The 2008 US Presidential Elections might be the most significant elections till date, not only for the US but for all the countries which are influence by the American economy and it s politics.
The question: Obama or McCain, will be decided by American voters, but the consequences of this election will affect many nations, including India.
'How will they affect America, India and world politics?' is a question which needs to be addressed.
A little information on the background of both candidates.
Obama - Born in 1961 in Hawaii to a Black Kenyan father and a White mother from the highly rural state of Kansas, Obama spent a rough childhood in Hawaii and Indonesia. He graduated with a degree in Political Science, with a specialization in International Relations from Columbia University, New York. After some work-ex, Obama moved to Chicago and worked as a Community Organizer for 3 years. He entered Harvard in 1988 and graduated with a Juris Doctor in 1991. He taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School from 1992-2004. He was also involved with law firms and was actively involved in public litigation.
Obama was elected to the Illinois Senate in 1996 and ran for a Democratic primary run for the U.S. House of Representatives against Bobby Rush, a former candidate for mayor of Chicago, and lost; thus losing credibility amongst his fellow party members and going into debt. But, he didn't lose hope and from 2003 to 2004, worked to regain his lost credibility and toned down his Harvardesque attitude, which enabled him to connect with the local populace. He ran for the US Senate in 2004 and won, thus opened the door to mainstream politics where he sponsored a number of bills and introduced the Iraq War De-Escalation Act of 2007. In February 2007, Obama announced his candidacy for President of the United States in the 2008 U.S. presidential election.
McCain - John McCain was born at Coco Solo Naval Air Station in the Panama Canal Zone to a naval officer and a service wife in 1936. Following the footsteps of his father, McCain graduated from the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis in 1958. Unlike Bush, McCain's career in the armed forces was very perilous with the 1967 USS Forrestal fire incident and his ordeal as a POW from 1967 to 1973 as testaments to this fact. McCain retired from the navy in 1981 and finished with seventeen military awards and decorations including the Silver Star, Legion of Merit, Distinguished Flying Cross, Bronze Star and Navy Commendation Medal.
His career in the US Congress started in 1982. In 2000, McCain ran against Bush for the Republican Presidential Primaries and subsequently lost. Because of his lost and differences with Bush, McCain contemplated leaving the Republican party in 2001 and till 2004 he ran counter to Bush's views on a number of issues, until their rapprochement in 2004. He saw out his 3rd and 4th Senate term and finally in 2007, announced his intentions to run for president. He won the Republican primaries in March 2008 and, if elected, will become the oldest president at 72 years.
Politically, Obama is defined as a Liberal and McCain is defined as a Conservative.
The question: Obama or McCain, will be decided by American voters, but the consequences of this election will affect many nations, including India.
'How will they affect America, India and world politics?' is a question which needs to be addressed.
A little information on the background of both candidates.
Obama - Born in 1961 in Hawaii to a Black Kenyan father and a White mother from the highly rural state of Kansas, Obama spent a rough childhood in Hawaii and Indonesia. He graduated with a degree in Political Science, with a specialization in International Relations from Columbia University, New York. After some work-ex, Obama moved to Chicago and worked as a Community Organizer for 3 years. He entered Harvard in 1988 and graduated with a Juris Doctor in 1991. He taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School from 1992-2004. He was also involved with law firms and was actively involved in public litigation.
Obama was elected to the Illinois Senate in 1996 and ran for a Democratic primary run for the U.S. House of Representatives against Bobby Rush, a former candidate for mayor of Chicago, and lost; thus losing credibility amongst his fellow party members and going into debt. But, he didn't lose hope and from 2003 to 2004, worked to regain his lost credibility and toned down his Harvardesque attitude, which enabled him to connect with the local populace. He ran for the US Senate in 2004 and won, thus opened the door to mainstream politics where he sponsored a number of bills and introduced the Iraq War De-Escalation Act of 2007. In February 2007, Obama announced his candidacy for President of the United States in the 2008 U.S. presidential election.
McCain - John McCain was born at Coco Solo Naval Air Station in the Panama Canal Zone to a naval officer and a service wife in 1936. Following the footsteps of his father, McCain graduated from the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis in 1958. Unlike Bush, McCain's career in the armed forces was very perilous with the 1967 USS Forrestal fire incident and his ordeal as a POW from 1967 to 1973 as testaments to this fact. McCain retired from the navy in 1981 and finished with seventeen military awards and decorations including the Silver Star, Legion of Merit, Distinguished Flying Cross, Bronze Star and Navy Commendation Medal.
His career in the US Congress started in 1982. In 2000, McCain ran against Bush for the Republican Presidential Primaries and subsequently lost. Because of his lost and differences with Bush, McCain contemplated leaving the Republican party in 2001 and till 2004 he ran counter to Bush's views on a number of issues, until their rapprochement in 2004. He saw out his 3rd and 4th Senate term and finally in 2007, announced his intentions to run for president. He won the Republican primaries in March 2008 and, if elected, will become the oldest president at 72 years.
Politically, Obama is defined as a Liberal and McCain is defined as a Conservative.
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