I was talking with a friend of mine tonight as we were watching the C-SPAN coverage of the New Hampshire primaries. And I realized that there may be a few candidates I definitely do NOT want to win the presidency, but that I also do not feel strongly in favor of any candidate either. This has me worried slightly, for in the past 8 years, I knew I did not want Bush elected and choosing a candidate was substantially easier. However, I can not say with complete satisfaction which candidate I would like to see in office over another. In my mind, there are some decent choices for the '08 election, but a single person does not stick out in my mind as the one I support.
Therefore, I have to ponder if this is due to me not caring (a scary thought) or simply that no one has wowed me or given me enough reason to want them in office. Could it simply be that the candidates do not have the same star power (for lack a better phrase) as in the past? I have to believe that I do care about the future of our government, because nothing terrifies me more than the apathetic citizen.
If anyone has any feedback as to why I am feeling like this, or if you too are as complacent as myself about the election, please feel free to comment.
I suppose I just have to hope that as the year progresses I will become more engaged in the "Race to the White House."
2 comments:
Like you, I am not overwhelmed with excitement about one candidate or another. I have informed my husband that if a certain republican (I might be able to live with another one of them but not this one) wins the presidency that will be a sign of the decline of western civilization, and when he said I was making a big deal out of it, I told him that maybe he was right and instead we should just move to Canada. I like Obama, and although there are a few things about HRC that bother me, there are a few things that bring her favor as well. Regardless, I just shiver hearing people say that they are for her because she is a woman, or that Obama will win SC because he is African American. Ugh. Also GREAT post on the Autism. Its an issue that needs to be addressed for sure. Why have we not heard about it for a while in the media?
Just read the local political blogs.
They always bring out the passion in people!
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