It's been a little while since I've provided an update focusing on the election.  This is because since the last time I wrote on the election, nothing has really changed.  John McCain is still the presumptive Rebublican nominee,  Obama is still slightly in the lead in the democratic race and Hillary just won't seem to go away.  She coincedentally seems to be winning by the exact percentage that the media says she needs to win by in order to realistically stay in the race.

An article in today's New York Times explained a difference between the two democratic candidates on their policy regarding high oil prices.  Hillary Clinton supports a gas tax break in order to alleviate the 60 dollar fill-ups for the struggling middle class.  Barack Obama opposes this idea saying it proposes a minor temporary solution that will not actually fix anything and at most will save consumers 30 dollars over 3 months of a tax break.  "A half a tank," is what Obama said would save people regarding the tax break.

Conservative TV and radio show hosts who support John McCain have been overwhelmingly claiming to support Clinton in the democratic race.  Many, such as Rush Limbaugh and Pat Robertson even go as far as advocating republican voters to switch parties and vote for Clinton.  There's political strategy behind this proposal.  You cannot honestly suggest that these conservative Republicans really want to elect Clinton.  She stands for essentially nothing that they believe in.  Could it be possible however, that they see Clinton as the weaker link and feel like their best chance of winning in 08 will be against Clinton instead of Obama?  Clinton is getting a pretty decent percentage of votes from voters who switched parties.  This won't help her cause if she becomes the democratic nominee and her voters start switching back to voting Republican. 

I cannot see Obama losing this race if it is decided based solely on issues.  He takes the stance for American people's well-being.  But it gets difficult to demonstrate that when he is constantly being forced to defend himself against repeated attacks made by the Clinton campaign.  It's discouraging for someone to even desire to get involved with the game of politics when there is so much corruption and special interest with so much control on the system.  If you want to change the game you first have to beat it the way it is.