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High food and oil prices all over the world has left citizens blaming governments for their failures to contain these prices. Most don’t have a clue as to how they are going to appease the electorate. We should know that George caused this. With his emphasis on the war and not the economy, America just couldn’t take a Housing Market meltdown. The resulting (and continuing) slide in the dollar is the major element fuelling these price increases. America has to get it’s act together or the world will continue to suffer.

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Barak Obama, the opposition Democratic party’s candidate hasbecome the expected front runner in the race for the White House. John McCain of the ruling Republican Party is hard pressed to counter Obama’s call for change. After all McCain’s party brought America into the unpopular Iraq war and the current recession (although most won’t admit it).

There are riots, protests and outcries in almost all countries against the sitting government…a good time to be in opposition.

photo credit: Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Here in Jamaica, the same “time for a change” was used to bring victory to the Bruce Golding and the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) against rivals the People’s National Party (PNP) who were in power for over 18 years. This change might be short-lived as the JLP came into power September 2007, around the time  when the world’s economy went haywire. After enjoying a 6% lead in March, high prices have given the PNP (ridden by corruption allegations) a huge lifeline and both parties are now in a statistical dead heat.

photo credit: Foreign and Commonwealth Office

However, over the last few days, it has become rather intriguing as Peter Phillips (shown here on the left) has indicated his intention to challenge (for the second time) current leader of the PNP, Mrs. Portia Simpson-Miller for the head of that party. The JLP must be smiling as the last time both challenged for leadership of the party, it helplessly divided the party into “Team Portia’ (Portia Simpson-Miller and “Solid As A Rock” (Peter Phillips) . The party has yet to recover from that contest and analysts have blamed this dis-unity as the major cause of the PNP’s loss in the recent general elections. We will still see how it plays out, but still; it is a good time to be in opposition.