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Originally Posted by Danzig
i think barrack and hilary are neck and neck, because i think they're too much alike. exactly what do you use to select one of the two? neither has that much experience. personally, i don't think having been first lady somehow qualifies a person for president. she was a lawyer, and is in her second term as senator. obama has mostly statewide experience, and is a first term senator.
two things that cracked me up were bill clinton playing the race card, trying to marginalize barrack and make the claim that obama couldn't carry the country. i think obama has proven him wrong. the other is bill claiming obama is too young, when obama is four years older than bill was when he ran. seems to me that they have pulled bill back, and will continue to keep him on a short leash for a while. i really think he hurt his wifes campaign recently.
as to who will win nationally....i really feel that mccain will win the presidency. i base that on the fact that the last election, a year ago, saw a real shift towards the more moderate candidates. of the three, i think mccain is the moderate. then there's the economical hiccups of late...many who voted for mccain recently said it was due to the economy-so much for those who feel that would be a reason NOT to vote for mccain.
obama and hillary both keep crying for change, but with volatility in the markets, housing being down, etc, many will look for someone with a lot of experience. no one wants to go thru the carter years again.
all in all, an interesting race. six months ago, everyone thought hillary was a shoe in, and that mccain was dead in the water....
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I completely agree. As I said before, I am a big Obama supporter so perhaps I am not completely impartial, but I get so tired of hearing her talk about all of her experience. Counting Obama's time as a state legislator, he actually has more legislative experience than she does! I don't think being first lady of Arkansas and the United States counts for very much. My wife is a microbiologist. Does that mean that I am somehow qualified to be a microbiologist? I assure you it does not. I will be sorely dissapointed if we end up with her as our nominee, although I will still
probably vote for her...unless I defect to the Green Party.