Historical Political Competition Draws to a Close

It’s almost over. At least that’s what I keep telling myself. For over a year the U.S. has been constantly bombarded with political rallies, articles, advertisements, anything a candidate can do to try to boost them ahead of their opponent. I haven’t been alive for too many elections, but for the ones I have witnessed, this one has been the most heated. To start with, the battle between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton was epic. The fact that the presidential candidates in the Democratic Party consisted of an African American and a woman were astounding. It’s kind of shocking to me despite how far our country has come in a variety of other aspects, that all of our previous presidents had been white males. It was interesting to see who the victor would be between Obama and Clinton after a brutal competition to become the democratic candidate for president.

It’s the day before the 2008 presidential election and we are down to Obama and McCain. Another heated debate between the two has existed for several months. Obama constantly criticizes McCain for his policies and how they are too close to those of the current president, George W. Bush. McCain, however, attacks Obama on the fact that he believes he is inexperienced to be president.

It really seems like a juvenile squabble between the two. A squabble that I am frankly sick of. I’d rather the candidates focus on the important issues like rebuilding the economy and ensuring that every American has affordable and reliable health care. Rather, these two men are really just exchanging a war of words where they are trying to manipulate voters in either direction. These are the two men that are, in essence, applying for the job to be our next president. Whoever wins tomorrow, I hope, can move past the squabbling and really take our country in a positive direction. I think everyone can agree that the U.S. needs a change. We don’t need an ineffective, slow change that really won’t make a difference in our lives. We need to move past the debates and the politics of politics and take action. There needs to be something done about global warming. If we don’t take charge and make a change for our future, we may not have a future. I really hope our next president will embrace change and really move our country forward to the place it should be, the land of the free.