how you have America wrapped around your finger

So here it is just a little less than 2 years away from the Presidential election and we are hearing the chant, Lets go John McCain *clap *clap *clap*clap*clap, Here we go Clinton here we go, Barack O-bam-a *Clap *clap *clap*clap*clap, and Rudy…Rudy…Rudy. This is the first election in years that has the public’s attention like this.

We are looking at a potential woman or Black man as a President for the first time in this country. We are looking at front runners on both sides who can potentially become the first U.S. Senator to be elected to the Presidency since President Kennedy. This isn’t the only Kennedy reference made to this election either.

The chatter is all on Barack Obama (D-IL) and his Kennedyesque enthusiasm. He is starting to test the waters for this election, and he started in New Hampshire. This state welcomed him like a rock star has never been their. Obama is being hounded for autographs, pictures, and hand shakes. People all around the nation and the world are into this new Obama-mania.
Yesterday the news said that Barack Obama would have a special message prepared before the Chicago Bears and St. Louis Rams kick off on Monday Night Football. While America wondered if he would announce his candidacy, he toyed with our minds saying:

“I am senator Barack Obama, and I have an announcement about an upcoming contest of great importance to the American people. This is a contest about the future. A contest between two very different philosophies. A contest that will ultimately be decided in America’s heartland. In Chicago, they’re asking, does the new guy have enough experience to lead us to victory? In St. Louis, they’re wondering, are we facing a record that’s really so formidable? Or is it all just a bunch of hype?
So tonight I’d like to put all the doubts to rest. And tonight, after a lot of thought and a good deal of soul-searching, I would like to announce to my hometown of Chicago and all of America that I’m ready ... For the Bears to go all the way!”

No Senator has the command of the American People like him, because you know once you have won over Monday Night Football, you have won over Middle America. I just want to tell Barack Obama, on the behalf of the rest of this great country… We are ready. We are ready for politics to be stimulating, to be electrifying, to be influential, and to be about America and her people, her idea, her dream. We are ready for America to be America the beautiful, home of the brave, and land made for you and me. We are ready to have the United States be uniting states. We are ready to stand for endless potential, possibility, and opportunity. We are ready to have hope, faith, and love for this country and in this country.

Whether you make your announcement on Monday Night Football, the Food Network, or the Oprah Show… We are ready for you.

The only thing standing in Obama’s way right now is the day this election becomes about the issues. He is still a front runner among the top issues making him a tough candidate. But when the issues are raised, there are always two sides creating division. But no matter the division that comes from this campaign, Obama has the respect of the American people which will make it extremely tough to make this election a mudslinging one.

You can’t ask for a more exciting election season. With America’s mayor, A senior senator with the status of John McCain, An African American front runner, and a leading woman there are no weak candidates. This will not be a contest of the lesser of two evils but one where all the candidates deserve the top honor. This election will be one that goes into the history books. Time will only tell who America’s next President will be.