smartpolitics

The race for the White House may turn out to be more about race and less about the White House.

Barack Obama, the first African American to be the presidential nominee of the world’s oldest political party, is facing a difficulty among many voters. Simply put, the difficulty is that they don’t trust a black man to run a White House.

Whatever shape or form McCain supporters may come in, underneath many of them must be some sort of racist impulse. Though McCain, a gentleman, will hopefully distance himself from those who would call Obama an “n-word,” these voters will still surface in the general election.

In the first post-Cheney election, the VP choice is more crucial than ever before. While Teddy Roosevelt may have “rather be[en] dead” than be Vice President,  he did become President only after McKinley’s assassination. As well, Teddy only made such a remark because at the time, the Vice President had no power whatsoever and was used solely to balance the ticket and help win the election.

Well, after the job Dick Cheney did on the office of Vice President, the role is quite a bit more prestigious and extremely potent in determining an administration’s policy. Though the VP pick will overall still be whoever can significantly help to win the election for his or her party, the new powers Cheney gave the Vice President will reflect on the entire presidential administration.

(more analysis tomorrow!)

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