Barak Obama has formally announced his intention to run for the democratic nomination today, perhaps, even if not this time round, a serious candidate to become the first black president of the US. From what i know of him he's clearly very bright and ticks a lot of the right boxes, or should that be the 'centre i'm not really left of centre' boxes!
Although interestingly its reported that he's not trusted by a lot of afro-americans cos he's not deemed to share their heritage. He is not descended from slaves taken to the US. So what might be a natural constituency for him in terms of votes, might not turn out in numbers for him.
What chance a 'Clinton/Obama' ticket? Certainly Clinton has a massive war chest for the forthcoming battle but she is someone who very much produces a 'love her' or 'hate/her' response from people and the republicans would throw all the dirt they could find at her. One advantage she has over Bill is that she is very unlikely to have a truckload of affairs in the closet!
I hope the democrats get it together, almost anything has to be better than what i have little doubt history will record as the most stupid and inept president ever i.e. bush junior.
But who knows. Is America ready for a black president or a woman president, i fear not. However, there are many months to go before next years election!
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