” said self-described Republican Henry Ponton (Sociology ’09). Sabato’s staff at the Center for Politics invited all presidential candidates; Clinton’s campaign was the first to respond. The event ended with Clinton and Sabato swaying arm-in-arm on stage as the University Singers led the audience in “The Good Ol’ Song.”