Quote Originally Posted by just_annie View Post
I don't follow politics really well but i find 2 things interesting from the Iowa polls....

1) that Huckabee won. Since what I have seen of him has not been impressive.
2) I wonder how much gender/race has to do with the race between Obama and Clinton. Would everyone rather have a black president over a female president? Or, how much does Bill's legacy hurt Clinton....

*goes off to ponder those things a bit*
I follow US politics far too much for it to be considered healthy. Both Hillary and Huckabee are spouting fear mongering baloney. Huckabee is trying to get in on the Republican hard on crime and yay to guns action for votes. And Hillary is trying to get in on the "but think of the family" bullshit action. I'd say both of those to have dealt themselves a technical knock-out simply based on their dumb-ass populism appeal. Obama is the only guy who seems to have any kind of self respect left. I don't see the black vs female conflict. Obama just seems to be the smarter candidate. Sure it's good to have a minority as the president for image purposes, but not as far as policy is concerned. I don't think women in power are any different than men in power. They're just prettier.

Anyhoo, it's really none of my business since USA is very far away.