ON YOUR BALLOT...

Wow! Sure you would agree with me that its been quite an intrigue: interesting display of politics, captivating mix of candidacy, and a very engaging global audience... We should give ourselves kudos!

The race to the Oval office is about to be decided; Americans are deciding; the Republican Trump and Democratic Hillary are about to hit the finish line of a race that began in the fall of 2014...

Kindly participate in the MykOgu Blog poll to predict who emerges as the 45th President of the Unites States of America... Simply type "Trump" or "Clinton" in the comment section on the blog.

On your ballot!...Get set!...White House!

NOVEMBER TO REMEMBER!

 

Back to back, the national convention of the two major political parties in the US have been concluded; the Republican National Convention preceding the Democratic National Convention, holding from July 18 - 21, 2016 in Cleveland and July 25 - 28, 2016 in Philadelphia respectively. Gradually, a process that began some two years or so ago with prominent candidates like: Dr. Ben Carson (world renowned Neurosurgeon); Ted Cruz (Texas senator); John Kasich (currently two-term governor of Ohio); Marco Rubio (Florida senator since 2011); Jeb Bush (brother to ex-president George Bush, son of George Bush Snr.); Carly Fiorina (former boss of Hewlett Packard and executive at AT&T); Jim Webb (former Virginia senator and US Secretary of Navy); Lincoln Chafee (former senator and governor of Rhode Island); Bernie Sanders (independent senator from Vermont); among others, have been narrowed to two major candidates; Donald Trump (Republican Nominee) and Hillary Clinton (Democratic Nominee), and come Tuesday, November 8, 2016, one of these two individuals would be voted to replace President Barack Obama in the Oval Office.

 

The 2016 US elections hasn't been without it's usual intrigue and suspense. Donald Trump; a business man, has been a very interesting candidate in the race for the White House and several political commentators and analysts in and out of America have expressed varied views and concerns about his candidacy, policies and probable win come November. However, what remains a speculation is whether or not Trump would pull through with all his policy intentions, and only time would reveal that to us. 

 

In 2008, history was made as Americans, from all the choices before them, choose a 'regular Black Senator' from Illinois to be their President. Hillary Clinton has been another very interesting candidate in the November race for the White House. Contesting and loosing to Obama in 2008, Clinton seemed to have kept her eye on the Oval Office, and eight years later; having supported Obama's government and administration, Clinton seems to have gotten Obama and, indeed, America's nod to become, in the history of the United States of America, the FIRST female to be nominated as the Presidential flag bearer by a major political party in the US, and FIRST female Presidential hopeful of the United States of America.

 

The conventions have ended, the game is still on, Americans are making up their minds, who is going to become the 45th President of the United States of America? 

It's indeed going to be a 'November to Remember'!

Related post: http://mykogu.blogspot.com/2016/06/history-in-making.html

HISTORY IN THE MAKING...

 

Permit me to via off my usual course (Nigerian society) and share a few thoughts on what I perceive to be "one of the most remarkable happenings of all times"; the recent nomination of Hillary Clinton as Democratic Party Presidential Candidate in the forth-coming US elections scheduled for later this year...

The near 69 year old grandmother of one - Charlotte, and Yale law school alumnus has had a pretty fascinating record in US politics; being First Lady to Bill Clinton (42nd President of the US) and only First Lady to be elected to the US Senate and appointed as Cabinet Secretary, after becoming Senator of New York, Secretary of State to President Barack Obama, and one time Presidential candidate of the US in the 2008 elections...

On Tuesday, Hillary Clinton won the election at the Democratic congress to become the Democratic Party candidate in the US 2016 elections; defeating Bernie Sanders. This victory puts Clinton up against one of the most dramatic Presidential candidates in the history of US politics; Donald Trump (whom I regard as an accidental politician).

Women have suffered long centuries, decades and years of marginalization (of various sorts) from culture and practice, especially in developing and underdeveloped nations of the world, although with the elections of Ellen Johnson Sir-leaf and Dilma Rousseff as President of Liberia and Brazil respectively, women have began to gain prominence in politics and society, and Clinton's entry into the Oval Office will be the 'icing on the cake'...

 

Many have expressed skepticism as to how possible it is for a 'Hillary Clinton' to be President of what seems to be the world's superpower, and others have expressed concern about the consequences of a seemingly careless and arguably arrogant Trump becoming President of the US. This intrigues are what I find interesting about the US democracy, and particularly captivating in this recent race for the White House...

Although it is too early to make any predictions as to the outcome of the 2016 US elections, I want to sincerely hope that the American people will save the United States and entire globe from irrational choices, as well as biased 'kangaroo' policies, and change, forever, the course of global politics, by electing HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON as the 45th President and Commander-in-Chief of the United States of America come November 2016...*wink*