Political Jargon

Ok, ok. Let's put it all out there and get it out of the way now before I make another post in November. I'm a journalist, but as you can tell by my blog, I have absolutely no interest when it comes to covering politics. I keep myself up to speed as any normal citizen should. But it is my belief that the way politics are run, it's a web of he said she said baloney. So here's were I write a quick blurb about politics.

As we are heading into a our last 3 months of the primary elections, the Democratic candidate race has been nothing short of neck and neck. Barack Obama vs. Hillary Clinton. Man vs. Woman. Black vs. White. And any other racial, sex, or discriminatory manner you can put them up against each other. Obama, out of the last state to get added to the union, and Clinton, the mid-westerner from Illinois certainly have a clash on certain ideas. I think the next three months will be very interesting to see who will get the nomination from the Democratic party come convention time. The Democratic National Convention this year will be in Denver, August 25-28. On top of who does indeed win the vote, I think the most interesting thing to find out is who these candidates will choose as their running mates.

This sly fellow? Most likely their competition, seeing as how Romney, Huckabee, my mother, my father, myself, and everyone else has dropped out of the running for the Republican nomination. While I attended Arizona, there was constant talk of Senator John McCain making a push for President. It's crazy that the time is actually here. Arizona loves John McCain. And obviously so do all the republicans in the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

The only opinion I will give on the matter of John McCain is that whoever he does face, he has a tough challenge ahead of him. The Democrats are in control of the House, Bush has somehow been in the oval office for nearly 8 years, and voting in another Republican may be a difficult thing to do come November. It will also be interesting to see who he picks to run with him. Give Bob Dole a holler.

On a side note, and a note I'd rather write about, the Houston Rockets are heading into that amazing 5-game stand starting tomorrow against the Los Angeles Lakers. Will the Rockets keep the streak going at 22? If they do, will they honestly last the entire week? If not, my question to you is who will be the team to squash the chance at making history?