Obama versus Clinton, a woman and a black man, no matter who won it would have still been a huge step for America. As for John McCain, he was barley mentioned at all and when he was, it was Obama saying that he was a lot like Bush, so the fear was that no change would be made and it worked well for him. Publicity whether good or bad is what is needed to get your name out there, Barak Obama is now a household name, even in Canada where elections are not even half as publicized as this was. I have never been big on politics, I sometimes don’t watch the news or read the paper for months on end, sometimes I think of it as a good thing, like not looking at a clock all day…maybe not.
This election was well overdue, I personally did not have a preference on who won, all I cared about was that Bush was gone and that hopefully some major changes would be made. They were both on the democratic party so I figured that it was not what they were planning on doing that would make them win, it was who they were. Obama won and it was another outstanding thing that along with the war, will make me be able to say I was a part of history. That is only the first step however. The change has happened but the public has now put Obama up on this pedestal, he is some form of a god that is expected to make everything better and radical change is expected soon. This whole election has become “hollywoodized” and just might be setting him up for failure. Is this single man really capable of this? Will he lead everyone to disappointment or will he do things that will be talked about for hundreds of years to come?
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