The US presidential election of 2008 will be an historic event. Either a black man or a woman will be elected to high office for the first time in the nation's history. However, that is of little consequence to the importance of the Amercians selecting a leader who can restorehope and promise to a nation buckling under enormous debt, a virtual recession and wars it cannot win. America has lost its place in the world as a power and a leader and its respect globally has plummeted.
The decision is crucial...who is best to handle the economy, jobs growth, tax relief, climate change, the oil crisis, the education problem of declining performance, the inaffordability of healthcare, the retreat from Iraq, the hunt for Bin Laden and so it goes...
This column is devoted to the leaders and their support teams...doing what they best...speak. Courtesy of YouTube we have selected a collection of clips for you to view. More added all the time
Barack Obama addresses 80,000 people at the Democratic National Convention
Joe Biden has his turn at the Democtratic Convention
John McCain and Sarah Palin at Ohio Rally
First lady Laura and President George Bush address Republican National Convention
Former Next President of the USA, Nobel Prize winner, Academy Award winner, Al Gore
Michell Obama speaks to the DNC
Senator Hillary Clinton at the DNC
President Bill Clinton at the DNC
John McCain worries some...
John McCain considered switching parties in 2001
