2008 presidential campaign

2008 Presidential Campaign

The race to the presidential nomination for the 2008 U .S . Presidential Elections has been intense . This holds most true for the Democratic Party , whose candidates have been fighting neck to neck in the primaries . Both Senator Hillary Clinton and Senator Barack Obama are determined to emerge victorious in their journey to the White House However , as the two articles to be discussed will show , the road to victory is not without struggles

The first article is written by Tim Padgett for Time Magazine , and was published on

May 19th of this year . Entitled Obama Tries to Make Up With Florida ' Padgett discusses Senator Obama 's estrangement with the Sunshine State . The article explores the possible repercussions of the presidential hopeful 's detachment from said state , which in the past proved to be instrumental in significant political outcomes . It also includes Obama 's efforts to reach out to Florida . While the article is focused on Obama 's shortcomings in the state , Padgett also mentions Clinton and Republican presidential nominee John McCain in relation to Obama (Padgett , 2008

According to the article , Obama 's absence in Florida poses a problem for the candidate (Padgett , 2008 . The fact that his presence is not felt by voters may jeopardize his chances of winning the nomination . It all started when the Florida primary was set on January 29 the Democratic National Committee decided to nullify the vote and deny all Democratic delegates from Florida any seats in the convention . As a result , both Obama and Clinton decided not to campaign until the primary is over . Clinton changed her mind after it was declared that she was victorious in the state , and even told voters she would do her best to seat the delegates . Obama , on the other hand , has not visited the State since then (Padgett , 2008

The article states that while Obama may be confident in winning the Democratic nomination , he should still not disregard Florida as a key state . After all , he has much to do to win the Floridian votes especially because he faces a challenge in winning over certain sectors of society . This includes the Latino and Jewish community . However the supporters of Obama are assured that when he visits the state , he will definitely resolve all issues . Aside from the solid support of the African-American community , backers of Obama are confident that his stand on certain issues which are similar to those of the Florida voters will close the divide (Padgett , 2008

The second article is taken from Newsweek , and is penned by Jim Kuhnhenn from the Associated Press . Published on May 28th of this year the article was entitled Clinton Touts Electability in South Dakota (Kuhnhenn , 2008 . This article reports that Senator Clinton persuaded the community in South Dakota that she is the better opponent for Republican presidential nominee John McCain (Kuhnhenn , 2008

According to the article , Clinton tried her best to convince those in South Dakota that she is a better Democratic presidential nominee...