Boris gets serious!

Barack Obama versus the US Economy

Barack Obama seems poised to be the next American president; certainly it appears that the Democrats will nominate him as their candidate. Hilary Clinton fired her campaign manager this week and the newspapers are full of praise for Obama's victories last night. But don't rule out Clinton yet. According to the 48 Laws of Power guy, Obama's campaign strategy is fundamentally flawed in that his strategy is "very much dependent on circumstance."

When times are good, people are in the mood for such an uplifting message. Then you can catch wind in your sails and even tack in certain directions, all carried away by your optimism. This worked brilliantly for Kennedy. In such times, people are more willing to take a risk on somebody new. ... When world events were at a relative lull, Obama was in a good position. When the worsening economy began to take center stage, his message did not resonate as well, and his options shrank. And considering the volatile nature of the times we live in, it would have been better to bet on problems and difficult times up ahead. His message remains consistent, rings true, but has less and less appeal when future problems loom more than future possibilities. [link]

And that is currently the state of the American economy today. With stock markets loosing over $5 trillion last month, the continuing deflation of the housing market, the ongoing costs of the Iraq war, Bush's desire to attack Iran, Escalating oil prices etc etc, things do not look good for America. So Obama's message of change sounds and looks good, it certainly is an uplifting message, one that sounds good in these times, sort of like a Baptist preacher. He may have the will to change but does he have the power to make the change? No doubt this will be the question on voters minds as the election approaches This may be when experience plays greater than change.

Keeping up with American politics ...

is confusing. Nevertheless, I've found a great source of independent commentary ironically out of Barcelona. Gary Stewart, CEO of Goa Internet Services who produce Nuroa, the Euro property search engine offers excellent commentary focusing intently on the race between Barack and Hillary. Checking Huffington Post and Drudge Report, the two most influential blogs in American politics and it seems like the blog world are leaning towards Hilary, but then I just got back from Canada and watched a lot of American TV, and the mainstream media is definitely riding Obama's d_^k.
Of course Ron Paul's being blowing up our interweb for the past year. Unfortunately for him it seems computer geeks are just too lazy too vote, even though his politics seem to make a lot of sense to a lot of people.