No matter who is the presidential nominee in either party, there will be a significantly large contingent of each party that will be pissed off with the choice.
The alleged conservative base of the Republican party has no love for the man who may very well win the nomination, John McCain. Conservatives may simply choose not to vote...
...unless there is a third-party candidate who appeals to them. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg may run, but it strikes me that he is too much of a free thinker for truly conservative Republicans. They seem to frown upon thinking, free or otherwise. A Bloomberg candidacy would more likely appeal to independents and Democrats who would feel disenfranchised if...
...Barack Obama is not the Democratic nominee. Obama has made a strong showing among young people getting involved in the electoral process for the first time. Obama, of course, also appeals to the Clinton-hating wing of the Democratic party, as well as those who find Hilary Clinton to be too representative of a school of politics that is divisive and unproductive. In other words, Hilary represents the past, Obama the future. Without Obama, these voters will look beyond the Democratic party for a presidential choice and, along with independents, vote for McCain or any possible third party candidate.
It has been, and will continue to be, a very interesting election year.
"Change will not come if we wait for some other person or if we wait for some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek."
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His speech last night gave me chills. :) The good kind.