The world is looking to us and watching our elections as closely as we are. Under world news sections, Campaign ’08 shows up. Tomorrow we choose the most powerful person in the world. And today, the Presidential candidates are attending 10 rallies in 4 time zones.
McCain is pushing hard. He told Indianapolis that “Mac is back” (see this NYTimes article). And Obama is pushing back, addressing a crowd booing McCain’s economic plan, saying, “You don’t need to boo. You need to vote.”
So who is it going to be?
Well, according to PoliticalWire, even Karl Rove is predicting Obama to be the most powerful person in the world. Most polls support Obama’s win. He leads from 2-13% in most polls (see here).
On the other hand, Arianna Huffington declared the Internet the winner of the 2008 election cycle. I agree, the Internet has overall positive approval ratings and represents all of the voices of a democracy.
By this time tomorrow, all eyes will be on watching every internet, television, and radio leak. We may know who is the winner, we may not. We may have unprecedented voter turnout, we may not. We may encounter problems at polls, we probably will. Tomorrow will be predictable, and it will be unpredictable. It's a paradox, but hey... That's American politics.
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