Obamarama

[helios]

The end of the Cold War meant that the United States had been demoted from being one of two superpowers to being one strong state in a truly multilateral distribution of real power in the interstate system. Many large countries were now able to play their own chess games without clearing their moves with one of the two erstwhile superpowers. And

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[flaxendandelion]

I kinda disagree with you on Obama winning. From over here, it's looking like he's more of a media darling than McCain, who's just farting around and doesn't have Obama's sexiness. It's pretty much the deciding factor these days, barring...fraud. Unless the election's real close, they'll have to do some big time election rigging, and I wouldn't put that past them for a second. But why would they want McCain over Obama? I'm sure O will do their bidding almost as much once in office.

[helios]

You might be right of course. Obama has the advantage of powerful interests on his side. Unfortunately there are factions of the ruling class for whom Obama doesn't represent the picture of the empire they want. And it doesn't look like Obama is headed for a big win anymore. See Patrick Martin: Obama’s emergence as an utterly conventional and conservative bourgeois politician--culminating in the selection of Senator Joseph Biden, a 35-year veteran of Washington, as his running mate--has deflated whatever there was of a popular mobilization, however manipulated and misguided, behind his campaign.

[helios]

New poll numbers show Obama winning after all. I might have to post a revision of my speculation. It's always hard to know how polls will go week-to-week, anyway. Who knows for certain what people will do in the voting booth?

[flaxendandelion]

Yeah it's sure gonna be tight.

What do you think of Lyndon Larouche? He's claiming he predicted this whole financial mess.