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Project: Assessing the prospective presidential candidates for Election 2008 .Obama or Mccain.

Assessing the U .S . Presidential Candidates for Election 2008

INTRODUCTION

The raging economic crisis on American soil and the corroding trust of the world on American financial institutions not only make recession almost a certainty but also emphasize that the 2008 presidential election would be historic . If Senator Barack Obama gets elected , he would be the first African-American to occupy the White House as president if Senator John McCain wins , at the age of 72 , he would be the oldest man to be sworn in to a first term as president and

the first cancer survivor to win the office (Altman 2008 . But being president , most especially when a gargantuan economic challenge (Luce 2008 ) awaits him from day one in office is not an easy job . It requires more than intelligence , dedication , hard work and the very best of intentions . It requires nothing less than greatness to qualify as leader of the free world , a leader who is expected to turn around the economy and reclaim financial stability and prosperity for the country . With these seemingly super-human qualities required of a president in these troubled times , the onus is now on the electorate to determine the suitability of the candidates for the position , and evaluate which of the two would rise up and meet , without equivocation and with success the enormous demands of the Office of the President of the United States

DISCUSSION

Senator McCain . To average Americans who get their news , when they can from the mainstream media , Senator...

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