Why do people care about Election 2008?

For whatever reason, the people are still donating to the various campaigns.

I'm not sure if it's the constant email from each candidate saying "you've helped so much, don't stop now, please send money" or if they think the President of the United States actualy has power.

Until a member of the FED is president, we're just hiring a yes man and a publicist for the people that realy run the country behind the scenes. The election process is a grown up version of Survivor or American Idol for voters.

Of course, many have resigned themselves to the fact that we simply have no choice for president in this election (even if it mattered who were to be elected). They acknowledge that if Obama were not BLACK, he would be ignored by everybody. However, the fact that he's black allows people to shove an otherwise smarmy used car salesman type down the throats of everybody with a tinge of "white guilt". However, I don't have white guilt as i've never owned a slave. They also acknowledge that if Hillary were not a woman (open to argument if she is or not) she would not be in the race. Her last name and the fact that we can rally around "America hasn't had a woman president" enough to get interest are the only things keeping her on the TV.

Then to the other side, McCain is just about as interesting as voting for an unknown high school teacher from Wyoming. He's the third Democrat on the ticket, hence the propensity for Conservatives to overlook him as running in the first place.

Fred Thompson, yes, i'll say it again, would have been the PERFECT president. He's an adequate actor, can read scripts, and is entertaining. The bankers realy screwed the pooch when they let him out of the race...