At the state level, I feel like public health would probably on of the important issues, but I don’t know too much about it. The most important issue to me for the 2008 election at a national level is economy. Over the last couple of weeks, the stock market has been doing very poorly. Yesterday, September 28, 2008, the Dow Industrials dropped 778 points because of Congress rejecting the $700 billion bailout bill, the biggest drop in a single day (ever). That is $1.2 trillion loss for Wall Street, and Republican John McCain is already taking some heat for it. Senator Barack Obama is taking advantage of this slowing economy to boost his presidential campaign, promising immediate “absolutely necessary” tax cuts to help out his beloved middle-class. McCain also vaguely promises relief for Americans, but the economic crisis is not doing much good for his campaign.
Looking at Friday’s debate at Oxford, Mississippi, no true winner could be picked out from the two candidates. The topic was supposed to be foreign policy, but the candidates kept coming back to the economy at least for the beginning half of the debate. The usual attacks such as Obama not having enough experience or McCain connected to President Bush were hurled at the opponents. McCain, who avoided making eye contact, criticized Obama for not supporting the surge to Iraq and Obama, who often referred to McCain as “John”, said that McCain was wrong about the war from the beginning. Even after all this insulting, both candidates did okay. The media, of course, did its dissection and analysis of the debate. Some face analyst said that Obama would truly smile from the heart while McCain gave a sly, evil grin. I’m sure there’s bias woven into the media, but it always does a good job bringing issues like the economy to discussion and debate.
Vice Presidential nominees, Republican Sarah Palin and Democratic Joe Biden, are scheduled to debate on October 2nd (this Thursday). Palin hasn’t been doing very well in recent interviews and so preparation is advisable. Biden will probably have to be cautious about what he will say to Palin because he can be accused of being sexist if he’s too hard on her. Biden will surely be aggressive though on the issue of the economy, once again, the Republican soft spot. But we’ll have to see what really goes down!
2 comments:
Palin hasnt been faring to well in interviews is right, to say the least. the fact that the Dow dropped that low in one day is very scary. I am worried that there may be another great depression. As for the debate, i think McCain did better, although, i am conservative. But i also think that both candidates lack of actual debate and mutual respect was quite repulsive. They want to fix the amoral status of washington, but they both need to take a good look in the mirror.
i agree on the economis side of things. you had an interesting presentation of your opinions too! nice picture
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