The end is in sight
Polls show that despite nearly 11 years of campaigning for the 2008 presidential election (the one between Barack Obama and John McCain) there are still voters in swing states who haven't decided for whom to vote.
This creates an awkward situation in which the two candidates from the major parties must continue to spend money and actually "campaign" in a brazen attempt to win votes for themselves at the expense of their opponent. Frankly, it's getting difficult to lampoon the process of deciding who is going to be the next leader of the free world, given the woefully unqualified candidates who comprise half of the ticket. At some point, hopefully nearer to Nov. 4 than later, Americans will choose to put in the executive office individuals with either three and a half or one and a half years of questionable experience.
Hopkins students, like most smart people, are not usually undecided voters. The problem there tends to be that decided voters understand issues, align themselves with candidates and therefore rarely change their minds. As such, and based on a fervent desire not to spill precious ink with further insight into a race that cannot possibly contain any more meaningful developments (other than recent revelations that Governor Palin is a creationist and believes that crude oil is no more than 6,000 years old), I've decided to compile a list of predictions based on what we know of the candidates and their political claims to this point.
Oct. 5, 2008: Senator McCain is forced to suspend campaigning on a swing through New York when the Straight Talk Express briefly catches fire after getting too close to the Wall Street meltdown.
Oct. 2, 2008: Proving that she's more than just an obvious pander choice to female voters and horny men, Governor Palin soundly defeats Senator Biden in the vice-presidential debate. Pundits are stunned as Governor Palin demonstrates exhaustive and nuanced knowledge on foreign relations, the economy, energy production and Middle Eastern policy.
This creates an awkward situation in which the two candidates from the major parties must continue to spend money and actually "campaign" in a brazen attempt to win votes for themselves at the expense of their opponent. Frankly, it's getting difficult to lampoon the process of deciding who is going to be the next leader of the free world, given the woefully unqualified candidates who comprise half of the ticket. At some point, hopefully nearer to Nov. 4 than later, Americans will choose to put in the executive office individuals with either three and a half or one and a half years of questionable experience.
Hopkins students, like most smart people, are not usually undecided voters. The problem there tends to be that decided voters understand issues, align themselves with candidates and therefore rarely change their minds. As such, and based on a fervent desire not to spill precious ink with further insight into a race that cannot possibly contain any more meaningful developments (other than recent revelations that Governor Palin is a creationist and believes that crude oil is no more than 6,000 years old), I've decided to compile a list of predictions based on what we know of the candidates and their political claims to this point.
Oct. 5, 2008: Senator McCain is forced to suspend campaigning on a swing through New York when the Straight Talk Express briefly catches fire after getting too close to the Wall Street meltdown.
Oct. 2, 2008: Proving that she's more than just an obvious pander choice to female voters and horny men, Governor Palin soundly defeats Senator Biden in the vice-presidential debate. Pundits are stunned as Governor Palin demonstrates exhaustive and nuanced knowledge on foreign relations, the economy, energy production and Middle Eastern policy.
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