Primary Season Ends Today!

Nope, not Iowa or New Hampshire It turns out that none other than South Carolina shifted the balance of power. South Carolina was the place where the Black voters would stand up for Barack Obama. South Carolina was the place where the voters would decide the fate of John McCain.

Yes, South Carolina was the big momentum springboard for the rest of the primary season. Barack Obama solidified his position with the Black community, and John McCain was elevated to the top spot for the Republicans.

Today is thankfully the end of the primary campaigns. The primaries in Montana and South Dakota mean a pause in the political ads, at least until after the Political Conventions. This primary season has been unmercifully long and has dominated the airways since 2006. We have had an endless stream of debates, talk shows, and campaign rallies.

One has to wonder how the candidates are able to withstand the grueling schedules that they have to meet. The candidates give their stump speeches at every hamlet, town, and city. They give the speech so often it imprints on the candidates subconscious. One also has to feel for the reporters who follow the candidates. The reporters have to endure the stump speeches repeatedly.

The primary trail is a real life 'Groundhog Day' and I can't help but marvel at the way the candidates make their speeches sound as if they are giving them for the first time when actually, it is probably the hundredth.

Well, wind the clock back up, it is almost time for the kick off of the main event, the contest between the two primary winners. Back to the political ads until were sick of listening to them or one could take the opposite view that maybe we want those ads. After all, we send the money that finances all those ads. Our campaign contributions will give us another several months of entertainment TV, the talk shows, the late night comedy shows, and the daily news programs, not to mention all of those ads.

Cheers,

-Robert-