At the time of writing we have just been through ‘Super Tuesday’. It’s been a fascinating series of Presidential primaries, as the Democratic hopefuls for their party’s nomination dish out to each other, and the Republicans likewise. Mitt Romney has suspended his candidacy.
And so we have left in the field McCain, who appears at the moment to be certain to win, against Huckabee (R), and Clinton against Obama (D).
The Clinton – Obama contest is perhaps the most intriguing. In the one corner there is Hilary with her long track record of experience (at least it is that which her campaign is emphasising). Someone joked to us recently that at least if it ended up being Clinton President we’d know what it was like for her to be President already (trading on the rather more than usual authority she appeared to wield as First Lady while her husband Bill was President). In the other corner, there is Obama who is being tagged as the ‘inspiration’ candidate. He seems to have this knack for motivating people and he’s constantly talking about ‘change’ and being the best candidate to bring the needed change to the government.
