This race is only for Democrats to lose
President George W Bush’s approval ratings are mired in the cellar, the American economy is spiralling downwards, the war in Iraq has been a disaster, and the Republicans are likely to be saddled with a candidate their base can’t stand.
The Democrats, on the other hand, have not one, but two candidates who are well liked by the party faithful, according to the polls. In Hillary Clinton, they have a party veteran with name recognition, an encyclopedic knowledge of policy and, not incidentally, a husband who has been the most successful Democratic politician in a generation. In Barack Obama, they have a visionary orator who stirs comparisons to John F Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. He has splashy celebrity endorsements, endless energy and a groundswell of support among the young.
