I’m a politics nut. I watch at least 29 hours of CNN and MSNBC a day, and I played the original The Political Machine to death for years and years. I wasn’t quite ready to pick up 2008 just yet, but I may just do so before November.

Anyways, if you haven’t played The Political Machine yet, now is your chance to get a taste of the surprisingly deep strategy game from the Michigan-based Stardock. How so? By downloading the free The Political Machine Express ‘08 from the game’s official website.

Now, obviously you don’t get the full game. You are only able to pick between the people on the two tickets, and you only get to play the 21-weeks from the end of the primaries to the general election. But other than that it plays just like the full game, and that is a good thing. I’ll keep from reviewing it and just tell you to download the thing.