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Frankly, despite everything that's been said, experience is still an issue with Obama. He just doesn't have the experience John McCain or Hillary Clinton have.
Frankly, despite everything that's been said, experience is still an issue with Obama. He just doesn't have the experience John McCain or Hillary Clinton have.
What experience does Hillary Clinton have besides being the wife of a philandering husband and buying a house in New York and perverting the meaning of the US Senate to win a safe seat?
To the OP, would you bet your money, your money, that voter participation will be significantly more or less than it ever has been?
In any case, I tend to agree that it may benefit McCain: Hillary's loathsomeness - and nepotism, however tainted, is near the top of the list of loathsome characteristics, just as in the case of current Pres. Bush - may motivate those who've never voted if she is the democratic candidate (myself included), while indeed Obama, though very interesting, is an unknown quantity.
For as boring as McCain is, once again the democrats - totally unbelievably, UNBELIEVABLY - have failed to come up with an unquestionably viable candidate in an election that is absolutely only theirs to lose. How can they be so stupid in their political judgment?
It's not funny, it really is a disservice to the republic and to all US society, and even the world.
It would benefit the democrats. Republicans always vote in force, but democrats, especially the poor, often do not vote regularly. If these people were mobilized they would turn this country over to a democrat.
For as boring as McCain is, once again the democrats - totally unbelievably, UNBELIEVABLY - have failed to come up with an unquestionably viable candidate in an election that is absolutely only theirs to lose. How can they be so stupid in their political judgment?
I couldn't agree more, but I think we need to understand that specifically, it is the democratic voters that have failed, not the democratic party.
The party came up with a dozen candidates, some of whom actually have the experience and qualifications necessary to do the job. But the voters turned it into a popularity contest, and thus we're stuck with Hillary or Obama.
What cracks me up, is how all the Obama/Hillary bashers ramble on about how their candidate has experience and the other one doesn't...and how "experience" is the most important thing. And these are the same people who ignored candidates like Biden and Richardson, who have actual real experience and qualifications.
I disagree with this article completely. I wouldn't be surprised if voter turnout was less than 60%. I think people are becoming increasingly disenfranchised with politics. For instance, the Democrats won both houses of congress with a referendum for change in 2006. What has this congress accomplished in terms of reversing domestic and foreign policy in that period? Have, in fact, economic times deteriorated over this period? Whether or not this congress deserves blame is secondary to the fact that voter perception (especially on the Democrat side) might very well be that their vote did not exact changes they had hoped for. On the Republican side, you have a presumptive candidate in McCain who immediately does not appeal to the conservative wing of the base. As a conservative, I can't bring myself to vote for him. Unlike others, however, I will vote this election cycle as I do every election cycle because I feel it is my duty to do so. However, I think for every conservative such as myself there are probably 2-3 others that will stay home on election day.
There are '80%' issues, issues that have broad based appeal, appeal to people affiliated with both major political parties. Immigration is one such issue. Most are against any form of illegal immigration, and many are opposed to all forms. Yet, the three remaining candidates are just an extension of the George Bush/Bill Clinton open borders philosophy. How many, who hold this issue as sacred, will be turned off, and just sit the election out? What incentive is there for people to show up, when an issue that has consensus amongst the voting public, is not represented by the mainstream candidates?
What new voters is the McCain campaign going to attract? None. People are fed up with the current state of affairs, especially Mr. Bush. The people who will be new voters and registering to vote in this election will be voting Democrats for the most part. Just look at the primary turnouts for each party.
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