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l33tminion) wrote2008-08-02 12:06 am
l33tminion) wrote2008-08-02 12:06 am
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The Election Campaign
The 2008 election campaign keeps getting weirder. Obama is running as if unopposed. McCain has little good to say about himself, so the Obama campaign has nothing to do but make surprised remarks about just how pathetic McCain's attacks are. The usual Republican tack of turning opponents' strength into weakness (which worked well against Kerry's military experience and Gore's intelligence) seems a bit absurd when the strength in question is popularity.
Meanwhile, I'm more curious than ever who Obama and McCain will choose as running mates. Obama has a lot of interesting choices (Clinton and Richardson make obvious choices, but I've heard other names thrown around, including Kucinich, Feingold, Gravel, Gore, Powell, Sebelius, Strickland, Webb, Rendell, Hagel, Clark, Nunn, Bayh, Biden, Napolitano, Edwards, and Brown). McCain seems to have fewer good options, although I was intrigued to read someone suggest that Condoleezza Rice would guarantee a McCain win (I'm not sure that would be a good move at all, much less so great a move as to reverse that train wreck).
Meanwhile, I'm more curious than ever who Obama and McCain will choose as running mates. Obama has a lot of interesting choices (Clinton and Richardson make obvious choices, but I've heard other names thrown around, including Kucinich, Feingold, Gravel, Gore, Powell, Sebelius, Strickland, Webb, Rendell, Hagel, Clark, Nunn, Bayh, Biden, Napolitano, Edwards, and Brown). McCain seems to have fewer good options, although I was intrigued to read someone suggest that Condoleezza Rice would guarantee a McCain win (I'm not sure that would be a good move at all, much less so great a move as to reverse that train wreck).