Is this election year drawing more attention because we have good choices, or

Hello Mehale, I'm going to go out on a limb here, and state that if the television writers had not been on strike for the past three (3+) months, that not nearly as many policial newbies would be paying attention to this race. Think about it: when did Obama's "Rock Star" status really take root?

it has been said that most people vote against rather then for.. people who are satisfied with the world have a habit of not voting at all but wait until things change in their little world and they are the first one to vote out that @#$@#$ who messed with the country.. i like BO too..he is my favoriate candidate but I am still wondering if he will still be the best choice for the country? Everything points to the positive agaenda that he has started..with Hilary we have experience but I don't think this is actually that great as she has shown her true colours a long time ago..she has a record of being very blunt a times and i think she will only add more heat then light to our future...we don't need someone to throw more gas on the fire..we need a level headed person who is educated and well respected and also a positive thinker who will get this country moving in the right direction...again! but..we have to bide our time..maybe it will be a horse race..but i think the best man for the office does not always win..sorry..hope for the best and prepare for the worst..and pray for a miracle

This election is truly historic in several ways, and I think the historic turn-outs are the result of several other historic factors - sorry if I'm overusing the word "historic" here, but it fits! Consider the following: The current President has had the lowest approval rating for the longest period of time, at least according to some polls. We're involved in a very long war which an overwhelming majority of Americans oppose to some degree or another, i.e. if they were in favor of invading Iraq in the beginning they don't approve of how it's been managed since the beginning and if they don't necessarily think we should pull out yesterday they sure don't want it to last 100 years! For many of not most of us the economy is in the toilet and the fact that some people deny we're in a recession isn't going to change that personal reality. For these and other reasons most people are hungry for change, pure and simple and the truth is none of the GOP contenders offered anything much different from what we have now. I tend to believe there would still be a great deal of attention drawn to this election even if all the Democratic candidates were the usual white males but I'm sure the fact that history will definitely be made at this point no matter what the ultimate result of the election is because the two remaining Democratic candidates just "happen to be" a woman and an African American. I also think that because the voters are so starved for "change" that fact isn't even that big a deal, which I personally believe is wonderful. Finally, speaking as a Democrat I think we had and have fantastic choices this year. Everyone of those who have dropped out of the race could have been the "superstar" in almost any other election cycle. Annie