So, who will win the american presidency election? Who will get the keys to the White House and park their bottom in the Oval Office, where so many other notable Presidential bottoms have parked before?
My money, for what it's worth, is on Barack Obama. Well, at least I'm hoping that will be the case because the prospect of Sarah Palin becoming Vice President seems quite a scary one. I don't know a huge amount about American Politics - it all seems very confusing - but from what I do know about Sarah Palin, her views are a little tooooo conservative for the twenty first century. Anyone who tried to ban books, for heaven's sake, cannot be trusted to support any kind of free thought.
According to most of the news sites and Radio 4, after the last day of campaigning, Obama was still favourite to win, but McCain seemed to be hot on his trail if the last minute polls were anything to go by. I wonder how long it will take them to count the votes? I presume a lot longer than it takes here, judging by the fact they have almost three times as many votes to count. And they'll want to make sure they do it properly after the fiasco in 2000. Whatever happens, we can be sure that our news broadcasts will be dominated by the results as much as if it were a British General Election. I'm hoping that the outcome will be the right one and not, as Matt Damon put it, like a 'Bad Disney movie,' with a hockey mum (Palin) on the winning side.
