Eisboch wrote:
I also respect McCain but am not sure he can put the right team together to
win an election, let alone run the country. So far his campaign seems to be
one of flying by the seat of his pants with little or no strategy or well
thought out plan.

Obama is a gifted speaker and is eloquent in his delivery, but so far
there's no beef to back up the beautiful words.

McCain is blowing it by shedding his "maverick" reputation and aligning
himself with many of the Bush administration policies, most likely at the
advice of his advisors who are concerned with losing some of the GOP base
support. IMO, he should speak *his* mind.

I am starting to believe, as another posted noted, that neither McCain or
Obama have the right stuff.

Overall, the Dems blew it, IMO, by having a primary season dominated by the
foolish infighting of two candidates.
There were other Democratic candidates much more qualified to be POTUS who
fell by the wayside due to the circus-like media focus on Hillary/Obama.

The GOP blew it also by ignoring some other decent candidates.

What to do .... what to do?

Eisboch

My thoughts has almost always been that of 'The truly best candidate for
the job probably doesn't want it". The process that our political
system has become, let's just say is ay too over-blown and dramatic.
Millions upon untold millions of dollars spent simply to get elected to
a job for 4 years? Absurd. I've always thought that money could go to
far better uses, just look around, schools need supplies, roads need
repair, etc., the list is almost as endless as the empty promises.

What to do? Unfortuntely it has come to the point where most people
probably tend to think of the 'lesser of two evils', than who is really
best suited for the job.