Will Obama Win the U.S. Presidency?

Barack Obama defeated Hillary Clinton in the primary elections. In the primaries in Montana and South Dakota, Barack Obama received 56% of the vote and Clinton 44%. The American media is reporting that the first black presidential candidate has enough delegate votes to run for President of the United States.

At a rally, Hillary Clinton hinted that after her defeat she isn’t planning to surrender, but probably will push her candidacy towards the post of vice-president on the Obama ticket.

The candidate from Illinois has mentioned on more than one occasion that there is a possibility of Hillary Clinton’s presence in his administration if he wins the presidency.

In turn, John McCain continues to attack Obama’s pre-election program, focusing on the point that only he, McCain, is a “leader who one can trust”.

Obama repaid in kind and responded that his opponent is feeding Americans false stereotypes and propagates a political course “that asks of our courageous men and women in uniform everything and from Iraqi politicians nothing”. In Obama’s opinion, one ought not to search for pretexts for prolonging “a war that should never have been began”.

In an exclusive interview with AIF.RU, the General Director of Political Situations Mikhail Vinogradov has noted that the candidate from the state of Illinois will continue to win over the electorate as he successfully did during the primaries:

“I believe that Barack Obama has exposed the stereotype that the American elections are decided by money. It isn’t a secret that Hillary Clinton’s campaign cost her more that it did Obama. Here he showed drive, will power and charisma. A bright line has begun to travel its course in the life of Barack Obama. I think that it will continue on until the end of the summer and fall. It’s important that there mustn’t be a slowdown of momentum and Obama must pass the key moment in his career this year without compromising his positions during the presidential election; to be ready for it, not to relax from the line of victories that have come his way recently.”

In the words of the political scientist, it is too early to judge Obama, because he’s a very new figure in American politics.

“Unlike Hillary Clinton, and to a lesser extent McCain, he personifies an idea of change in America. Likewise, the very idea of change thus far appears blurry; therefore it is hard to define it until this idea obtains visible outlines that will be specified during the summer and fall.”