Good question... About our election first. Medvedev - not my choice. Moreover - my choice has been taken from me. My right to early election has been cancelled - it is in the "low of election", but when I called to my local election office they told me "on this elections a early election will not be". In day of election I was on work from 8 AM to 8 PM - all election time! Some times later my friend told me that he know a girl who choose Medvedev 3 times for money! Good elections... I always support Communist party of Russia and it's leader Gennadiy Zuganov (ahaha! like pokemon zigzagun)))
About your elections - it's a best show of year, I think)) It so long show - on our elections on half of this time has appeared unknown for everyone Medvedev and become a president with full support of people - I told HOW early) So, I read some topics on Maccain site (not my liking - just found link in Red1530 signature) so many lie about Russia, I think on Obama site it's too... I don't like noone of they, but I think Obama not so agressive as Maccain. The true is - I don't know programs of Obama and Maccain - what's they first steps? Break war in Iraq, break economy downfall or break partnership with Russia?) They together use war in South Ossetia in own interests - as told Vladimir Zhirinovskiy - Georgian aggression stops after elections in USA. Maybe it started for it, like unformal version of 11.09.2001 (9/11) event - for second period of G.W.Bush. So long preelection company must show "rise of american democracy" and free choice of american people... I see american people not have any choice - just two candidates, very strange election system. As told one of our TV presenter - americans will press any button for fun))) What can I say more... For my sad government of USA so totalitarian like our own.
P.S. If you unable to understand some parts of this text - just say - I'll try formulate correctly with pleasure) Very strange - so hard write about politic)