Comparing 2004 to 2008

Even though 2008 Presidential Elections are still many months from now, the race is far superior on the Democratic side from the party’s efforts 4 years ago in 2004. Then John Kerry’s main attraction to the party was that he wasn’t George W. Bush, hardly a reason for many people to get excited about giving Kerry a chance to lead the country. In many ways, Kerry’s platform did not give the voters much contrast to Bush’s. The Kerry-Edwards ticket only accused the Bush administration of failing to adequately equip American troops in Iraq. That’s was it….one thing which only applied to a small percentage of the American population. No wonder they lost…they didn’t do enough to attract the large portion of the American population who strongly disagreed with many or all of the Bush’s Administration’s domestic and foreign policies.

Fast forward to the upcoming 2008 election. Not only is there diversity in the candidates but they actually stand for something. Senator Barack Obama represents a growing bi- or multi-racial segment of the U.S. and Senator Hillary Clinton represents the 50% of Americans who have XX chromosomes. Both Senators have been strong opponents of the Iraq War and have spoken publicly about their opposition to this War. While these are only two of the many hopefuls for the Democratic nomination, there appears to be more excitement about the Democratic chances in 2008. Hopefully this time the party can pull it together and come out with a victory!