The next presidential election might not be exciting

Lastly, let’s consider the prospects for the U.S. presidential election in 2012(as of May 2011). At present, it is still unclear who will run from the Republican Party. Incidentally, the most popular is Mitt Romney, former governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Sarah Palin,
former governor of Alaska, Rudolph Giuliani, former mayor of New York City and Newt
Gingrich, former speaker of the House are also rumored to run for the election. Donald Trump recently withdrew.

However, no one is actually appealing among the candidates. Romney who, like Obama graduated from Harvard Law School, is polished and rich, but does not seem to have anything upstairs. He used to support abortion at the time of the Massachusetts Gubernatorial election and during his tenure of office, but no sooner had he run in the primary election from the Republican Party than he began to scream, “No abortion!” I do not know how Harvard Law School educates its students, but they discuss nothing but how to win elections. In addition, he will not benefit Japan, as he is in the pro-Chinese group. Just any Republican will not do either.

The Republican candidates are no good. Well then, will Obama be reelected president? I do not think so, because about half of the American people say, “No more Obama”. Among the supporters of the Democratic Party, thirty percent of the leftists think that, “I have been betrayed by Obama”, “I misjudged him”. They will not vote for the Republican Party, but there is a risk that they will not go to the polls. Another factor is the independents, who account for forty percent of all the voters. Formerly, two-thirds of the independents stood by Obama, but according to the results of the latest opinion poll, only about thirty percent of them say that they will vote for Obama again. Thus the winner of the next presidential election is unpredictable.

In the first place, only a nasty fellow can win the U.S. presidential election. During the election, the candidates concentrate eighty percent of their energies on the fundraising. Every day, they bow low repeatedly to many voters in a servile manner and promise, “I will do this. I will do that, too”, while those who are sane do not behave meanly and escape from such a shameless situation. In consequence, only those who are not sane remain in the race. The next election might not be exciting in the sense of being short of talented people.

Japanese should make their national policy by themselves and execute it. It is a silly way to formulate the policy, being sensitive to the U.S.’s and China’s moods like the Liberal Democratic Party, the Democratic Party of Japan and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Japan.

Those rumored to run for the presidential election in 2012:

Mitt Romney, former governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Newt Gingrich, former speaker of the House