America, rekindling of hope?

Thursday, July 03, 2008 Ikram Sehgal Nothing defines the American people (and the US) better than a Presidential election year. For six-months aspirants from either party for the Oval Office have a holy go at each other for all and every issue under the sun; the two candidates who survive the initial ordeal of the Primaries spend the next four months doing it all over again. $1 billion is spent in campaigning, mainly on logistics and running "positive" as well as "negative" ads in the print and electronic media. With Hillary Clinton conceding a hard fought Democrat Party primary race, the morning after the first Tuesday in November 2008 will see a "Last Man Standing" as the US president. Will it be Republican John S McCain or Democrat Barack H Obama? Today's pre-eminent US position in the world owes much to the much-vilified... [read full story]