2008 Woodie Awards
2008 elections to bring diverse competition
Mrs. Clinton versus Mr. Obama; who gets the nod and what is at stake?
Tejada, Mary
Issue date: 2/1/07 Section: Points Of View
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As election time draws near, we're finding that more and more government officials, some who we are extremely familiar with and others we've never heard of, are deciding to run as candidates.
It is clear the majority general consensus for American's is that they believe Bush has done a poor job in office. With such low approval over the last 8 years, we as a country are clearly noticing that anyone even if not as qualified could do a better job than Bush has. With that said, and with it being such an important election more unlikely and diverse candidates are being noticed.
It's evident that the front-runners are a couple of underdogs, judging by physical characteristics, of our typical candidates. They are former First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton and African-American Illinois Senator Barak H. Obama, both in which we've obviously never seen before. As much as I enjoy both candidates and would vote for either one over most of the others, it isn't realistic to believe that either candidate would get enough votes to become President. However, I'd like to see a democratic candidate who is qualified, honest, and capable of winning over the conservative right wing as well...
As much as we'd all like to believe that our country has come a long way since the race and gender equality movements we would be ignorant to believe that there isn't still a hidden seed of racism and sexism that exists everywhere. In addition, we are a Christian state, where the obvious biblical sentiments overpower any other judgments personally made.
To see Barak Obama or Hillary Clinton in office would be a powerful statement of how far our country has come. The reality is though, that upping them to being a main democratic candidate representing the party as a whole, and actually voting for them would feel like a vote wasted. We all know that Kerry won the popular vote, but after 2004 it's evident that regardless, only the white upper class men in the Electoral College can make up their decision regardless of what the country as a whole wants.
It is clear the majority general consensus for American's is that they believe Bush has done a poor job in office. With such low approval over the last 8 years, we as a country are clearly noticing that anyone even if not as qualified could do a better job than Bush has. With that said, and with it being such an important election more unlikely and diverse candidates are being noticed.
It's evident that the front-runners are a couple of underdogs, judging by physical characteristics, of our typical candidates. They are former First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton and African-American Illinois Senator Barak H. Obama, both in which we've obviously never seen before. As much as I enjoy both candidates and would vote for either one over most of the others, it isn't realistic to believe that either candidate would get enough votes to become President. However, I'd like to see a democratic candidate who is qualified, honest, and capable of winning over the conservative right wing as well...
As much as we'd all like to believe that our country has come a long way since the race and gender equality movements we would be ignorant to believe that there isn't still a hidden seed of racism and sexism that exists everywhere. In addition, we are a Christian state, where the obvious biblical sentiments overpower any other judgments personally made.
To see Barak Obama or Hillary Clinton in office would be a powerful statement of how far our country has come. The reality is though, that upping them to being a main democratic candidate representing the party as a whole, and actually voting for them would feel like a vote wasted. We all know that Kerry won the popular vote, but after 2004 it's evident that regardless, only the white upper class men in the Electoral College can make up their decision regardless of what the country as a whole wants.
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