Election News
February 4th, 2009 | by admin |The new U.S. President has been elected, yet election news is still all the buzz!
The 2008 Presidential campaign is now over. For more than two years, we’ve been bombarded with television ads for every politician up for election or re-election. Did you think that after November 4th, it would all be over? I did. However, perhaps more than in any other Presidential election in our history, election news continues, with an unexpected fervor. If you take a quick look online, political forums and election blogs are absolutely bristling with participants, posting on message boards, blogs and anywhere else they can find to put in their two cents. Opinions are strong and debates lively. Everywhere you look, be it on your email client, news sites or banner ads on sites unrelated to politics, you’ll find post-election news and surveys galore. So why does the buzz continue, when the elections are over, done, finished?
One factor that certainly contributes to the continuing saga of election news is due to the breadth of failures of the outgoing administration. It seems there’s not a lot of good news anywhere. The economy, war, foreign policy, fuel and food costs, the credit crunch and banking debacles, rising unemployment, along with the stunning numbers of bank foreclosures – did I leave anything out? Clearly, the American public wants substantial changes in all of these crises facing the average Jane and Joe.
Still, following most Presidential elections, the public usually adopts a wait and see attitude, at least until the new President is sworn in to office. This time around, even people in the international community were closely watching the U.S. election news and continue to do so. The actions of President-elect Barack Obama will surely impact international relations and the world economy.
A brief look around the net yielded some interesting election news topics currently being debated. The scope of concerns ranges from debates over “Who’s better looking, Barack Obama or Todd Palin?” to discussions on the likelihood of Obama finding Bin Laden.
From what I saw, a great deal of energy is going into determining Sarah Palin’s political future, what will happen to her pricey wardrobe and how well-liked she now is. One amusing survey found that an amazing 66% of voters said they had always liked her very much, while a teeny 3% of respondents said they liked her only after the election was over. What’s your opinion on Italy’s Prime Minister Berlusconi’s remark that Obama “has a good tan”? No kidding, that’s buzz.
On a more serious note, pollsters queried voters as to whether they believed our government participated in secret conspiracies. 89% of the voters said yes! How about President-elect Obama’s plan to close Guantanamo Bay and bring those prisoners to the U.S. for trial? Is the U.S. headed for fascism? Is Obama a socialist? Choosing between the two issues, which is most important? The economy or the war(s)?
So while the continuing election news goes from serious and substantive, to silly and even ridiculous, it’s unlikely to stop any time soon. All I know is that our new President has his plate overflowing, as perhaps no other President has in the history of our country. Frankly, I wouldn’t want the job.
