Critical analysis of the upcoming 2008 election / candidates

Critical Analysis of the Upcoming 2008 Election /Candidates (US Presidency

INTRODUCTION

Election fever is heating up among the candidates for the United States presidency as the year 2008 approaches . The 2008 US presidential election will be the 55th consecutive quadrennial election for President and Vice President . The elections are scheduled to be held on November 4 , 2008 . Likewise , elections for all 435 members of the US House of Representative and 34 members of the US Senate will take place on the same date

Whoever receives a majority of votes in

the Electoral College in the U .S . presidential election (270 votes are needed for a majority ) will be the 44th President of the United States , and whichever vice presidential candidate receives a majority of votes will be the 47th Vice President of the United States ( HYPERLINK "http /en .wikipedia .org /wiki /United_States_presidential_election ,_2008 http /en .wikipedia .org /wiki /United_States_presidential_election ,_2008 , 2007 . Accordingly , if no presidential candidate receives a majority in the Electoral College during the said time , then the president-elect will be selected by a vote of the House of Representatives , with each state receiving a single vote . Similarly , if a vice presidential candidate does not receive a majority , then the vice president-elect will also be selected by a vote of the Senate

All in all , the candidates for the US presidency broken down as follows : 14 for the Republican Party , nine for the Democratic Party , five for the Constitution Party , 10 for the Green Party , 11 for the Libertarian Party , two for the Prohibition Party , and more than 30 independent and write-in candidates ( HYPERLINK "http /www .politics1 .com /p2008 .htm " http /www .politics1 .com /p2008 .htm , 2007 .For the purpose of this , only the main candidates (four of them ) for the upcoming US presidential election will be given a critical analysis in terms of comparing and contrasting their agendas By saying the main candidates , this refers to those candidates who have become a focused by the public eye in terms of controversies and hot issues that surround them

These candidates that were considered for this include US Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (Democrat , New York , former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani (Republican , New York , US Senator John McCain (Republican , Arizona , and US Senator Barack Obama (Democrat , Illinois ( HYPERLINK "http /www .politics1 .com /p2000 .htm http /www .politics1 .com /p2000 .htm , 2007

Controversies and Issues Surrounding the Four 2008 US Presidential Candidates

Even before they announced their bid for the US Presidency in 2008 these political figures have had their share of the limelight in terms of famed deeds , scandals and controversies . And as they declared their interest for the highest political seat in the US , most of these issues could not help but resurface . The following is a look see of these issues and controversies and the possible effect to their campaigns

Hillary Clinton - Six years ago , the launch of Hillary Clinton 's career in the US Senate was marred by allegations that her brothers had received...