The United States of America is going to have a new president on November 4th, 2008. This campaign is without doubt the most vicious campaign ever. For the first time in the history of this country, there might be either a (half) black president or a female vice-president. To add even more pressure to this time’s presidential race, there is a financial crisis upon us, making people more anxious to know who will be the next president of the United States. With the election just days away, tension is building up on both presidential candidates.
This campaign is without doubt the most history presidential race in the history of the United States of America. Since 2002, Hillary Clinton had “expressed interest” to the press that she will run for the presidential nomination of 2008. This was the first time that a woman has ever has ever won the nomination of a major party in the history of U.S. presidential campaigns. As she was the only woman, she stood out quite well compared to all the nominees. In 2007, she received a new rivalry in the elections. Barack Obama, a black nominee emerged to race against her. This was drawing up questions within the Democratic Party. Should they vote for a first woman president or a first black president? Because either way, it was going to be history. After months of rallying, fighting and struggling, it became clear that Obama was winning her with almost half the votes moving from Hillary Clinton to Barack Obama. On June 3, 2008, Obama finally beat her. Now Obama was without doubt the new center of attention. He attracted the attention of many people because if he wins, he will be the country’s first black president.
Through the months, Obama seemed to have the attention of a lot of people most likely because of his race. John McCain on the other hand, had been watching the fight among the two Democratic nominees and finally will have to start rallying. However, it seems like every time there are any results showing the percentage of supporters each nominee have, Obama always seem to be in the 50s and McCain only in the 40s. Last month, Senator McCain announced that he has chosen Alaskan governor Sara Palin to be his vice-president, probably hoping to win over some Hillary supporters and /or women voters. That immediately attracted a lot of criticism, even among women. Many believe she doesn’t have what it takes to be vice-president or president if anything happened to McCain. So Obama is still in the lead.
Now it seems quite clear and quite likely that Obama will win. He seems to be a very good talker, like his “Yes We Can” speech, has attracted a lot of attention. Hopefully, he is as good as he claims and will fix our current Economic Crisis that is not only threating the stability of America, but also of the global economy. If he does win, we will be living in one of the most historical moments in the History of the United States of America.
1 comment:
Hey Clifford nice work! I like how you connect Hilary and Palin together, showing how one's sex affects others thoughts. However, I feel you have emphasized this current election too much on Hilary Clinton. It was also confusing when you say the financial crisis, which only happened a few days ago, is affecting this election right after you compared Obama and Clinton. My impression was that Obama won Clinton because he had a better solution to the financial crisis, but this is not necessarily true. I am also worried of your word usage such as “vicious”. Yet, all in all, it is not an easy task to analyze the US election, and you have done a great job!
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