UTEP alumnus and veteran ABC News reporter Sam Donaldson visits

From the El Paso Times - by by Ramón Rentería - Veteran ABC News reporter Sam Donaldson predicted Monday that moderate voters will decide the outcome of the 2012 presidential election. "The issues this fall will be basically how to get the country moving again," Donaldson said. "It's the people in the middle who elect presidents." Donaldson, a distinguished alumnus of the University of Texas at El Paso, addressed an estimated 250 students and guests attending UTEP's Centennial Lecture Series. He said moderate voters would have a bigger impact on the outcome of the presidential election than conservative voters looking for the perfect candidate. Donaldson, 78, known for his tenacious questioning of presidents and political leaders over the years, has been on the front lines of American history in the almost 50 years that he has worked as a newsman in Washington, D.C. He covered the historic 1974 resignation of Richard Nixon and was just feet away when John Hinckley Jr. tried unsuccessfully to assassinate Ronald Reagan in 1981. Donaldson also predicted Mitt Romney will emerge as the Republican nominee to challenge President Barack Obama. Donaldson, born in El Paso, grew up in Chamberino, N.M. He started his broadcasting career in El Paso radio before branching out into television. Read more

UTEP alumnus and veteran ABC News reporter Sam Donaldson visits