15 days to go till the US Election, and Obama has neatly raised $150m (that’s nearly £90m) in private donations to drive his campaigning message home in the heartland of America. Even Republicans are rooting for him now. Colin Powell’s statement of support is as incomprehensible in style “We need a president who is a generational change…a transformational figure” as it is in its subtlety of asking for a job in the new administration “If the president asks you to do something, you have to consider it.”
I’m with Colin on the concerns about Sarah Palin. Probability tells us that she is actually highly likely to be president should McCain a) be elected and b) kick the bucket in the next four years. However if the president asks you to invade Iraq on unfounded evidence of chemical weapon plants, it does beg a question as to the information he is working with. One would hope that the next President is a voracious consumer of data, is able to work out the difference between fact and opinion and has the ability to judge upon limited information. Obama appears to present as if he has these qualities. Not so sure about McCain. Still, at least they’re spending a little bit of cash on advertising.
Alastair Duncan
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