Only a month until the primaries and I am already suffocating from the political buzz in the air. Who will be the Democratic nominee and the Republican nominee? Is our country so upset with the George Bush administration that they are willing to just entirely turn to a Democrat out of spite or are people going to make an informed, educated decision this year?

The last 8 years have been disappointing for most and the Iraq War did not help situations at all. The Republicans, who were at the helm, came off to most educated people as willfully ignorant and as war hawks, ready to fight a war at any time. It seemed all they needed was a reason and war would be inevitable. Our economy has resembled “The Great American Scream Machine” and with all its inconsistencies has ushered in more economic problems. Sure, you can’t pin the failing economy solely on Bush, but as a leader he does a poor job of giving the international community a reason to trust the U.S. We have witnessed the Canadian dollar become stronger than the U.S. dollar and the cost of commodities, such as oil and gas increase exponentially.

This year we, U.S. citizens, have a chance to begin changing these problems. We have a Presidential Election. During a time of inconsistency wrapped in failure, the next President will have a lot on his or her table, such as the Iraq War, the up and down economy, social security, illegal immigration, et al. Who will answer our call to be the next U.S. President?

For the Republicans, the election is starting to look bleak. The primaries are going completely different than most people would have thought with Mitt Romney and John McCain leading the pack. Huckabee’s better days are behind him (but hey, at least Chuck Norris endorsed him). Mitt Romney’s biggest problem is that he looks like a used car salesman and McCain’s biggest problem is that he is simply too old. The worst part about the primaries for the Republicans is that their best candidate for the general election would have been Rudy Giuliani and it looks as though he will never catch up to Romney or McCain. So out of the Republicans who stands a strong chance of winning the nomination, I am going to say it’s going to be McCain (just because he probably should have been nominated in 2000).

The Democratic primary is by far a lot more interesting, more interesting than it has been in years. Ok, well at least it’s more interesting than Kerry or Edwards or even Dean, although his loss of composure was entertaining. The two Democratic front runners are a woman and a black man. Talk about progressive. I am not going to lie, there is something that I innately distrust about Hillary, besides her flip-flopping on political issues, she gives me goosebumps when I hear her or see her. I can’t explain it, but I know I won’t vote for her. The other candidate, Barack Obama has impressed me a lot. His youth and excitement for the future of this country are things that this country just might need to get out of its hole. Everybody attacks his age and inexperience, but that is just less time that he had in politics to get corrupted.

All in all, my prediction for the Presidential Election this November is going to be old versus young. I think that McCain and Obama will both get the ‘nod’, however I see Obama winning this election. I welcome this change for our country needs it, we have for too long been complacent with bad presidents and their lack of judgments. We need a great leader to lead us into the future, not another puppet.

And of course I am no political expert and these are solely my thoughts, but I do recognize there is need for change.