What a great election we have on Nov. 4. We have two highly qualified presidential candidates from our major parties and we have a few others to pick from.

This has been one of the longest presidential races in history.

Remember John McCain’s campaign was a total failure last summer in 2007 and most pundits waited for McCain to drop out. Rudy Guiliani was the Republican frontrunner and we were reminded not to forget about the charisma of Fred Thompson.’

Hillary Clinton had the Democratic nomination locked up in summer 2007 but the new face Barack Obama might give her a good run for his money. Keep you eyes on John Edwards we were told. I told the late great Tim Russert at an Open Visions event in September of 2005 that the race would finally end up in 2008 between John McCain and Condi Rice versus Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.

I was wrong. Then Rudy refused to compete in the early contests in Iowa and New Hampshire. He lost Florida and it was over. Obama beat Clinton in a Democratic primary race that was for the ages. He picked Biden to be his running mate. McCain revived his campaign and had the nomination locked up for the most part in February. He had the longest amount of time to focus in on one decision. Who would be his running mate? He picked Alaska Governor Sarah Palin.

Now if you have been listening to the 24/7 political channels and the advertisements McCain is a war hero, maverick who knows how to get Osama Bin Laden. He is an independent who will take on the special interests in Washington to make change.’
Palin is an executive, who is a maverick who will take on the special interests. She is very pretty and she relates to the average American person.’

Barack Obama is the new face of progressive change in America. He has transcended racial issues to become the Tiger Woods of presidential politics. He is thoughtful and decent. He has proposals for the problems that we face.’

Joe Biden is a strong candidate with foreign policy credentials.

But just maybe you heard McCain is too old and a warmonger. He is President Bush’s third term incarnate and he is really angry. Palin has no clue what is going on. She is unprepared to be Vice-President, let alone President. She was the worst choice for V-P since television. Obama, you may have heard is maybe a Marxist, Muslim, socialistic communist who is unpatriotic. He has no experience. Biden is too old and a washed up political hack. He says stupid things even more so that Palin.

There you have it. Good luck on your vote choice. Sit back and watch the results and see if your candidate wins. Whoever wins, we will have historic firsts in terms of race, gender, age. Let the games conclude.

Editor’s Note: John Orman is the politics department chair at Fairfield and an expert on the American Presidency and American pop culture.

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