US politics

[overload74]

Super Tuesday today.

Choose wisely, Yanks. I don’t think you can do worse that the last eight years, but please don’t feel need to prove me wrong.

Comments

[fuseblues]

Of those who stand any chance of getting their party's nominations would you consider wise/unwise?

Other than Huckabee. Who is a mental (but thankfully stands no chance of getting the Rep nomination).

[overload74]

The two mental ones on the Republican platform have no chance, thankfully - being Huckabee and Ron "I'm not a white supremacist, honest" Paul.

I am wary of Hillary - she's probably more right-wing than John McCain. McCain probably beats Clinton in an election as she's an incredibly polarizing figure.

Really, I'd just like them to elect Obama and be done with it.

[profaniti]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=MDUQW8LUMs8

[glenatron]

People hate Clinton so much that if the Democrats choose her the republicans will get a vast influx of donations, probably doubling their campaign funds.

Given that votes in US presidentials are bought using advertising money, that will probably mean a Republican win.

[life_of_tom]

I do find myself wondering how much media coverage of this here has in common with media coverage of it there. It's all about Obama vs Clinton in the british media, and it can kind of make you think that this'll be a sure Democrat win. I'd almost like to sit in some little village in Arkansas and turn on the TV to find out what they're saying there- I wonder if it's so clear-cut.

[overload74]

At this stage, the only interesting part of the Presidential race is the battle between Obama and Clinton as they’re pretty much neck and neck with Obama gathering more and more momentum. It’s probably going to be pretty tight at the end. In contract, the GOP race is pretty much done and dusted - McCain is going to get the nomination