After listening to McCain's speach, in every dimension he is a more a leader then Obama. After listening to Fred Thompson, and Rudy Guiliani there is pecious little that the Democrats have to offer in terms of record of accomplishment for the top of their ticket. Has optics (grace, youth, and eloquence) trumped experience? Will style win over substance, these are the real question in this election.

John McCain is the real deal for an american hero and great leader. Regardless of the tough unexpected problems John has a record of rising to face the gritty challenges with unwaivering sense of right. Sarah Palin is the real deal for reform and rejection of the Washington insider crowd. I think this election is america's to lose.

He doesn't have to be a great speech maker,he is a leader unlike the polished speech maker Obama,Hillary Clinton said it best and I quote."Senator Obama made a speech in 2002" other than speech making he has done little to nothing noteworthy in government.

She lost the election for him when she made the comments about "reading them their rights." She wants to follow in the footsteps of Bush ... ignoring the rule of law ... Geneva Convention, and more importantly the US Constitiution. John McCain trampled on two struggling American stars to attack Obama ... now she trampled on those thousands of local community organizers and volunteers who help other fellow Americans to attack Obama. Shame! Shame!

Vice President don't win elections, especially in years where the fundementals favor one party so much.

A speech completely devoid of any substance or concrete proposals. Oh, wait, he did say he was going to double the Child Tax Credit.
He wrapped himself in the flag nicely but said nothing about the economy! What does being a POW have to do with knowing how to run a country?
And finally, he wants us to believe he's his own man when McCain himself said he was proud of the fact that he voted with Bush 90% of the time? Your definition of maverick is different than mine. Good luck selling that to the public!

Well, I wanted to be impressed, but came away with a feeling that he is a man of the 20th c. not a man to lead in the 21st. What is he? A good man committed to his country. What is he not? A leader with a consistent vision, a good communicator of ideas, a team player, a unifier, or a man with a balanced understanding of America's place in the world. Endurance under pressure does not equal other desirable personal leadership qualities. He is the last great American cowboy riding off into the sunset.

Bill Schneider's (CNN's Senior political correspondant) comment "when McCain talks about change, he talks about changing Washington. When the Democrats talk about change, they're talking about changing the way things are going in the country." causes me to pause. Do Americans believe that America is fundamentally broken and need to be fixed, or they unhappy with Executive and Congressional branches? Given the approval rating of our President in the 30s and the Congress in the mid-teens, many believe it is Washington that needs fixed.

Further, Jonathan Mann's comment "it’s that so far he can’t deliver the country." I get the feeling that he is either are not familiar with the electoral process or believe that we are not. The states count, not a over-all popularity contest.

Regret to see John McCain aleady told a lie during the Republican convention in his speech when saying Obama will increase the tax while he will reduce it. According to a CNN interview of a neutral / independent NYU professor, Obama's tax plan is also to be lower and will be more effective than John McCain's program. How can America lead the world when their potential leader already starts to twist the fact?

republicans seemed very focussed during the convention. they had a one point agenda – Barack bashing.

High on sarcasm and partisanship low on substance as well as on style.

i got the feeling that i am listening to the bravado of the vanquished who knows deep down that he is already defeated but has not read it yet himself.

John McCain said what he had to say to motivate the people but an Autobiograph is not the issues at the heart of the American downfalls under the last years of that Ripublican Whitehouse.
He didn't look into the future, disowned the Present President and failed to list the achivements of the Republican Whitehouse the last 8 years.
In the days and weeks to come, he will just see serious people hold him to account on the issues he has raised. Barak Obama spelled out what he is going do, how he is going do them, how he is going to finance them touching important areas that make him serious anough.

McCain is part of the Washington furniture and cannot possibly an agent for change. He is part of the problem. His uncontrollable temper and Palin's love of guns mean the rest of the world should be very afraid should the Republican's win again. We may see more unwarranted wars, illegal detentions and torture, more cruel free trade agreements, more corruption, and more global hatred of America and Americans .

Ordinary Americans should also be afraid because more wars means more government borrowing to pay the likes of Haliburton. So there will be no tax cuts or stimuli for the economy, so a long period of stagflation would set in.

The World is changing and the next American president must realise that he needs close partners around the World to secure America's economic interests and national security. That means working with the likes of Europe, China and the other G20 countries as partners, not gung-ho bullies. McCain is neither liked nor respected outside of the USA, but Obama is. He is the leader America needs. We have seen enough of what the Republicans represent and we don't want 4 more years of it!

All political speeches are thesame – full of lofty ideas and promises. McCain has been in the senate for over 2 decades and
cannot exonerate himself from the corruption, cynicism and sleeze that have crippled that arm of government – no matter how hard he tries. Obama has been there for less than 3 years and has not fully grasped the workings of government and therefore bands around idealistic sound bites.

The only thing this time that may sway this election is if people are willing to take a chance. Otherwise, the status quo WILL win as always and NOTHING will change.

Thanks but no thanks folks! While the Grandpa's conciliatory tone is commendable, it comes too little too late after all the negativity. Also, the "HOW?" part of his vision is as thin as the hair on top of his head. Sorry, but his heroism 4 decades ago does not explain how he will improve the economy and our standing in the world.

In response to comment bt Dennis: "She lost the election for him when she made the comments about “reading them their rights" Are you some kind of complete idiot? I guess you have never been in battle. You are going to take a prisoner on the battelfield and read them there rights? That is totally insane and would prevent us from ever fighting a war. I think you sound like Obama a spoiled little rich kid or a liberal idiot with out a clue as to how the real world works. I pray for our childrens sale that people like you are few and far between or there will be no America.

McCain is following a dangerous dual track of continuing the Bush policies on the one hand and positioning himself as the trusted and experienced maverick who will bring change to Washington on the other. That sounds mutually exclusive to me. Judging by the faces in the crowd – sitting, obligatory clapping, yawning – he did not energize the base at all.

It is obvious that Mc Cain stands FIRST for NATIONAL SECURITY. The defense of the Country is VITAL and a PRIORITY in Mc Cain's agenda.

And so.... what is so wrong with that????? ABSOLUTELY nothing!
Nothing else matters if you have a devastated Country!

If the majority of americans have not yet understood that the USA is under Catastrophic Threat ... Americans will be bound to learn it the "Catastrophic Way" ....by suffering the attacks of those who some seem to think that they will be able to "appease" their hate with "talks" or just good will.

Not only do Republicans care about the economy.... and peoples 'over the kitchen needs' problems; they do, plus, they know best how to keep the economy running and the Country safe.

I pray, voters don't give the Republicans the HORRIFIC position of finding themselves in the need to tell the Nation, in the aftermath of a ravaging attack under the 'anti war' Obama Regime : "WE TOLD YOU SO!"

God Bless America and save it from Obama!

God bless Congressman Kucinich for his speech at the Democratic convention. Not enough attention was given to it when he exclaimed: "WAKE-UP, AMERICA". It's hard to believe that anyone could vote for another 4 years of the same situation we are in today. The Republicans will drive us deeper into a cold war and less respected in this dangerous world. We can't approach our global concerns the same way we did 40 years ago.
P.S. No candidate has expressed how they plan on handling our national debt. Where is all this money going to come from for all the programs and causes? The Republicans have found billions of dollars to give to "Georgia" and Iraq while our citizens are still homeless from a hurricane 3 years ago.
One more thing: How come none of the networks have given small, if any, attention to the way the demonstrators were handled? America complains about the right to protest in places like China, but it was sad to see how two women were man-handled during McCain's speech and hustled away. I wonder how Mccain would like his wife handled in such a way.

In response to comments by Marty:

I have been waiting 10 months to hear Nobama say what he would do beside PArt the red seas. Nothing just like his record Nothing, Just like himn Nothing, Oh he talks prety good and can dance but what the hell does that have to do with being a president? McCain is a national hero and a national treasure and the most qualified person in all of America to be president. It should be a no brainer. But I quess as long as there are people like you and your l;iberal idiot friend with no brains Nobama could be our first celeb dancing clown president. What a country a country of idiots.

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Thin , thin you say. Last night McCain gave more specific steps to recovery and reformn and to energy idependence in onew speach then Nobama has given in 19 months. Thin well I guess I would take thin over NOTHING everytime.

WHAT IS AT STAKE – A WOMAN'S RIGHT TO CHOOSE!

Why didn't McCain talk about closing our little shop of horrors at Guantanamo Bay????

The Republicans are a bunch of rich effete hypocrites.

It is stagering to me that there are peolpe in this country who are so driven by fear that they are ready to continue on this same path of the last 8 years. I saw nothing in these speaches but fear mongeringing, half truths and precious little substance. America is better than this. Talking to the world does not prove weakness. Wanting to preserve personal rights and freedoms does not make one appear soft and inaffectual. America can not stay strong by by being the world's renegade cowboy or cowgirl. Palin talks, not like a person in charge but like a person who could be,if not already, drunk with power and drinking her own bathwater. McCain, like so many other people who want to put country first, is just that...like so many others. He was a good soldier not a leader.Its time to change.

McCain doesn't deliver a speech well, but, his past record, service and experience speak volumns-well! We will be voting for the President of these United States. I want to know my family and myself will be protected and safe. I don't feel that way with Obama-who speaks well-albeit empty in content; worked in the Senate for a year (with a poor record), then began running for a position he is unqualified for. McCain said more in his speech then Obama and his camp has over the past (nearly) two years.
McCain's VP choice has shown her experience and committment in the time she held her offices. What has Obama shown? A good(?) speech.
McCain and Palin, best choice for us and the US!

No matter what you say John McCain, majority of the American people can never forget the FACT that you agreed with George Bush's failed policies 90% of the time. And that's something you cannot deny. You're an extension of George Bush's term. PERIOD.

William Johnson,get over yourself.You do a nice job of repping the republicans though;full of hate and anger and intolerance. if Obama is nothing to you, so be it.He is an amazing SOMETHING to millions of other people, and you better wake up, smell the coffe and join the winning train;OBAMAMOBILE. You said McCain is a national treasure; hahahaha. what a lovely way of describing GRANPA. U said it, not me.LOL. He is indeed a natnal treasure, and so he must remain in the museum for antiquities.there4, he can't be in the Whitehouse. LOL.

The only persons in America and the World who thinks that McCain and Palins has a leg to stand on are those who are 100% afraid to move forward. I looked at all those white faces and white hats in the crown and it brought fear to my heart and tears to my eyes. The Rep supporters want to brush under the rug what Mrs. Palin really stands for and use the fear of having a half black man lead the country. Those seaches and that convention set America back at least 10 Years. I love Sen Hillary Clinton and have respect for her strenght. If america wanted a female leader then they would have chossen her. The rep party needs to stop using the words she used to fight agints Obama to win the Dem nom. She has retracted it already and she and he family has thrown their support behind Omaba.

McCain and expecially Palin needs to be careful of throwing stones,
seeing that she lives in one glass house and he in seven.

As a Canadian, I am very tired of hearing of the glory of John McCain's military record and heroism. As I recall, all they could do to honour Senator John Kerry's military record amd awards (Purple Heart, Silver Star and Bronze Star) was demean and put down his service record at every possible opportunity- shame on them! What total HYPOCRITES! I also did not hear anything substantive on how McCain plans to fix the mess the Republicans have created in the last eight years. Besides, talk is cheap and their past actions speak pretty clearly. America needs to regain the confidence of the world, they won't do that if McCain and Palin (she's scary) win this election.

National Security? Just what does the Iraq war seek to accomplish for the national security of the USA? our military resources has been unnecessarily depleted for the main purpose of what? what are they looking for in Iraq? WMD? Oh common, don't tell me some people still believes this Bush/Chenney crap. Instead of concentrating our military operations & resources in Afghanistan these puppet politicians of greedy oil companies lied to the whole world in front of other world leaders so that they can divert our military power to a country that never attacked us. and the only thing we got from the greatest blunder in american history is more dead soldiers and more people around the world hating america and most of all, an econonomy that – do I have to explain economics? go figure. so, as a non-dem, non-repub voter, you just lost my vote mccain and you are really in a bad position now in the polls.

Middle class voter here,,,made my mind up this morning,,,,Obama = Young good kid,,,,in the years to come,,for sure he will be ready,,,,but right now,,,in my mind,,,no contest,,,click McCain for me,,,

John is so McOld and Sarah so aPalin, and both are so hypocritical, that I worry for my country that they are even serious contenders. I just hope our votes are counted this time.

William Johnson – Your attitude is not appreciated. The fact that you think everyone who disagrees with you is an idiot is evidence that you are not that bright. I am going to vote for Obama because I like the vision he has spelled out for this country. I am not some fickle moron who is brainwashed by his charm and neither are the other 50% of this country who likes Obama's views. I was in the military and I served in Iraq and I find what Palin said about "reading their rights" very disturbing. It has nothing to do with war, the government is holding civilians prisoner for over 7 years without charging them with any crimes, giving them access to lawyers, or giving them any rights whatsoever. The fact that Palin could be second in command of the executive branch and not care about peoples constitutional rights is scary. So Mike, if you don't have anything intelligent to say then stay off the forums.

The man does not feel what he is saying...you can tell

He catches himself in mid sentence cause he not even sure what he is reading

I am sure...he is not the best choice

mm

RUNING FOR PRESIDENT IN 21ST CENTURY WITH COLD WAR RETHORICS.
DOES JOHN McCAIN REALLY WANT TO ENGAGE RUSSIA? IT'S NOT GOING TO BE EASY, AMERICA WILL WIN AT THE END BUT WITH CUTOUT ARMS AND LIMBS. IT'S TRUE. AFTER A WAR WITH RUSSIA AMERICA WILL WIN BUT WILL ALSO PLEDGE NEVER TO GO TO WAR AGAIN. THE REPS ARE TRYING TO START ANOTHER WAR JUST TO SELFISHLY WIN ANOTHER ELECTION PLAYING POLITICS WITH AMERICAN SECURITY. JOHN McCAIN NEEDS A CHECK FROM THE NECK UP!! SEEING EVERYTHING THROUGH A PRISON WINDOW IS SICK. A 4 YEARS FOR THE REPS IN OFFICE WILL BE ANOTHER 4 YEARS OF ISOLATION OF AMERICA BY THE WORLD COMMUNITY.

Dennis, you have to believe that Palin was not bashing community organizers when she spoke. She connects very well with the frontline workers in our local communities. Look at her record. What she was pointing out is that being a local community organizer and not having moved farther along in terms of decision making responsibility leaves a person not yet ready to be the president.
My work is that of an organizer and I've worked with many others. I fully agree with her point.

In response to William Johnson and Dennis : being someone who has been in 2 wars from 2 Bushes, I wholeheartedly agree with Dennis. All that charisma and cute sarcasm was flushed down the toilet when she spoke about not giving a damn about rights. Let's be clear here: we are not speaking about capturng a soldier who was on the battlefield with a smoking gun. We are plainly speaking about our allowing our government to pull a man off the street in Milan, Italy, put him God knows where in the world, maybe GITMO, and never charge him with a crime, and hold him for years on end. THAT is the crime, Mr. Johnson, and shame on us for allowing GITMO and the other places that are alive and well in the world to continue such barbaric practices, and it appears that the Palin regime buys into such atrocities. In the military, we depended upon a CODE OF HONOR called the GENEVA CONVENTIONS to protect us when/if we were ever captured and held as a POW; perhaps Mr. Johnson is unfamiliar with it? Perhaps Palin would do herself some good to review the Geneva Conventions since her son falls under that code of honor, and pray to God that her son will never be subjected to what we have subjected those yet-to-be-charged men in GITMO and elsewhere. Finally, our law of the land is a law of precendents and never forget that what we've allowed to happen in GITMO to those yet-to-be charged men CAN happen to Joe America.

Oh, and No Way, No How, No McCain/Palain.

Fight! Fight! Fight!.....Fight!...that seems to be the only thing McCain got to offer....he seems to forget that (fighting) is one thing the world (including most Americans) are tired of. Maybe the gun-wielding, lipsticking pitbull, model mother and others of her mould ain't tired of that though.

Wow, there is so much here. First of all, in 19 months of campaigning, Obama has not outlined a single new idea. Universal Healthcare (a disaster waiting to happen) was Hillary's. Cutting "Middle-Class" taxes and raising "Rich" taxes is a pick-em from every Democratic Candidate since FDR,. Getting energy from where we have it, namely everything the Democrats have lobbied to stop over the past 30 years including: gas, oil, coal, and nuclear while developing alternatives such as wind, solar, and of course conservation is McCain's, the idea of not cutting and running in Iraq and that the surge was successful beyond everyone's expectations (Obama's own admission last night) McCain's, condemning Russia's neo-imperialism, McCain's (hey there seems to be a pattern developing here).
For this election, McCain's ideas can be simply limited to saying no to all of Obama's bad ones and thanking him for agreeing with his own good ones. Let's be honest here, everyone hates Bush and loves Obama. Hey, even I do. However, if this were the litmus test for presidents, then perhaps we should invite George Clooney or Jay Leno to be president, or for those of you who need a change (woman or minority) perhaps Oprah would be best. We all know that Obama is vacuous. McCain reminds us of this more than anyone. We just have to decide whether we are so angry that we will put an absolute novice into the most important executive job in the world.

McCain'speech was unfocused, rambly and ancient. He is 25 years too late in his attempt to become the president. His age clearly showed. One wonders, if he is really that good [he has decades of experience in Senate and no exerience of running anything(Guliani's words) or a status with responsibility ( Palin's words)] why he did not succeed in 2000 or before? With a record of 80% agreement with Bush , he cannot change anything. I had respect for him as a Vietnam Veteran, but he lost that espect by selecting a lightweight evangelist who is good at sound bites. He could have selected a good and experienced republican woman governor who could add further respectability to his ticket.

I don't understand you Republicans. Do you go thorough a brain wash, do you get "Republican" prescription drugs? What is the reason you all speak exactly the same? And repeat exactly the same words they told you.

No thinking, no questioning, no research. What did the Lord give you the internet for? To spread more of the smear? Or to proof what you were told.

I would not mind your struggling to pay bills after eight years because you selected the Bush administration in the first place and still didn't learn the lesson, but if it affects other regions as well.

I cannot stand your hypocrisy anymore!!! John McCain is a leader and a hero, John Kerry is not, even if they have the same medals. Michelle Obama is elite, Cindy McCain who is dressed in $ 300,000 outfit (first convention day ONLY) is down-to-earth. Obama is a spoiled rich kid...
And Sarah Barracuda got experience. That is the joke of the year! Well, I got more than two years of executive experience and I got a passport filled with stamps from my visits abroad. Do I qualify for the vice president? I don't think so. But my ego is as big as my personality, not ten times bigger.

I just cannot take so much idiotism anymore. I REALLY admire McCain a lot as a person but he is not good enough for a president of the United States. We all need a leader, not a soldier. And since he is now paired with Sarah Barracuda I can only pray that they lose. Or we can start guessing where American soldiers will be sent next, toghether with your and our billions.

Being a good soldier does not make you a good leader necessarily. In fact the two job descriptions are exactly the opposite. I think that McCain was once an excellent soldier but his dogmatic personality has served him poorly over the past eight years. Republicans like to give the nomination to the "next in line". McCain's been a good soldier as was Bush, Sr. in 1988; Dole in 1996. Then there was Bush Jr. (there was no "next in line" in 2000, so they gave the nod to someone with a familiar sounding name. Sadly there hasn't been a bonafide "next in line" since then because the party is verging on dead. Being a Republican is like being a chicken with its head chopped off– still running around the yard via reflex. This has happenned before. The Democratic party took 70 years (between the Civil War and FDR) to realize that it needed a radical change. And with FDR and Harry Truman it did. The Republicans will too. Just not this year.

This country has had 8 years of accomplishments: turning a budget surplus into a deficit, started and still fighting a war, unemployment, crime, home foreclosures, fall of the dollar. Both parties are to blame for these problems, however when you can't invite your 2-term incumbent Pres & VP to their last convention, something is wrong. Experience is good to have, but we have had ENOUGH bad experiences from Bush and the Rep. party. This party is sitting in the White House, but still behind in the polls because of the community organizer: republican code word for urban area worker, who came out of nowhere and beat the top democrat and is now raising more money than McCain...Can't wait to see what type of work the cheerleaders from both sides will be doing after this election

SAY IT LOUD FOR THE SIMPLE TO HEAR IT,

YOU PLAY POLITICS AND RACE AND FEEL GOOD TRYING TO LOOK GOOD.
AMERICA IS BLEEDING, IS RAPED AND AMERICANS ARE HOPELESSLY WATCHING THE TIME GO BY.

AMERICA WILL BE A THIRD WORLD COUNTRY IN THE FIRST 4
YEARS OF JOHN McCAIN PRESIDENCY. JUST CALCULATE IT. 10 BILLION A MONTH FOR 16 YEARS BORROWED FROM CHINA AND MEXICO TO FINANCE A WAR THAT WILL NEVER END!!!

WHAT KIND OF MAGIC ARE YOU GUYS WAITING FOR? A GUY WHO DOES NOT HAVE ANY VIABLE ECONOMIC PLANS STRESSED OUT IN HIS ACCEPTANCE SPEACH AND AGENDA? A BIOGRAPHY OF A PRISONER OF WAR LOOKS FUNY WHEN YOU SEE THAT THE PROBLEMS FACING AMERICA ARE REALISTIC. TRYING TO KICK THE WORLD AS A SHOW OF TOUGHNESS MAKE PEOPLE REALLY START TO WONDER IN WHICH CENTURY JOHN McCAIN THINKS WE ARE IN.

OTHER NATIONS TALK ABOUT COMPATITIVENESS, EDUCATION, INFRASTRUCTURAL SPENDING, JOB CREATION.
NOW GO AND LOOK FOR A JOB, ADD TO YOUR RESUME THAT YOU WERE IN A PRISON CAMP FOR FIVE YEARS, AFTER WHICH YOU COULDN'T RAIS YOUR ARMS ABOVE YOUR SHOULDER, NAME THAT AS A QUALIFICATION, JUST GO HOME AND YOU WILL GET THE JOB.
AND EVERYTHING WILL BE OK WITH JOHN McCAIN IN CHARGE. GOOD LUCK JOHN McCAIN GOOD LUCK AMERICA!!!

Mr sladge. Notwithstanding all of the mismanagement of the past 8 years, America remains and is by far the land of "COMPATITIVENESS, EDUCATION, INFRASTRUCTURAL SPENDING, JOB CREATION." What exact planet do you live on? Yes, the economy has taken it's lumps over the past 24 months, but nothing compares to the US for all of the above and this will remain the case for some time. You have obviously not spent much time in a third world country and or even in Europe to understand how far ahead the US still is. This is not to excuse Bush, but to put into perspective what the challenges really are. Our unemployment rate came in at a "shocking" 6.1% today after more than a year of pain. This rates the US among an elite class of lowest unemployment economies in the world. We can go through more of the statistics, but simply put, the ca. US$ 5 trillion US economy easily outstrips Japan (number two) by more than 3 times. Together with its military strength, this makes the US the undisputed leader of the world. Nothing to be complacent about, but let's just keep things in perspective here!!

what a day and night comparison between Obama/Bidden and Maccain/Palin. Obama grew up poor but went to the best university in the world and guess what he was no one in his class at Harvard. The guy has a brain, judgement and character to lead this great country. He is the only one at this defining moment. I love his optimistic view and yet very determined to assails us from the 21st century challenges. If Maccain gets elected, the Chinese will be the next super power much sooner than we can ever imagine. Having said that I love Maccain but I will vote for Obama this time as he is better prepared for the complex challenges of the 21st century

Sen. McCain "now" wants change.....he has been in the Senate for how long? (8 long years)....and he voted 90% of the time for President BUSH......quite ridiculous, if you ask me.

Good luck to you Americans, make your choice BUT be mindful....if you are not careful with your choice of President, you might end up becoming a failed State with Billions of Dollars in debt, seeking handouts from others....and living in perpetual fear all your life.

Think hard, lay aside all prejudices, vote right!

Good luck!

McCain allowed the vitriolic, extreme negativity to flow unabated for days. then he presents himself as a uniter who can reach across the isle? He is 90 percent of a Bush and that much Bush will cause the whole country to choke. He has been there 30 years and is either cynical or stupid and I do not think he is stupid.

Senator John McCain says he wants to make the US economy to improve and he says he has the ability to prove it because he has the scars which proves it. What connection is there between his ability to improve the US economy and his scars. This clearly shows that this fellow does not speak or make sense!! Why should america vote this 72 year old man who may die tomorrow in the office and give the chance to sarah palin to take over and drive this country down the tubes?? Think about it people!!

John McCain: His speech was sooo this much on content we really needed to hear....ZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!

After McCain speech last night, I concluded that he did not and will not get it.

Physical war is never the only way to solve problem of terrorism. American have spent good seven years in Afhganistan looking for one man. Still McCain is encouraging this "physical war". A good warrior adopts strategies in a war front, that is what Obama is talking about and that makes him a warrior. At least dialogue and cordial realtionships initiatives come first before considering physical war.

McCain had never faught a war and win. To be truthfull, Americans lost severely during Vietenam war and still loosing in this pursuit of Osama bin Laden. McCain was and is involve and he never win, so what has he achieved? nothing than self ego that amounts to nothing.

McCain looks more of a man that follows his mind irrespective of what the people of America wants. He keep on saying all is well when all is not well just to achieve his personal goal instead of the Country. What makes up the country, is it not people? Ther is no country without people.

Americans wants total change. They want war that fights against unemployment not fear, war against poverty not fear, war against poor quality education not fear and war against inernational enemity not fear.

McCain dont get it at all.

I have read the blogs and had to comment. A lot of the blogs are like the news on CNN which shows more of a Democrats point of view than a republicans view. I must comment about some of the things I read. When I first saw who was running for president, I did not like either opponent. People have downed our president ,George Bush, and blames him for all the problems we are having. I will not say I agree with everything Bush has done during his presidency, but I will not blame him for everything. We have a Democratic congress who can share in that. However, I will say I feel safe, since 9/11 we have not had any attacks on us since, because of Bush. Bush would not of had to deal with the problems he has had to face if Clinton had taken care of them when he was in office. I am afraid of what can happen if an inexperience president comes in office. I will vote for McCain because of his experience and his values. I think OBama is a likeable man, but the security of our country has to be at the top of everyones list, because what good is all the policies and changes we want if we do not exist. As for the people who refer to McCain as "grandpa", well that says it all. He is wiser, has more experience, and has seen and done a lot more for this country than his opponent. Good luck John McCain! It will be an honor to vote for a person who has given his life for his country.

Obama raized $10M after Palin's speech. McCain raized $1M (CNN News). McCain is far more effective with less money. Obama with all his money has not achieved in the polls. Is this an indication of how their governments will function? I think Obama will be a big spender. Reducing taxes may not be possible. Where are the polls after the RNC?

McCain/Palin will win. This is why:

1) McCain's well-deserved American-hero status and a simple message: Country first, taxes as low as possible, and "I can and will protect you". Who doesn't support these?

2) Obama's message is too complicated: "more of the same" when it is not even clear that the same is bad.
– Economy? As the frog said: "The water may be a little bit warmer, but that is fine, I won't jump out of the cooking pot".
– Iraq/security? There has been no attack since Sept. 11. Iraq and the War on Terror work fine.
– Energy? Who cares about alternative sources of energy? It is gallon of gas what is expensive! Just need more US produced oil.
– Health care, global warming, erosion of Constitution/freedoms, US standing in the world, etc? Too uncertain and/or complicated.

3) Obama has no experience. A top-of-the-line education is clearly not needed for this type of work.

4) The "family values" issues (choice vs. life, creationism vs. evolution, gay marriage, 2nd Ammendment, etc) will no be used during the campaign, they scare away the swing voters. The "base" already knows they are "in control". (Just wait until the minute after the polls close on Nov. 4th.)

The only hope Democrats have is if either McCain has a bout of uncontrolled character or Palin shows that she is absolutely, and beyond any doubt, unqualified for the VP job. Just hope.

The speech is a dejavu of what the Republicans has represented from the time of the Bushes. Post 911 under the present administration pulled down everybody to the trail of what Bin Laden and his cohorts wanted. The world being pulled by the economic effects of a war we should not have gone into. And here's McCain giving us a hint on his stand between Georgia and Russia. No more of the same, please.

in response to coment by ruth mcmonagle:

A leader with a consistent vision, a good communicator of ideas, a team player, a unifier, or a man with a balanced understanding of America’s place in the world. Wow do you have it backwards that is exactly what Sen John S. McCainis and exactly what Obama is not. Obama has never united, crossed over party lines, accomplished anything, no experience or vision of anykind. he is the most libeal Sen in office. If he is elected Wasington will be dead even lees will get done America will be absolutely ruined. our children will be paying for this tremendous error for 20 years or more. He has no vision for Anmerica except surrender become socialist and more like europe. Look how great that is working for them. I listen to people like you and I wonder what planet you come from and what crakerjack box did you get your brain out of

In response to coment of sladge:

Failures of the last eight years. Well the greatest economy in american history, Safe from terrorist attacks. Better schools with higher grades more home ownership then at anytime in american history. Oh yea then 2 years ago we elect a DEM congress and both houses and the whole dam thng goes to pot. Well that is a good reason to elect another dem right? One who wnats us to continue our oil dependence by not drilling for more oil building necculer power plants clean coal etc..... One who wants to take more money from us one who wants to surender America talk to the terrorist and tell us he can bring us all together. If he is elected i would not be surprised that there would be another civil war in America because the Middle class is tired of people like him. we do not need more Govt expecially from someone that has not a clue as to what he stands for what is right what is good or even who our eniymies are. He is hated by the military and the conservitives and the midel class so you tell me how is he going to bring people together after he spent so much time driving us apart with his class war fare.

In response to sladge

I can see there is no point in trying to reason with you you are obviously out of your mind. Obama would ruin America pur and simple. This is no time to have a self anointed GOD figure with absolutely no clue as to how the world is or even who are enimies are, who can never make a decision, and when he does changes it three or four times depending on wht the polls say. Has no economic plan except to tax us to death and even after we die. Who cnat say that Killin a new born child is wron, "that;s above my pay grade" who was against the surge that now has proven to be a sucess. has no experience at anything other than promoting himself as the great PARTER OF THE SEAS, I mean get a clue this guy can dance looks good and talks greeat using a telepromter. That is it he is a total air head and empty suit. His only interest is him. John MCCain has shown time and time again he puts country first befor himself befor party before his own welfare. he is the most qualified candidate in American history. Is a true hero a proven leader a true reformer. Oh but I gues because he can't dance talk gret using a telepromter and look good he is not qualified. WOW I pray there are few Americans like you or we are all in really deep shit.

JOHN McCAIN IS CAUGHT IN THE PRISON OF HIS EXPERIENCES.

In response to Patrick:
O will put my intelgence and service record against yours anytime. We have no "civilans" we have prisonerors of war or enemy combantants. If you were in batle as you claim you would know how rediculious you sound. You do not arrest enimy combatants you take them prisoners. There is no way to wait for a trial process in the midle of a battle you are an idiot of the extreme and obviouls have never been in batle. I do not think everyone who disagrees with me is an idiot only thiose that can say Obama has a vision. WHAT vision I have wated for 19 mobths I have never hear a singele word of fact come out of his moth only atacks acting like he is GOD and never saying anything that even resembles a plan. He only say hu hu hu and then ttalks in circles never saying anything, So if you can suport that then your an idiot look up the word in the dictionary and you will see I am not being mean only factual.

I just can't believe we are in 2008, America is on her knees on fundamental issues such as sustainable energy sources, economic strength, clear fiscal policies, world leadership, etc, vis a vis emerging powers such as China, India, Russia (not the communists but the empire!), Brazil, Venezuela... and all the party in power cares to do is spend hours talking to the nation about McCain's war stories of 40 years ago, Palin's sarcasm and hobbies husting moose and the American arrogance over failure in Vietnam, Iraq and even Pearl Harbor... without proposals. That's why I respect Obama's courage to propose a new way! People wake up, the American dream is fading... Take it from an cuasi-outsider working abroad, this is what people see from Africa, Europe, Middle East, Asia and even Latin America...

In Response to MR. W. Johnson

Wow...You have some kind of mouth on you..Probably think your a christian too.

Listen, 8 yrs of this is enough, But you want more.. Think about it, look at the news. What is different about McCain than what we have now? NOTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! But you probably don't believe in evolution either so maybe the tooth fairy will help us, or santa. Crawl back into your cave.

I love McCain, however this election is not about the past(his service) rather this election is about who has the best plan to move the country forward. It doesn't take Forest Gump to figure out the policies from the last 8 years had failed therefore a new aproach needs to be implemented. Obama/Biden's solutions for our problems seem reasonable while McCain/Palin just speaks about how Obama admited his mistake about the surge, how he is not to be trusted, how he had not done anything for this country, etc, etc, but no plans to solve our problems. How Palin can be in charge of a country when she can not even tell her daughter about the dangers of unprotected sex? Palin needs to clean her own house before talking about somebody' s else.

I forgot I was in a CNN blog area. Only the obama people seem to come here .

The next president of USA, without doubt will be McCain, he is a leader that the world need and of course USA too, he is the real change not Obama,
I want an america GREAT, POWERFUL, an America that will lead all the world for a better future..., Americans!!! VOTE McCain..

Naples, Italy

All around the world are watching Americans politic at this moment...I think the country is going to sink and sink...8 years with Bush administration has already effected, and we just hope this is not the end of the super power country...Now it's Cina and India time, or maybe Iran. America is become another kind of third world countries...sad...god bless america...vote to McCain & Palin and Osama bin Laden cs will very happy...because his mission already accomplish!!!

Should John McCain really trumpet his war veteran status so much? He was shot down whilst bombing a power station that supplied ordinary Vietnamese people with electricity. Vietnam was another illegal war of aggression that killed millions of innocent vietnamese civilians and wasted thousands of amercian lives. It did not help win the cold war and it was a war that america LOST. Innocent men, women and children are still dying and being born with deformities in Vietnam due to the ordinance and chemical weapons that US airmen like McCain dropped on them 30 years ago.

Yes it was illegal and morally wrong that McCain was held in a prison camp and tortured. But no more wrong than the fact that the US currently holds people in Guantanamo and subjects them to torture.

McCain should only gain credit from his war experiences if he acknowledges that the war in Iraq is just as illegal, unjustified and unwinnable as Vietnam, and if he promises to end this war immediately.

Whoever America's next president is, he should ensure that Bush and his cronies should also go the the International Criminal Court at the Hague and be tried for War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity.

The key issue that many in the US do not understand is that firstly, aggression against the US is a result of Bush Administration aggressive stance against the world in its early years. We say the world is a village. In a village the residents would respect the rich man in town if he was firm but fair and generous. All would hate him and even challenge him if he was a bully. We all hate bullies. The US is sen as the world's bully. This is not fixed by fighting (Maccain-Palin) but by talking reconciliation. Secondly, Americans need to understand that in addition to their debt the Republican party has put them into $30,000/person in country debt and rising fast. When you are in debt, you have to repay (taxes on the wealthier), you cannot spend your way out of debt – eventually you run out of credit cards, and then you get repossesed by China, Germany, Mexico, etc who have trillions of US Government stock (debt).

Intel in name calling? Hmmm! Sounds familiar. I heard that speech given by a VP "wannabee." Intel. without substance-doesn't work. No name calling, please. Politics is messy. Name calling is childish.

Obama is Fidel's Castro's candidate... also Chave'z... and of course Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's who must be rubbing his hands counting on Obama's Prresidency..... aah! and don't leave out on the hand rubbing happines of Al Qaida and the Taliban....

They would LOVE an America with Obama in charge!

America need to wake up before its to late. To all those individuals who view John McCaine as a leader for the 21st century definitely you are sleeping. A war hero does not make a good leader. A good leader is one with a vision and who thinks out the box. The only indivdual that is thinking out the box is Obama. This has nothing to do with expereince leadership is a calling. Again, America leadership is a calling. Look at what Obama has accomplished in this primary alone. He has gain the confidence of the world towards America. He has started a new method of fundraising via internet. Oh by the way his message of change is on target. The year 2008 is the year of change and new beginning. This is the theme of 2008. Again, wake up America you are presented with an oppurtunity to choose one of the greatest leaders of the 21st century and bring restoration to America and to the world that America is onnce again a leader on the world stage.

This really isn't complicated. McCain is not offering anything new that will improve things for the US locally or abroad: In America he has no credible or practical agenda to improve the economy or reverse its current abysmal situation; abroad, he is merely assuring us that he will continue the disastrous irresponsible policy followed by Bush and in fact making them even worse. McCain's 'experience' which is being constantly trumpeted here is just another word for saying of doing the same mistakes over and over again. Then there is the issue of his age and health: It is frankly extremely foolish to have a 72 year old man as the person in the White House, in any other profession he would be in mandatory retirement and for good reason. In full view of the world he made gaffes and mistakes showing him uninformed or bordering on senile with Leibermann frantically whispering corrections in his ear. And if he does fall ill, who would we have to replace him? A hockey mom official from Alaska thrown in as a sop for Clintonites who even though appears nice enough obviously has no experience abroad and frankly alienated me with her disturbingly Bush-like rhetoric. I've had my doubts about the Obama campaign, but frankly after seeing the circus that is the Republican bid, I find the idea of the GOP in the White House this time around a horrifying prospect.

if obama is castro's etc...candidate....then bush and the republican party are what?...the partners of the taliban in the 1980s and the saudis....osama's motherland? double standards of republicans and the white supremacists

PS: I feel I should say that I find some wildly foolish allegations against Obama here as a supporter of Al qaeda or other such nonsense needlessly offensive and lacking in taste. Whatever we may feel about his policies or as a candidate, he is undoubtedly a patriot who would put America first and would in no way put her or her values in danger. Campaigning and debates should not be reduced to such attempts of smear campaigning.

I think what we witness last evening was the only representation of “change” that Mr. McCain is going to bring is a situation where we will be worse off if he is President than we are today. I would have been more impressed if he had a “plan,” a “road map,” even an agenda how to get America back to work, lower our taxes and restore America’s value around the World. If you ask me last evening was his, the Republican last chance to win the White House. The simple fact that neither Bush nor Cheney attended this convention said enough.

I’ll be voting for a real change in November.

Obama/ Biden 08

Being from "outside the USA" (yes, there are other places in the world except Iraq and USA :-), I just can not believe there are actually REAL people who support someone like Mc Cain. I wouldn't trust that man for a dime. He looks like if he died a long time ago and he speaks like that too. If you compare him to Obama, it's like comparing a half-eaten piece of toast with American Steak and French Fries.

Obama is pure energy while Mc Cain is pure agony.

The rest of us acrosst the globe are watching the American people and in particular the Rebublicans and the Rebublican candidates with a mixture of amusement, astonishment and fear–it has been like stepping back 100's of years-to think that in the 21st century a country that leads the free world has 50% of its population supporting a bunch of racist, gun toting, good ole' folk who spew the most inane garbage is beyond belief! Have you not learnt anyhing at least over these last 8 years? You have created more terrorists, hatred and fear around the world than ever before. Palin's dynamic debut–give me a break-did I read somewhere that she believes the world was created 6 thousand years ago? Let her go back to managing her little town, skiining her wildlife and preventing youth from learning about birth control (there is a moral to that little story-learning begins at home my dear).
At least there are 50% of Americans who will make the right decision and vote for an enlightened, Democratic president who will try and sort out the mess that Bush and his cronies have got us all into.
Oh, and William Johnson, do yourself a favour and learn to spell correctly and use the English language correctly–at least then we can try and fathom what you are trying to tell the rest of us.
Here's to an Obama WIN at the end of the year!

Bill Schnieder's comment about the Dems changing America vs McCain changing Washington is ridiculous.

McCain is right, Washington is the problem. We send them almost 3 trillion dollars a year and they blow half of it.

The only thing the President can really do is to help bring about change in Washinton. The problem is they think they can run our lifes from dictating where we have to go to school, what doctor we can choose and for crying out loud what aur pressure we need to have are tires set to.

Washinton do the big things, protect us from enimies foreign and domestic, defend the constitution and help the less fortunate among us. Although local communities, churches, and family and friends should take care of their fellow man.

Fear, fear, fear... sadly many Americans still buy the campaign of terror... mind numbing strategy... 1. What type of security will we afford with a devastated economy and a huge foreign debt (controlled by our "enemies") ? 2. Do you seriously believe there will be less extremists willing to sacrifice their lives to harm America after invading Iraq and theatening to attack every country we don't like? More Americans have died in Iraq than in Sep.11th and we've paid millions for the former! Does McCain really want to take on Russia, China and Iran, again? God bless America and forbid more senseless arrogance-driven wars!

One shouldn't point at his "experience" unless his past performance has been good. McCain did stop some pork-barrel earmarks that cost a few million. But he supported a pointless, wasteful, morally unjustifiable war in Iraq that costs us $10 Billion dollars a month. This is penny-wise and pound foolish.

What matters to you? Jobs? Schools? Health care? Whatever it is, it probably costs money. And if we had the trillion dollars back that Bush/McCain have wasted in Iraq, we could buy a lot of schools, health care, etc. That and several hundred thousand people have died unneccesarily.

McCain is also a proponent of the VietNam war, which was even more stupid and wasteful than the Iraq occupation.

The man is a warmonger. A very experienced war monger.

Oh my! The hostility of it all...It does sadden the heart!

Lastly, though I am an Obama supporter, I suppose if there are enough angry,mean spirited, self serving people in America, either way, we will get what's comin' to us.

As An American, I was relieved and see a hope for my future and family In Obama. I am so sick and tired of my government putting us last for their own special interests(8 years!). I am voting for Obama, out of 35 employees at work I know of 24 that are voting for Obama, I am making it my mission to tell other working class Americans I know to get out there and vote (and I am not a political nut), especially those that have never voted before, this is Personal NOW!

I watched Mccain make mockery of himself and Bush!!!The speech was nothing but an admission of failure of Mccain/Bush government.I am suprised that Mccain just 'woke' up – He is sounding nice because he want to win pyrhically.They surely have outlived their usefulness and should be wiped off via the ballot box..
We surely need a change in direction.. Tough talk without diplomacy equal to continued global isolation and hatred for the U.S.....

Mccain head should be checked!!! He is behaving and talking as if he is an expert in war.. U wanna fight Russia? Dont even go there...U dont have the resources now to do that.. Enough of this tough talk -makes no sense...He and his party finally owned up their failure these past eight years- Its time to leave.. Enough!!!!!

I am sorry but Mccain's is Fidel’s Castro’s candidate… also Chave’z… and of course Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s who must be rubbing his hands counting on Mccain's Presidency….. aah! and don’t leave out on the hand rubbing happines of Al Qaida and the Taliban….Who Mccain funds along with the current President Bush billions of unchecked dollars every month to the region. As they paid the last Pakistani official who just stepped down. Bush/Mccain camp helped to fund Al Qaida thru this Pakistani Leader so who really is their choice canidate I believe it's Mccain. Who also let Blackwater type companies attack and harrass innocent Iraqi's, making these companies and their employees rich beyond imagination thru a Haliburton owned company of Cheney. Don't get it twisted cause Mccain and his camp are corrupt. Already the truth is coming out about Palin and that she did'nt tell the whole truth about certain facts the media aren't even allowed to rebuff. They can't stand on their feet, they can't even come up with their own slogans. Obama is the true candidate of change NOT Mccain!

I am sorry but Mccain's is Fidel’s Castro’s candidate… also Chave’z… and of course Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s who must be rubbing his hands counting on Mccain's Presidency….. aah! and don’t leave out on the hand rubbing happines of Al Qaida and the Taliban….Who Mccain funds along with the current President Bush billions of unchecked dollars every month to the region. As they paid the last Pakistani official who just stepped down. Bush/Mccain camp helped to fund Al Qaida thru this Pakistani Leader so who really is their choice canidate I believe it's Mccain. Who also let Blackwater type companies attack and harrass innocent Iraqi's, making these companies and their employees rich beyond imagination thru a Haliburton owned company of Cheney. Don't get it twisted cause Mccain and his camp are corrupt. Already the truth is coming out about Palin and that she did'nt tell the whole truth about certain facts the media aren't even allowed to rebuff. They can't stand on their feet, they can't even come up with their own slogans. Obama is the true candidate of change NOT Mccain!

Palin will be the reason why McCain will pull it off, ultimately.

Obama will use the issue of "change" just like she said, to fuel his overweened sense of careerism, but McCain will his established credentials to effect change.

I am paraphrasing, here, of course, but that was the difference, in essence, between the two. It is scary to believe that Obama could even be considered for the position of "commander in chief."

My friends, he has done "nothing." And has a "blowhard," as Rove said, for a running mate. The moment I heard Palin was chosen as VP, I was truly proud to say I am a Republican.

I firmly believe that John McCain will be a disaster for this country. From his obvious lack of vetting his VP pick to not being able to tell basic truths about Iraq, to joking about bombing Iran, to his anguished reply to a reporter over why Viagra is covered under insurance but contraceptive devices are not, he clearly is not one I would run to for inspiration. Not once did I hear any policy proposals from either his or his running mate's speech. Partisianship is fine for a convention, but I am looking for answers and solutions to the serious economic issues that will effect my family. I was seriously giving him consideration, but after watching the rich whites-only party in St. Paul, I will pass.

McCain's NOT good for the Presidency. We've had enough of the divisive; obstructionist tactics of the GOP. . .look at where we are today. Record deficits; the poor economy and job market; our standing in the World (the GOP doesn't really care about this), and just the overall moral of the American electorate. . . We have surely been thru so much !!!! And the fact that McCain made his selection for VP, based on 'getting votes' is an indication, that he's the same as what we have. . . . NOT about the American people, it's about WINNING an election. I hope we don't get caught again, with someone we want to have a beer with, because we need THINKERS and STATESMAN in our Executive positions. Palin represents another way to get the Religious right on board, with a TOTAL DISREGARD for the entire country. . . . I frankly could care less about her family life (perhaps they could have used some Sex Education),
but what I DO CARE ABOUT, is the fact that we know very little about this woman. It seems the media is looking into her background;
and the McCain campaign wants to shut it down !! She can't talk with anyone, until she get's 'schooled' on the issues !! NOT READY TO BE PRESIDENT !!! That's what this signals. Very scary.

If John McCain were to die during his presidency, and let us all be lucidly aware that he will be the oldest president ever if elected to office, then Sarah Palin will take his place as president. Doesn't this frighten people? What kind of experience does Sarah Palin have to lead this country? Choosing her was an absolute joke. I was considering voting for McCain, but there is absolutely no way I'm going to now. With a president this old, I want a VP who actually knows what they're doing. I'm voting for Obama.

I can't believe that so many low information/uneducated small town people can still bring themselves to be fooled each election by the
GOP and hate.look at the pattern of the pass and the furture, have you not learned anything, your vote is all they care about. They get your vote and laugh at you- how you believe every they say.
I hope all of you will think about the many love ones of the Americain
citizens that have sheaded there blood, died and maimed because of 8 years of lies and greed for a few people a large number of them BLACK AMERICANS FOR WHOME many of you who say you want vote for a Black Man, but its ok for a Black man to loose his life fighting on the battle field for small town America as well as every one else.
think for change how we their families feel, if you can.

Gov. Palin has said that the war in Iraq is "God's task" for America. The cost of the the war is catastrophic in terms of human life lost (oh yeah, she's prolife), damage to the environment (bombs, wreckage, pollution), and our economy (over $2 trillion added to the national debt and our currency devalued). I wonder what war she believes should be next in "God's plan" for America... Iran? Russia? Clearly, she was a political choice to appease the far right wing of the RNC and does not represent the "Country First" sloganeering of the RNC Convention.

As for Senator McCain the selection of Gov. Palin is a further demonstration that he is willing to abandon his prior policy postions for those of the religious right in a attempt to win an election. Given the damage that has been done to our country by the Republican administration over the past 8 years, if they truly put "Country First", they would withdraw in shame.

Should the Republican ticket win and Sen. McCain's health fail, we would find ourselves with a President who believes that war is God's task for America. Think about it!

I am amused at those who write of Sarah Palin's incredible experience in the governing of Alaska. As a former Alaskan resident of 24 years, I have to laugh at these comments. Sarah hasbeen a mayor of a tiny little town which is fundamentally a republican bastion. Her election to Governor hasonly been in effect for 1.5 years. What experience are you talking about? Her popularity in her own state has dropped to 67%. What are you people saying? But, the most appalling are those of you who state "she's hot!" Yeah, that's a major criterion for running the USA. Hmmm, you folks need to get a clue. Wake up! We have lost credibility and respect throughout the world! 4 more years of Republican diatribe cannot be tolerated.

To those who think McCain is the "real deal," how about asking the question, will the draft be reactivated in order to build up our military . " Fight for America–Fight for America–Bush's administration has us in deep enough today. I find it interesting how vocal republicans have become since there are but a few months left with this administration. Seems like a good time to stir things up with everyone so you can go out in style–and leave the mess and the blame on the next president, McCain. Now that certainly IS the real deal and working for America! How patriotic!

Barach Obama = Focused, good judgment, trustworthy, thought-provoking, intelligent, compassionate, and patriotic. These characteristics, coupled with the uniqueness of his ethnicity, have brought him to this place in time. America is so ready for a new vision for the future that we CAN embrace. GO BARACK!

Well it seems to me that nobody has fully put out a plan for the country. Obama has said what most people want to hear. McCain is trying to appeal to peoples sense of honor and pride in the country. I think McCain has made a error, because I see it as many people don't have any pride left in the USA. Most blame Bush for the mistakes of the country, and though he has racked up quite a debt. He isn't to blame for the economy, because it started to fall during Clinton's adminstration. The GNP has actually increased since bush took over, but he hasn't managed things very well and we have lost confidence.

I think the Media is much to blame about this as the government. There are no longer any balanced media outlets. Even PBS blurts out bias here and there.

McCain is probably the best choice for the President. I think Obama might of been good in 8 years, and if Hillary would of won it wouldn't be a issue. Though Obama's charm and lack of substance beat her out. His he is a dream weaver, because none of his plans could be done in 8 years. The only way to change Washington around is term limits to get out the old establishment on both sides.

McCain though is still the top choice in this election.

I agree that John Mc Cain is not an orator that may have impact on his campaign since people like beautiful words though they are lies. I have heard many eloquent and nice words and beautiful promises but actions have never seen. I think Obama speaks better than Mc Cain, but he speaks as he does without any hard thinking.

My another thought is if it is planned or not that Obama selects Biden as his running mate. If an S replaces B, there will be Osama and If the letters NLA are added between Bi and den, there will be BiNLAden. It is a questionable coincidence! I really don't like this combination of the names: Obama and Biden that makes me think about the future of the United States. You may think I am ridiculous.

from the utterances of mc cain's campaign...its very clear....be prepared for more wars and make more enemies than friends in the world...

americans cannot win the war in Iraq and Afganistan unless they win the hearts of the locals...fighting wont get them anywhere... but only more wasted billions of $....imagine what could have been achieved if the same were spent on fighting poverty, disease, education, energy, etc.

the US population should be made to understand that invading iraq was easy as it was a weak country because of a decade of sanctions....but iran will be a different ball game altogether...and the US will not escape severe destruction if they start a fight with the russians

For those who continue to claim that there is NOTHING in Obama's legislative record, as Palin did in her speech, you need to check the facts.
Th GOP is duping America again!

Emphasizing fear is out of ignorance. Emphasizing what didn't happen is ignorance. What did happen is the economy is poor, jobless rate is on the rise, fear manipulation is becoming the phobia-election issue, war and bullying policies become popular, "fight with me" politics is getting silly again. Face it, Americans voted for GW not once, but twice on what is billed as fear and controversy about what votes counted. What does count is what happened since about the people involved-the citizen, not the politician. Had enough? Vote for what? The same? The person is behind the political party. That person is known for what has happened. The responsible person for what has happened is and was the person at the top. Finger point anywhere else, and ignorance once more dominates.

I still to this day don't see what was great about his speech, which was writen by a a Bush Speech Writer. McCain did not even know what was on the paper for the amount of mistaked me made. There was no passion and nothing in regards to the Issues of today. He was making plans for 2030 as though he would be alive then. Get a grip man your 72. Only one sided one dimention persons would have been impressed with this speaker. There was no substance. I would like to call him out on POW status. HOw does going to war on Monday, getting captured on Tuesday, selfimprisoned for 5 years make you a war hero. I read that his Father the late admarial could have had him out by Friday. Everyday Men and Women of the United States are leaving their families. Seven years after 9/11. Count the Millions whom have died and bled and this moment is dead. Those are the real heroes. Their stories touch my heart. POW does not qualify you to be commander and chief. That takes a persons who is willing to stand up for what is right for the intire nation, willing to die for our cause. All I have seen so far from McCain is a speech. He has not even tried to go out into the communities that houses the lower class citizens. I have not seen one photo of him in the gettos or one photo whit any one of class as he think is lower than his and his party.
Give me a break. We all know what supporting McCain-Palin stands for. Let us not go there America.