THE WAY TO THE CONVENTIONS 
electoral
The long road passes through a hot summer to the Republican National Convention and the Democratic Party. In this way arise all sorts of electoral and civic initiatives, as the case of
Veterans For Freedom, an association of 25,000 war veterans Iraq and Afghanistan, which have already started their activities in support of the current war strategy in Iraq and against Islamist terrorism. In this framework has begun his television advertising campaign in states like Michigan, Ohio, New Mexico, Virginia and Pennsylvania, with a first spot that defends this thesis. The ads will be extended to seven other competitive states in November. Although
Veterans For Freedom not explicitly supports John McCain, himself defending his own statements on issues such as Iraq. This kind of support can be very helpful to the Republican candidate who is endorsed and consistency on this subject by those who have fought on the ground and know better the reality of the situation.
From Team Obama
comes a strategy pursued by the largest possible media coverage. Barack Obama will make his speech accepting the nomination for the presidency is not from the Pepsi Center, where you will place the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado, but transferred to the
Invesco Field at Mile High , in the same Denver, which is the impressive stadium where they play the Broncos, the football team in the NFL, with a capacity for 75,000 spectators. This scenario is a great blow, because if something is the Democratic candidate is capable of filling stadiums and charm the audience with his fluid and lit oratory. Speak the speech of acceptance, which will be broadcast prime time schedule
, with the bottom of the magnificent Rocky Mountains, and a stadium full of people, can be a perfect scenery to finish the Convention and catapult Obama as a great leader of the masses .
Meanwhile, Kathleen Sebelius, Governor of Kansas, elected in 2003 and reelected in 2006 with 58% of the vote, continues to gain whole to accompany Obama as Vice President, Jim Webb once decided not to run. A candidate who will bring a strong pull among women and good prospects in the West and Midwest.
Obama's campaign also misses the energy issue. To defend their proposals in this area have launched a new spot, which criticizes the efforts of McCain and explain themselves, focusing on energy independence as a priority early implementation technology for alternative fuels, higher mileage standards, $ 1,000 grants to families, and a new energy.
The ad has been seen as decisive in states like Ohio, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Michigan.
Another important front of his campaign is Virginia, a state that has visited for the second time since being nominated, and it has done in Fairfax County, in the Greater Washington Metropolitan
strategic Area which is the area that stretches from Washington DC to Baltimore, including the northern counties of Virginia and Maryland. This enclave is populated by college-educated citizens, whose concerns focus on the environment, taxes, transportation or education, issues that are relevant on the political agenda of Obama, who used his stay in Fairfax to discuss the expansion the Family Medical Leave Act, child care services and preschool education programs.
This visit to Virginia has once again put the spotlight on Gov. Tim Kaine, who is among the favorites to Vicepresidenciables, while Hillary Clinton continues losing that race in favor of others.
Meanwhile, John McCain began on July 7 in Colorado tour focused on economic issues, which proves you do not intend to miss a fundamental aspect of national debate. McCain reiterated his commitment to limiting government spending and has pledged to balance the federal budget for 2013, also has insisted on its promises to temporarily suspend the federal tax on gasoline and diesel fuel, more oil exploration, 5 new nuclear plants, the reduction of property tax and the consolidation of free trade agreements. His words leave no doubt:
"Workers and families Americans pay their bills and balance their budgets, and I require the same of the federal government. The Government has grown by 60% in the last eight years. That is simply inexcusable. "Parallel the McCain campaign has issued a new spot in a minute in which re-emphasizes the five years of sacrifice given to his country in the Vietnam War and
role political maverick. Two arguments that can garner sympathy and votes from different social strata, you will need to win in November. So you will need 95 million dollars (27 million raised and 67 million the Republican National Committee ) at its disposal as of today the McCain campaign. In this sense, the last month has been the best in recovery, with 22 million in the account.
Both candidates are also courting the Hispanic vote, which is why both have visited the League of United Latin American Citizens, with its proposals to carry out immigration reform and measures to overcome the economic crisis. John McCain has gone one step further, launching a spot aimed at the Hispanic community in Colorado, New Mexico and Nevada, where he speaks of the substantial contribution to the Armed Forces America:
(...) Sen. John McCain: "My friends, I want the next time you're in Washington DC to go to the memorial for those killed in Vietnam. Look at the names engraved in black granite. You'll find many Hispanic names. When you go to Iraq or Afghanistan today, you will see many people of Hispanic origin. Even know some of those thousands who are residents with green cards who are not citizens of this country, but I love so much, they are willing to risk their lives in service to accelerate the path to citizenship and enjoy this rich and blessed nation. So, from time to time, remember that these are children of God. Have to enter this country legally, but they have enriched our culture and our nation as well as all generations of immigrants before them. Thank you. "(...) The female electorate is also a priority objective of the McCain campaign. As proof of this the election rally in Hudson, Wisconsin, before hundreds of women, where the Republican candidate spoke of the benefits specific plan would bring tax relief to entrepreneurs and defended his legislative record on women's issues and equal pay to equal work.
The swing states are another goal of both candidates. McCain is making a considerable effort be made to Michigan, with help from Mitt Romney, who still works for the benefit of the Republican Party with commendable effort and dedication, earning a nomination for Vice pulse. A task that engages time and effort as an interview with CBS News, which showed their unconditional support for McCain, or their own money, $ 45 million in contributions that could invest in the campaign. The message of the Arizona Senator in Michigan has focused on workers at General Motors Tech Center
and the population of the western part of the state. McCain
not miss a chance to talk about Iraq. To this end his campaign has launched a spot which marks the difference between the two candidates in the Iraqi issue, Obama is shown as an opportunist who only looks for the electoral benefit and McCain as the man who always supported the mission of American troops, more interested in the overall success of the intervention in Iraq in the election outcome in November, which is completely true and makes each one in place.
Barack Obama effusively courted by Ohio Democrats, here in Cincinnati, spoke at the National
Association for the Advancement of Colored People at its annual convention , coinciding with the controversy of the satirical New Yorker cover, to put the emphasis on parental involvement in education of children and individual responsibility. Obama continues to insist on a message the same for whites and blacks. It has also placed emphasis on a priority: the control of nuclear weapons. He did it in a debate at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana with Senator Evan Bayh of Indiana and former Georgia Sen. Sam Nunn, who sound like candidates for Vice President.
And meanwhile, the Obama campaign announced in June that raised $ 52 million, which must be added the money provided by the Democratic National Committee, in total 72 million available. With these figures has embarked on a tour of Afghanistan, Iraq, Europe and Israel, which seeks to increase his stature as a world statesman. An opportunity to redefine their foreign policies thesis and refine them, something that is already making a forced march for weeks.
The election campaign is entering a phase as hot as the summer.
