Barack Obama makes history
"...What light through yonder window breaks?" The world is changing. Well, it is, in fact, always in a state of flux, but no more is it evident than on days like today. Before he died, Tupac Shakur...
Year: 2008
Election 08: “High Anxiety”
Watching this election, electronically linked up to voters across the United States and beyond, is a surreal and beautiful experience. I wish I could tell you that it doesn't matter what the outcome...
The Road Most Travelled By – the unraveling of the GOP
In the final hours of this marathon election, all the polls are predicting an Obama victory. Whether this outcome is confirmed or not, the Republican party is in need of some serious soul-searching....
I can see the campaign finish line
Is it just me, or did this seem like the longest election campaign in the history of democracy? Seriously, the primaries seemed to take forever and a day to get through. Every single word a...
I’m a rock star too!… relatively speaking
With my birthday on November 9th, and my romantic comedy, “MUCHO CALIENTE!”, released on November 11th, I thought next month couldn’t get any more exciting. I was wrong. On the day my book is...
McCain the postmodern candidate
Tom Brokaw was on Charlie Rose the other day and he said that Barack Obama could be our first "postmodern" president. Brokaw admitted that the didn't know what postmodernism was, but whatever it was,...
If the Democrats win – then what?
“Be careful what you wish for, because you just might get it.” That adage holds true for Barack Obama and likely for many presidents before him. Is it going to hold true for the American public...
Obama’s final pitch
Franklin Delano Roosevelt famously said, “We have nothing to fear but fear itself.” Barack Obama’s biggest challenge as a candidate has been convincing people not to fear him, fear his...
The GOP’s own: women and inappropriate remarks against Sarah Palin
It seems as though there is dissent in the ranks of the Palin/McCain campaign. This past weekend anonymous McCain staffers released a less than pleasant statement regarding Palins performance, and...
November 4th and Obama’s hereafter
Jack Carter is a businessman and politician. He is the son of former United States President Jimmy Carter. With just a few days left until the election, Sen. Obama has a substantial lead over Sen....