Elections can reveal a lot about a country, and the fast-approaching
U.S. presidential election is proving to be no exception. Above all,
the current election shows just how much working Americans need their
own political representation. This fact is expressed and cynically
taken advantage of by Barack Obama’s campaign slogan: “Change We Can
Believe In.” Even the “old guard” represented by John McCain has had to
raise the idea of change in his campaign rhetoric.
Millions have hoped against hope that Barack Obama represents real
change. But these sincere hopes were dealt another blow with the
selection of Senator Joseph Biden from Delaware as Obama’s vice
presidential running mate. Biden has had a long career in politics, and
is often portrayed as a “liberal.” However, a brief look at his
policies only goes to show the sorry state that bourgeois liberalism
finds itself in!
It’s official. Barack Obama is the presidential candidate of the
Democratic Party. His rapid rise to national prominence and eventual
nomination have left millions of American workers and youth dizzy with
hope for real change. Many have lamented or attempted to justify his
shift to the right since he won the nomination (a shift from the
so-called “center” of U.S. politics as he has never been on the
“left”). But few have drawn the logical conclusion from this: that as
we have explained time and again in the pages of Socialist Appeal,
Obama does not represent real change and is organically incapable of
changing anything fundamental. How could he? He is a Big Business
politician and he will defend Big Business’ interests.