Posted on 02/13/2008 9:00:42 PM PST by bahblahbah
A charismatic Democratic outsider with a genuine shot at the presidential candidacy, yearning to be seen as a unifying force rather than simply representing the ethnic minority vote.
The Establishment candidate, whose commanding lead in the polls is suddenly dwindling as the finish line approaches, opening up the prospect of a party convention where the winner will finally be decided.
On the Republican side, meanwhile, the traditional right wing base of the party is suspicious of the liberal views of their ageing frontrunner who refuses to pander to the religious right.
No, not the US Election 2008. Simply the plot line to the penultimate series six of the West Wing, the award winning American television show that came to an end last year.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
Not only that, the author can’t even spell ‘Bailey’ correctly.
the brits poking their noses in our elections again... we know how well it went last time. lmao
I’ve heard that France and UK news media has been obsessed about the primaries and have been running front page articles about it for weeks. Friend who has been working in London says the media is massively favoring Obama and have been painting him as some kind of reincarnation of JFK.
The Kennedy family endorsement probably helped that quite a bit.
Gosh, we are so sorry for even daring to talk about it...
The US elections HAVE generated an enormous amount of interest worldwide - as indeed they should. The person who eventually ends up sitting in the oval office is going to have an enormous influence over the whole planet, not just the US. This is, of course, all good publicity for the USA, so don’t knock it.
As a Brit, I wouldnt have said the media was massively favouring Obama. They certainly are favouring the Democrats - reports on the elections always start off with the Democrat part of the race, they get far more air time, column inches etc etc. Of course, thats partly because the Democrat race is closer and therefore more “newsworthy”, but I suspect the main reason is that they think the Democrats are going to win...
Obama is not gonna bring the USA to war in SE Asia, but maybe Africa.
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