campaign pros and cons

Apparently Palin DID fight corruption among the oil companies in Alaska and that is to her credit. That she also apparently had a trooper fired for divorcing her sister is NOT to her credit, and smacks of petty politics. She does appear to know something about energy from her experience in Alaska, but cannot see Russia from her house, as she claimed, and has NO foreign affairs experience, so she is limited to that one issue. I salute her as a woman seeking high office but thats not enough to lead our country. Getting elected to the US Senate is an accomplishment, no? He has managed to raise over 100 million dollars for his campaign and that is no small accomplishment. Obama has authored or partnered on several bills in his time in the Senate. We cant afford another term of the same policies as Bush. Bush's approval rating is around 26 % as of this time. the Republicans claim that the Democrats have caused all this in the last six months, even while deriding the Democrats for "doing nothing". How can THAT be? Either they did nothing or they caused a lot of problems, no? Thay CANT have done both. Are the Republicans suggesting that the Democrats are responsible for the subprime mess? Who is the deregulation at all costs party? Who says,"Let the market decide", and after they have run us into the ground with their unsupervised greed and corruption, wants the TAXPAYERS (government) to bail their sorry butts out?

debates

I am glad that women are getting a shot at the highest offices and I thought she handled herself pretty well last night. She stuck to what she seems to know best, no matter what the question was. Biden didnt always answer the question either. Biden made points with the alternative energy plan, which McCain is very vague on. I also like Obamas plan to renew the infrastructure- bridges, roads, sewers,highways- creating 5 million AMERICAN jobs that cant be sent overseas. I am not so crazy about that racist Rev Wright, or Obamas wife. I also like Obamas plan to make the Iraquis use the 80 Billion dollar surplus they have to fix their own country, not using our money. I like McCains idea that we cant leave Iraq until they are stable and able to defend themselves. Both plans would leave it up to the commanders on the ground to determine when its safe to draw our troops down- smart.

campaign pros and cons

Isnt it possible that Obama was simply acknowledging some points that he and McCain agree on? There ARE a few. I like McCains stance on Iraq, as I dont think we can leave until the country is stable and able to defend itself. With the apparent success of the surge that day may be getting closer as we speak. I dont think I could stand another term of Bush economics, where the oil companies and millionaires get tax breaks with the outside possibility that some may eventually trickle down to the average guy on the street. I like Obamas alternative energy plan as we cannot just drill our way out of this energy crisis. I also like his plan to rebuild our nations aging infrastructure, creating good jobs for AMERICANS that CANT be shipped overseas. I like the Pickens Plan of using wind power across Texas and the Midwest to create clean power and save our natural gas for our vehicles. For me, the jury is still out on Obamas wife and Rev Wright. Those are, however, personalities, and dont detract from Obamas ideas. I could live with a 16-month pullout of Iraq IF the ground commanders approve AND we leave a substantial contingency force AND we send 12-15,000 troops to Afghanistan, where they are badly needed. Palin is too conservative for me altho I am glad to see the ladies getting a shot at high office.