For the last 8 years we've seen a President brings new meaning to the term croneyism. Bush may not be an evil man but he's going to go down in history as one of the most inept Presidents of all time.
The complaint about Obama's experience is largely irrelevant. Obama has what it takes to lead this nation. We don't need an administrator, we need a leader and between McCain and Obama the choice is clear.
McCain's choice of Palin highlights McCain's lack of a consistent vision. Is he a "maverick" or is he just another right wing politician looking to satisify the usual Republican constituents?
Our country has real problems that need to be dealt with and McCain and Palin have no workable answers.
Our health care is a mess. The only ones getting rich off it are insurance companies. There is so much redundancy and inefficiency because of our partially public, partially private health care system that we pay far more for inferior treatment. We can't afford to go back to the days before we had Medicare and Medicaid. These programs work and can be expanded to cover more and more people. Obama is the leader we need to make this happen.
We have no energy policy. The Republican answer is to "drill drill drill". Drilling is a waste of time and money. We have an opportunity to let the market choose a better solution for Americans and for our planet. Sure, wind and solar aren't currently enough on their own. But that won't be a problem in the long run. When Eisenhower supported an interstate high way system, I don't hear Republicans complain about that. Why not have the government get out in front in getting tidal generators going, wind farms put in, and creating regulations that require commercial builders to install solar paneling on the top of buildings? Combine that with electric and hybrid cars and we could do far more than we ever could than drilling. Obama is the leader who sees this and will take us to this new frontier.
Our economy is a mess. Unemployment is above 6%. Why is that? Because the Republicans in congress and their President threw away a huge surplus with their spending spree and tax cuts that mostly went to the wealthiest Americans. Now the government competes with the private sector for loans to pay for these deficits with more and more coming from China which allows them to outcompete American companies and results in loss jobs. Obama is the leader who will bring us back to pay as you go.
Our foreign policy is a mess. Iran is working on a nuclear program because, thanks to Bush, they know the only way to ensure that we don't invade them is to have a deterrent. Bush showed the world that the USA will invade anybody it doesn't like if they have sufficient natural resources to plunder. Obama is the leader who will restore trust in American world leadership.