Exciting Historic 2008 Presidential Election
The 2008 Presidential election is seen as one of the most important and exciting in US history. It is taking place in a country involved in a controversial war with a troubled economy and a president whose approval rating is in the low 30s. The 2008 election is shaping up to be a barn-burner.
Never before have the candidates started so early campaigning for the presidency as for the 2008 election. The 2008 election is a chance to fix what has gone astray. The Republican presumptive nominee, John McCain, understands that he can’t be tied to the Bush policies as they are widely considered an epic failure. Obama understands very well the American citizen’s call for change and has built his campaign around that theme.
The 2008 Election is coming at a time when the Internet has moved form a passive minimally interactive to a social community. The level of activity by those involved in the candidates now will most likely mean those same people will be out at the polls. The 2008 election is not going to see many, if any, visits from the candidates to Wyoming, Alaska, Rhode Island, Delaware or Idaho. Rather, the Electoral College dictates that Ohio, Florida and Missouri will get all the attention, and they are hardly “small states” by any measure.
The 2008 election is for president, not pastor. We want a president who shares our political and moral values and priorities, can win in 2008, and can govern effectively thereafter by articulating and implementing a values-based governing strategy.
Obama and the rest of the candidates can only talk big. Ron Paul has been studying the US financial system for decades. Unfortunately, Ron Paul just doesn’t have the TV appeal to gain traction even if he is the only candidate that has sound ideas as how to fix the mess that the US is in.
Obama wants to raise capital gains tax. That’s a bad idea for a multitude of reasons. Obama’s argument that if the current mess was created by people who have the traditionally valued Washington experience — maybe it’s time to try something completely different.
Obama has sewed up the Democratic nominee position with Hilary Clinton expected to concede by the end of this week. I also agree that Bill Richardson, or “Judas” as he’s known in Clinton quarters, makes sense as the VP. Obama has connected well with the young crowd and has young savvy speechwriters writing his prepared speeches. Obama has hired Chris Hughes, the 23-year-old co-founder of the social networking site Facebook, to run his online campaign. Of all the Democratic candidates, these two have been the savviest and most successful at harnessing the power of the Internet.
Obama can contribute much of the success that he has enjoyed thus far to his understanding of he power of the Internet to organize people and to raise campaign money. He has a huge advantage over McCain in this regard.
Obama supporters certainly are excited about his win. Obama won the election fair and square but now many of the Hillary supporters say they won’t vote for him. Talk about cutting off your nose to spite your face. Obama has had a certain disconnect with that segment virtually from the beginning, and Edwards has been preaching a populist message in this process going back to 2004. The Democratic ticket, if it consisted of Edwards and Obama, would be looking to close any gap that might exist in the industrial states of Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania, just to name a few.
Obama starts looking for a running mate and probably has Richardson and Edwards on his short list. McCain urges Obama to join him in 10 town hall meetings. McCain is eager to engage Obama but will likely find that Obama will make him look foolish in a direct debate. McCain will look and sound like a dinosaur standing next to the youthful, smart, and energetic Obama.
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