UNITED NATIONS - / MaximsNewsNetwork / 09 November 2008 -- It is likely that the 2008 campaign has offered the US electorate the clearest option between Republican and Democrat candidates and their agendas since the 1972 battle between George McGovern and Richard Nixon.

Although the two candidates’ stances have coincided in some areas  (more on foreign policy than on national policy), there have also been marked differences in their approaches, both from the point of view of style and content. From 20 January 2009 onwards, the degree of continuity or discontinuity with respect to the policies of the previous administration will also depend on the character of the Congress that has just been elected.

Although Senator Obama was rated as the most progressive parliamentarian in the United States Senate in 2007 by the National Journal, many believe that he has had difficulty adopting a progressive foreign policy agenda and that his stance continues to be cautious.

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Bio author: Robert Matthews

Robert Matthews, Associate Fellow of FRIDE, holds a Ph.D in Latin American history from New York University, where he was a teacher at the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. For twenty years was a collaborator with the Peace Research Center - Centro de Investigación para la Paz (CIP) - in Madrid, specializing in United States foreign policy.

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