I've started trying to follow the US presidential campaign to see where things stand. From what I can make out the media's version is a story of five candidates and two rivalries. On the Democratic side, it is Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., against Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill with suggestions of a Clinton-Obama ticket. On the Republican side it is former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney against former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani and former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson.

This narrative makes former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R), former Sen. John Edwards (D) underdog candidates. I know little about Ron Paul, another underdog, other than he is a free market capitalist man who opposes opposes "big government".

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