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From: Isaac <isaac.tamblyn@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Obama x McCain = Santos x Vinick ?
Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 17:45:38 -0800 (PST)
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On Feb 7, 1:18 pm, mbruno <br...@ele.ita.br> wrote:
> It may be a stretch, but how many posters here think the upcoming
> Obama x McCain race for the White House resembles the fictional Santos
> x Vinick match-up in the series "The West Wing" ?
>
> The similarities: McCain, like Vinick, is a moderate elder statesman
> and veteran senator with great expertise in foreign policy and broad
> appeal to independents, who wins the nomination despite opposition
> from the conservative wing of the Republican party. Obama, like
> Santos, is a young and charismatic minority candidate with little
> foreign policy experience and little previous national exposure who
> starts the primary season as an underdog and ultimately beats the
> early favorites (Russel and Hoynes in TWW; Hillary in the real world)
> to become the Democratic nominee.
>
> The differences: Vinick of course is far more liberal than McCain on
> social issues and lacks McCain's distinct military record. Conversely,
> Obama, unlike Santos, is not a military veteran (Santos was a marine
> who served in the Gulf War) and, in many ways, Obama appeals to
> different constituencies than Santos (for example, Obama does very
> poorly among latinos, blue-collar men and senior women).
>
> What's next: Will McCain pick up a conservative running mate (Huckabee
> perhaps ?) to boost his support among evangelicals as Vinick tried to
> do by offering the VP slot to Don Butler and then to Ray Sullivan ?
> Will the Democrats be unable to nominate a candidate before the
> convention with Hillary and Obama splitting the delegates the way
> Russel and Santos did in TWW ?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/feb/21/barackobama.uselections2008
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