This has to be the strangest political season ever. Imagine a story in which:
- The first African-American would be nominated for president by a major party (and that when he started his campaign, he would be a relatively little-known first-term senator)
- Along the way, he knocked off his party's heavyweight, who herself was the first woman to ever win a primary contest (many of them). And she happened to be a two-term senator, who also happened to be the former first lady (another first).
- His opponent? Another senator (first time two sitting senators have ever opposed each other for the presidency - sensing a theme here?), a former Vietnam POW and war hero who, if elected, would be the oldest person ever sworn in to the White House (another first)
- His running mate? The first woman to ever be nominated as vice-president by the GOP (the theme continues), and the current governor of Alaska (one of the last states, but first time with a player on the national presidential stage).
You would have been laughed out of Hollywood if you presented that script 18 months ago ...
