While everyone’s been focusing all their attention on the McCain/Obama battle or whether Californians should be forced to gay marry, there’s been a much more important contest brewing in America: Who gets the honor of being the state that decides our next president.
It’s a vaunted and highly sought-after position, and any state, from tiny Rhode Island to barely inhabited Idaho, would be thrilled to take home the top prize. But being given the chance to outdo Florida’s punch-card fiesta or Ohio’s fraudapalooza is a huge responsibility. The winner has to have that certain something, that zesty combination of folksy charm and the complete inability to form a consensus.
So how are things shaping up in the battle of the battlegrounds,? Well, as decreed by CNN’s polling oracles, it’s down to five lovely and ambitious contenders: Indiana, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Wisconsin and, in a bid to set a new record, incumbent Ohio.
The Buckeye State’s stiffest competition comes from neighbor Indiana, mostly because the rest of the country can’t really tell them apart. North Carolina is putting up a good fight, having dominated the talent portion of the competition. And New Hampshire is just in it for the attention, since old Granite doesn’t really stand a chance.
So my money’s on Wisconsin. The state’s just harmless and friendly enough to pull off completely hamstringing the election for the rest of us. Plus, they have lots of cheese. And who doesn’t love cheese?
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