All Presidential elections, both past and present, have always had candidates from both parties with major controversies in their history. This election is no different. The current leading Democratic candidates are Senator Hillary Clinton and Senator Barack Obama. It’s no surprise to anyone that both of these candidates have had many controversies in their history.

First, is Senator Hillary Clinton. Hillary Clinton has had many major controversies in the past; perhaps the best known was actually caused by her husband, President Bill Clinton. When Bill Clinton was in office it was speculated that he was having an affair with a White House intern Monica Lewinsky. This was later confirmed when Bill issued a public apology. Another large controversy plaguing Hillary’s past is the Whitewater Controversy. Whitewater was basically a scandal involving the real estate purchases of the Clinton couple. Eventually Hillary was subpoenaed before a Federal Grand Jury where she claimed she couldn’t find the records of the dealings; the records were found two years later in the first lady’s room. As with all candidates, there are more less important controversies that have occurred, but these two are the most famous and will have more of an effect on Hillary’s campaign - not to mention the Hillary Health Care plan.

Of course, Senator Barack Obama is not exempt from such controversies as these. Many of the controversies in Obama’s past as less known than those of Clinton, but he definitely doesn’t sport a perfect past. Perhaps the most widely known of his controversies is the Obama-Warren Controversy. The Obama-Warren Controversy stems from Obama giving a speech at the Saddleback Church in California. Obama was invited to speak his opinion on AIDS but it soon escalated into Obama giving his opinion on abortion and other political issues. This angered the churchgoers as well as Pastor Rick Warren. This is perhaps the largest true controversy that has ever occurred in Obama’s history.

These are just a few examples of controversy caused by current candidates. There are many more controversial topics and issues which these candidates will be forced to face in the upcoming election. To fully understand all these controversies, it is important that the voters inform themselves. Just because a candidate or controversy is not mentioned does not mean it is unimportant, each person must make the decision of what is important and what is not.

Hopefully these examples will help to encourage the education of the common voter.

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