Punishment vote and anti-Bush sentiment in favor of Obama

Authors:
José Alberto López Rafaschieri and Luis Alberto López Rafaschieri
www.morochos.net

Everything indicates that Barack Obama will run away with the United States 2008 presidential elections, but we must recognize that not all the votes that Obama will get will come from his leadership or his proposals.

The rise of Barack Obama is also a direct consequence of the two issues that have hammered George W. Bush and the Republican Party: the war in Iraq and the economy.

That's why the Democrats based part of their election campaign on criticism of the George W. Bush administration, accusing it of taking decisions which led to the current financial crisis and the failure in Iraq.

In fact, Obama and his supporters want to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq as soon as possible and put an end to the Bush policy of “tax cuts for the rich”. Two proposals pleasant to the anti-Bush sentiment and to those who use the vote as a punishing instrument -punishment vote-

Therefore, while it’s true that Obama has the potential to succeed primarily with his ideas, it’s also true that he has benefited greatly from their discredited opponents.

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