Long says he believes that “character and integrity are most important in a candidate.”

Long says his home, Moran, Wyoming, is exceptionally important to him.

Long and Bonner’s campaign website, www.fas.harvard.edu/~lrlong features a film of Long and friends on his ranch in Wyoming.

He points proudly to the cowboy hat and posters of wildlife that hang along side a BUSH/CHENEY campaign poster on his dorm room wall, saying that his heritage and those of all other Harvard students are what makes Harvard “amazing.”

Long has been an exceptionally popular council representative in Adams House.

This year, he serves as the Adams House council chair and is the only Vice Presidential candidate who is his house chair, receiving more votes than anyone else on campus in this year’s council elections.

He is also the only candidate to have served on both the council’s financial and student affairs committees.

“I have more experience and dedication than anyone else running for vice president, he says frankly.

‘The Complete Package’

Bonner and Long say they take their slogan “The Complete Package” seriously.

“We kind of balance each other out in the sense that she’s a sophomore, I’m a junior, she’s female, I’m male. We kind of bring a complete perspective of Harvard,” Long says.

Bonner explains that she and Long are from “different circles of friends and different people,” which has allowed them to meet people they might not have met independently.

“We don’t agree a lot of times. But that’s good. That’s a good way to represent a student body.” Bonner also notes that Long is more politically conservative than she.

When asked how they will react if not elected, neither Bonner nor Long pauses to reflect. Instantly, Long jumps in, “Oh, we’ll get elected.”

Bonner responds with, “We’ll win. That’s not optimism, we’re just being realistic.”

—Staff writer Claire A. Pasternack can be reached at cpastern@fas.harvard.edu.