Isn’t the presidential election amazing? I was recently at an event of international businessman with a British organization in Tokyo. The speaker from London spent a considerable amount of time discussing the US election and it impact on the world.
With the Democrats, we have a choice to continue the Clinton dynasty by voting for Hillary or voting for the younger guy (Obama) and hoping for the best. I think it has been nice to get to know the Bush and Clinton families for 16 years or presidents, but a change would be nice in my humble opinion.
On the Republican side, Mitt Romney has now quit thrown in the towel. Now, there is a much clearer difference between the candidates Mr. McCain, Mr. Huckabee, and Mr. Paul. Romney’s weakness really was probably his Mormonism. There are too many Christians in the US of varying levels of dedication. Getting them to vote for someone from the Mormon church was a very tough sell no doubt. Mr. Huckabee continues to rise as Mr. McCain doesn’t really seem to be much of a Republican according to the Republican majority evidently.
Many conservative commentators don’t see much of a difference between Hillary and McCain. Interesting interview with Ann Coulter on Good Morning America last week. Here comments were
“If Hillary is elected president, we’ll have a four-year disaster, with Republicans ferociously opposing her, followed by Republicans zooming back into power, as we did in 1980 and 1994, and 2000. (I also predict more Oval Office incidents with female interns.)
If McCain is elected president, we’ll have a four-year disaster, with the Republicans in Congress co-opted by “our” president, followed by 30 years of Democratic rule. ”
I don’t know if I agree with her comments and strategy, but it is interesting to watch the grass-roots rise of Mike Huckabee.
It is amazing how the whole world is watching US politics.