Yes You Can ____?

[4thofeleven]

You know what was kind of weird about following the US election from the outside? You get a lot of coverage of how the campaigning would affect the vote and the strategy the candidates were using and so on – but you never actually see the campaign itself. It’s like watching a making-of documentary without ever actually seeing the film itself.

So what was Obama campaigning for? The news coverage here mentioned how much he was spending on advertising, and where he was spending it and who he was targeting, but never what, specifically, the advertisements were, well, advertising.

I mean, sure, I know he’s not in favour of torture, and under an Obama administration there’s presumable going to be a reduction in the number of people disappearing without charge into US-run secret prisons, so that’s a step forward. But beyond that, what are people expecting from the new Democratic congress and presidency?