The year 2008 has arrived! Translation: it is a leap year. Slightly more important than that is the upcoming November election in which eligible voters will select the 44th President of the United States. No doubt people are being bombarded by election coverage in every media outlet. Yet, the focus is only on a few candidates.
Turn on the TV or read a newspaper and you would think there are only six people running for president. This is not surprising since the biggest stories usually involve the “front-runners” (read: political machines that have deep wallets for high-profile campaigning). The public has been saturated with stories about Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee, Barack Obama and Rudolph Giuliani. What about everyone else?
More than 100 people announced presidential candidacy, and while many have withdrawn their quests to contend, many more will be on the primary ballots this winter. This blog intends to draw attention to those ”no-name” candidates like Ron Paul, whose popularity on the Internet is not translating in the polls, or that other black guy, Alan Keyes, running for president under the GOP.
I am not a political pundit. However, I can help provide an entertaining view of the presidential race that focuses on the lesser-knowns who could be stealing critical votes away from the political powerhouses while they preen for the press.
Now when young adults ages 18-30 step into the voting booths they will not be caught off gaurd when the list of choices for the next Commander-in-Chief is longer than the selective six covered by mainstream media.
