2008 should be a very interesting year in American politics, as it will be the first time in quite a long time that neither party has the President or Vice President, that is a clear front-running party candidate established. Both parties will have hard fought and seemingly entertaining primary battles. A very interesting thing to note, is other then the one polarized on globalization candidate from either side (Edwards for the Democrats, Romney for the Republicans) most of the candidates despite their party affiliation have pretty much the same views. This is what my expert study found, and thus I am going to go out on a limb and say that unless one of the more decisive candidates (Edwards/Romney) wins one of the nominations, that Globalization/Free Trade will not be a polarizing issue in the 2008 race.
Oh and on a side note, here is the GEM for the Democrats. Come out in favor of a sort of Universal Health Care system, and increased Education so that as people lose jobs, they keep their health care and insurance coverage, and have easier access to high level education. I think if those two programs are explained in terms of globalization and preparing our country to be “untouchable,” they will have wide margins of approval.
