Brown-backs Out

“I'm a son of a farmer from Kansas ... I still think anybody can be president.
I don't think you have to show up with $100 million to do it. ... I'm the tortoise in the race.” Slow and steady wins the race…unless you’re slow to raise money than you’re just out of the race. I don’t believe many of us have been in this situation, but if you’re Sen. Sam Brownback this might just be the case.

According to recent reports, Brownback, who has been a Republican candidate for President, has decided to drop out of the race. Though there has been no official word made, Brownback is expected to make the announcement on Friday. A conservative contender, Brownback had trouble raising enough money to compete in the race. But while he may no longer be interested in the White House, he is believed to run for Kansas governor’s office in 2010.

So is the Republican Party loosing a key member, well depending on what you knew of Sam Brownback the choice would be yours, but as for now Brown-backs out.

Distant Cousins

You may be familiar with the occasional family disagreement. But what kind of argument is it for your family when it comes to politics? Well the differences in politics could not be greater when it comes to the Cheney and Obama families.

According to Lynn Cheney, her husband Vice-President Dick Cheney and Democratic candidate for President, Barack Obama, share a common ancestor. Sure the ancestor goes back eight generations, but that doesn’t keep these two politicians from being all in the family.

Though Barack may be somewhere on the family tree, it doesn’t mean Mrs. Cheney will be leaning towards her husband’s relative. So don’t count on the two families coming together for the holidays anytime soon. But what a great family moment it was when Cheney swore Obama into the Senate in 2005.

But it turns out that Obama’s family ties don’t end with Cheney. According to an article last September, Obama is an 11th cousin to the President as well. I guess Barack Obama is the black sheep in the family, though his campaign spokesman says the opposite about the distant cousins.

An Inconvenient Truth

This Friday in Oslo, Norway, the winner of the Noble Peace Prize will be announced. It is heavily believed that the award will be presented to Al Gore. The former vice-president has spent much of the past year educating the public about the severity of the climate crisis.

With the rumors at hand it raises the question as to whether or not he will toss his hat in the presidential elections. Many Gore supporters have started a draft calling for Gore to run for the position of America’s next Commander-in-Chief. While Gore hasn’t said that he plans to run, he also hasn’t said that he won’t. When asked about Gore on MSNBC’s Countdown with Keith Olbermann, Hilary Clinton said she felt that the Democratic Party was already full of great candidates- but she hopes he wins the award.

So will Al Gore run? If he was to enter the race, certainly has time, he would change the current course the Democrats are on. But if he did run and was elected, how would he lead America? In his Academy Award-winning documentary film he warned us how it’s time we do something about the problems in the environment, while at the same time did quite a bit of rambling on his own life. Gore certainly has the right attitude in mind when it comes to protecting the environment. But it seems to me to be all talk and no action. Talk about an inconvenient truth.

October 12 Update: Gore Wins Award

This Long Haul

With every passing moment we draw a “little” closer to the 2008 Presidential elections. Though the election is a year away, the race to see who will win the Republican and Democratic nominations has already begun.

It would seem that the little voice speaking of the supposed failure of the Bush administration, is telling the media to promote the Democrats. Turn on your televisions, radios, or flip through a magazine and you will most likely see more coverage on the Democratic candidates. Perhaps if there had never been a war, the Republicans wouldn’t be looked at as the least capable party of cleaning up this “supposed” mess. And maybe if we hadn’t gone to war there would be peace in the world. And we wouldn’t have the problems we have now. Wait sorry this isn’t Hollywood.

America is split into four sections. You have 1) Against the war; 2) For the war; 3) Neutral; and 4) Only cares about what Entertainment Tonight and TMZ have to say. So with this in mind, it would seem this election is more popular. Why? Because everyone is trying to find the person who they believe will lead them to the Promise Land.

So who will it be for both parties? Well the choice of course lies in the hands of America. But look where that gets us. Pro-Bush voters outnumbered Pro-Gore 2000/Kerry 2004 voters. Americans are always going to disagree when it comes to who is sitting in the Oval Office. But when it comes to electing someone to such a high position we have to do two things- 1) Pray that they have the strength to lead; and 2) Remember they're just like us, they just have a bigger job. So keep that in mind on this long haul.