Joshua Deese

Barack Obama stepped to the brink of victory in the Democratic presidential race Tuesday night, defeating Hillary Clinton in the Oregon primary and moving withing 100 delegates of the total needed to claim the prize at the party convention this summer. Well nation, as you already know, the current presidential race for the White House is currently underway, and is full of fierce competition. The three most popular candidates are Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and John McCain, (although I did want Stephen Colbert to run!). Now on the news, we hear more about the democratic party than the republicans. As I myself am a Democrat, the only reason that the democratic party is getting more attention is becasue of three reasons. Reson #1: The democratic race is one of the biggest ones we’ve seen in DECADES! There were many hopefuls with credentials such as governors, senators, and former first ladies. With this diverse mixture of occupations and rationality, you’ve got to know that the US will already be tuned in to their TV sets. Reason #2: The Democratic race is full of fierce, fierce competition. If you haven’t already noticed, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama may be pretty faces out in public, but deep inside, they want to tear each other apart. They say that they support each other, and only hope for the best, but quite frankly, they want their opponent to lose. I’m pretty sure that many Americans have noticed this already, and I’m pretty sure that his is the reason why the democrtaic race is being so closely monitered. The race is also a very, very tight one. The two major candidates (Clinton and Obama) are usually within a 50-delegate heat between each other. Finally, Reason #3: The democrats all have the necessary credentials. In this case, I mean that Hillary Clinton is a former first lady, and a very well respected senator in the capital. Barack Obama is also a very well respected senator, and has also passes many pro-life bills that appeal to many of the American’s wants and needs.  The republican party on the other hand is not being paid much attention to, because there is one candidate on the ballot, and he [John McCain] has basicaaly finished his campaigning. As always, if you have any questions, or comments pertaining to this or any of my other blogs, please feel free to type it up.

-Josh