The democratic campaign for the presidency nomination is in a make or break stage and New York Times has put its money behind Hillary Clinton over Barack Obama.

Issue of race and gender remains but the editorial board of NYT gives it to Hillary’s experience when compared to Obama’s rhetoric about change.

The February 5 primaries for the democratic nomination will settle much of the dust that has been kicked up during the campaign.

Going by the support each candidate has drawn, the Democrats are divided along race and gender lines, even if the candidates themselves deny that this is any issue in the campaign.

The acrimony that is building into the campaign is spilling out in the debates.

Seven years of Bush’s government has America suffering an identity crisis. Its role as the sole Global power faces challenges at home and abroad.

Funding and keeping alive a war that other powers refused to take part in has hit the economy at many levels.

Health care, education policies like No Child Left Behind have faltered under Bush and the economy is threatening to get into recession. Hillary does score over Obama in trying to provide alternatives to repair the damage done.

It’s on foreign policy issues that Obama comes across as a breath of fresh air. His willingness to talk and possibly negotiate peace with nations like Cuba and Iran, mark a change from the past.

Arrogance of a super power or being the most powerful nation limits the space needed for talking down to lesser mortals.

America fears this change.

Both in terms generation now ideas prevailing upon ones tried over many decades and that a man from the black race should get there into White House before a White Woman.

No matter how the Democrat nominees squabble over the polices they propose, the Republican campaign appears to be maturing over more serious issues.

As the elections gets into overdrive, McCain may just get the better of the Democrats who could be left licking the wounds presidential nominee candidates inflict on each other.