OBAMA MCCAIN vs MCCAIN OBAMA

US Presidential elections are reliable occasions for political futurology. This year’s presidential electioneering has yielded a prediction that Democrats and Republicans agree on and which European liberals anticipate – Bush will soon be gone and change is the order of the day. Change will of course occur on personnel, style and personality. The theme of this election will continue to be change. The theme of the next US administration, however, is likely to be continuity. So as was reported by Guardian News Services.

Whether Obama or McCain, whatever promises the made during presidential electioneering; as president of the United States of America will have to be highly dependable on and succumbs to various classified reports, findings, data collections, dossiers as compiled and prepared by various departments within the administrative set-ups. First and foremost, the President could not just quash reports and findings concluded by agencies such as CIA, FBI, Military Intelligence, Department of Homeland Security and a hosts of other similar agencies.

Likewise, in the area of international trade and WTO, the Department of Commerce and The US Treasury plus a few other departments and agencies play a vital role in advising the US Presidents. And then, there are hosts of “political and economic lobbyists” that for so long has featured prominently in the US administration.

To put it in simple term, Obama or McCain as US President shall be subjected to the “whims and fancies” of these so-called advisors, Presidential or otherwise. They are the one who dictate the President in making policies and decisions crucial to the existence and sovereignty of the United States. So, do not expect a major shift in policy in whatever area of interests. Obama or McCain is just next in line in the US Presidency. Nothing more than that; unless either of them are willing to do a “Lincoln” or a “Kennedy”.