From Obamamania to Obam…err

America wants change; it just can’t work out what sort of change. This is what The Economist says in an interesting write-up “Everything is up in the air. That is not just because this is the most open election in America since 1928 (the last time that no incumbent president or vice-president was in the race); it is because Americans don’t really know what they want.

“Sure, they are desperate for ‘change’: with the economy reeling, politics gridlocked, young people dying in Iraq and the Bush administration a global byword for callous incompetence, huge numbers of Americans have long believed their country is on the wrong track. But what sort of change? And who can deliver it?

“…When voters don’t quite know their own minds, they turn to those who do: 2008 is a year for courage.”

Who will be the courageous ones??? More here…

An interesting dimension of Presidential election for the non-Americans is the fund-raising by the candidates. “The race is on in the $5bn election – this time for hard cash…” More here…

And the woman factor in the US presidential election… Pl click here…