Barack Who???
today morning my driver stefen greeted me by saying "Obama won!" The smile on his face immediately caught on my face too and i wished him congratulations. Apparantly he had not slept the entire night and was watching the campaign coverage. though i had expected this but this was still incredible. He lost the senate race in 2000 and won for the first time in 2004 and within 2-3 years was standing for presidency and what.... he won it!
Like most ordinary mortals of the world, I could not help being enamoured by the american Presidential election. Its such an elaborate and expensive affair ( $2 bn estimated this time around)! First you got to get through the primary ( and that can be daunting if you have hillary as your opponent) and then you seek your major opponent stretching almost 2 years.
However the quality of debates is astounding and decent. I try to compare any debate in our parliament (leave alone some old timers like vajpayee etc) and realization of the hopelessness sets in. I do realize that American politics has its own follies but that is not to disregard their understanding of issues and ability to put it across.
I was mesmerized by some of the Obama speeches and he really came across as different. How much importance is given to basic issues like healthcare, education, jobs and safety is amazing. In India these issues are marginal in the face of mandal, kamandal, regionalism etc.
Hat's off to American Democracy !!!
Like most ordinary mortals of the world, I could not help being enamoured by the american Presidential election. Its such an elaborate and expensive affair ( $2 bn estimated this time around)! First you got to get through the primary ( and that can be daunting if you have hillary as your opponent) and then you seek your major opponent stretching almost 2 years.
However the quality of debates is astounding and decent. I try to compare any debate in our parliament (leave alone some old timers like vajpayee etc) and realization of the hopelessness sets in. I do realize that American politics has its own follies but that is not to disregard their understanding of issues and ability to put it across.
I was mesmerized by some of the Obama speeches and he really came across as different. How much importance is given to basic issues like healthcare, education, jobs and safety is amazing. In India these issues are marginal in the face of mandal, kamandal, regionalism etc.
Hat's off to American Democracy !!!
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