Fresh from the minds at Stardock that brought you what was thought, by some, to be the best turn-based strategy game of 2003 (Galactic Civilizations) comes The Political Machine; a game that puts you in the role of a presidential candidate’s campaign manager. It is your goal to ensure your candidate’s victory over the other party’s candidate and in order to do so you must manage funds, schedule campaign speeches and ads, win endorsements from large organizations… And occasionally play a little dirty by getting operatives to “smear” your opponent.