Now that the primaries are finally over, the race can begin! Its McCain versus Obama, and the stakes are high. While they’ve yet to put on the gloves and step into the ring, the arguments and positions are starting to emerge.
McCain
Looks like McCain is putting the Iraq war as the most important component to his campaign. He’s calling Obama inexperienced, and has suggested that they travel to Iraq together.
Obama
Obama is taking note of American’s financial woes - blaming the GOP for the economic problems, including high gas prices and record numbers of home foreclosures.
In my humble opinion, both are good arguments. In the coming months, these positions will become more defined, but before then, we should see both Obama and McCain choose running mates. At this point, its anyone’s guess.
While Clinton and Obama continue to duke it out, I’m really curious who McCain will choose as his running mate. Given the state of the economy lately, I’m feeling like Romney is a more likely possibility.
This Democratic National Convention is going to be interesting, to say the least. Many people are already referring to the 1968 DNC in Chicago, where riots broke out between war protesters and police - which I’m not sure is a relevant comparison.
It is going to be interesting in my humble opinion because it might just pit the people versus the political establishment. By saying that, I mean that it will be very interesting if Obama wins the popular vote among democrats to get on their ticket, but the “super” delegates put Hillary on it.
The “dream ticket” that the Clintons mentioned with Obama as VP came as a surprise to me, as I’m sure it did Barack, and I can only perceive it as a dream ticket for the republicans - maybe Hillary is on the GOP take to mess with the dems’ campaign? Wouldn’t that be interesting! I mean with a republican candidate as democrat-friendly as McCain - would it even be necessary?
Speaking of the GOP and McCain, I haven’t heard anything about McCain’s campaign financing issues which were mentioned recently. Maybe it will surface again once he’s chosen a running mate. I don’t think we’ll hear much directly from his campaign until he’s officially announced as the republican candidate anyway. Frankly I’m hoping that he picks Ron Paul, but I’m doubtful. If people are concerned about his age, he’ll probably pick someone younger. I’ve heard mention that he’ll pick Romney, but I seriously doubt it.
Both Rudy Giuliani and John Edwards have announced the end of their run for president. I was surprised to learn that Giuliani fared so poorly in Florida even though he put so much effort into campaigning there. I read that Rudy is now backing McCain, so it looks like McCain is going to continue doing well. Personally, I like what I know about McCain, but that isn’t saying much.
Some news agencies are implying that John Edwards’ campaign focus on poverty shows that the American public doesn’t care about the state of poverty in our nation, but I think its a bit of a stretch the draw that conclusion.
I haven’t heard much from or about Huckabee or Dr. Ron Paul lately, but I did notice that Dennis Kucinich has also dropped out of the race.
I’m scanning the news pages trying to find the Florida voting results, but all I can find are reports that the race is close between McCain and Romney. Who is the winner?
In other news, Ted Kennedy is endorsing Barack Obama.
The results are still coming in, but so far it appears that Senators McCain and Clinton, with Senator Obama and former Governor Romney following closely.
I’m surprised that Ron Paul didn’t fare better in New Hampshire. The stories about the voters in New Hampshire always describe them as independent thinkers, which I interpreted to mean that they would respond well to a unique candidate like Dr. Paul.
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