One year ago, John McCain was in the shadows of Rudy Giuliani and Mike Huckabee. To be completely honest, I had no idea that McCain was a republican president candidate. The public viewed him as a "middle 0f the road" republican as well as an American war hero.
As for Barrack Obama, I felt he was losing the race to Hilary Clinton. By the public, he was known as a good speaker, but they didn't know if he could back up everything he was saying since he had only but a senator for a little over a year. The public was also cautious about his ethnic and religious backgrounds. If he were to win, he would be the first black president, and his last name hinted that he may be of Muslim decent.
