Prez Campaign 08

I have been following the presidential campaign with avid interest. My main sources of information are the Daily Show(a sad testament to American media incapable of delivering concise national news...I am sick of hearing kitties stranded in trees in the local news) and NPR news on my drives to workplace.

This is a campaign in which all the candidates want to:-

* End the war

* Eliminate budget deficit

* Usher in green initiatives

* Make the foreign policy relevant again (not that it aint relevant now!)

* Reform health care

* Tackle immigration

This is campaign devoid of ideologies. A campaign of conservative democrats against "progressive" republicans. Hell, who could imagine Rudy G is leading the Republican primaries in SC (Rudy is pro-abortion, pro-gay rights and SC is super conservative "Bible" belt state).

This campaign is all about personality, charisma and attention to details. There is no visionary and there is no mission statement.

The GOP is running out of steam. Mitt Ramney is already irrelevant in the south. John McCain has run for office so many times that people dont take him seriouly no more. And Rudy G is all being "America's mayor". Mr Rudy, a friendly reminder that the country aint a city (or is he just another New Yorker who thinks NYC is America and America is NYC?).

The other side of the coin is the polarising figure of Hillary Clinton. The green horn called Barack Obama. At this point, the only candidate making sense is John Edwards (if you disregard the $400 haircut). But can a democrat from the south do a Clinton again?

As details and policy statements slowly emerge (Obama was out with his foreign policy today), the mythical devil will emerge from the details. But frankly, its going to pretty tough to distinguish between these devils as most will look, feel and smell the same.